Logistics Management Podcast

Looking at the LTL market with Scooter Sayers

GUEST: Scooter Sayers, Business Development Director–LTL Solutions, Cubiscan
Scooter Sayers is the Business Development Director–LTL Solutions at Cubiscan, a leader in freight dimensioning solutions.  He spends his days speaking with shippers, carriers, and 3PLs to deploy solutions that maximize revenues and profits, minimize costs, and optimize systems.
Following a 25-plus year career at ABF Freight and ArcBest Corporation as a Pricing Analyst, progressing through several positions including Director – Rating & Traffic Services. In this latter role, he held responsibility for 100 employees in the corporate office as well as the Weighing & Research team spread across the ABF Freight network.  He developed the LTL industry’s first density-based tariff in 1993.
Scooter spent 3 years in the 3PL and freight brokerage space with several companies.  He then formed Sayers Logistics LLC, an LTL transportation consultancy, to deliver LTL solutions by working with shippers, carriers, trade organizations, 3PLs, and technology providers to help move the LTL industry forward.  
Scooter Sayers graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.  He, his wife, and his cat named Princeton currently reside in northeast Georgia.

The Ultimate Competitive Edge: WMS as the 3PL’s Secret Weapon

Group Editorial Director Mike Levans sits down with Michael Armanious, CEO of Datex, to explore how modern WMS technology—highlighted has become a critical competitive advantage for 3PLs.

Mastio's Huntsman provides overview of LTL shipper and carrier relationship dynamics

GUEST: Kevin Huntsman, President, Matsio & Company
Kevin Huntsman is the President of Mastio & Company, where he has dedicated the past 29 years to helping organizations better understand and improve their customer experience. Throughout his tenure, Kevin has led projects for hundreds of companies — including numerous Fortune 100 firms — across diverse sectors such as energy, utilities, transportation, logistics, plastics, and chemicals.Under his leadership, Mastio & Company has continued to strengthen its reputation for delivering actionable insights and impartial data. With more than 36 years of experience, the firm has completed over 900 projects for 350+ clients, empowering businesses to make data-driven decisions that enhance performance and growth. Kevin oversees the full lifecycle of each project, ensuring that every engagement meets the high standards of quality and integrity for which Mastio & Company is known. He earned his degree in Marketing from Missouri Western State University.
 

The Future of Last-Mile Logistics: Balancing Automation, Efficiency, and Human Expertise

In this new Logistics Management podcast, Group Editorial Director Michael Levans sits down with Andy Tryba, CEO of CXT Software, to explore how automation, intelligent dispatching, and digital transformation are redefining the last mile.

Manufacturing update with Susan Spence, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Business Survey Committee

GUEST: Susan Spence, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Business Survey Committee 
Topics covered in this podcast included: the current state of manufacturing; the impact of trade policy and tariffs on manufacturing; the role of automation, through things like AI and robotics, within manufacturing; and the ongoing federal government shutdown, among other topics. 
Susan (Sue) Spence serves as Chair for the prestigious ISM® Manufacturing PMI® and acts as the official spokesperson for the nearly century-old ISM Report On Business®. She holds this position in a volunteer capacity, contributing her industry expertise to one of the most closely watched economic indicators in the world.
Sue retired from FedEx in July 2023 after she joined in October 2013 as the VP of the newly centralized Sourcing & Procurement group.  Her responsibilities included leading a team of over 250 professionals managing $25B+ of spend, systems and policies related to the corporation’s global sourcing and procurement activities. Sue is a member of several Supply Chain Management Industry and University councils, and in 2020 was honored with the Institute of Supply Management’s J. Shipman Gold Medal Award, a recognition of individuals whose career accomplishments have promoted the advancement of the procurement and supply chain management profession. 
Prior to joining FedEx, Sue spent 28 years at United Technologies Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility at the aerospace divisions of Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky Aircraft. She also served as Director of Supply Management at UTC’s Corporate HQ, where her team earned Purchasing Magazine’s annual Medal of Excellence award and was chosen as a YWCA Woman Achiever in Business.  Her career included positions in both Supply Management, Operations Transformation, and Continuous Improvement.
Sue received her BA in Economics from the University of Connecticut, and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  She has two adult daughters living in Boston and New York. 

AAR President & CEO Jefferies examines the current state of freight rail policy and regulations

GUEST: Ian Jefferies, President & CEO, Association of American Railroads 
Jefferies started in his role leading the AAR in January 2019 and prior to that he served as the senior vice president of AAR’s government affairs, overseeing the development, promotion, and implementation of legislative priorities for the AAR. And before joining the AAR, Jefferies served as a senior policy advisor to the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, from 2009-2013.

Freight railroad market update with Tony Hatch

GUEST: Tony Hatch, principal ABH Consulting
In this podcast, Tony Hatch offered up his views on various aspects of the freight railroad and intermodal sectors, including: market conditions, service levels, volumes, and the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern, among others. 
A nationally-known freight railroad and intermodal expert, Hatch also examined the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the freight railroad and intermodal sectors, railroad policy issues, and service and operations, among other topics.
Tony Hatch has nearly three decades of experience in the freight railroad and transportation sectors, primarily as an analyst. As principal of New York-based ABH Consulting, Hatch has been focused on the freight transportation segment, particularly surface transportation. And he is well-known for his knowledge of the intermodal area, where the various modes of freight transport converge, on which he has held several dozen specialized conferences.
Prior to launching ABH Consulting, Hatch was an analyst for Salomon brothers; proceeding to Argus, Painewebber, and most recently at NatWest Markets (USA) prior to starting his independent analyst/consultancy in 1999.

Looking at the logistics market with Dr. Zac Rogers

Looking at the logistics market with Dr. Zac Rogers

GUEST: Dr. Zac Rogers, Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Colorado State University
Dr. Rogers is an Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Colorado State University.  His primary research interests include the financial impact of supply chain networks, emerging logistics technologies, supply chain cyber security and various other emerging purchasing and logistics issues. He is also the lead author of the monthly Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI). Dr. Rogers’ work has appeared in multiple academic journals, corporate white papers, trade publications, and conference proceedings.  He is also a frequent speaker at both academic and practitioner-oriented conferences.  Dr. Rogers earned his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees at the University of Nevada, Reno and his PhD in supply chain management from Arizona State University. Prior to returning to academia Dr. Rogers worked as a purchasing agent for a large hotel-resort and as an operations manager for Quidsi, a subsidiary of Amazon.

Assessing the freight economy and market conditions with Mike Regan

GUEST: Mike Regan, TranzAct Technologies 
Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer, for TranzAct Technologies, one of the largest privately held logistics information and freight audit and payment companies in the United States, provided LM’s Berman with an overview of various industry topics, including: the current state of the freight economy; the over-the-road capacity outlook, the impact of tariffs on transportation, and trucking rates and pricing, among others. 
Mike Regan is well known and active within the logistics industry. He has served on the Boards of numerous industry groups such as the National Industrial Transportation League, National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC), He’s also active in several industry organizations, such as the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), where he is a 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. He has also served as the Chairman of the YPO Manufacturing Excellence Network. Mike has been a featured contributor and has published several blogs in industry periodicals such as Logistics Management, and has been quoted in periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal and many others.