The freight market is tight. Consumer spending is relatively strong and the pandemic trend to purchase goods over services continues while a truck driver shortage adds to a lack of capacity. At the same time, freight spending is up and according to the most recent...
Shipping LTL should be easy, right? Most of the time, you can get online with one of those easy-to-use digital brokers and book your LTL freight in a few minutes. You don’t have to talk to a real-live person, answer a bunch of questions, or...
Are you new to the transportation industry? Does logistics speak leave you feeling a bit confused or overwhelmed? It’s completely understandable. What the heck is a bill of lading or GEO fencing. And who or what is the FMCSA and what do they have to...
Yet Seth Godin posts a blog every day, and as a subscriber I receive it in my inbox every day. Some days it’s long and full of thought-provoking ideas and other days it’s short and pithy. Like most daily blogs, I don’t always read it. It...
AND not OR Here at AM Transport Services, when it comes to providing our customers with the best solutions for their transportation needs, we think AND not Or. It’s probably not something you think about a lot--those two little words, but they can make a huge...
What's a beer garden got to do with logistics? The photograph above gives you a nice backyard view of the AMT beer garden. Envisioned a couple of years ago, this beer garden was brought to life by some of the more creative members of our team....
In his newsletter last week, Michael McKinney announced he has stepped down as president and CEO of AM Transport Services, and David Abell is assuming the role. “Change is important and healthy,” McKinney wrote, “you can’t grow without it.” ***** David Abell has been with AM Transport since...
If you don't know there's a problem, you can't fix it. Here at AM Transport, Sally gets the chance to talk to a lot of great people. Take, Margie, for instance. Margie is the logistics manager for a small manufacturer in the midwest. Sally really enjoyed...
This article was originally published in The Illinois Manufacturer (first quarter). Continuous Improvement in Logistics The logistics process has evolved over the past 30 years. As a broker working in the industry for the length of that time, we’ve had a bird’s eye view as to what works...
Big Brand and Just-in-Time Freight Our sales rep, Sally, just happened to call Kevin when he needed help the most. Kevin was working with one of the big brand-name brokers because he was sold on their name. He couldn’t pick up a logistics magazine and not...
