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American Group Founding Story with Michael Schember

12/21/2020 | by 3PL Systems

In this episode, I speak with Michael Schember of American Group about meeting his co-founder Daniel Krivickas at West Ex.

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Mike wanted to better control his customer experience by paying for an invoice if needed by a carrier. Carriers have expense accounts for entertainment, but it’s harder to get an invoice waived if you’re a carrier sales rep.

In their early days, Schember and Krivickas would work in the kitchen with manual processes, a pen, paper, and phones in the early days. They created Bill of Ladings in Microsoft Word, but that wasn’t scalable.

Six months in, they invested in 3PL Systems, a TMS. They wanted to make sure they had a business before investing in software.

American Group now has 32 full-time employees and 60 sales agents. I enjoyed speaking with Mike as he’s down to earth and a great business leader.

Tagged With: 3plsystems, american group, COVID, DANIEL KRICKAS, freight brokerage, LTL, PANDEMIC, SAIA, tms, transportation management software, TRUCKLOAD, YRC

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