Brian Aoaeh

Viewpoint: What this IPO tells us about autonomous freight networks

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

TuSimple announced April 7 that it has filed to sell shares through an initial public offering, after having originally filed relevant paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23.

In this article, I examine TuSimple’s S-1 filing for indications of what the future may promise for freight trucking. This is not an examination of financial data...

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Clubhouse is ‘the 2021 version of conference calls’

During FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week, popular public speaker and businessman Gary “Vee” Vaynerchuk spoke with FreightWavesTV host Steve Ferreira on ways logistics companies can utilize social media in branding and marketing strategies. Vaynerchuk discussed organic reach — the number of unique users who have seen or interacted with your content through other users’ actions such as resharing or commenting. He explained that as platforms develop, some sites lose this type of reach.

“When...

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Viewpoint: What is supplier empathy in the context of cyber risk?

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

Reports about the extent of the hacking of Microsoft Exchange Server are alarming. This article from KrebsOnSecurity suggests that at least 30,000 organizations in the United States are known to have been directly affected. Moreover, the article’s author(s) state, “The espionage group is exploiting four newly discovered flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server email...

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GSCW chat recap: VC opportunity in supply chain ‘so big, so global’

Brian Laung Aoaeh, co-founder and general partner of REFASHIOND Ventures

This fireside chat recap is from Day 7 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 7 focuses on global maritime logistics.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The future for FreightTech investing

DETAILS: FreightTech is hot. But where venture capital will be putting money is another question. Brian Laung Aoaeh of REFASHIOND Ventures talks to FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer John “JT” Engstrom about the opportunities for venture capital in the supply chain.

SPEAKER: Brian Laung Aoaeh, co-founder and general...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/gscw-chat-recap:-vc-opportunity-in-supply-chain-so-big-so-global

Viewpoint: J.B. Hunt, Google team up to build another supply chain platform

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

Google and J.B. Hunt announced that they are teaming up to implement Google Cloud solutions and create the most efficient transportation network in North America.

The press release issued on Feb. 17 highlighted Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence and machine learning tools, as well as J.B. Hunt’s expertise in transportation and logistics.

This announcement...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint:-jb-hunt-google-team-up-to-build-another-supply-chain-platform

Viewpoint: Alloy building central nervous system for supply chain

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

As the COVID-19 pandemic creates record-breaking bottlenecks in companies’ supply chain logistics networks, while simultaneously forcing them to adapt to changing customer expectations and demand patterns, San Francisco-based Alloy is helping customers weather the evolving environment.

I spoke with Cindy Chow, Alloy’s marketing director, to gain a better sense of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint:-alloy-building-central-nervous-system-for-supply-chain

Viewpoint: Visibility the backbone of supply chain platforms

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

On Monday, Tive, project44 and KODIS announced the formation of the Open Visibility Network, a collaborative supply chain visibility program. Both Tive and project44 have recently announced funding rounds. It is not surprising that they are putting newly available capital to work.

One of the themes we have explored in this column in the past is the idea that we are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-visibility-the-backbone-of-supply-chain-platforms

Commentary: Observations on strategy, operations, finance and logistics for 2021

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

The COVID-19 pandemic is going to be with us for considerably longer than anyone would like. Most people now understand that supply chain, and more specifically supply chain logistics, is critical to our ability to organize resources and overcome the social, economic and health care challenges posed by the pandemic.

It is in this context that I spoke with Trevor N....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/commentary-observations-on-strategy-operations-finance-and-logistics-for-2021

Commentary: Time to turn rest of US into innovation factory

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

As the nation begins to turn its attention toward recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the perfect time for concerted action to transform the United States’ dominance of information technology into a durable leadership position in the innovations that will characterize supply chains in the physical economy during the remainder of this century.

To do this,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/commentary-time-to-turn-rest-of-us-into-innovation-factory

Commentary: 3 lessons learned about supply chain AI, machine learning

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

This installment of the AI in Supply Chain series (#AIinSupplyChain) is the last article in the six-month-long weekly series that began on July 7. With one or two exceptions, every week since that first column, we have studied an application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in an area of supply chain, with an emphasis on how the innovation...

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