Gratitude is wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.~Rumi If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.~Meister Eckhart Thanksgiving--with thanks built right into the word-- is a great time for a gratitude check. Did you know that...
A recent article in Supply Chain Dive got us thinking about veterans in the transportation industry. Barry Hochfelder writes about the service people in World War II: The men and women who — without computer aid — arranged for 6,939 ships, 11,590 aircraft, 156,000 troops,...
What the heck is GiveThanksing? Each year, the logistics crews at AM Transport Services and Squirrel Works coordinate with the Richland County School Middle School's Fifth Block program to provide a pre-Thanksgiving Meal to the kids enrolled in the after school program. We call it GiveThanksing. GiveThanksing is...
Where could you go to see Rick and Morty, the Incredibles, a couple of pink ostriches, and two Nascar fans, along with Lois Lane and Little Red Riding Hood? Where could you spend time with the nicest donkey in the world, race a real, live kangaroo,...
We’re happy to announce that Patrick Umfleet, Sales Development Rep (SDR) at AM Transport Services and Dallas Racklin of AMT Squirrel Works passed their Certified Transportation Broker (CTB) exams on September 29, 2018. AM Transport Services has been a proud member of the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA)...
Here at AM Transport, we love our sports. Whether it’s watching our local high school (Go Tigers!) and junior college (Go Blue Knights!) games, or going out and supporting kids playing in the middle school and park systems, we get our fix however we can. And...
Never fear, Moose isn’t gone. While John’s afternoons now belong to the residents of The Katharina and Minnie Weber Long Term Care Unit at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, you can still reach him at AM Transport from 6AM-11AM Monday-Friday! Volunteering has long been important to John...
by Bridgett Jensen Back in 1973, two Des Moines Register columnists decided to make a six-day bicycle ride across Iowa. They invited a few friends along on the adventure, and the number swelled to 120 participants and RAGBRAI (The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa)...
School’s out and here in the mid west, temperatures are hitting the high 80s and low 90s with some regularity. Excited kids are riding bicycles all over town, ice cream and snow cone stands are buzzing with activity, city pools are filled and open, and...
A.M. Transport’s Chad Martin recently attended the 2018 TIA Conference on scholarship sponsored by Avalon Risk Management. Along with 5 other first-time TIA Conference attendees, Chad wrote an exceptional essay for which he received complimentary airfare, four nights lodging, and waived registration fees. Each year, Transportation Intermediaries Association...
