FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Grace Sharkey, Staff Writer at FreightWaves, sits with Natarajan Subbiah, Head of Product at Uber Freight, to discuss how leveraging technology can improve decision-making, reduce costs and elevate your customers’ experience. Subbiah also describes how his company works with drivers to make sure available tech is making the right choices when it comes to moving freight. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the Small Fleet & Owner Operator Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting into the world of small business trucking is no easy feat and it takes industry support. Lewie Pugh from the Owner Operator & Independent Drivers Association keynotes our Small Fleet Owner Operator Summit by explaining his tips and tricks for being successful as a driver, backed up by more than 20 years spent behind the wheel. Lewie is joined by FreightWaves Reporter Kaylee Nix. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the Small Fleet & Owner Operator Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 3PL space is dealing with several major legal issues from non-competes to accident liabilities. The Armchair Attorney Matt Leffler breaks down his thoughts on the top 3 issues facing intermediaries in this fireside chat with FreightWaves' Kaylee Nix. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the logistics industry continues to evolve and become more complex, many 3PLs are turning to outsourcing as a way to streamline operations, reduce costs, and stay competitive. We sat down with Nick Strober, Director of Sales at Lean Solutions Group to explore the benefits and challenges of outsourcing logistics services for 3PLs. We discuss the various functions that can be outsourced, from transportation management to warehousing and distribution, and examine how outsourcing can help 3PLs manage costs, improve efficiency, and enhance overall performance. Nick is joined by FreightWaves 3PL/Freight Broker Expert Mary O'Connell. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this fireside chat, Justin Murphy, EVP of Claims at Loadsure joins us to discuss the impacts of cargo claims on 3PL’s. We highlight the need to be proactive in not only limiting claims, but quickly addressing them when they occur. Justin is joined by FreightWaves Enterprise Trucking Expert Thomas Wasson. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edge Logistics CEO Will Kerr sits down with FreightWaves' Chief Economist Anthony Smith to outline the biggest challenges for individual brokerages and how to thrive in any environment. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Data analytics and carrier relationships can work together to build a competitive advantage in supply chain management. Nick Shipe, Business Development Manager at Circle Logistics, explains how to leverage data to make informed decisions when selecting carriers and building long-term relationships combined with the importance of balancing the benefits of data-driven decision-making with the need for flexibility and agility in a rapidly changing supply chain environment. Nick is joined by FreightWaves 3PL/Freight Broker Expert Mary O'Connell. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FreightWaves' Kaylee Nix dives into the Wild West of recruiting with Charlie Saffro from CS Recruiting. The two chat about how job seeking has changed in the last year and what unique challenges face companies as they try to fill roles. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Metafora CEO, Peter Rentschler, sits down with FreightWaves Chief Economist Anthony Smith and breaks down the pitfalls of holding onto legacy technology in the workplace and how to navigate a full scale revamp. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ed Stockman, CEO and co-founder of newtrul, joins FreightWaves Enterprise Trucking Expert Thomas Wasson to talk about emerging 3PL technologies aimed at increasing the quality of transactions in the spot marketplace. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Truckstop.com Economist Noel Perry and FreightWaves' Anthony Smith dive into historical trends and cycles within the freight market and what to expect in the years to come. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FreightWaves' Grace Sharkey sits with Manny McElroy, Senior Vice President of Transportation at ITS Logistics to discuss the importance of relationship building within a scaling logistics provider. McElroy shares personal experiences, gives tips on how to leverage relationships to provide better service and shares how technology can fit into those intentional connections. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the keynote address with TIA President and CEO, Anne Reinke, we will be discussing how the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) is creating a safer, more secure, and ethical supply chain. TIA plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and security of the goods being transported in the industry, as well as promoting ethical business practices and compliance with government regulations and industry standards. Anne is joined by FreightWaves 3PL/Freight Broker Expert Mary O'Connell. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the 3PL Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Sharkey, Staff Writer at FreightWaves, speaks with Sean O’Malley, Co-Founder and Board Member of BlueXTrade, to discuss the recent enhancements in fintech on a global scale. O’Malley discusses the past challenges of trade finance and how emerging technologies can help open up more safe and efficient global trade. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Supply Chain Meets FinTech 2023 Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren Morton from QED Investors leads our SCMF keynote speech, explaining how shifting market conditions have changed the fund's approach to investing both domestically and in emerging markets like Latin America. She is joined by FreightWaves Reporter Kaylee Nix. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Supply Chain Meets FinTech 2023 Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If hydrogen is to become a key fuel in the energy transition, it needs to have a robust supply chain behind it. In this fireside chat, Dr. Abbas Ghandi, director of energy and mobility at S&P Global Commodities Insights, sits down with FreightWaves editor at large John Kingston to lay out where that supply chain is now and how far it needs to go if widespread commercial adoption of hydrogen as an energy source is to make an impact. