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| I'm incredibly excited about our future |
| With more data and history to leverage than any other 3PL we have opportunities to harness the power that this advanced technology now offers to further capitalize on our information advantage |
| So, I feel pretty good about that |
| And we have to Mike's point, we have a big backlog where we believe that we can continue to unlock significant productivity improvements in subsequent years and we would target another 15%, like I said, in 2024 |
| Our focus on delivering quality and improvements to our customers, such as enhanced visibility, and increased automation has been reflected in very positive feedback from my meetings with customers, and validated by net promoter scores this year that are the highest one record for the company, which we believe sets us up well with customers for the eventual positive inflection in the freight market |
| And so we feel good about that |
| But the good news is on the spot market, as demand comes back, we'll get both better AGP per shipment and more demand |
| When I talk about beating the market, I'm talking about being able to maintain our margins, given the market that we're operating in, while also gaining market share |
| Robinson is that partner with a combination of people, technology and scale to deliver an unmatched customer and carrier experience |
| Glad you asked it and we feel good about where we're at |
| In our North American Surface Transportation business, our productivity improvements have translated into an 18% year-to-date increase in shipments per person per day |
| Consistent with our strategy, these cost savings improve our operating leverage, and will help our operating margins as demand and a more balanced freight market returns |
| We feel great about our business there, and the share that we've been growing and the work that the team has been doing and preparations for when that demand comes back |
| But the bottom line is, I feel good about our install capacity, where we are, I think we're well positioned for the eventual turnaround that puts us in pole position here |
| It's something that we've talked about often, first of all, I'll start and say I feel really strong about our capacity |
| Now, the other point I would make that I think is important for Robinson, is that because we do have a strong business model, we do generate cash, even in the toughest of times, like this quarter, we're able to invest throughout this downturn in the market |
| And we remain focused on providing exceptional service to our customers and streamlining our processes, amplifying the expertise of our people with our tech, improving our operating leverage gaining market share |
| We plan to deliver the compounded benefits of additional productivity improvements beyond 2023 with technology that supports our people, and our processes |
| We're bringing forward past lessons on team structure, and on mechanisms to drive adoption, in order to deliver an improved customer experience through process optimization are 18% year-to-date, productivity improvement is an indicator of the progress that we're already making |
| The result has been meaningful cost reductions and product productivity gains across our business that are ahead of our stated targets |
| And I think on a relative basis that helps us with our confidence about where we'll be when this market returns to a more balanced market |
| I continue to see an opportunity for the company to reach its full potential and create more shareholder value by improving our value proposition, increasing our market share, accelerating growth, improving our efficiency and operating margins and increasing overall profitability |
| And solving problems for our customers, providing better customer service, and creating operating leverage and profitable growth |
| I'm excited about the work that we're doing to reinvigorate Robinson's winning culture |
| And I'm confident that together we will win for our customers, carriers, employees and shareholders |
| Combined with the work that we're doing to accelerate our clock speed, waste reduction and productivity improvements should position us well for the eventual freight market rebound and to deliver improved operating leverage and returns for our shareholders |
| That is another significant unlock? Not only does it reduce, not only does it give us more productivity improvements, it delivers a better customer experience, which is great |
| As Dave mentioned, we've identified a handful of concurrent work streams that are addressing significant opportunities to eliminate productivity bottlenecks, and deliver process optimization, and an improved customer experience |
| And our balance sheet continues to be strong |
| Robinson has shown the strength of its model through cycles |
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| The soft freight market outlined by day resulted in third quarter total revenues of $4.3 billion down 28% compared to Q3 last year |
| As has been well documented by many industry participants and observers, global freight demand continued to be weak in the third quarter |
| In our Global Forwarding business market conditions continued to be soft behind weak demand and plenty of capacity |
| Our third quarter adjusted gross profit or AGP, was also down 28% year-over-year or $252 million driven by a 31.4% decline in NAST and a 31.6% decline in Global Forwarding and partially offset by a 4.6% increase in our other business units |
| Within these results, our ocean forwarding AGP declined by 35% year-over-year, driven by a 34.5% decline in AGP per shipment and 0.5% decrease in shipments |
| In Q3 Global Forwarding generated AGP of approximately $170 million a 32% decline year-over-year |
| In our LTL business, Q3 orders were down 2% on a year-over-year basis, and 1% sequentially |
| In our NAST truckload business, our Q3 volume declined approximately 6% year-over-year, and 4.5% on a per business day basis |
| On a monthly basis compared to Q3 of last year our total company AGP per business day was down 34% in July, down 26% in August and down 21% in September |
| How are you guys approaching that? Obviously, it's an extremely challenging market out there |
| AGP per order declined 13.5% on a year-over-year basis driven primarily by soft market conditions and lower fuel prices |
| And route guide depth in our managed service business of 1.15 in Q3, indicates that primary freight providers are accepting most of the contractual freight tender to them, resulting in fewer spot market opportunities |
| Arun Rajan Yeah, overall we're seeing a soft freight market, we referenced that, I think you've been hearing that from others seems to be lingering |
| During Q3, we had an approximate mix of 70% contractual volume and 30% transactional volume in our truckload business for the third quarter in a row as the spot market remains suppressed |
| And a volume growth is less than 15% |
| And let's take market share first, we don't -- coming forward with a quarter like Q3 where a truckload volume was down 6% or down 4.5% on a per day basis, because we have one less day |
| I think when I look at prior cycles, when spot rates eventually bottom and move up, there typically has been a period of time where the NAST, gross margin percent would come down |
| But I think that given the strain on the balance sheets and income statements of a lot of the brokers in this fragmented universe is pretty substantial |
| There was talk about structural pressure on AGP as a result of, I don't know better customer price discovery and digitization trends |
| And I think with this kind of environment, I would expect to see more brokers struggling and going out of business, given where we're at |
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