How do you find the best freight broker? Top-notch freight brokers offer a wide variety of services to both shippers and carriers. From innovative technologies and increased resources to routing, scheduling, and long-term relationships, services offered by freight brokers are designed to streamline processes. Third party...
A Transportation Management System (TMS) Is A Necessity. In an industry where data flows are increasing at a rapid pace it’s nearly impossible to understand your logistics operation without a TMS. The days of collecting data over a long period, and then taking a few weeks...
With the year well underway, we decided to take a look at what 2019 holds for the transportation industry. Small carriers will continue to offer capacity. Most trend lists will focus on the continuing driver shortage, but we prefer to shine a light on the possibility of...
Tracking and visibility in transportation is a hot topic. Recent news concerning the misuse of cellphone-based tracking has people scrambling. How can the logistics industry, where tracking and visibility is inherent to the best service, deal with upheavals caused by misuse, as well as, an...
The great poet, William Stafford wrote, “once you do right, life is easy, there are no distractions.” That’s a quote we live by here at AM Transport because we’ve found that doing what’s right leads to your success and ours. So what does “doing what’s...
How do you come up with truckload rates? It’s the number one question we’re asked here at AM Transport Services. Here’s the funny thing--most folks who ask how we get our truckload rates don’t really expect an answer, thinking it might be a company secret. And...
I was excited to attend the first-ever 3PL Technovations hosted by the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). The two-day event was held November 6-7 in Tucson, Arizona, at the Marriott Starr Pass Resort. Great venue. Technology and the 4th Industrial Revolution. And Tuesday morning’s opening speaker, Kurt...
New buzz words or phrases are always hitting the ever-changing transportation industry. These words or phrases often represent important ideas pointing to new changes or expectations in our field. Take VISIBILITY for instance. VISIBILITY has been a predominant buzzword in the logistics industry for several years. Shippers...
A week ago, Sam Rogers, a carrier manager at AMT, and I flew to Portland, Oregon for the 3rd Annual DAT User Conference. I was really looking forward to attending with Sam, who hasn’t traveled much. In fact, it was only his second time on...
If you’re a shipper (or carrier) chances are you’ve been hearing or reading about “load optimization,” a lot these days. It’s a buzz phrase in transportation circles. In fact, 3PL people and techie folks like to throw the term around, promising to help you “optimize your...