Episode #19 What Can White Do for You? A Highlight of Hope White, CEO of HD Drayage and Host of Logistically Speaking and No BullShipping

The Transportation & Logistics Clubhouse welcomes Hope White, a true renaissance woman of supply chain, to discuss her time with Home Deport, operation in trucking, warehousing, and as a freight broker. 1.5.2022 Powered by ⁠Atlanta Dispatch LLC For Dispatching Services: www.atlantadispatch.org Podcast Website: transportationandlogistics.club Join our newsletter: transportationandlogistics.club/newsletter Learn how to dispatch: Physical Book Copy: transportationandlogistics.club/amazon eBook: https://books2read.com/u/4jqlzX Stay updated with our happenings: https://linktr.ee/transportationandlogistics?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=601f8834-e86c-4ff1-a555-2d9ff17f1735Listen on Youtube: https://youtu.be/YFKokAtUJZs Intro/Outro Music Shoutout: Positive Hip-Hop by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ 0:00 Intro, background, job description and company growth 3:32 Social media handles 4:22 Earliet memories of trucks, previous career and how it shaped her for the trucking industry 5:30 Hardest client she has ever acquired 9:00 Current opportunities 12:34 Home Depot experience and how it influenced her when growing her company 15:00 Certifications and their importance (MBE, DBE) 16:59 CTPAT (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) and steps to acquiring it 19:15 What is SmartWay? 21:49 Genesis of HD White Logistics and hiring new staff 28:28 Biggest missteps new brokers are likely to make 36:37 Coverage map. What is it? 38:12 Location of HD White storage yard and reasons for its strategic location 40:19 Importance of displaying transit times to customers 42:00 Side of her business that gives her the most fulfillment 43:35 Inflation and how it affects buying new equipment 45:03 Affiliation with Over The Road Therapy and how the relationship came about 46:46 Operation Lunchbox. What is it? 48:53 What venture in supply chain would she like to get into? 50:35 Audience question on drayage and if the HD White Logistic's model can apply in the West Coast 55:30 Audience question; Is it recommended to put brokerage under an LLC. How to secure Government contract 1:02:00 Appreciation and closing remarks 1:05:17 Outro