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With driverless trucks set to deploy at the end of 2024, AV companies are entering the world of supply chains to ensure they have the parts they need for commercialization. Dave Maday, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Product Strategy at Aurora will speak to how the company leverages its partnerships with manufacturers Volvo Trucks and Paccar Inc. to stay on schedule and deploy driverless trucks on time. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Economists Anthony Smith and Charlie Chesbrough recap the shifting market dynamics within the auto industry from manufactures, dealers, consumers, infrastructure and more. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Neal is a co-founder and CEO of GoExpedi, which has brought e-commerce practices and technology to the supply chain that gets necessary products into the oil patch. He’s also scaling the GoExpedi value proposition into manufacturing. He joins FreightWaves editor at large John Kingston to discuss how his company has brought this change in a relatively short time and what lessons he learned from Amazon. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BP pulse fleet President Vic Shao dives into advancements, challenges and opportunities within the EV charging industry, including a breakdown of the current state of U.S. charging infrastructure. Shao also addresses the specific roadblocks facing electric trucks and delivery vans and helps answer the question: Will the EV industry be able to keep up with demand? Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were plenty of pandemic days when fear of diesel shortages and outright unavailability gripped the trucking market. Gary Bevers, long-time consultant to the fuel distribution supply chain, speaks with FreightWaves editor at large John Kingston on how the diesel market might have gotten expensive but it ultimately did not break down, and fuel was available throughout some tight times over the last few years. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dolores Santos - a fuel industry expert with more than 40 years experience selling to fleets - talks about how supply chain issues can impact fuel supply, and fuel price, and how buyers can protect themselves. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a wide-ranging interview, John Harms, a vice president of corporate advisory & banking at the Wall Street firm of Brown Brothers Harriman, talks about some of the macroeconomic impacts on the supply chain coming from various trends, including the growth of tariffs that have stayed in place from one administration to the next. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radford University's Zach Collier provides an update on the semiconductor industry and shortages of chips that roiled the global economy during the pandemic. We learn about the key players, how supply chains have healed and new U.S. policies to better control this key technology and avoid future shortages that could harm the economy and national security. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Sharkey chats with West Central Motor Freight managing partner Gregory Grimes to discuss the strategies behind servicing the automotive market. Grimes explains how one of the oldest freight brokerages in the United States leverages technology and its human capital to tackle shipping difficulties. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATSO is the trade group representing truck stop owners. And at an association like that, supply of diesel is always a focus. David Faikov joins editor at large John Kingston to discuss various policies under consideration in Washington regarding alternative fuels that might spill back into impacting the supply of diesel. Faikov is the head of government affairs for both NATSO and the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, whose membership often overlaps. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nikola Corp. CEO Michael Lohscheller discusses what is needed to get hydrogen -- Earth's most abundant element - captured and distributed to power fuel cell trucks, starting with Nikola's own Tre FCEV in the second half of the year. He says mobile fueling is part of the solution for the long-term infrastructure. At UniGroup Logistics, getting you from point A to Point B is just the beginning. We’re the problem-solvers that drive, that move, that hustle day in and day out. So your company can reach, lead, thrive and drive the future. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last few years have been an exercise in creating a flexible supply chain. Having a sustainable and resilient supply chain is a must have of 2023. Alex Winston and Mary O’Connell will chat about the importance of resilient supply chains and some creative ways to build them. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supply chains and infrastructure became mainstream talking points around the country and inside the Beltway over the last three years, but the threat of inaction is a concern as things begin to normalize. Consumer goods supply chain executive Tom Madrecki discusses the types of legislation on which Congress will need to maintain focus so that the next disruption will cause less volatility for the economy. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christina Hultsch is an attorney with the Benesch law firm and a specialist in pharmaceutical law. She speaks with John Kingston on the state of the pharmaceutical supply chain after the pandemic, how it held up during those difficult days and why moving away from Chinese supplies is a tough thing to make happen. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Managing the middle mile and fulfillment is an important part of a retailer's supply chain. Bill Thayer from Fillogic talks about the importance of having shorter delivery times, and implementing local distribution centers where consumers can be reached more effectively. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Baudendistel, FreightWaves’ Head of Intermodal Solutions, interviews Herman Haksteen, President of the Private Railcar Food and Beverage Association, to discuss how shippers can overcome rail service issues and other challenges to effectively incorporate rail into their supply chains. