Author Archives: AFN, LLC

AFN has enjoys a productive relationship with many industry associations, including The Transportation  Intermediaries Association (TIA), the professional organization of the $162 billion third-party logistics industry. We recently submitted a white paper on “The Relationship Between the Intermediary and the … Read More

Kira Meinzer, Vice President of Human Resources, was recently featured in the Society for Human Resources Management newsletter.  She was quoted about AFN’s lunchtime perks program and how it is one of many factors that helps retain our talented team. … Read More

Jared Palmer, Director of Security and General Counsel, was recently published in the International In-House Counsel Journal, Spring Edition.  The topic was on transforming your inhouse legal department into a competitive advantage.  Read the article here.

At AFN, we’re absolutely convinced that our people are what set us apart from our competition. That’s why we focus all of our hiring efforts on people who are a good fit with our core values. These include attributes like … Read More

The beginning of the New Year marked the end of a decade for AFN and the start of a new one. From the moment we opened our doors in 2003, we built this company based on the principle that everyone … Read More

Yogi Berra famously said, “It ain’t over til it’s over”. As an industry, we’ve been experiencing shortages of qualified drivers for several years, even through the worst period of high unemployment in recent history. And, to paraphrase Yogi, it doesn’t … Read More

Five Ways BI Helps Us Work Smarter for You A prevailing industry metric for measuring transportation costs is “total logistics-related costs as a percentage of gross sales.”  This metric generally falls between 5-8%, with anything under 5% considered to be … Read More

Lawdawgs 1, Bad Guys 0 They may not have known about electronic tracking devices or security cameras but medieval lords had security pretty wired. Using a layered approach, they built well-designed castles with ringed fortifications, surrounded by moats, protected by … Read More