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Janet Labuda spent more than 30 years in U.S. Customs before leading up Customs and Trades Issues at Maersk Customs Services.
Janet's LinkedInMaersk Customs Services' Website
She joins the podcast to talk about how to build a compliance department alongside AI in order to keep your company ahead of regulations, tariffs, and more.
It’s a fun conversation for the folks who (like me) only have experience with Customs by watching the TV show To Catch a Smuggler (which is also referenced a lot in this episode). Hope you enjoy the convo as much as I did.
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Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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Cargo thieves are making off with an average of $200k per heist these days, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
In this episode of Everything is Logistics, Grace Sharkey is back to discuss how tech is becoming both the weapon and shield in the fight against cargo crime.
She and Blythe dive into the crazy world of freight fraud, from Brazilian crime rings recruiting kids to the latest tools brokers are using to fight back.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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The Manifest conference has dominated the logistics industry since its 2022 inception. In this episode, the Preside of Manifest Courtney Muller joins the show to talk about how they strategize their content on a variety of fronts to include a strong influencer strategy.
Courtney's LinkedIn Manifest The Future of Supply Chain & LogisticsManifest LinkedIn
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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SPI Logistics has been helping freight agents for more than 40 years and CEO Mitch Helten joins the show to talk about how they helped to pioneer what a freight agent program SHOULD look like.
Mitch's LinkedInSPI's WebsiteSPI’s Secrets to Building a Successful Freight Agent
From the early days of process mapping via spreadsheets, to building their own SaaS, and then the technology hub they have today, Mitch breaks down how SPI builds on their partnerships at every level and continues to see that evolve for 2025.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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In today's turbulent freight market, finding the right TMS can make or break a brokerage's success.
In this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe speaks with Tai Software CEO Walter "Mitch" Mitchell about how freight brokers can leverage technology to grow their business in 2025.
They cover everything from combating email overload to embracing AI, while emphasizing the importance of taking time to think strategically about business operations.LINKS:
Tai Software Website8 Areas to Improve Your Freight BrokerageHow Switching TMS Helped SIO Logistics Grow to Nearly $100M Brokerage
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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Grace Sharkey is back with Blythe Brumleve for another episode of Freight Friends as we head towards the end of 2024.
Grace's LinktreeLogistics Girlie LinkedInSupply Chain Gals LinkedInAsset Locator v1.0 ReleaseIntent Data and the Future of Logistics Marketing with Kara BrownGenLogs launches initiative to combat theft using counterterrorism methodsMeth seized from Myanmarese boat costs more than aircraft carrier
This episode covers the State of Cargo Crime, South American Logistics, the packaging drama of Wicked dolls, and a Freightwaves F3 recap.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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In a recent episode, we talked about a company trying to build the next shipping container and since y’all liked that episode so much, we got the CEO of Inversion Space to come on and talk about how their company is creating the next supply chain, all in space.
Inversion Space WebsiteInversion Space TwitterInversion Space LinkedInJustin Fiaschetti LinkedIn
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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Struggling with sales goals and questioning your marketing strategy?
TMSA Website2024 TMSA Benchmarking Study
The latest TMSA benchmarking study shows an alarming shift in freight marketing, with companies failing to retain customers not because of pricing but because they can't grow alongside their clients' needs.
In this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe and Grace Sharkey discuss how freight marketers are totally sleeping on direct mail, which produces way better engagement rates than digital channels - we're talking 80-90% open rates compared to email's measly 20-30%.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
The Arctic is melting, and a new shipping superhighway is emerging.
In this episode, Blythe and Grace Sharkey explore how the melting Arctic and the Northwest Passage could revolutionize global trade by providing a faster route than the Panama Canal.
They also examine the geopolitical dynamics, with Russia dominating the icebreaker race with 41 ships, including nuclear-powered ones, while the U.S. lags behind with just two.
WATCH THE FULL EPISODEFeedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
Need a fresh take on freight sales that actually works?
Reddit Sub for Freight Brokers
In this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe digs through Reddit's freight broker community to uncover some surprisingly effective tips - from showing up at manufacturers' doors to building a killer social media presence.
She shares real stories from pros in the field who are ditching the spray-and-pray approach and finding success by getting personal with their prospects.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
The future of American manufacturing isn't about bringing back old factories – it's about building smarter ones.
In this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe shares how Hadrian, an innovative automation company, is revolutionizing American manufacturing by bridging generations of expertise.
By focusing on high-precision aerospace parts (think rockets and satellites), they're not just bringing manufacturing back to the US – they're making it faster, cheaper, and more advanced than ever before.LINKS:
Hadrian WebsiteInside the Future of American Manufacturing [Startup Documentary]
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
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On this podcast, we're used to hearing the broker's or the carrier's point of view. But in this episode, we're showcasing a conversation held at the ECC Conference with two shippers, one in restaurant equipment and the other in electrical systems, who share their experience in trying to solve their supply chain challenges since 2020.
