April 5, 2022
Logistics Weekly

Did You Know that the TIA 2022 Capital Ideas Conference & Exhibition kicks off tomorrow? With over 1,400 attendees from across North America, this is the must-attend event of the year for 3PL professionals. Already registered? Download the mobile conference app and start building your personalized agenda. Not registered? Don’t worry—there’s still time to get in on the action and join your 3PL peers in San Diego. 

DISCOVER: TIA offers subscribers the opportunity to learn more about Logistics Plus' Ukraine relief efforts. Logistics Plus had 50 of their own employees there and are now providing relief to them and other refugees. You can access the Logistics Plus Ukraine relief here. Their fund was seeded with $500K from their owner/CEO and has raised another $138K+. All funds go directly to help refugees. The Logistics Plus team are also working with local politicians using their warehouse to collect much needed physical items, and they will be managing the transportation of that container to Poland in early April.

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Tomorrow it begins! Finally, after 2 long years, 1400+ TIA members and members of the 3PL community will gather in San Diego for the TIA 2022 Capital Ideas Conference & Exhibition. 3+ days of networking, education (with 80+ options and over 150 speakers), and a sold out exhibit hall with the best vendors in the brokerage-based 3PL community makes this week the must attend event of the year. You can join us. Register online or onsite. We look forward to seeing you!

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Industry News and Advocacy

TIA Call to Action: TIA Members, as you know over the last year and a half we have been working diligently on your behalf to include DOT licensed property brokers in the C-TPAT program, a public/private partnership focused on hardening the supply chain. Department of Homeland Security’s decision more than 10 years ago to exclude you from C-TPAT has cost you all countless business opportunities.

We have legislation to start to fix this. S.2322 in the Senate and H.R. 6826 in the House of Representatives will allow 10 TIA members to be included in this program through a pilot program. This starts the process of opening up C-TPAT to any 3PL who would like to join.

Use this link, with a pre-written note, to call on your elected leaders to co-sponsor and support S.2322 and H.R 6826.

Write to your elected leaders today!

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Education

A common complaint among brokerage owners is that their employees do not have enough of a sense of urgency. There are many possible reasons for this problem, but two of the most common are poorly defined roles and poorly designed and managed compensation plans. This seminar will look at the different organization models in use by brokers that help improve role clarity and the various pros and cons of each for different situations. It will also review the different compensation approaches (there are far more options than just a straight commission plan!) and give your ideas for different methods you can use to increase the sense of urgency among your staff, and drive more profits to your bottom line.

SESSION DATES: 

April 26 & 28, May 3 & 5 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET

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Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) have you stumped? TIA's LTL course has you covered. Developed by leading transportation & freight brokerage professionals with extensive LTL experience, this online, on-demand course consists of four (4) modules and final exam. Register today!

 

Employee onboarding can be challenging, costly, and time-consuming, but the New Employee Orientation Course from Transportation Intermediaries Association eases the burden providing an overview of rules/regulations, business ethics, how to sell, and more!

 

We are ready to start collecting data for the 2021 Freight Broker Compensation Survey

Given the rapid movement in the market last year, we are trying to get the info to you as quickly as possible, but we need your help to pull this off.

You will gain 3 free months of access to our compensation tool for providing your historical pay data. Our fee for 2021’s data is $100 per month, billed in 3-month increments.

What you need to participate: 

  1. Use this Excel File 
  2. Fill it out and send it to measureup@prosperiogroup.com 
  3. If you do not already have an account, register here.

As always, we adhere to all DOJ rules regarding compensation surveys. 

Even if you are no longer in this role, we still need your help—please forward this email to your finance, HR, sales, or operations leader contacts at EVERY freight broker you know. The more Industry-wide participation we have, the more valuable the tool is for everyone

If you have any questions, please reach out to Beth Carroll at beth.carroll@prosperiogroup.com or call her at (815)-302-1030

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Brokers with less than $100m in sales are turning to AscendTMS in droves to digitize their brokerages, lower their costs, and increase their profit margins. The key for these brokers, representing over 97% of all active brokerages, according to CEO Tim Higham, is that they’re all eager to access the newly available digital shipper freight and digital carrier capacity being made available – which just isn’t available in most legacy TMS systems.
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We have just updated the Member Resource Library with a new section devoted exclusively to whitepapers TIA has produced over the years. These resources are designed to help our members gain a better understanding of issues, trends, and developments in the industry as they navigate an increasingly crowded 3PL marketplace. The Member Resource Library also includes a collection of guidelines and frameworks, contracts, legal cases, and other resources to provide TIA Members with a knowledge bank for 3PL success.

You must be logged into the TIA website to access this library. Contact a member of TIA staff at
703.299.5700 if you need assistance.

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Member Resources

TIA's new Member Referral Program is designed to help grow TIA's membership and representation within the 3PL industry.

Each month, TIA will hold a drawing for rewards and prizes to those individuals who submitted completed referral forms for the previous month. We will also hold quarterly drawings for larger rewards and prizes, so keep the referrals coming to increase your chances of winning!

 

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