3PL Perspectives Noël Perry | TRANSPORT FUTURES NAZART/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM GREAT NEWS! 2022:3 GDP came in at 2.6% growth (annualized). Maybe not so great: Last week, the Bureau of Economic Activity (BEA) released its first estimates of third-quarter 2022 GDP growth. It will update those numbers twice before January, but the final numbers will be near the estimate we saw last week. ...
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Exposing the Bad Actors
President’s Message Anne Reinke, PRESIDENT & CEO, TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION AS WE HAVE talked about frequently over the last two years, the pandemic created a freight explosion, and the volume of freight was at a level seldom seen by our members before. The pandemic also broadened the awareness of the need for 3PLs in an efficient supply chain, with the number ...
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3PL Perspectives Dalton Cool | TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION ISTOCK.COM/MUHAMMET CAMDERELI TIA CONNECT IS an online forum-driven community platform exclusively for TIA members. TIA Connect allows members to ask questions, share experiences and discuss strategy. This robust platform includes message boards, a member directory, direct member-to-member-only messaging, as well as the ability to share files and browse upcoming events. Members have ...
Read More »A New Look & Refined Purpose
President’s Message Anne Reinke, PRESIDENT & CEO, TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION YOU MAY HAVE seen that TIA rebranded and changed its logo. The old TIA logo served us well for many years, but we thought it was time to provide a visual representation of how the pandemic has made the role of the freight broker even more critical. The launch of ...
Read More »TIA Task Force to Review Impacts of AB5 to Industry
President’s Message Anne Reinke, PRESIDENT & CEO, TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION AS MANY OF you know, last month the Supreme Court decided not to review (in its terms it “denied cert”) the California Trucking Association (CTA) case litigating the California Independent Contractor law called AB5. TIA filed an amicus brief in support of the CTA’s contention that the AB5 law was ...
Read More »Are You Using All Three Watchdog Reports
MANY AREN’T AWARE that there are three reports available in the TIA Watchdog platform that allow you to isolate issues and yield a better response. The most common report is the Carrier Report, affectionately known by many simply as The Watchdog Report because it is used for most of the common and general infractions that brokers encounter daily, including the ...
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Today’s Preparation Is Priority for Tomorrow’s Risk
President’s Message Anne Reinke, PRESIDENT & CEO, TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION HAPPY SUMMER, MEMBERS! Not all of our monthly issues of 3PL Perspectives have a theme to the articles, but this issue does: how to protect your business. You all have been extraordinarily successful at finding capacity and leveraging relationships during a very unstable time. While your phone is ringing relentlessly, ...
Read More »TIA Member Spotlight: Sharing the Story of New Member Companies
Trevor Blietz | TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION AT THE TIA Member Services team, we are always striving to improve the information we have about our members. We like to know the size of their companies, what primary services they provide, their primary markets, and demographic information that can help us better serve you. Our marketing campaigns and surveys allow us to ...
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