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chief Economist Anthony Smith and Pactum AI CEO Martin Rand cover the future of AI within the supply chain and trends to expect in the coming years. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Richey, Sr. Director of Transportation & Distribution at Black Rifle Coffee, talks about where they see the American consumer in this volatile market and what they are doing to deliver an amazing experience that aligns with their mission. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China being one of the biggest. Policy analyst Loren Smith discusses how China and its inflationary pressures will affect trucking markets in the U.S., the autonomous vehicle market in particular. Smith will also predict how supply chains will react the longer a labor battle over ocean container automation on the U.S. West Coast drags into 2023. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaylee Nix sits down with Matt Cicinelli from Hello Fresh to learn how the company is changing its approach to customer attraction and retention while handling the challenges that come up in a post-COVID world. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spot container shipping rates in the trans-Pacific market collapsed back to pre-pandemic levels last fall. Long-term rates are now following the same downward trajectory. Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund shares his outlook on 2023 annual contract negotiations in the trans-Pacific. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Air Cargo and Supply Chain Editor Eric Kulisch chats with freight economist Walter Kemmsies about how the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes, China's COVID policies, and shifts in global manufacturing are impacting the international freight industry. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jackie Gonsalez, Vice President of Supply Chain Business Development at Crowley Logistics joins us to discuss maritime industry trends, the impacts of nearshoring, reshoring, and what to watch for as the maritime space evolves in the post-pandemic era. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaylee Nix sits down with Gordon Downes, CEO of NYSHEX for a zoomed-in view of the current ocean shipping market and how it could change the rest of this year. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryn Heimbeck, the Co-Founder and President of Trade Tech, discusses how cloud-based platforms can increase efficiency between shippers, carriers, freight forwarders, warehouses and other international service providers. Technology should do more than provide visibility, it should help partners execute with efficiency. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because of the hard lessons that the COVID-19 pandemic taught us in 2020, more and more companies are considering reshoring or nearshoring their manufacturing operations. Rosemary Coates will discuss what's motivating corporations to shift their strategy and how that shift will impact supply chains around the world. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ocean shipping landscape is bracing for change with the announcement of the breakup of the Maersk-MSC alliance. Peter Friedmann, a top lobbyist for U.S. importers and exporters, discusses how alliance changes could affect his clients. Friedman also examines how uncertainty caused by ongoing labor talks on the U.S. West Coast is changing maritime investment and what to expect from the next version of ocean shipping reforms. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Container shipping has entered a downturn in the wake of a historic boom. Industry expert Lars Jensen gives his views on the future of global shipping alliances, the looming fallout from a record-high orderbook, and the outlook for both spot and annual contract rates in the Asia-U.S. trade. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julian VanErlach, SVP of Supply Chain at FabFitFun, talks about the challenges that come with DIY warehousing, packaging, and a realistic approach of where to cut the budget and where to splurge. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this chat, Will Haraway, co-founder and chief content officer at LeadCoverage, explains the importance of building relationships with analysts to leverage the reach of industry research groups like Gartner, Sparks and others. He also describes how to measure the success of those relationships over time. He is joined by FreightWaves Staff Writer Grace Sharkey in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the Sales & Marketing Summit 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Dangles, Co-Founder of Kinetic, and Anthony Smith, Chief Economist at FreightWaves, discuss the different aspects of sales in a down cycle. Nick breaks down what type of structure and strategy is needed in the coming years. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the Sales & Marketing Summit 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaylee Nix sits down with Victoria Miklausich, Head of Product Marketing and Customer Experience at Ryder, to discuss how to streamline marketing messaging through a business that is as diverse as Ryder. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the Sales & Marketing Summit 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are so many things to be aware of when it comes to social media that leaning on it as a main form of marketing seems like a big gamble. Lars Ward, Vice President of Business Development at FreightVana, and Mary O’Connell, Freight Broker/3PL Expert at FreightWaves, are chatting about the all in approach to going all in on LinkedIn and how it’s a platform for more than sharing a highlight reel. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the Sales & Marketing Summit 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren Bailey, founder and president of Factor8, gives logistics sales representatives advice on how to build a positive customer experience from the very first call. She also breaks down sales statistics for managers to better understand the sales cycle and develop strategies for closing business whether the market is hot or not. She is joined by FreightWaves Staff Writer Grace Sharkey in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves Podcasts Join the Sales & Marketing Summit 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices