Logistics Management Podcast

GUEST: Tosca Derrick, director in Baker Tilly’s global trade management services. 
In this podcast, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Tosca Derrick, a director in Baker Tilly’s global trade management services. 
Topics covered in this podcast included: how can shippers build a proactive trade strategy; things shippers need to evaluate now, including things like sourcing, customs compliance and trade strategy to prepare for higher costs; the fate of USMCA U.S. trade relations with Canada and Mexico; the state of U.S.-China trade relations; how importers can use foreign-trade zones, duty drawback and trade technology to reduce costs despite new tariffs; and the potential impact of the midterm elections on global trade. 
Tosca Derrick is a director in Baker Tilly’s global trade management services. She is a licensed customs broker based in Frisco, Texas, with more than 20 years of experience in global trade compliance, tariff refund and recovery services, and transportation, logistics and distribution. She advises organizations on navigating complex regulatory requirements, leading multinational trade operations, and aligning compliance strategies with broader business objectives. A frequent speaker on trade compliance and leadership, Tosca is known for translating complex regulations into practical insights for executive teams and industry audiences.

GUESTS: Paul Yaussy, Head of Parcel Intelligence-Delivery at Loop, a Chicago-based firm that helps shippers get more out of their FedEx, UPS, and regional carrier agreements, and Adi Karamcheti, Parcel Contract Intelligence Consultant, at Loop.
Topics covered in this podcast included: current parcel market conditions; the current rate and pricing environment; the 2026 parcel peak season; the intersection of market conditions and service levels; the ongoing emergence of last-mile entrants; the impact of tariffs on the market; the current state of the United States Postal Service; and Amazon's growing presence as a delivery option, among others. 
Paul Yaussy been in parcel and logistics for over 25 years. He started out on the shipper side, managing transportation at a large national retailer before moving into consulting 6 years ago. That background shapes how he works with clients today. He knows what it’s like to sit across the table from a carrier rep, and understands what carriers are looking for after running dozens, if not more, parcel RFPs. At Loop he leads the Contract Intelligence practice, assessing carrier agreements and running RFPs for shippers of all sizes. He also presents and writes regularly on carrier pricing and strategy.
Adi Karamcheti is an accomplished business professional and entrepreneur with extensive experience in logistics, transportation, and strategic business development. Currently with Loop, he brings decades of industry expertise in parcel shipping, revenue management, and strategic account management. Prior to joining Loop, Aditya spent 18 years at FedEx, holding leadership positions in revenue management and major account management. In addition to his corporate career, Aditya is the co-founder of La Calera Mexican Bar & Grill, which operates two successful restaurant locations in the Pittsburgh area. He holds an MBA from Waynesburg University, a Master’s in Public and International Affairs, and a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Pittsburgh. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Aditya combines corporate leadership, entrepreneurial experience, and a commitment to community engagement.

GUEST: Alan Amling, lecturer and fellow in the Department of Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business.
Topics covered in this podcast included: the ongoing impact of AI on logistics and supply chain operations; supply chain uncertainty; capabilities needed to turn technology into value; logistics scenario planning; and lessons learned in recent years, following various logistics and supply chain disruptions, among others. 
Alan Amling is a is a lecturer and fellow in the Department of Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business.
A TED speaker and thought leader on harnessing digital disruption for success, Amling helped drive innovation over a 27-year career with UPS, which he began in 1992. He is the CEO of the advisory firm Thrive and Advance LLC and serves on the executive advisory board for the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He researches, invests, advises and speaks on innovation in manufacturing and logistics and on how firms can recognize and thrive in disruption.
Amling’s last role at UPS was as vice president of corporate strategy, where he helped revitalize the company’s innovation and venture capital programs for the digital economy. He moved into this role after serving as nice president of marketing for UPS global logistics and distribution.

GUEST: Marc Iampieri, global co-leader of the Logistics & Transportation practice, as well as Partner and Managing Director, for New York-based AlixPartners, a New York-based global consulting firm.
 
