 Hi everyone and welcome to JSA TV and JSA Podcasts where we're covering the latest stories trends and innovation From leaders in global connectivity real estate and the networks within I'm Barb Mitchell here joining you today from JSA And I have a special guest with me here Hannah here of trend logistics. Hannah so nice to have you. Thank you Barb I'm happy to be here this section my first PTC and had a crazy journey coming in with the snow and freezing rain, but we made it and it could not be more excited to be here in paradise with you amazing Yeah, we're excited. It's it's already been such a it's you know We're not even halfway through and the show has been so so great and so successful, you know What are you looking forward to most? It's your first PTC. What what are you most looking forward to? I'm just excited to be here and be networking with some of the biggest people in this space and Everyone is just so knowledgeable and just excited to learn and like just really jump into this space with my position And this company and yeah, I'm really thrilled to be here and get to see all of you in person Yeah, our JSA family. Yeah Amazing and so well, let's jump right into it then tell us a little bit about trend logistics if you don't mind Yes, of course. So trend logistics. We are a logistics service provider. We've been around about 20 years We recently in the last 10 years added another arm of the business, which is this managed transportation side and That includes things such as not just the transportation, but also services like managing inventory warehousing managing laydown space and getting and coordinating everything efficiently For our clients on these high-tech construction projects So some of our areas that we're in are semi conductor fabrication plant builds data centers, of course and Also other high-tech construction So those are the types of projects that were on really big large-scale multi-year projects and so we really provide a service to to our partners and people that hire us and Yeah, so really it's materials handling and storage and logistics and All that that entails. Yeah, amazing. And so when you talk about Specialties around things like transportation and transportation and warehousing. I know that you also you're able to really Specializing and customize your solutions to meet the needs of some of your your customers And so specifically when you're thinking about high-tech construction projects, how are you tailoring your solutions for them? Definitely. Yeah, as we all know, they're so complex some of the most complex projects in the world and so we work with all of our our clients and really determine the scope of what is needed and Whatever that may be we leverage all of the latest technologies in warehouse management systems in Security to really provide what is needed because a lot of these materials are very very expensive And you need to be protected and don't want to damage them in transportation, for example So we are the experts you hire us to be the experts and we handle all of that so that material doesn't get lost damaged gets to the job site on time and There's many different players hundreds sometimes thousands of people on a job site in one day And so it's so much to manage and so having a logistics service provider Handling all of the headaches and logistics really allows and frees up stakeholders times to focus on other things because we're handling all the headaches on the ground and Providing that peace of mind, right. Yeah, so I mean a lot of different things can come up You've you've named, you know, several and how the solutions provider of the logistics solutions provider Like yourselves you can really solve for for a lot of that. Are there specific solutions that you? Would want to highlight Yeah, yeah, definitely and then also some of the challenges to let me speak to the challenges as well So the main challenges we see that our clients come to us with are those supply chain delays Costs related to supply chain delays and then schedule and predictability issues that lead to delays on the project Which are very costly so That we know that the you will save more money by having your materials on site or nearby at a nearby Warehouse then not having them at all due to the supply chain so it's better to store it nearby and and that's how we're able to help with some of the cost savings along with our Partnerships with different transportation Partners and being in the business for as long as we have we're actually able to save clients money through our transportation partnerships and Yeah, some of the other solutions are yeah those reduced shipping costs efficiency and project management being the liaison between everyone on the job site and project and Also just having all of the flexibility We we pride ourselves on being very flexible very nimble and able to tailor solutions based on to what the customer needs and Really just as much or as little as they need we can tailor that you know in the SLA and Have that constantly be adjusted based on logistics needs, right? I mean everyone wants to save money and simplify the process right so I mean You're already adding value there, but can you give us an example of? How you may simplify the overall process for your customers? Yeah Yeah, I'd love to give a specific example of our process So we've done in our doing work on some semiconductor Fab builds some of the biggest in North America if not the biggest and so an example of our process and how we tailor it to our clients is We were working with a GC a general contractor that has Taiwanese operations Taiwanese staff And so at the onset of the project we chose to bring in a professional with 27 years of experience in Taiwanese culture Fluent in Mandarin and so we brought him on as part of the team and he really was able to help facilitate that communication between Working with the group and the cross-cultural Communication and just really be such a strong partner for us so that we were all on the same page starting at the beginning of the project with the scope and All of that that provides so that's just an example of how we will custom Build and a team for exactly what you need based on the project and we like I said We're very flexible and can work with you to really handle any any and all needs so You know for everyone at PTC, you know if anyone is interested in talking more come find me I'll be here all weekend and happy to chat more about what we do and yeah come find me Thank you so much, Hanna. It was really great. This was our first chance chatting on JSA TV first of many I'm sure and first of many times. We'll see you at a show Pleasure to chat with you. So thank you. Thank you Barb. Yeah, and thank you to our viewers for tuning in today to JSA TV Until next time happy networking