--- title: Perfect Storm Preparation Center - Ken Spicer Added --- [![TranzAct Logo](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Redesign_images/TranzAct-Logo_200px.png?width=200&height=60&name=TranzAct-Logo_200px.png "TranzAct Logo")](https://www.tranzact.com/) ## **Perfect Storm Center** Many factors have converged and made this a tough time for managing transportation. To help you get a better understanding of what's happening in the marketplace and how to manage it, we’ve created a Perfect Storm Center. **Start by listening to the five minute interview with Ken Spicer, Director of Transportation - Carrier Operations at Univar, where he explains how ELDs have already caused some of his carriers to leave the market and how collaborating with your carriers can benefit you and them.** #### Shippers, complete the form to the right to gain access the new interview and a host of other resources as outlined below.   ### ![ken_spicer.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hubfs/on-the-record/ken_spicer.png) ### Carriers are Already Exiting the Market Due to ELD's Ken Spicer, Director of Transportation  Carrier Operations at Univar, talks about some of his carriers already leaving the market due to ELD's, and discusses how carriers and shippers can collaborate to navigate the storm.   ### ![rob-derek.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/rob-derek.png?width=100&name=rob-derek.png "rob-derek.png") ### What rate increases should you expect? That depends if you’re an efficient or inefficient shipper. Derek Leathers and Rob Estes estimate the difference in rate increases for efficient shippers versus inefficient shippers.   ### ![derek-leathers.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/derek-leathers.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=derek-leathers.png "derek-leathers.png") ### How will ELD enforcement impact the industry? Derek Leathers describes how ELD’s will shine a light on shipper inefficiencies and how that will drive changes in how carriers and shippers interact.   ### ![rob-estes.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/rob-estes.png?width=100&name=rob-estes.png "rob-estes.png")What is the value of a single pallet truck to an LTL carrier? Rob Estes talks about the value of a single pallet on a truck and how shippers can achieve savings by being more efficient.   ### ![john-larkin-jeff-rogers.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/john-larkin-jeff-rogers.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=john-larkin-jeff-rogers.png "john-larkin-jeff-rogers.png") ### How Shippers Can Mitigate Increases By Working With Their Carriers John Larkin, Managing Director of Transportation at Stifel, and Jeff Rogers, CEO of Universal Logistics   ### ![RandyMullettOTR.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/RandyMullettOTR.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=RandyMullettOTR.png "RandyMullettOTR.png") ###  The Impact of ELD Enforcement Randy Mullett, a Washington-based expert on the relationship between government and transportation   ### ![noel-perry.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/noel-perry.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=noel-perry.png "noel-perry.png") ### Economic Factors that will Raise Rates in 2018 Noel Perry, Economist with FTR and Truckstop.com   ### ![john-langley.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/john-langley.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=john-langley.png "john-langley.png") ### Identifying Risks in the Supply Chain Dr. John Langley, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Penn State   ### ![mike-regan-mitch-macdonald.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/mike-regan-mitch-macdonald.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=mike-regan-mitch-macdonald.png "mike-regan-mitch-macdonald.png") ###  How Shippers Should Respond To the Current Marketplace Mike Regan, TranzAct's Co-Founder, talks with Mitch McDonald of Supply Chain Digest   ### ![derek-leathers.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/derek-leathers.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=derek-leathers.png "derek-leathers.png") ### Capacity Issues for Carriers Derek Leathers, the CEO of Werner Enterprises   ### ![yossi-jarrod.png](https://info.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/on-the-record/yossi-jarrod.png?t=1510760184302&width=100&name=yossi-jarrod.png "yossi-jarrod.png") ### Hurricane Recovery's Lasting Impact and why You Must Have A Supply Chain Disaster Recovery Plan Yossi Sheffi, the Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, and Jarrod Goentzel, Founder and Director of the MIT Humanitarian Response Lab   ### Recent articles ### TRANSPORT TOPICS ### [Truckload Carrier Pitch to Raise Rates in 2018 Underway; ELDs, Driver Pay, Turnover All Concerns](http://www.ttnews.com/articles/truckload-carrier-pitch-raise-rates-2018-underway-elds-driver-pay-turnover-all-concerns-0)   ### SUPPLY CHAIN DIGEST ### [Is Long Predicted Acute Driver Shortage Finally Emerging, likely with Soaring Rate](http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/17-10-10-1.php?cid=13117)   ### FREIGHT WAVES ### [ELD compliance rates creeping up](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2017/12/13/eld-compliance-rates-creeping-up) ### [Will high freight rates destroy the bull market for everyone?](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2018/1/9/high-freight-rates-destroy-bull)   ### WALL STREET JOURNAL ### [Tight Trucking Market Has Retailers, Manufacturers Paying Steep Prices](https://www.wsj.com/articles/tight-trucking-market-has-retailers-manufacturers-paying-steep-prices-1515150000)   ### CCJ DIGITAL ### [Indicators: Spot rates soar to multi-year highs](https://www.ccjdigital.com/indicators-spot-rates-soar-to-multi-year-highs/)   ### STIFEL ### [Freight Transportation & Logistics Overview](https://info.tranzact.com/hubfs/Transportation%20Marketing%20Book_Ross_12.12.17.pdf)   ### LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT  ### [Forget the Perfect Storm…This Is Looking Like A Full-Fledged Frankenstorm!](http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/forget_the_perfect_stormthis_is_looking_like_a_full_fledged_frankenstorm) ### [When it comes to trucking market conditions, change is in the air](http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/when_it_comes_to_trucking_market_conditions_change_is_in_the_air)   ### DC VELOCITY ### [The Gurus Are Back! 2018 Supply Chain Predictions ](http://www.scdigest.com/firstthoughts/18-01-25.php?cid=13618&ctype=content)   ### BOSS MAGAZINE ### [7 SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES IN 2018](https://thebossmagazine.com/supply-chain-challenges-2018/)   ### WALL STREET JOURNAL ### [Union Pacific CEO: Train Braking Technology Is Clogging the Railway](https://www.wsj.com/articles/union-pacific-ceo-train-braking-technology-is-clogging-the-railway-1516917109)   © 2026 TranzAct Technologies, Inc.. 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