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Last Minute Loads: Artificially Raising Your Own Rates?
If you’re in the manufacturing business, you’re no stranger to last minute loads. Every once in a while (or more often), your customer needs your products fast. Whether it’s for an installation project...
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Community Spotlight: Salt & Sage
Community is important to us at AM Transport. We live the belief that we’re better together both in and out of the office. Olney, Illinois is a great place to live, work, and raise children, and we...
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A Logistics Team You Can Count On!
If you’re like most manufacturers, you probably believe working with a big brand name 3PL or freight broker is the best way to save time and money. They’ve got advanced technology with loads of bells...
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The Best Place to Work
32 years ago, Avery and Mary Jo McKinney started AM Transport Services in a small cabin on Vernor Lake located just north of Olney, Illinois. They shared a desk, had one telephone, a window air...
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What’s Snow Got to Do With It?
my husband and I were heading to Gulf Shores, Alabama for a much-needed vacation with our two small children. We had a cooler full of cold beverages, our swimsuits packed, and two sleeping kids in the...
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Choosing the Right Freight Broker
Did you know that 71% of goods in the United States are moved by trucks? And when disruption occurs–as in the case of the Covid-19 Pandemic–manufacturers and distributors without a good logistics...
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Too Busy for a Better Freight Broker?
If you’re in charge of logistics for your manufacturing facility, you probably don’t have an extra minute. After all, the past two years have been stressful for people charged with getting products on...
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Logistics as a Service
The pandemic has been hard on many manufacturers and distributors in the midwest. Shutdowns, absences, limited truck capacity, and driver shortages have created a lot of uncertainty. We understand that...
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Logistics as a Service: Our Service Model
Last week, we looked at the technology component of Logistics as a Service. Today, we’re going to explore the kind of service you receive when you work with AM Transport for Logistics as a Service. For...
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Stuck in the middle with you!
Why does the middle man (or woman) get a bad rap? Think about it–you hear the words, middle man, and you immediately think of someone who takes advantage of situations, trying to make a profit at...
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Getting to know Rhonda and Christina!
We’ve added some new people to our team in the last year, and now seems like a good time to get to know them a little better. Rhonda Hazel and Christina Dunn both started at AM Transport in October...
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Inspection Blitzes Can Disrupt Your Supply Chain
Each year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announces several safety initiatives which include three enforcement efforts: International Roadcheck, Operation Safe Driver Week, and Brake...
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Do you need managed freight services?
First of all, what is managed freight? Simply put, when you purchase managed freight service from a 3PL or freight broker, you work with a logistics team that manages the full spectrum of your day to...
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Getting to Know Katrina and Kelsie
It’s Women’s History Month, and that’s a great time to learn more about our female team members. This week, Kelsie Barnes and Katrina Marshall graciously answered a bunch of questions. I think you’ll...
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An Ode to Spring
Spring officially began on March 20, and here in Olney it was still a bit chilly with a high of 39 that day. March is often like that, isn’t it? We’ve experienced a wide range of temperatures so far....
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We Keep It Simple
Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. Steve Jobs Steve...
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Meet the Team: Adam Neil
With spring here, we’re experiencing a little more daylight, some warmer weather, and the wonder a new season brings. And here in the AMT office, we have a new team member too. Adam Neil came on board...
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Carriers like working with AMT: here’s why!
Businesses are supposed to be customer-focused, right? And here at AMT, we’re no different. The manufacturers and distributors we work with need to get their products from point A to point B at a...
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Don’t Supersize Your Logistics
When my kids were little, we couldn’t go through the McDonald’s drive-thru without the voice coming through the speaker asking helpfully, “Would you like to supersize those fries or that soda?” And if...
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How to Have a Healthy Supply Chain
Most businesses are customer-centric, and that’s a good thing. Here at AM Transport, we understand that without the great manufacturers and distributors we work with, we wouldn’t be in business. It’s...
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