ECC Association WebsitePhil's LinkedInFred's LinkedIn
The ECC Conference was held in Colorado Springs at the Broadmoor and I was honored to participate in the panel alongside Phil Stephenson of Avail Infrastructure Solutions and Fred Mudge of Powell Electrical Systems.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
Ever wonder how cargo ships navigate through the Arctic ice or why some companies keep losing their best customers?
Grace Sharkey is back with her monthly appearance on EiL, and in this episode, she and Blythe tackle everything from nuclear-powered icebreaker ships breaking through the Arctic to why freight companies might be totally missing the mark on keeping their best customers happy.
The pair discuss fresh marketing data that shows how the industry is evolving and wrap things up with a story about how mules - yes, actual mules - are helping deliver supplies to hurricane victims in North Carolina's mountains.LINKS:
Grace’s LinktreeAutomating Annoying Phone Calls in FreightDirect Mail Statistics that Marketers Need to Know2025 TMSA ELEVATE ConferenceDisaster Logistics and Hurricane Helene Relief EffortsF3: Future of Freight Festival 2024
WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HEREFeedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
Your expertise in a field is often earned through years of trial and error. But for Jennifer Lynn Harris, she has used this experience to take her career from answering phones at a freight forwarding company to managing her team of drivers and becoming a freight agent for SPI Logistics.
Jennifer's LinkedInFreight Coordinate WebsiteFreight Coordinate LinkedInFreight Coordinate InstagramSPI’s Secrets to Building a Successful Freight Agent Career
In this episode, Jennifer shares her journey in hopes it can help others realize the value of experience, pushing through tough times, and ultimately finding success in your work.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
Companies waste a staggering $37 billion every year on pointless meetings. In this episode of Everything is Logistics, Blythe tackles why this happens and shares how companies like Shopify are fighting back.
She breaks down the science behind why we waste so much time in meetings and offers practical tips for declining invites without burning bridges.
Based on her own experience, she shares her no-meetings-Monday rule and other strategies to take back control of your calendar.LINKS:
Meetings Are Wasting Your Time: Here's How To Get It Back
WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HEREFeedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
More than 90 percent of US warehouses use no form of robotics technology and with that, a lot of manual labor is dependent on a workforce and roles that are tough to consistently fill…
Sankalp's LinkedInGather AI website
But GatherAI and their CEO Sankalp Arora hope to change that with his software approach to combining drones to help as a companion to the warehouse worker.
In this episode, we chat with Sankalp on how he and his team developed this software to use alongside drones to help warehouse managers, and its workers accurately count inventory to save time and money.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
Ever wonder why your favorite snacks are getting harder to find? In this episode, we explore the movie theater popcorn buckets hype and the global chocolate crisis that's shaking up your candy aisle. From Dune-inspired containers that went viral to skyrocketing cocoa prices, we discuss the surprising logistics behind your snacks and how they're adapting to a changing market.
ERP Failure Case Study – Hershey’s
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
Ever wonder what happens to cargo lost at sea?
In this episode, we discuss the wild world of floating freight, from 28,000 rubber duckies teaching us about ocean currents to Garfield phones mysteriously washing up on French beaches for decades.
Blythe and Grace explore bizarre incidents like Lego pieces still appearing on English coasts and a British pilot's emergency landing on a Spanish cargo ship, touching on salvage rights and environmental impacts.WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE
Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
Ever wondered about the journey your favorite makeup product takes before it lands in your makeup bag?
In this episode, we're pulling back the curtain on the global and complex supply chain of makeup. From overseas manufacturing to the challenges of quality assurance, customs clearance, and the race against expiration dates, we'll explore how your beauty essentials make it from the factory to your front door.
In our first segment, we'll navigate the world of makeup production and distribution, uncovering the hidden hurdles that impact product quality and availability. Then, in the second half, we'll get into the often-overlooked issue of makeup returns—revealing how retailers manage them... or sometimes, how they don't manage them at all.
Whether you're a beauty enthusiast or just curious about where your products come from, this "source to porch" story will enlighten and inform.WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE
Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. -
In this episode of Everything is Logistics, we're discussing an innovative new startup that wants to turn space into the next big shipping lane. Grace Sharkey and Blythe explore Inversion Space, a company planning to drop packages from orbit in under an hour - yeah, you heard that right!
Grace’s LinktreeSpace Logistics EpisodesRay from Inversion Video on XJustin Fiaschetti – Inversion Space
They talk about their plans for space warehouses, debate the challenges of space logistics, and wonder if one-hour delivery from orbit could actually become a thing.
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WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HEREFeedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interview series powered by SPI Logistics to hear directly from the company's agents on how they took the leap and found a home with SPI freight agent program.
Tai TMS is designed to streamline your brokerage operations and propel growth for both FTL and LTL shipment cycles. Book a demo with the Tai team today and tell them Everything is Logistics sent you.
Digital Dispatch maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers. Check out our website services here. - Montre plus
