Press and Media
UPS rolls out 2012 rate hikes
November 21, 2011 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
Late last week, UPS announced that new rates will take effect on January 2, 2012. more...
Fighting Fraud in Transportation Act of 2011 focused on cleaning up messy brokerage practices
June 30, 2011 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
The FFIT Act of 2011 was soundly endorsed by Mike Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies. more...
Supply Chain Guru Predictions for 2011
January 14, 2011 · Supply Chain Digest · By Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief
Next week, we'll have predictions from Mike Regan of TranzAct Technologies, Steve Murray of Supply Chain Visions, Marc Wulfraat of MWPVL International, a little more from Gartner, and some interesting predictions from the analysts at IDC. more...
Six steps to cutting your parcel shipping costs
January 5, 2011 · DC Velocity · by Mark B. Solomon
Looking to rein in your parcel spending? It may be as easy as making a few minor procedural changes in your own operations. more...
TranzAct Technologies Adopts Families for Christmas
December 28, 2010 · TribLocal · by Nadia Hajduk
On Monday December 20, Linda Richardson and Michael Webster, representing TranzAct Technologies of Elmhurst delivered Christmas presents to the York Township Food Pantry for distribution through the pantry’s ‘Adopt A Family’ Christmas gift program. more...
Supply Chain News: Full CSCMP 2010 Review and Comment
October 1, 2010 · Supply Chain News · By Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief
Dan Gilmore returns from the annual Council of Supply Chain Management Professional's (CSCMP) annual conference in San Diego and summarizes all the presentations that occurred. more...
Next up for C-TPAT: Warehouses and DCs?
September 13, 2010 · DC Velocity · By Art van Bodegraven and Kenneth B. Ackerman
A decade ago, supply chain security meant something very different than it does today. Back then, the focus of most security programs was squarely on the basics: protecting people, products, property, and information. more...
Proposed truck regs would come at a cost
May 24, 2010 · DC Velocity · By Mitch Mac Donald
The recession may be receding into the rear view mirror, but that doesn't mean the freight community's worries are behind it. In fact, for at least one segment of the business, the worst may be yet to come. Just as the freight recovery gets under way, the nation's truckers find themselves facing a host of new challenges that could put a serious crimp in their operations. And that's a concern not just for the folks who run trucking companies, but for the folks who use their services as well. more about proposed truck regs...
Transportation infrastructure:
Report hones in on vehicle mileage tax
for future surface transportation funding
February 8, 2010 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
At a time when funding for the next surface transporation reauthorization remains in flux, coupled with an ongoing series of continuing resolutions to keep funding at its current levels, a report in the Washington Post raised the specter of future highway funding through a so-called vehicle mileage tax (VMT), as opposed to the current method of a fuel tax.
News Story: Truckers’ Long Haul
January 25, 2010 · The Journal of Commerce Magazine · By William B. Cassidy
Low demand, overcapacity prevent motor carriers from getting too aggressive on rates. Truckers should be green with envy at the pricing power their oceangoing counterparts are beginning to wield. Rates in the truckload market are firming but still aren’t far from the bottom they hit last year...
Logistics & Business News: Despite Some Positive Signs,
Signals Indicate Full Economic Recovery Will Take Time
December 11, 2009 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
Wolfe's sentiment is consistent with comments made by Mike Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies, on a recent Stifel Nicolaus conference call. "2009 has been an absolutely, positively brutal year for every sector within the freight industry," said Regan.
Pricing Turmoil Clouds Outlook for LTL Market
December 7, 2009 · DC Velocity · By Mark B. Solomon, Senior Editor
Michael Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies Inc., an Elmhurst, Ill.-based consultancy that over the years has negotiated and purchased billions of dollars of LTL capacity for shipper clients, says he's seen discounts of as much as 90% below retail, or tariff, rates. more about Pricing Turmoil Clouds Outlook (opens a new window)...
Channel 1: DC Velocity News and Exclusives - Meet the Rainmakers
December 1, 2009 · DC Velocity · By Mitch Mac Donald
Mike Regan, founder, president, and president of TranzAct Technologies, shares his views with DC Velocity's Mitch Mac Donald on current issues in the supply chain and offers an advice on some keys to success for young people entering the field. more about Meet the Rainmakers (opens a new window)...
