07 Jul Hurricane Season: Is Your Supply Chain Weather Resistant?
When bad weather hits, your supply chain is affected. The team at AM Transport can keep your supply chain running smoothly....
04 Feb It’s a Win-Win: Brokers in the Middle
A little story to set things up. Once upon a time, in a small town in southern Illinois, a group of people worked together at AM Transport Services to make sure midwestern manufacturers and distributors worked with the best small-to-midsize carriers in the logistics industry. They...
28 Jan The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Freight Brokers
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was an instant hit when it was published in 1990. I didn’t read it when it was released, but I recall my sister praising the book not long after...
28 Jul Consistent Capacity in Tough Times: Freight Brokers Bridge the Gap
Tight Capacity The summer freight market has continued to heat up with July hotter than June. According to Seth Holm, in a recent article on FreightWaves, “there are no signs of any sort of typical seasonality this year” and the Outbound Tender Volume Index “has crossed...
04 Sep Third Party Logistics (3PL): Common Misconceptions
What is a freight broker or a 3PL (third party logistics) provider? For the most part, the terms are interchangeable--both work as intermediaries between a shipper and a trucking company. Since deregulation, the number of freight brokers has skyrocketed. Today there are nearly 18,000 registered freight...