3PL Live

In this episode of 3PL Live host, Jeremy Thone speaks with Adam Robinson Founder of the Robinson Agency. Robinson is no stranger to the supply chain as an ex-executive for Sonar at FreightWaves and an early adopter of content creation at Cerasis back in the early 2010s.  Robinson got the entrepreneurial itch to start his own agency in 2021. We speak about what makes good content, the power of...

In this Episode of 3PL Live host, Jeremy Thone interviews Margo Waldie Business Development Manager of Dart Entities. We learn that Waldie got into the freight industry 15 years back as her friends were getting into more glamorous industries.  There weren't many women in sales roles at Con-Way or Dependable at that time.   But working at those companies helped Waldie learn the ropes...

In this Episode of 3PL Live host, Jeremy Thone speaks with William Lentz Head of Sales Enablement at GoFreight. Sales Enablement isn’t common in the supply chain but is getting more prevalent in the startup community. Lentz informs us that the role of enablement is to power reps with the tools they need to sell more effectively. A sales enablement program is a holistic strategy connecting marketin...

In this episode of 3PL Live host, Jeremy Thone speaks with Kevin Hill, host of Put that Coffee down on FreightWaves. We unpack how Hill started Carrier Lists, a database of carriers, and later met Craig Fuller at a conference. Fuller offered Hill a position as the Director of Research at FreightWaves. Down the road, Tim Dooner and Hill started Put That Coffee Down, a podcast dedicated to selling i...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone —  interviews Chattanooga boys Evan Bissonette, Director of Sales, and Tommy Igou, Sales Manager of StratusGrid. In this supply chain podcast we talk about using Managed Service Providers (MSP’s) such as StratusGrid to help freight brokers wire up any integrations between your Transportation Management Software (TMS) and another software partner...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone riffs with Blythe Brumleve of Digital Dispatch and FreightWaves about podcasting and content creation in the freight industry. We talk about how Brumleve got into podcasting and later was approached by the team at FreightWaves for guest appearances on Put that Coffee Down. Brumleve now hosts a new show called Cyberly on FreightWaves. Brumleve is well...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Josh Asbury, VP of 3PL of Brokerage/3PL at HubTran. HubTran makes your back office more efficient up to 4x by automating repetitive tasks that don’t require a human's touch. They have a "quick scan method" or "lights out processing," which is completely automated. 3PL Systems Team​

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with the Chief Growth Officer of Cloudsyte, Luke Uransel about ERP systems, cannabis in trucking, autonomous trucking company Einride, and Blockchain. Uransel is well-read. It was enjoyable getting to pick his brain on these topics. 3PL Systems Team

In this episode of 3PL Live host, Jeremy Thone of 3PL Systems speaks with Andrew Kelley III, Chief Commercial Officer at BoxLock, about finding your tribe, being your authentic self, living less in fear, and becoming comfortable in your own skin. Andrew holds degrees from MIT and Harvard.  We hope you enjoy the show, and please follow us on LinkedIn at 3PL Systems. 3PL Systems Team

3PL Systems is excited to share a fascinating story of two cousins from Kenya that came to the U.S. to found Cloudsyte, a supply chain collaboration tool. Kennedy Muteti and Dickson Wambua. The idea to start a collaboration tool started after Kennedy worked in manufacturing, where data for builds is held in email silos. The two interviewed 120 customers using the I-Corps program from The National...

3PL Systems is excited to share an interview with Alyssa Braaksma, who heads Operations at Razor Logistics, a freight brokerage. Alyssa’s father, Mike Johnston, worked as a carrier sales rep before starting a freight brokerage. We learn that Razor's focus is to properly onboard clients and teach them how to quote and classify their freight. If you like freight operations, this is worth checking ou...

One of the best ways to start a business is to work for someone to learn the business. Hope White worked at Home Depot for years learning everything she could about the trucking business. Being a woman and a minority is often harder for most folks to get the courage to start a business. It’s awesome to see White making moves from starting a brokerage, shipping hemp, buying assets, and a warehouse....

It’s not every day we get to speak with a founder that’s innovating an entire industry. We were lucky enough to pick Craig Fuller’s brain learning all about the FreightWaves founding story. We found out that Craig’s dad started U.S. Express, which Craig’s brother runs as the CEO with 10,000 + employees. Craig ended up working with his dad at one point on a payments venture which caused tensions wi...

3PL Systems is excited to share an interview with the Freight Coach, aka Chris Jolly.  Host Jeremy Thone of 3PL Live got to know Chris and how he ended up coaching sales reps in the freight industry.  We learn that Chris doesn’t do second takes for his podcast, and he gives everything, all he’s got.  We also talk about manifesting dreams into reality by putting clues out there. &nbs...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Richard Harris of The Harris Consulting group about the art of inside sales. Richard is one of the most influential sales leaders in the software industry with clients such as Google, Visa, and SalesLoft. He teaches sales reps how to ask the right questions at the right times. We talk about impostor syndrome, sales automation programs, and...

At 3PL Systems, we make Transportation Management Software with a lot of moving parts. We hire talented U.S. based technical support representatives to support our client base. We appreciate the contributions of our team. In this episode of 3PL Live, we turn the spotlight on our staff and speak with Blake Rangell about supporting our clients with EDI 204, 210, 214, and API tracking/tracing. We als...

3PL Systems is excited to share a founding story in the transportation community. In this 3PL Live episode, we speak with Tristan Bordallo of Iamfr8 INC about leaving a comfortable role at Covenant Transportation to starting an asset-based trucking company with no financing, trucks, or drivers.  Tristan realized that one way to fix the driver shortage in the industry is to pay the drivers fai...

In this 3PL Live episode, Jeremy Thone speaks with American Pro Snowboarder Mason Aguirre about competing against Shaun White in the 2006 Winter Olympics. We get into the psychology of hitting 100-foot jumps on a snowboard. We talk about calculated risk and reinventing yourself after a successful career in snowboarding. How to believe in yourself again, being humble, and sucking at things again in...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host, Jeremy Thone speaks with Belal Batrawy about the "Art of Sales."  Belal worked at six startups and pulled off being the #1 sales rep at four of the six companies, and also dead last at two. We explore some of the tactical ways people can sell better, such as giving the price upfront, talking about competition, and changing social paradigms in the buyer-selle...

In this Episode of 3PL Live host, Jeremy Thone interviews Chris Wilson of Rise Transportation.  Chris managed to start Rise Transportation in February 2020 during the pandemic! We also learn about a few side projects Chris is working such as a podcast on leadership and his wife's jewelry business. I hope you enjoy the show. Please consider liking, commenting, and subscribing to our podcast. &...

In this episode, I speak with Michael Schember of American Group about meeting his Co-Founder Daniel Krivickas at West Ex. We learn that American group is up 100% YOY in Revenue during covid times.  They have been shipping a lot of alcohol and PPE. Mike wanted to better control his customer experience by paying for an invoice if needed by a carrier. Carriers have expense accounts for entertai...

I am excited to share an interview with David Cornwell, Director of Business development about automation, machine learning, and Optical Character recognition in the supply chain Hubtran is able to 4x payable processing time by automating some routine tasks.  Their system integrates with 3PL Systems, McLeod, and MercuryGate, among others.  

In our first podcast episode, Jeremy Thone interviews Matt Mugar founder of Boa Logistics about his founding story.  We talk about how Matt worked at Fred Segal and by chance got a job as a freight sales rep at Diversified Transportation in Los Angeles. Matt and his partner went off on their own and now have 55 employees and a 55,000 square foot warehouse Stay tuned to hear the episode and le...