2022 Future Of Supply Chain

FOSC chat: Shipwell CEO on how disruptions are reshaping food supply chains

A man and woman sitting in leather chairs with a blue screen behind them with the words The Future of the Supply Chain written on it.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Food supply chains in an era of disruption

DETAILS: The war in Ukraine, inflation and a freight market downturn. They’re just some of the disruptions affecting the food supply chain. What does it all mean?

SPEAKERS: Greg Price, co-founder and CEO of Shipwell, and Rachel Premack, editorial director,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipwell-ceo-on-how-disruptions-are-reshaping-food-supply-chains

Hubtek, QuickLoadz, Turvo voted top demos by Future of Supply Chain attendees

Hubtek's product demo.

ROGERS, Ark. — Hubtek, QuickLoadz Intermodal Robotics and Turvo were voted as the top demos by attendees at The Future Of Supply Chain event this week.

The three companies were among more than 30 that presented live, seven-minute demos about products that will disrupt the freight industry.

QuickLoadz

Sean Jones with the QuickLoadz demonstration. (Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

QuickLoadz CEO Sean Jones demonstrated his company’s truck beds and trailers product that allows any container to be moved...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hubtek-quickloadz-turvo-voted-top-demos-by-future-of-supply-chain-attendees

FOSC chat: A look at post-COVID e-commerce investing

Benjamin Gordon of Cambridge Capital

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: What the post e-commerce boom looks like

DETAILS: A discussion with Cambridge Capital’s CEO on a potential shakeout from the surge in supply chain investing.

SPEAKER: Benjamin Gordon, CEO and managing partner at Cambridge Capital and BGSA Holdings

BIO: In 2010, Gordon founded Cambridge Capital, which invests...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-a-look-at-post-covid-e-commerce-investing

FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success

With all the disruptions in the supply chain since 2020, the last mile has been in a constant state of flux. However, even as retailers scramble to meet e-commerce consumer demands, and providers lean into the latest trends to get those packages to front doors, there is plenty going on behind the scenes.

Ty Findley, managing partner of Ironspring Ventures, conducted a roundtable discussion titled The Next Chapter on Last Mile, with Penny Register-Shaw, chief strategy officer of The FRONTDoor...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-collaboration-drives-last-mile-success

Military supply crises pose unique challenges, retired Air Force colonel says

Supply crunches have a serious impact on military operations and global conflicts, Jobie Turner said Tuesday during a conversation at FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain event in Rogers, Arkansas.

Turner, a retired Air Force colonel, served as commander of the 37th Airlift Squadron and the 314th Operations Group, leading C-130 flying units. He is the author of “Feeding Victory: Innovative Logistics from Lake George to Khe Sanh, 1755-1968.”

Turner said military supply problems can affect...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/military-supply-crises-pose-unique-challenges

FOSC keynote: Companies should embrace optionality to manage uncertainty

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Providing multiple options on how best to manage freight may be the optimal way for supply chain stakeholders to utilize the many streams of data that come their way, according to Michael Schrage, a research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.

In a keynote address at FreightWaves’ Future of the Supply Chain summit in Northwest Arkansas Tuesday, Schrage, a fellow at Sloan’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, outlined reasons why optionality should be...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-keynote-companies-should-embrace-optionality-to-manage-uncertainty

FOSC chat: Uber Freight on how real-time pricing boosts resiliency

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event being held in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How to leverage the latest innovations in real-time pricing for greater network resiliency.

DETAILS: The trucking market has seen major swings during the pandemic era. Access to real-time pricing allows market participants to better manage these swings.

SPEAKERS: Bill Driegert, co-founder and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-uber-freight-on-how-real-time-pricing-boosts-network-resiliency

FOSC chat: Data visibility key for shippers navigating maritime slowdowns

discussion on visibility in ocean freight beyond ports

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Navigating maritime freight disruptions by taking visibility beyond the ports

DETAILS: Port congestion has been one of the biggest topics in freight over the past few years. And for good reason — at one point in November, there were nearly 60,000 long-dwelling containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-data-visibility-key-for-shippers-navigating-maritime-slowdowns

FOSC chat: Venture capital firm sees opportunity amid market downturn

FreightWaves' John Paul Hampstead and Construct Capital's Caroline Duffy

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How AI will be used in reverse and forward logistics for e-commerce shipping.

DETAILS: The massive surge in e-commerce over the past couple of years has opened significant opportunities for founders and the venture capitalists who support them — but is the door closing on those opportunities as freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-venture-capital-firm-sees-opportunity-amid-market-downturn

FOSC Chat: The human-first approach to rework 3PL norms

CEO of Primo and Anthony Smith sit in front of a blue background.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Reworking 3PL norms with a human-first approach. 

DETAILS:  Primo has developed a human-first approach to retaining talent and customers. “There is a direct correlation between my ability to keep people and keeping customers,” says Justin Hall, CEO of Primo. In this fireside chat, Hall details how he...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-the-human-first-approach-to-rework-3pl-norms

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