2022 GSCW

GSCW chat: Auto suppliers adapt to supply chain constraints

Experts discuss how visibility and blockchain technology are impacting the automotive industry.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 4 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How automotive suppliers have addressed supply chain constraints.

DETAILS: FreightWaves analyst Tony Mulvey chats with Rak-Joon Choi about how the automotive industry, from OEMs to aftermarket equipment manufacturers, has faced significant disruptions while undergoing a new wave of technological advancements. 

SPEAKER: Choi is the vice president of business development and strategic partners at To...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-auto-suppliers-adapt-to-supply-chain-constraints

GSCW chat: Port of Oakland works to increase export capacity

Head shot of Bryan Brandes, maritime director, Port of Oakland

This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Port of Oakland perspective on the pandemic and supply chain challenges

DETAILS:  

SPEAKER: Bryan Brandes, maritime director, Port of Oakland 

BIO: Brandes has spent 25 years in the maritime industry. He began his current position in June 2020. Before joining the port, he was vice president, Pacific Southwest Region Operations, for FlexiVan Leasing, an intermodal chassis leasing company. He...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-port-of-oakland-works-to-increase-export-capacity

GSCW chat: How the rails might benefit from growing industrial production

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: What rail and truckload data reveal about industrial supply chains.

DETAILS: Industrial production is forecast to grow in the coming years, which will likely lead to higher rail carload volume. It could also lead to congestion and equipment availability issues. In this fireside chat, Harris Ligon, CEO and co-founder of a stealth transportation technology startup, and Mike Baudendistel, a FreightWaves market expert, discuss the outlook for industrial freight on the rails...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-how-the-rails-might-benefit-from-growing-industrial-production

GSCW chat: Using data, collaboration to decarbonize logistics

Experts chat about how data and collaboration can help reduce logistics emissions.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Data and collaboration can decarbonize logistics.

DETAILS: Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, chats with Rik Arends about trends in freight decarbonization. Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is a nongovernmental organization dedicated to accelerating zero-emission freight through training, collaboration and industry guidance initiatives globally.

SPEAKER: Arends is the program...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-using-data-collaboration-to-decarbonize-logistics

GSCW chat: Big data, IoT enable sustainability efforts

Experts chat about how data and IoT impact sustainable decision-making.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) enable sustainability efforts. 

DETAILS: Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, is joined by Daniel MacGregor to discuss the value of data-driven decision-making in supply chains. They examine how integrating hardware and software solutions can improve transparency, minimize risk and reduce both waste and emissions in freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-big-data-iot-enable-sustainability-efforts

GSCW chat: Challenges ahead for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law

This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Funding challenges for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law.

DETAILS: Now that the historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill is signed into law, the real work begins: getting formula money to the states quickly and issuing competitive grants. But what are the challenges of getting projects completed so that they can improve supply chain efficiency, and how will they be prioritized?...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-challenges-ahead-for-the-12-trillion-infrastructure-law

GSCW chat: Where are oil & gas prices and production headed in 2022?

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: With U.S. oil and gas production on the rise once again, are levels going back to where they were a few years ago?

DETAILS: Ben Shattuck of WoodMac, one of the leading oil and gas research companies in the world, sits down with Kevin Hill of FreightWaves to discuss the state of the U.S. upstream sector. It has gone through huge volatility in recent years, with prices and production plunging at the start of the pandemic, only to find itself looking at $100 (per barrel)  oil...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-where-are-oil-gas-prices-and-production-headed-in-2022

GSCW chat: Outlook for US industrial sector with Bloomberg’s Sutherland

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: An industrial sector update with Bloomberg columnist Brooke Sutherland

DETAILS: Sutherland is the industrial and M&A columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and publishes a weekly newsletter on those topics. It has given her a close-up perspective on the state of the U.S. industrial sector and how it is coping with the waning pandemic and the still-troubled supply chain. She is interviewed by Zach Strickland, FreightWaves director of Freight Market Intelligence.

SPEAKER: Brooke...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-outlook-for-us-industrial-sector-with-bloombergs-sutherland

GSCW chat: US exporters’ fight for market share

This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: U.S. exporters battle to overcome supply chain service issues.

DETAILS: A year after discussing challenges that were just beginning to roil the U.S. agricultural export markets, Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, comes back to Global Supply Chain Week to talk about changes in the market since then. Notable among them are the struggle by shippers to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-us-exporters-fight-for-market-share

GSCW chat: Proterra buying and selling into a broken supply chain

This fireside chat is from Auto Day of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 4 focuses on truck manufacturers, suppliers and advanced technologies.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Scaling critical electrification components in a supply chain crisis

DETAILS: From running the $1 billion sustainability effort at Delta Airlines just two years ago, Gareth Joyce joined and quickly moved up to CEO at electric bus and battery maker Proterra Inc. He is now guiding Proterra’s effort to reach scale as a supplier...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-proterra-buying-and-selling-into-a-broken-supply-chain

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