Welcome to Southwest Quarterly | Spring 2023

Hello and welcome to Southwest Quarterly! We are delighted to begin sharing our new newsletter with you four times a year: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. The NACM Southwest team is excited to introduce new features, spotlights, and tools to continue growing our community.

Be sure to follow NACM Southwest on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter to stay up-to-date on upcoming events and updates.

Thank you so much for being a part of our credit community!

ICYMI: Annual Member

Recognition Picnic

Full Group Name:

Transportation Revenue Management Group

Sub-Groups:

National Motor Carriers, National Transportation Lessors & Fuel, National Rail Transportation, National Air Express & Cargo, and National Transportation Credit

Connect:

2x year | Spring & Fall

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Explore TRMG's LinkedIn with the button below!

NACM Southwest is proud to host the National Transportation Revenue Management Group!

Join companies like Arc Best, JB Hunt, Love’s Travel Stops, Pitt Ohio, Trimac Transportation, Estes Express, BNSF Logistics, and BNSF Railway (just to name a few!) and network with other transportation professionals!

Members can choose which of these sub-groups they’d like to participate in depending on their industry. During the conference, members can participate in:

Account discussions
Best practices
Benchmarking in key areas in their industry

The expo provides the members with access to our Associate Vendors who also specialize in the Transportation Field! Each associate is carefully selected to ensure they provide specific services or products that are very relevant to the transportation industry.

If you’d like to learn more or attend an upcoming meeting as a guest, reach out to Diana Crowe at diana@nacmsw.com.

Learn More About TRMG

A Word from Our

Wellness Advisor:

Moose

We have recently promoted our furry associate, Moose, to be the office's on-site Wellness Advisor!

His willingness to escort any new visitors around the office and greet them kindly made him the perfect pup for the job. If you're ever in the area, we welcome you to come to introduce yourself to Moose. We know he'd love to meet you too!

Every Newsletter will feature a Wellness Tip from Moose himself to encourage you to stay healthy and happy. See you next quarter!

Keep those tails waggin',

Moose

While he’s been with NACM Southwest for 4 years, those in the Houston, Austin, and San Antonio area know he’s been around well, forever!

Byron's favorite part of his job is meeting and working with our members, prospects, and credit partners. Byron’s focus is in business development and helping our members with their 3rd party credit report choices. Not sure which provider is best for you? Call Byron! He has contacts at Experian and D&B and can make sure you get the best deal with the right information for your credit needs!

If there’s one thing Byron has learned over the years, it’s being open to change. We all know the only constant in our world - is change – so being open to that and rolling with whatever life has sent his way, whether it’s personal or professional, has helped him be successful and very good at helping our members.

Be sure to reach out to Byron with your credit reporting questions (byron@nacmsw.com) or say hi to him at our next event – he’d love to meet you!

Byron’s advice to everyone comes as no surprise given his chosen profession all these years:

“Return all calls, good news or bad!”

Connect with Byron

Congratulations Reed Lewis with Allergan Aesthetics!

Congratulations Chason Dancer with DXP Enterprises, Michele West and Jeannette Suarez with TTI Inc.

"Going through these classes enables you to use this knowledge in your day-to-day function in credit, in real-time, as you learn it. The confidence in sound decision-making just builds and builds as you go through each class."

Chason Dancer, CBA

DXP Enterprises

Earn Your Certifications with NACM Southwest!

One very valuable benefit to being a member of NACM Southwest is the opportunity to choose from a variety of different reporting options. From NACM’s member-only National Trade Credit Report (NTCR) to Experian, D&B, and Equifax. We also provide international reports for our members through a variety of different options (SkyMinder, Equifax, D&B).

Sometimes, however, a more comprehensive view of the information is needed and that’s where the Insight Report comes in!

This comprehensive report gives our members the opportunity to see key information from the NTCR report along with Experian and/or Equifax.

Data provided includes:

(as available)

trade references
risk categories
corporate information and linkage
credit utilization
trade summaries
and additional information such as public records, UCC filings, and bankruptcies!

Contact your member representative

for more information about this valuable tool!

Education Opportunities

NACM Southwest offers online, hybrid, and in-person events making it easier for members to access educational content. We always want to ensure your credit department remains up to date on the latest changes in processes, regulations, or laws that affect the commercial credit industry. On-Demand webinars are also available!

If you have any questions about NACM Southwest education, please contact Tony Clark at tony@nacmsw.com.

Explore Education

Have you ever attended one of our Education Sessions?

Sure have!

Not yet!

Online Tool: "Ask The Expert"

Have you ever had a pending question about credit reports, our services, or membership benefits?!⁠ Our online "Ask the Expert" tool was designed with our busy members in mind to get you the answers you need quickly and efficiently.

Try it out for yourself!