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Responding to pressure to be more transparent about their service performance following the major railroad mergers of the 1990s, the freight railroads began providing shippers and regulators weekly data on metrics such as rail car velocity and terminal dwell times.\nBut one measure that they haven\u2019t been providing, asserts an executive at one of the country\u2019s largest agribusiness companies, is how well they\u2019ve been performing against the promise of Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR), an operating methodology adopted by most of the railroads and one that can have a significant effect on first-mile and last-mile delivery for customers.\n\u201cAs far as a rail shipper is concerned, the game is won or lost in that first-mile, last-mile segment of the supply chain,\u201d said Brad Hildebrand, global lead for rail and barge at Cargill Inc., during a fireside chat Thursday with FreightWaves Senior Staff Reporter Joanna Marsh at FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit. \u201cIf that\u2019s not going well, it can have a huge impact on operations.\u201d\nWatch\nApple Podcast\nSpotify\nMore FreightWaves Podcasts\n\xa0\nVisit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it easy to get your full truckload freight covered by high-quality carriers at competitive rates. To get an instant quote and 100% tender acceptance guarantees, click here.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices