Check call: Making those trailer moves
Requirements from the carrier point of view, Suez Canal tolls get a hike, and it’s time to renegotiate the West Coast Longshore and Warehouse Union contract.
Check Call: ‘Member your first day, brokers?
Trips down memory lane provide clarity for newbies in the industry, Ukrainian workers’ absence sends shockwaves through the industry, and the People’s Convoy keeps on trucking to Washington.
Check Call with David Spencer: February is looking pretty good
Mary O’Connell and David Spencer, director of business intelligence at Arrive Logistics, sit down to talk about the freight market in February and the outlook for 2022.
Check Call: The biggest international stage
What it takes to get people and snow to the Olympics; the FMCSA tries to make things easier; and Mexico’s take on the cross-border vaccine mandate.
Check Call with Nick Dangles: ‘Rocky’ training montage
Mary O’Connell and Nick Dangles, co-founder at Kinetic, sit down to talk about the importance of training for new hires and existing employees.
Check Call: Cupid can’t take all the credit
Valentine’s Day supply chain dance, retail returns may never end, and avocado toast prices are here to ruin millennials’ home-buying chances.
GSCW chat: Predictive and prescriptive analytics’ place in the supply chain
Addressing the use of predictive and prescriptive analytics to help understand internal and external risks for 3PLs and shipper customers.
Check Call: Super Bowl by the numbers
The second-biggest day of eating, autonomous truck routes here to stay, and Canada is open again, except in two places.
Check Call: Starting with the man in the mirror
An internal process audit can be easier than you think, ships waiting for berths in San Pedro Bay have finally decreased, and Canada can’t quit with border issues.
Check Call: Don’t fear the audit
Auditing isn’t just for the big four accounting firms, Mexico struggles with the cross-border vaccine mandate, and has Central Freight Lines shorted drivers on pay?
Check Call with David Cook: Private fleet show
Mary O’Connell and David Cook, director of sales at CPC Logistics, sit down to talk about driver retention and providing support to private fleets.
Check Call: Please don’t have somebody waiting on you
Does a shorter interview and hiring process really help? Canadian truckers and protesters block the border, and Winter Storm Landon assaults the Midwest.
Check Call: It’s a jungle out here
Attracting and retaining top talent isn’t easy; Lunar New Year has begun, Loadsmart reaches unicorn status; and the Midwest braces for winter weather.
Check Call with Shay Lynn Dixon: Welcome to the Finer Things Club
Mary O’Connell and Shay Lynn Dixon chat about carrier sourcing, retention and the intricacies of high-value freight.
Check Call: Not your average RFP
RFP process improvement, East and West Coast rivalry hits the roads, impending nor’easter issues, and quarterly earnings roundup.
Check Call: Another RFP, woo
The RFP process should be easier, vaccination mandates cause border woes, and the power of rail.
Check Call with Raddy Velkov: Gimme a strong network
Mary O’Connell and Raddy Velkov chat about building a strong carrier network and when to craft a relationship with a good carrier.
Check Call: Drivers are people too
Drivers are people who have needs and wants, goods from October are just now being unloaded at West Coast ports, and the FMSCA has a new deputy administrator.
Check Call with Brian Cristol: What’s the score, champ?
Mary O’Connell and Brian Cristol chat about performance measurement and data management problems in the supply chain.
Check Call: Lassie, when did you learn how to drive?
The benefits of pets in the cab, port woes in the U.S. and China, and no usual post-holiday dip in volumes.