2022 Future Of Supply Chain

FOSC chat: Convoy collaborates with sustainability partners like CHEP

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:  Driving greater sustainable outcomes through technology

DETAILS: Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Convoy, interviews George Brehovsky, director of supply chain at CHEP, about promoting sustainability in the supply chain using technology. 

SPEAKER: Lewis is the co-founder and CEO of Convoy

SPEAKER: Brehovsky...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-convoy-collaborates-with-sustainability-partners-like-chep

FreightWaves releases SONAR Container Atlas to measure global maritime volumes

FreightWaves demonstrates new container volume data

FreightWaves has released a new maritime container shipping monitor – SONAR Container Atlas.

FreightWaves is adding to its upstream view of the supply chain by expanding its maritime visibility solution in its newest addition, SONAR Container Atlas (SCA).

The maritime sector has become an increasingly important and unstable portion of the supply chain over the past three years. Geopolitical instability has resurfaced after a relatively long period of calm. 

Container freight is a major component...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-releases-sonar-container-atlas

FOSC: In Northwest Arkansas, there really are trucks with no drivers

Gatik autonomous box truck parked in front of Walmart store

Autonomous trucks continue to be “three to four years” away, but in Northwest Arkansas, they are the here and now.

Gatik, the autonomous vehicle technology company, has been running box trucks without a human in the passenger seat since August in a pilot run in cooperation with Walmart. On Tuesday, Gatik founder and CEO Gautam Narang touted the accomplishments of the firm so far to an engaged audience at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference at the Rogers Convention Center in Rogers,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-details-walmart-autonomous-truck-pilot

FOSC chat: Northwest Arkansas is becoming the Silicon Valley of freight

Two men in leather chairs talking with a blue background behind them.

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: Northwest Arkansas as a freight innovation hub — and a great place to live.

DETAILS: Northwest Arkansas has emerged as an incubator for transportation and logistics technology while becoming one of the most desirable places to live and work in the United States.

SPEAKERS: Steuart Walton,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/northwest-arkansas-is-becoming-the-silicon-valley-of-freight

FOSC chat: Live animals pose unique supply chain challenge for PetSmart

PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk

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

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The PetSmart supply chain.

DETAILS: PetSmart operates a diverse supply chain that looks a little bit like a grocery business, with globally sourced hard goods as well as live animals.

SPEAKER: J.K. Symancyk, president and CEO of PetSmart. 

BIO: Symancyk previously served as CEO of Academy Sports +...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-live-animals-pose-unique-supply-chain-challenge-for-petsmart

FOSC keynote: Supply chains must adapt to geopolitical changes

Speakers at a supply chain conference on the stage.

Companies need to be more flexible with sourcing and shipping strategies in response to three years of geopolitical events that have reoriented global trade, said Jonathan Hoffman, a former chief spokesman for the Pentagon, on Tuesday.

The new economic order will present opportunities for those in logistics and supply chain operations who plan for and embrace the change. 

“The world we’ve known for the last 80 years is going to be a little bit different. Having a sense of flexibility is going to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-keynote-supply-chains-must-adapt-to-geopolitical-changes

FOSC chat: Shortage of pallets driven by increase in inventory

Rachel Premack and George Brehovsky sit on the FreightWaves stage during The Future of Supply Chain event.

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

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Forecasting demand and moving product during the pandemic.

DETAILS: Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, and George Brehovsky chat about the shortage of pallets, how to manage inventory efficiently and how long CHEP’s pallets can be reused.

SPEAKER: Brehovsky is the director of supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-shortage-of-pallets-driven-by-increase-in-inventory

FOSC Chat: Unifying recent acquisitions is next move for project44

FreightWaves' Grace Sharkey and project44's Eric Fullerton

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

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Connecting supply chain ecosystems.

DETAILS: It has been a busy 18 months for real-time visibility specialist project44, including a partnership with Google to create a supply chain “digital twin,” says Eric Fullerton, the company’s senior director of marketing. In this fireside chat, Fullerton...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-unifying-recent-acquisitions-is-next-move-for-project44

FOSC chat: Turvo tackles fragmented logistics networks with TMS platform

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:  Turvo uses analytics, automation to unite supply chain

DETAILS: Turvo uses cutting-edge technology to connect shippers, logistics providers and trucking companies through its cloud-based TMS platform.

SPEAKER: Ron Richardson, chief revenue officer of Turvo.

BIO: Richardson has worked with hundreds of Fortune...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-turvo-tackles-fragmented-logistics-networks-with-tms-platform

FOSC chat: Transfix uses intuitive software to match shippers, trucking companies 

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:  Transfix’s digital freight marketplace matches shippers, carriers 

DETAILS: Transfix helps shippers and carriers optimize their freight networks.

SPEAKER: Jonathan Salama, chief technology officer and co-founder of Transfix 

BIO: Prior to launching Transfix, Salama was an early addition to the core...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/strongfosc-chatstrong-transfix-uses-intuitive-software-to-match-shippers-trucking-companiesnbsp

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