The MFMP team welcomes you with drinks and appetizers. Come meet the experts and network!
Day One
Tuesday, October 1
8:00 AM
Registration, Networking & Breakfast
9:00 AM
Get the Industry Scoop - Rapid Fire Style
10:00 AM
Get Your People Right
11:00 AM
Firefighting 101
12:00 PM
Networking Lunch & Customer Lead Tech Demos
1:30 PM
The True Cost of the "One-and-Done" Carrier (and what do to about it)
2:45 PM
Setting Strategy for Leveraging Emerging Technology
4:00 PM
Happy Hour Time & AMA
Day Two
Wednesday, October 2
8:00 AM
Registration, Networking & Breakfast
9:00 AM
Rapid-Fire Exposure to What's Really Going on in the Industry
10:00 AM
Quickly Negotiate and Execute Contracts Yourself
11:00 AM
Figuring out What the F*ck to Do with Your Busniess with M33 Growth
12:00 PM
Networking Lunch & Tech Demos
1:30 PM
Operationalizing Change
2:45 PM
Cargo Claims Magic
3:45 PM
AMA Session with Cassandra (oh, and she has a surprise for you)
Welcome - Monday, September 30
5:00 PM •Welcome Reception!
The MFMP team welcomes you with drinks and appetizers. Come meet the experts and network!
Day 1 - Tuesday, October 1
8:00 AM •Registration, Networking & Breakfast
Network with leaders in the logistics industry and develop your network of similar-minded colleagues.
Pick-up MFMP’s Problem Solver Guide including, easy-to-use contract templates, procedures to address industry risks and key take-aways to implement right away.
Enjoy breakfast and relax.
9:00 AM •Get the Industry Scoop - Rapid Fire Style
MFMP experts will quickly review the top trends we’re hearing in the industry.
Common Trends of Brokers Stagnating their Business
Brokers Fighting Over People
Growing Trends of ACH Fraud, Hostage Loads, and Cargo Theft
Unpleasant Carrier Surprises
10:00 AM •Get Your People Right
Industry expert Carrier Direct will teach you how to reduce the time and money you spend on dealing with your people:
Recruit the right people, the right way (and where to find them).
How not to lose the people you spend all that money recruiting.
Train your people on some good sh*t (and not just rookies)
Watch out for non-solicitation and non-competes, ya fools!
11:00 AM •Firefighting 101
Cassandra will teach you the tricks to handling your daily fires. This is where your competition will spend a lot of time and you will now use that time to sell.
Hostage Loads – get them under control fast.
Getting Ripped Off – get ahead of carrier fraud, sales rep fraud, ACH issues and more.
Bond Claims – They are easy. No need to buckle-under the threat or spend a lot of time on them. Learn the basics.
Towing Companies—they need to make a living too, let’s just not make it off your back.
Consignee Rejection—get this right and you won’t spend time dealing with a sh*t cargo claim.
12:00 PM •Networking Lunch & Customer Lead Tech Demos
We will feed you with food and information. You can network or have quiet time if you want too 🙂
Catered lunch with demos from the tech companies you need to know more about.
Keep your thumb on the tech-pulse.
Demos are led by customers, like you, to help you understand the impact on your business.
1:30 PM •The True Cost of the “One-and-Done” Carrier (and what to do about it).
Cassandra and CarrierDirect will address the issues with this model and how to uniquely create your own carrier selection model:
Operationally you are probably losing money on this model of carrier selection.
Your daily headaches mostly come from this model.
We will show you how to move away and develop your own selection process, it’s just that easy!
Watch out for insurance traps with the “one-and-done” carriers.
Learn what insurers think about this model.
2:45 PM •Setting Strategy for Leveraging Emerging Technology
Don’t build a pedestrian business. Be unique. Be ready for growth. Beat the competition. CarrierDirect will show you how to do all this.
Quickly determine your operational readiness
Easily figure out your tech strategy
Plan and roadmap for change
Now, execute and support the technology
4:00 PM •Happy Hour Time & AMA
Get a drink and meet the BOA Merrill Lynch Transportation team.
AMA (ask me anything) session! Get the scoop about “The Bank,” and financing your growth.
Don’t have questions? That’s cool. Grab a cocktail and mingle.
Day 2 - Wednesday, October 2
8:00 AM •Registration, Networking & Breakfast
Fill your belly with scrumptious breakfast treats and greet your new friends.
9:00 AM •Rapid-Fire Exposure to What’s Really Going on in the Industry
Industry experts will quickly provide you with overviews of the top things we’re hearing in the industry in a rapid-fire manner.
Shippers’ Ridiculous Contract Tactics to Trick Brokers and Carriers into Paying for Freight.
Brokers Pay Big Money for Big Cargo Claims.
Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making with your Sales Team.
Unpleasant Insurance Surprises.
10:00 AM •Quickly Negotiate and Execute Contracts Yourself
Cassandra will efficiently teach you everything you need to know about contracts without the boring legal jargon.
Subtle ways to incorporate contracts into your business…without dealing with contracts.
Negotiate the shipper-broker contract yourself.
Speed up the contract review process, right now.
Learn how to handle the major carriers’ edits to your carrier contract.
11:00 AM •Figuring out What the F*ck to Do with Your Business with M33 Growth
Think about what’s “next” for your business. Strategize. Plan. Carrier Direct and PE Fund M33 Growth will show you the way.
Find out whether investors seeking to acquire logistics companies really look beyond the top line.
Learn how to grow your business to a successful acquisition to investors.
Even when acquisition isn’t the goal, learn how to grow a business that attracts investment.
12:00 PM •Networking Lunch & Tech Demos
Catered lunch with demos from tech companies you need to know more about.
Demos led by customers like you, to help you understand the impact of major growth on your business.
Or network and relax while enjoying a nice meal.
1:30 PM •Operationalizing Change
This seminar is all about making a difference NOW. Here’s where we help you go home and start the change.
The importance of change management process
Communicating, training, and reinforcing with your team for success (it’s not just for new hires anymore!)
2:45 PM •Cargo Claims Magic
Cassandra is famous in the industry for her cargo claims experience and teachings around the country. Now she will give you everything you need to know to get ahead of the industry.
Must-have procedures to avoid cargo claims
Learn easy cargo claim basics and sound like an expert
Navigate the most prevalent cargo claim traps
Drive cargo claims to resolution.
3:45 PM •AMA Session with Cassandra (oh, and she has a surprise for you)
Don’t be so quick to leave. Cassandra has a surprise for you.
Yes freight-nerds, you can also ask Cassandra any question!