In this podcast, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviewed Marc Iampieri, global co-leader of the Logistics & Transportation practice, as well as Partner and Managing Director, for New York-based AlixPartners, a New York-based global consulting firm.
Topics covered in this podcast included: parcel market trends; peak season; the ongoing impact of AI on supply chain and logistics operations; economic indicators; and tariffs, among others. 
Marc applies 25 years of experience to help companies resolve complex supply chain and distribution challenges. He is currently the North American leader for the Shipping, Logistics and Infrastructure industry practice and Co-leads the global Operations practice focused on Supply Chain management. Although much of his career has focused on improving the supply chain performance of manufacturing and distribution intensive companies, Marc also focuses on the operational improvement of fleet operators and logistics services providers.  Based on this experience, he frequently advises clients in the consumer goods, retail, energy and industrial industries regarding their logistics strategy and operations.
Marc is a frequent guest speaker at industry conferences on the topics of transportation and logistics and is the co-author of the annual AlixPartners Home Delivery and Final Mile Logistics report and the annual Container Shipping Outlook.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in business logistics from Pennsylvania State University.

GUEST: Tim Denoyer, Vice President and Senior Analyst, at ACT Research
Topics covered in this podcast included: the current state of the freight economy; imports, tariffs, and the 2026 Peak Season; the current status of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger; the state of th U.S.-Canada trade relationship; record-high diesel prices; and the recent Federal Reserve rate hike, among others. 
Tim Denoyer is Vice President and Senior Analyst at ACT Research, where he leads the firm’s transportation research initiatives and serves as the principal author of the ACT Freight Forecast: U.S. Rate and Volume Outlook. This comprehensive report offers supply chain professionals critical insights into pricing and volume trends across truckload, less-than-truckload, and intermodal markets—sectors that form the backbone of the $800 billion U.S. freight transportation industry.
Denoyer joined ACT Research in August 2017, bringing with him 15 years of experience in equity research, with a focus on the transportation, machinery, and automotive industries. He was a co-founder of Wolfe Research, a prominent equity research firm, where he earned recognition as a Rising Star analyst in both the machinery and auto sectors by Institutional Investor. His investment background also includes tenure at Balyasny Asset Management, where he covered the industrial sector of the equity market.
A frequent industry speaker, Tim has presented at events hosted by DAT, CH Robinson, SMC3, IANA and CSCMP. He holds a BBA in Economics and Finance from James Madison University. Denoyer holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics and Finance from James Madison University.

GUEST: Curtis Garrett, co-founder and CEO, at Lateral 
Topics covered in this podcast included: how shippers and LTL carriers can work to improve collaboration efforts; the current state of the LTL market; how shippers should approach the market; the current state of LTL service; and LTL-focused technology, among others. 
Curtis Garrett has spent his entire career immersed in LTL. After eight years at ODFL in operations and yield management, he led LTL pricing and services across three managed transportation providers, sharpening his expertise in carrier strategy, managed LTL, and operational efficiency. He's the creator of Understand LTL (ULTL), the industry's first community dedicated to education, transparency, and real conversation. Now in its third year, ULTL has hosted 300+ LTL professionals in highly interactive events, courses, and mastermind sessions. He launched rateHero in 2024, an LTL-focused agency improving how shippers, brokers, and carriers handle pricing, RFPs, and reporting, and co-founded ShipTest, the first LTL routing verification tool. Today, Curtis is Co-founder and CEO of Lateral, an LTL routing-to-pricing coordination layer, after rolling rateHero's best practices and ShipTest's data into a single platform focused on automating RFP to Awards in the LTL market.

GUEST: Bart De Muynck, industry expert and thought leader and Head Thinker at Better Supply Chains.
Topics covered in this podcast were: the current state of logistics technology, in terms of how quickly AI has changed things over the last 12-to-18 months; what shippers need to do to better leverage technology, for things like sourcing, planning, strategy, and network optimization; a look at digital freight matching technnology; top logistics trends and themes; and things shippers need to be focusing on, both now and into the future.
Bart De Muynck is an Industry Expert and Thought Leader with over 30 years of Supply Chain and Logistics experience. Bart has worked for major international companies such as EY, GE Capital, Penske Logistics, PepsiCo as well as several Tech companies. Bart spent 8 years as a VP of Research at Gartner where he was also the chair of the Supply Chain Symposium. He later served as the Chief Industry Officer at project44. Bart is a sought-after speaker who is currently advising multiple companies and industry organizations in Supply Chain. He is an author and Head Thinker of the thought leadership website Better Supply Chains. Bart is also a member of SCLA, CSCMP and part of the leadership at CSCMP's Executive Inner Circle.