Analyst: UPS's Announced 2010 Rate Hikes May Not Tell the Tale
November 25, 2009 · DC Velocity · By Mark B. Solomon, Senior Editor
Rates will rise by 6.4% for the average UPS ground package weighing 1-5 lbs., 6.0% for the typical package weighing 6-10 lbs. and by 4.9% on average for packages shipped by ground that weigh 11-25 lbs., according to the TranzAct analysis. more about UPS's Announced 2010 Rate Hikes (opens a new window)...
Trucking News: ATA Reports
October Truck Volumes Are Down for Second Straight Month
November 23, 2009 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
The extra capacity situation was made clear on a Stifel Nicolaus conference call last week with Mike Regan, president and president of TranzAct Technologies. Regan said that trucking industry capacity could severely contract over the coming three years.
UPS 2010 Rates: An In-Depth Look
November 23, 2009 · Parcel · By Doug Kahl, VP Strategic Initiatives of TranzAct Technologies
On Friday, November 20th UPS issued its 2010 Rate Change. Highlights of the changes, with an effective date of January 4, 2010, included: Ground service will increase 4.9%, UPS Air and International Services will increase a net 4.9%, and more. more about UPS 2010 Rates: An In-Depth Look (opens a new window)...
Zollars: No Economic, Freight Recovery in 2010's First Half
November 16, 2009 · DC Velocity · By Mark B. Solomon, Senior Editor
YRC Worldwide CEO says weak demand will likely prolong the pain for LTL carriers. While Zollars said YRC sees a more favorable climate in second half of 2010, he added that “we're not betting on the economy bailing us out,” Zollars spoke in an interview with TranzAct. more about No Economic, Freight Eecovery in 2010's First Half (opens a new window)...
LTL News: YRCW Updates Credit Amendment
October 12, 2009 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
“While [freight data] looks ‘less worse’ in current year-over-year comparisons, you need to look at it in the context of what happened two years ago,” said Regan. “The indexes now compared to then are just awful for the entire freight sector.”
The 2010 FedEx Express Rate Increase
September 18, 2009 · Parcel Magazine · By Doug Kahl
On September 17, FedEx announced their Fiscal Q1 results. In addition, they also posted their 2010 Express Rate Preview. On their website they state, “FedEx package and freight rates will increase an average of 5.9% for U.S. and U.S. export services.” more about The 2010 FedEx Express Rate Increase (opens a new window)...
TranzAct Technologies Receives 2009 Best of Tallmadge Award
June 2009 · U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)
Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Global Logistics/Trucking News: Report States Mexican
Concern to Sue U.S. Over U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Trucking Issue
June 2, 2009 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor and John D. Schulz, Contributing Editor
Michael A. Regan, president of transportation rate analysis firm TranzAct Technologies, told LM this situation centers around the need for government to make a firm decision one way or the other. “That is the main issue,” said Regan.
Torpedoes that Can Sink Your Supply Chain Battleship
Volume 15, Issue 2, 2009 · Logistics Quarterly · By Michael Regan
Companies can eliminate surprises if they look at what is happening and ask: “How will this impact my business?” Each one of the factors noted above can, on a stand alone basis, significantly impact your supply chain. more about Torpedoes that Can Sink Your Supply Chain Battleship (opens a PDF in a new window)...
Calling Out the Cavalry
May 2009 · DC Velocity · By Mark Solomon, Senior Editor
Some have branched out into other categories, as FedEx and UPS expand their own service offerings. “The successful consultants will build expertise across all modes of transportation,” says Douglas Kahl, VP, Strategic Initiatives for TranzAct Technologies. more about Calling Out the Cavalry (opens a new window)...
Transportation Infrastructure: Leaked Copy of Oberstar
Transportation Bill Offers Clues to New Vision for Transportation Policy
May 11, 2009 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
One thing for certain with the next bill, in regards to the “transit equity” component, is that shippers and carriers can expect to be paying more in the form of consumption-based pricing, said Michael A. Regan, president of transportation rate analysts TranzAct Technologies. more about Leaked Copy of Oberstar Transportation Bill (opens a new window)...
The Competition is Changing
May 5, 2009 · Parcel Magazine · By Douglas Kahl
The above are still core best practices, each playing an effective role in your parcel sourcing strategy. As we transition to a supplier marketplace dominated by the few, you will no longer be competing against the carrier. more about The Competition is Changing (opens a new window)...
