Lana Batts spoke at the National Accounting & Finance Council’s annual meeting in Washington, DC. She discussed what buyers and sellers are looking for in an acquisition.
Richard Mikes spoke to the Ohio Trucking Association about “Establishing the Value of a Carrier.” He discussed family succession and estate plans, private carriers as a reflection of publicly traded carriers, and what drives valuation parameters along with equipment dynamics.
Richard Mikes’ “History of Trucking” speech at the AMRC is listed in The Researcher, June 2006, page 9. Download a PDF of the newsletter.
Steven Dutro spoke at the Transportation Lawyers Association convention as part of a seminar called “Solving the Insolvency Conundrum: Dealing with Businesses on the Edge of Financial Abyss.” The topic covered strategies for protection from customers in financial distress as well as strategies to protect trucking companies in financial distress.
In an article for the Automotive Market Research Council (AMRC) of Marco Island, Fla., Richard Mikes, managing partner for Transport Capital Partners (TCP), wrote a segment on the “History of Trucking,” beginning in the early 1930s. Download a PDF of the article.
Transport Topics published an editorial opinion entitled “Looking for Liquidity in 2006” co-authored by Richard Mikes and Lana Batts. The piece discussed the reasons why certain executives are selling their companies and what types of carriers buyers are seeking.
Lana Batts gave the keynote address before the Annual Landstar Logistics Carriers Conference in Dallas, TX. She discussed “Change, Uncertainty and Profits: How to Thrive in Logistics.” (February 25, 2006)
Lana Batts was quoted in Transport Topics for a story concerning “On-Board Electronic Recorders”. She noted that many of the objections to electronic onboard recording of drivers’ logs are no longer appropriate as prices have come down, reliability has gone up, and driver acceptance is high.
James Schnoes and Richard Mikes spoke before the Arizona Trucking Association in Tucson, Arizona. The title of the speech was “Life Cycle Costing: Key to Better Asset Management.”
Lana Batts spoke before the Unipro Food Service’s Operations Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her speech was entitled “How to Thrive in Uncertain Times.”