GUEST: Andrew Sibold, IANA Director of Economics and Freight Policy 
Topics covered in this podcast were: the current state of the intermodal market; volumes and services; the current state of demand for intermodal services; the impact of tariffs and trade policy on intermodal; the proposed Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger; and how the Iran conflict is affecting the sector, among others. 
Andrew Sibold is Director of Economics & Freight Policy at the Intermodal Association of North America, where he serves as the industry's economist and leads IANA's market intelligence program. He is the architect of BEACON, IANA's proprietary freight data platform, and creator of the Intermodal Volume Index (IVI), the industry's seasonally adjusted headline measure of North American intermodal activity, alongside a growing suite of fluidity, port, and leading indicators. His analysis appears in IANA's monthly Intermodal Market Monitor and weekly Flash Update, and his commentary on freight markets has been featured in national logistics media. Before joining IANA, Andrew spent five years as a financial and economic analyst at the Federal Highway Administration and served as a U.S. Army captain. He holds graduate degrees in economics, public policy, econometrics, and international relations.

GUEST: Luke Martin, Global Logistics Lead, Corporate Global Supply Chain Operations, at Lockheed Martin. 
Topics covered in this podcast were: Lockheed's approach to LTL planning and operations; the company's approach to managing transportation costs; truckload procurement, and trade and tariffs, among others. 
Lucas “Luke” Martin is the Enterprise Logistics Lead for Lockheed Martin’s Global Supply Chain  Operation. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading the Corporation’s Global Logistics Program. This includes the strategic, operational, and financial platforms of corporate transportation agreements across all modes and geographies, supply chain security, global freight payment and program freight charging. Mr. Martin is also responsible for Lockheed’s Supply Chain Security Program. His team manages a global spend of $400M in logistics activity for the world’s largest defense contractor.
Previously, Mr. Martin was a Distribution Analyst, Corporate Global Supply Chain Operations for Lockheed Martin Corporate. In that role, he was responsible for all aspects of freight payment, freight analytics, and special projects.
Throughout his career, Mr. Martin has led several critical initiatives for Lockheed Martin Corporation, including the corporation’s Tier III CTPAT accreditation, Value Accelerator (transportation) indirect category, Corporate 3PL implementation, centralized freight payment and metrics, delivering all reported transportation savings dollars, and serving as an embedded subject matter expert for logistics, transportation, and freight accounting at the enterprise level.
Mr. Martin has a Master of Science in Enterprise Information Systems from Colorado Technical University, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Embry-Riddle University and is a Lockheed Martin certified Six Sigma Black Belt.  
 

GUEST: Luke Martin, Global Logistics Lead, Corporate Global Supply Chain Operations, at Lockheed Martin
Topics covered in this podcast were: Lockheed's approach to LTL planning and operations; the company's apprpach to managinh transportation costs; truckload procurement, and trade and tariffs, among others. 
Lucas “Luke” Martin is the Enterprise Logistics Lead for Lockheed Martin’s Global Supply Chain  Operation. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading the Corporation’s Global Logistics Program. This includes the strategic, operational, and financial platforms of corporate transportation agreements across all modes and geographies, supply chain security, global freight payment and program freight charging. Mr. Martin is also responsible for Lockheed’s Supply Chain Security Program. His team manages a global spend of $400M in logistics activity for the world’s largest defense contractor.
Previously, Mr. Martin was a Distribution Analyst, Corporate Global Supply Chain Operations for Lockheed Martin Corporate. In that role, he was responsible for all aspects of freight payment, freight analytics, and special projects.
Throughout his career, Mr. Martin has led several critical initiatives for Lockheed Martin Corporation, including the corporation’s Tier III CTPAT accreditation, Value Accelerator (transportation) indirect category, Corporate 3PL implementation, centralized freight payment and metrics, delivering all reported transportation savings dollars, and serving as an embedded subject matter expert for logistics, transportation, and freight accounting at the enterprise level.
Mr. Martin has a Master of Science in Enterprise Information Systems from Colorado Technical University, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Embry-Riddle University and is a Lockheed Martin certified Six Sigma Black Belt.