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Yesterday our team came together to celebrate Haul-oween and flaunt their most creative costumes and pumpkin-carving skills! From hilarious to haunting, everyone brought their unique flair, and the pumpkin creations were gourd-geous! 🎨🍂 Thank you to everyone who joined in to make it a frightfully fun day—proof that we’re just as good at celebrating as we are at keeping the freight moving!

🎃 Happy Haul-oween, Freight Fiends! 🎃 This year really put the fright in freight! S&P Global reported that Halloween supply chain activity reached spine-tingling heights in 2024, with related imports up a hair-raising 18.6% year over year! 📈🧙♂️ Over 13,239 truckloads of Halloween goods made their way across the U.S. to keep the tricks and the treats rolling. From 690 million pounds of pumpkins to 620 million pounds of candy, our supply chain sorcerers are conjuring up all the Halloween essentials. Here’s to the fang-tastic drivers and logistics teams making Haul-oween happen. Have a safe haul this spooky season! 👻🕸️

Optym's RouteMax is transforming inbound planning for Estes Express Lines. With 85 terminals already live, Estes has cut planning time, routes, miles, and returns. RouteMax delivers optimized routes for thousands of shipments in minutes—precision and efficiency without compromising customer commitments. "Estes has already seen impressive results with RouteMax's inbound planning,” Estes VP of Process Engineering & Continuous Improvement Howard Cochran said. “Optym has been engaged, quickly adding new features and functionality to help our planners save precious planning time, while reducing our mileage and routes." By the end of Q1 2025, 222 Estes terminals will be powered by RouteMax, unlocking even greater efficiencies. This collaboration exemplifies how tailored solutions drive real-world results. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02W7zRf0

Pick your poison – inaccurate? Or time consuming? Those were the two options fleets had when mapping geofences. But Lucas Schorer and Kestrel Insights knew there was opportunity to put precision in place with automated geo-fencing. Who knew rethinking boundaries could be so game-changing? 🚛✍️ In this Semi-Related episode, Chris Torrence and Lucas Schorer cover: 🤖 When automation beats hand-drawn polygons 🎯 How precision impacts operations 🔮 What the future holds for fleets and geofencing Catch the full conversation at the link below. 👇

The future of freight requires communication, collaboration, and transparency. After these last three days spent connecting with friends, old and new, at the Broker Carrier Summit Forth Worth, we're even more confident that we're building something special, together. Thank you to all of the attendees who joined Chris Torrence, Raphael De Pinho, and Jacob Eischen in this shared experience. Now, who's ready for Indy? ✈️

We're thrilled to be heading to the Broker Carrier Summit in Fort Worth, TX, from October 23-25! 🚚 Our Optym team—Chris Torrence, Jacob Eischen, and Raphael De Pinho, will be there to share insights, discuss industry trends, and connect with fellow professionals. See us around? Don’t hesitate to stop by and let’s explore the future of logistics together! Learn more about the summit: https://hubs.ly/Q02TYtJn0

The Broker Carrier Summit is happening this week, October 23-25, in Fort Worth, and GLCS is proud to be part of it! Are you going? Nate Johnson, Robert Bain, and Maria Luepke will be representing GLCS, where building strong relationships with our customers is core to our business—something that aligns perfectly with the mission of the Broker Carrier Summit. 🤝 In addition, GLCS' Driving Forward podcast will be broadcasting live from the event on Thursday at 1:15 PM CT, featuring a stellar lineup of guests including: Kristy Knichel, Matt Dahl, Jamie Hagen, and more. 🎙️ You won’t want to miss it! To top it off, Nate will be joining a panel on the "Future of Technology for Logistics" alongside industry experts Dawn Salvucci-Favier, Brent Hutto, Chris Torrence, and Robyn Hyra on October 24, from 4:10 to 4:55 PM. 📅 We’re excited to be part of an event that drives innovation and collaboration across the industry. If you're attending, let’s connect!

📸 Highlights from #ATAMCE in Nashville! 🚛 Chris Torrence and Shaman Ahuja had a great time at ATA MCE, connecting with industry pros like Evan Duncan & Rory Cassin and sharing ideas on the latest trends. #ATAMCE was all about collaboration, fresh perspectives, and new connections. It’s inspiring to see how far the trucking industry has come, and even more exciting to see where it’s headed next! Big thanks to American Trucking Associations and Andrew Boyle, Chris Spear, and Caleb Chatfield for hosting such an incredible event.

The 3rd Annual Venture 53 Trucker Bar Party is on! Register now to join the Venture 53 portfolio companies in Chattanooga at Freight Alley's favorite dive bar for a fun night and connecting with the industry's legends and visionaries. Hosted by Venture 53, FR8MVMT, Better Trucks, ClearJet, Davinci Micro Fulfillment, DEXA (Drone Express), EDRAY Collaborative Port Logistics, Emerge, Fillogic, FRAYT, GenLogs, HEALE Labs, Highway, FreightRoll, MyCarrier, Navix, Warehowz, Newtrul, Onward, Optym, PAXAFE, Renaissant, TruckSpy, Upwell

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Optym to integrate Kestrel Insights' automated polygon geofencing into the RouteMax platform! This collaboration takes location intelligence to the next level — enabling precise tracking, reduced detention times, and seamless arrival/departure notifications for the logistics industry. This is a step toward greater efficiency and accuracy for Optym users. Get all the details by reading the full press release: https://lnkd.in/gTra8nef #optym #geofencing #logistics #tech #technology #supplychain #transportation