Michigan Business Beat | Ascend Launches as Dry Van, Full Truckload Carrier - Middle-Mile Market3

Jeffrey Mosher has a three-segment interview with Michael McLary, CEO of Ascend LLC of Atlanta, GA. They discuss Michael's background, how Ascend came about and what they are doing differently in the Trucking industry. While based in Georgia they handle customers in Michigan and shares a bit about the acquisitions they're looking for in the MidWest. Besides discussing Ascend, Michael gets into how the trucking industry is doing, regional carriage, ecommerce/retail and why Ascend got started (e.g., Michael came from UPS and Amazon, so he is well versed in the industry) what is happening in the trucking industry (competition for drivers is a big one) and what Ascend is doing differently in terms of getting drivers (ability to be home more; short run days of out-and-back) regionalization and the high-performance short-haul technology (how they are leveraging the technology so that they are running full more often/less deadheading) Overall industry What is happening in supply chain? Why is it the talk almost nightly on the news (e.g., moving goods around the country)? eCommerce and retail?