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Supply chain health checkup — Midday Market Update

MMU 11/24

On this episode of Midday Market Update. Kaylee Nix andMichael Vincentdo a checkup on the health of the supply chain across all markets. 

Starting off with headlines, ELD provider ORBCOMM is being acquired by a private equity firm in a deal estimated to be worth over $1 billion. Hyliion has started gathering fleets to test its Hypertruck ERX, and those fleets include big names like Penske and Anheuser-Busch. And TuSimple has hopes to raise as much as $1.5 billion in its IPO deal. 

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Forecasting sales and spending — Put That Coffee Down

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How does marketing mesh with sales forecasting?

Put That Coffee Down is sponsored by SalesForce

Freight forecasting is more of a learned art than a definitive science, and determining how sales will go is difficult. 

Blythe Brumleve says she found this out this year with her launch of Freight School Playbook, her tips for infallible marketing; she was not sure if her expectations were realistic. 

Kevin Hill and Brumleve talk about how supporting forecasts with efforts in marketing is super...

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