Transportation Infrastructure: New Report Supports VMT Fees and Increased Gas Tax to Maintain and Expand Surface Transportation System
February 27, 2009 · Logistics Management
“The direction you are going to see [going forward] is an emphasis on consumption-based pricing and the VMT is a form of that, as is tolling,” said Michael A. Regan, president of transportation rate analysts TranzAct Technologies.
After DHL... Can the Post Office Fill the Void?
February 2009 · DC Velocity
Mike Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies, an Elmhurst, IL.-based firm that also consults with parcel shippers, wrote soon after DHL announced in November that it would pull the plug in the United States that the parcel sector “has gone from being highly competitive to a duopoly.” more about After DHL... Can the Post Office Fill the Void? (opens a new window)...
2009 Shipper Symposium Goes the Distance for Long-Term Success in Challenging Economy by Providing Industry Experience, Insights, Implications
January 27, 2009 · Business Wire
Other knowledgeable speakers at the Symposium include: Chris Caplice, PhD, Executive Director, MIT; Jim Glendon, Supply Chain Director, Sunny Delight Beverages Company, Inc.; Michael A. Regan, president, TranzAct Technologies, Inc. more...
Freight Industry Fears Lack of Leadership
January 26, 2009 · Gulf Shipper · By William Hoffman
“What is really stunning about this is the lack of ostensible involvement from shippers in terms of having a voice in what those infrastructure developments should look like,” said Michael A. Regan, chief executive at TranZact Technologies.
Shipping's Other Side
Winter 2009 · Manufacturing Today · By Chris Petersen
Even though the truck is the image people associate with logistics maybe 99 times out of 100, the other side is just as important. TranzAct Technologies Inc. is one of the leading companies making sure that this aspect of the business gets the attention it deserves. more about Shipping's Other Side (opens a new window)...
Career Ladder: Get Some Career Insurance
Quarter 4/2008 · CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly · By Mike Regan
Have you done anything recently to protect your career in the event of a catastrophe? In other words, do you have “career insurance” in case the unexpected occurs, and you find yourself suddenly in need of a new job? more about Career Ladder: Get Some Career Insurance (opens a new window)...
Career Change: Look Before You Leap
December 2008 - January 2009 · WERC Sheet · By David Durtsche
Most professionals in the warehousing and distribution industry are going to make a change at some point in their careers—the odds, in fact, favor that you will move around multiple times. David Durtsche, senior partner at TranzAct Technologies, is familiar with this road. more about Career Change: Look Before You Leap (opens a new window)...
Transportation's Obama Factor
December 8, 2008 · Shipping Digest · By Ari Natter
“Now is not the time when you want to be throwing up barriers that make it harder to do business,” said Michael Regan, president and chief executive of Elmhurst, Illinois-based TranzAct Technologies.
Transportation News: DOT Says Highway Trust Fund Revenue for FY 2008 Is Down $3 Billion
November 20, 2008 · Logistics Management · By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor
Regan explained that it is obvious the funding formula for the HTF is “broken” in that it relies upon a revenue stream that the government—through its efforts—is attacking. “As you move towards more fuel-efficient vehicles, less fuel is being used, so less revenue is coming in.”
Freight’s New Billing Battle
October 27, 2008 · Traffic World · By William Hoffman
Freight payment auditors say their services can offer quick and measurable savings rather than hard-to-measure promises. “Our business is very good right now because of companies that have an imperative to reduce cost,” said Michael A. Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies.
Learning for Life
June 2008 · Inbound Logistics · By Tamara Chapman
Logistics professionals who pursue continuing education keep up with industry innovations and move ahead in their careers. When Dana Regan graduated from Villanova University with a double major in accounting and marketing, her degree provided the perfect ticket to a decent first job. more about Learning for Life (opens a new window)...
NASSTRAC Announces 2008 Member of the Year Awards
May 5, 2008 · Traffic World
Minneapolis, MN - NASSTRAC recently announced that Mike Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies, has been named the 2008 “NASSTRAC Regular Member of the Year,” awarded yearly to a logistics executive who has demonstrated personal leadership and commitment. more...
Shipping Symposium & User Forum Announced
2007 · Material Handling · Written by MHM Staff
This year, the event has attracted many influential and distinguished speakers including Pat Byrne, global managing partner from Accenture; Asa Hutchinson, CEO of the Hutchinson Group, LLC and Michael Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies, Inc.
