ANTICIPATING A NEW NECESSITY
by Melissa De Leon Chavez
An old dog does more than learn new tricks. Those senior canines show the puppies where to find food and shelter, who to trust, and how to navigate change. When you’re a young pup, everything is new. New things are exciting but also terrifying. It helps to have a senior around who doesn’t blink in the face of the storm; with experience to draw on, they’ve likely seen something like it before.
“Change, or the potential for change, isn’t scary or as challenging when your mindset is built on it,” Kenny Lund, Vice President of Operations, tells me.
Allen Lund Company has not just borne witness to the transportation management systems (TMS) shipper evolution, it has paved the roads. Leading fresh computerization in the 1980s, the company was writing its first system when there weren’t even PCs.
“There certainly wasn’t anything for a transportation broker, so we wrote the first TMS in the early 80s and have done so ever since,” Kenny remembers. “It was a tone set forth by my dad, Allen Lund: If it’s not broke, break it.”
Allen Lund was one you could never tell that old dogs don’t learn new tricks, and his legacy has carried on throughout the evolving landscape of TMS transportation software.
“He loved change. It’s natural for us to be involved in this area and to navigate the evolution of the transportation management systems out there. Regardless of size, it has become a necessity for companies to utilize TMS software,” Kenny points out.
As the availability of networks has expanded, making it possible for anyone to connect anywhere, Kenny paints a picture in which accessibility has created a necessity to meet today’s expectations.