You remember Big Digital? They’ve been on the scene for a while. They tout technology (Big Digital is an app), low prices (because they aren’t paying real people to keep track of your freight), and ease of use (you can access them on your phone,...
A New Candy Bar Scenario You remember Merle, our comfortable gray-haired friend with a taste for candy bars. Back when we last visited Merle, he was leaving his office every day at 3:00, plodding down the stairs from his second-floor office, and heading to the gas...
Logistics Managers With more than 17,000 freight brokers currently working in the United States, you’d think it would be easy to find one to match your needs. But the truth is if you’re a logistics manager, you’re busy. You are tendering loads, chasing trucks, picking up...
Lead Time and Lower Rates You can’t fix what you don’t know, right? Take the case of a customer we’ll call Martin. We visited Martin, a logistics manager at a small manufacturer in the upper midwest, a couple of weeks ago. Tall, with a shock of...
Super Sizing You remember how it used to go back in the good old days. You’re in the McDonald’s drive-thru. A slight breeze is wafting in the opened car window, and you’re ordering a large order of fries to go with your Big Mac. That’s when...
Here at AM Transport, we’ve been in the logistics industry for 30 years. It’s a long time. Over time, we've seen many changes. In fact, this business began in a small one-room cabin on a tiny lake in rural Illinois. There were two telephones and...
Small carriers work with AMT AM Transport has been helping manufacturers and distributors in the midwest save money and time for the past 30 years. We're not a big, flashy 3PL. We're a small family owned business that likes to work with small-to-midsize carriers because they...
Truck Drivers are Frontline Workers We spend a lot of time talking about frontline healthcare workers, as we should; after all, they’re risking their lives to care for the sick during this pandemic. But we don’t spend a lot of time talking about truck drivers. And...
Do you need logistics consulting? Are you resistant to the idea of outsourcing your logistics? We understand many small businesses operate under the mindset that they can and should handle all business functions in-house. But this is short-sighted and might be costing you money. Ask yourself these...
