Episode #61 Peak Seasoning on Purpose with Jacob Kosiara, VP of Business Excellence & Strategy for Candor Expedite

The Q4 peak season has been heralded as one of the best ways to get consistent freight opportunities as a box truck or cargo van operation. While this may be true, how do you position yourself to take advantage and participate in the season? Join us as we discuss with Candor Expedite’s VP of Business Excellence & Strategy, Jacob Kosiara what this looks like from the perspective of brokerage winning the business and how carriers can partake in delivering the business. 10.24.2022 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-a555-2d9ff17f1735 Listen on Youtube: https://youtu.be/j7QqFzI0QE0 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/ -- - - -- 00:00 Intro. 02:48 Background and how he got into logistics. 06:04 What does expedite mean and what are the differences between an expedite brokerage and a traditional one? 07:49 How long he has been with the company. 08:54 What it was like to work with a new brokerage and a normal day back then vs now. 11:30: His thoughts on what's the lesser of the two evils between a new brokerage quoting too high and potentially missing the business or winning the business after quoting low and not being able to move the freight. 15:57 Request For Proposal considerations when setting the price and what they consider when submitting responses. 20:51 Is there a month or general time where they start gearing up for the peak season? 23:16 How they prepare for a peak season and how it is different preparing for it at an expedite brokerage. 26:12 Pitfalls he has experienced in past peak seasons that a new brokerage can learn from and avoid. 29:16 How they deal with pressure and whether it affects the price factor. 32:37 Is he happy to service the expedite for just in time shipping or do they also pre plan things that will happen months in advance? 36:38 Thoughts on whether he believes it is easier to be a carrier or broker in today's market. 39:23 How can a box truck or cargo van fleet position themselves to participate in peak opportunities with Candor Expedite? 43:36 Soft skills he looks for in a carrier that may make him give them an opportunity over another carrier. 49:53 His position on if its beneficial to build a relationship with independent dispatch agencies when it comes to servicing peak season opportunities. 58:03 Final shots and advise for people experiencing their first peak season. 1:01:33 Outro. #transportationandlogisticsclubhouse#freightbroker #hotshot #flatbed #dispatcher #boxtruck #logistics #opendeck #broker #freight #freightforwarding #carrier #trucking #supplychain #warehousing #storageyard #freightmanagement #Reefer #drayage #refrigeratedfreight #trucking #dedicatedfreight #dat #containers #chassis #networking  #globallogistics #networking #q4 #peakseason #holidayshopping #blackfriday #christmas #candorexpedite #peak