APQC Releases PCF Supply Chain Framework
October 12, 2007 · Supply Chain Management Review · By Sean Murphy, Associate Editor
The framework will be updated by “a global advisory council of industry leaders,” according to the release. The group got help from companies such as JB Bryant, Ohio Gratings, Inc.; Gustava da Cunha Vieira, CVRD; David Durtsche, TranzAct.
Falling Freight Gives Shippers Leverage
April 2, 2007 · Transport Topics · By Jonathan S. Reiskin, Associate News Editor
“Salesmen [for trucking companies] have to act like salesmen again, rather than order takers,” said Michael Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies. His Elmhurst, Illinois company offers freight payment and other logistics services for shippers. more about Falling Freight Gives Shippers Leverage (opens a new window)...
Port Security: The Dubai Aftermath
April 2006 · Inbound Logistics Trends · By Amy Roach Partridge
“Because there is little excess capacity at our ports, any disruption or decrease in efficiencies will have an impact on shippers with import/export activity. Potentially, this is a steep price for well-intentioned, but seriously flawed, legislation,” says Michael A. Regan. more about Port Security: The Dubai Aftermath (opens a new window)...
Mike Regan Sounds Off
November 1, 2005 · Logistics Management · By Michael A. Levans, Chief Editor
The 2005 NITL Executive of the Year is a frequent speaker at industry gatherings— both on the podium and off. His extensive knowledge, commitment to education, and willingness to speak out on pressing issues has earned him the respect of shippers and carriers alike.
President Signs $286 Billion Transportation Measure Into Law
August 16, 2005 · NASSTRAC · By William Hoffman
President Bush signed the $286.4 billion transportation bill into law last week near Aurora, IL. However, according to Michael Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies and NASSTRAC's Advocacy Chair, in creating this legislation, the Bill did not include the fuel surcharge provision. more about President Signs $286 Billion Transportation Measure Into Law (opens a new window)...
The Rainmakers
June 2005 · DC Velocity
Making it to the top of their profession just wasn't enough. One helped revive a flagging logistics education program; another single-handedly organized a national exposition that helps novices navigate the logistics software maze. more about The Rainmakers (opens a new window)...
Dude, Where's My Truck?
May 2005 · DC Velocity · By Peter Bradley
Finding a trucker to move your freight calls for creativity. Michael Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies, whose company offers a variety of transportation and logistics software and freight payment services, urges shippers to look hard at how they do business with carriers. more about Dude, Where's My Truck? (opens a new window)...
But What Will They Call It?
April 2005 · DC Velocity
If you're already thinking the name "Yellow Roadway" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, brace yourself for the possibility of a Yellow Roadway USF. Should their fears about consolidation be realized, shippers that rely on LTL service should brace for price hikes. more about But What Will They Call It? (opens a new window)...
Regan Named Delta Nu Alpha Person of the Year
October 1, 2002 · Logistics Management
Michael Regan, founder of Tranzact Systems Inc., has been named Transportation Person of the Year for 2002–2003 by Delta Nu Alpha, the national transportation fraternity. Regan's freight auditing and payment company grew into one of the largest providers in the country.
Priority Issues
September 2002 · WMC Transportation Committee
Mike Regan of TranzAct Technologies suggests that this run of bankruptcies in the freight payments industry is the product of shippers’ long term emphasis on price. He argues that lack of profit has led capable players in the industry to move on to other ventures. more about Priority Issues (opens a new window)...
Supply Chain Collaboration and Visibility: The Results Are Beginning To Show
October 8, 2001 · BusinessWeek · Compiled by Lothair, Written by Norbridge
Regan, TranzAct Technologies: When you say “visibility” to me, what that basically means is the ability to see. When you’re saying “turning the lights on,” it’s the ability to see throughout your entire operation.
Maxing Out: A Small Business Gets Advice on Applying for Loans: Make the Bank a Profitable Offer
March 1990 · Inc.com · By Inc Staff
Michael Regan, president of TranzAct, a Chicago-area freight payments service, couldn't figure out why his application for a modest small-business loan kept getting turned down. more about Make the Bank a Profitable Offer (opens a new window)...
Supply Chain Collaboration and Visibility: Technology Solutions or Process Information?
BusinessWeek · Compiled by Lothair, Written by Norbridge
Regan, Tranzact Technologies: I personally believe that a lot of CEOs find it is easier to write a check for a major systems implementation than to deal with the reality that their business model might be flawed. more about Technology Solutions or Process Information? (opens a new window)...