Logistics is crucial for the success of businesses. It helps to reduce costs, increase production rates, improve efficiency, control inventory, optimize warehouse space, and satisfy customers and suppliers. PLS Logistics Services is a standout among global logistics firms. It was founded in 1991 and has been dedicated to providing reliable and quality transportation services for over 30 years. PLS values its employees and offers opportunities for career development and growth. The company's success is attributed to the passion, dedication, energy, and camaraderie of its employees. PLS is committed to creating opportunities for motivated and hard-working young professionals.

Speaking with PLS Logistics Services' chairman, president, and CEO, Gregory Burns

Could you provide a brief explanation of your services? 

Every year, we oversee over a million cargoes across all of the main freight modes, including truckload, LTL, air, sea, and intermodal. Efficiency and transparency are our key priorities, and we do this by utilizing our cutting-edge TMS, PLS Pro, and a strong carrier network for our clients. Here is our list of services that we offer:

• Brokerage Services for Freight

• Solutions for National Accounts

• System for Transportation Management

• Management of Inbound Freight

• Transportation Management Outsourcing

Logistics will inevitably involve Unexpected Costs, Potential Setbacks, Integration Difficulties, and Quality Suffers. How can you get over these without interfering with business operations?

Regular disruptions to the supply chain have consistently proven to be a difficulty as well as an opportunity. With the help of our network of more than 600,000 worldwide workers, 55,000+ qualified and screened carriers, and capacity under difficult circumstances, we have been able to provide our customers with real-time visibility into the status of their freight and supply chain.

How can you satisfy customer needs while keeping the total cost of logistics procedures to a minimum?

Supply networks are extremely complicated systems with many chances for interruptions, as we all discovered during the pandemic. From minor risks, like manufacturing, to major risks, like natural catastrophes, the disruptions can take many different forms. Our experts are dedicated to cutting expenses associated with supply chain optimization for our clients. Because we know how annoying supply chain interruptions can be, we offer logistical solutions with a customized strategy to get our clients ready for any obstacles in their path.

In logistics, there's a war for skill. How do you find the top talent in the little pool that exists? 

Bringing in excellent talent is crucial for our company. Even if it's still changing, our thirty years of expansion and stability guarantee that we'll be prepared for any obstacle. Being able to expand quickly is advantageous in a sector that is expanding quickly, like logistics. Our recruiters are at the forefront of PLS Logistics Services' strong sense of urgency in everything they do. Rather than a talent pool, we concentrate on a talent pipeline. All qualified applicants with the qualifications and skill sets to be evaluated for a post right away are included in a talent pipeline. 

When every department and operation in a logistics network runs well, the network functions at its peak. How can we use your products to enable enterprises to enhance visibility and workflow?  

We developed the innovative and web-based PLS PRO Transportation Management System to increase company visibility. Our clients receive information about their freight, pricing, operational consistency, and thorough reporting as a consequence. By establishing a connection with our verified carrier network of more than 55,000 partners, we manage loads on our end with this technology. For our customers, this means optimal price, capacity, and simplified efficiency.

Are there any new services that are prepared for release? 

We take great satisfaction in our ongoing innovation, which has allowed PLS Pro to become a more efficient tool for customers. As often as the industry changes, we offer fresh release updates. 

What lies ahead for your business and its clientele? Are interesting developments imminent? 

We just relocated our corporate headquarters to the Westinghouse site in the Pittsburgh, PA, suburb of Cranberry Township. In addition, we just relocated our Pittsburgh office from downtown to the South Side's Highline. Our company is hoping to develop not only by bringing on new clients, but also by expanding our internal departments. Sales, Recruiting, Operations, Information Technology (IT), Finance, Marketing, and Corporate Administration are these divisions in any office. 

Get to know the driving force behind PLS Logistics Services' success

Gregory Burns is the Chairman, President, and CEO of PLS Logistics Services, a leading third-party logistics provider to industrial companies in North America with annual revenues of $1 billion.

For more than 25 years, Mr. Burns has served as an operator, consultant, and research analyst for businesses in the transportation and logistics industry and other adjacent industries. In addition, Mr. Burns is the president of Blue Line Advisors, a strategic consulting business that offers advice to businesses in the logistics and transportation industries.

Mr. Burns served as vice president and research analyst at JP Morgan Inc. from 2001 to 2005, where he oversaw research on the trucking, rail, and international logistics sectors. Mr. Burns headed Lazard's research on the non-asset-based logistics sector prior to joining JP Morgan. Mr. Burns served as a member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team for the category of airfreight and logistics from 1998 to 2001. In addition to being a member of the Young President's Organization (YPO), the Transportation Intermediaries Associations (TIA), the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR), and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Mr. Burns holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Mr. Burns graduated from Hartford, Connecticut's Trinity College, with a B.A. in Political Science.

"We put our customers' efficiency and transparency first through our cutting-edge TMS and carrier network."