#F3 Virtual Experience

F3 chat: Solving supply chain challenges through data solutions

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience. F3 runs continues through Thursday and includes keynote speakers, fireside chats, live interviews, product demos and award presentations.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Managing risk in an unprecedented market.

DETAILS: Fragmentation in the industry can lead to lack of real-time data, creating headaches like port delays and capacity constraints. Loadsmart is a digital platform integrating shippers and carriers, aiming to create...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-solving-supply-chain-challenges-through-data-solutions

F3 demos: FreightTech saves precious time

FreightTech companies demonstrated logistics technology at F3.

FreightTech companies demonstrated their innovative technologies for fleets during FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience. These demos show the importance of technology that streamlines operations such as payments, email and yard check-ins.

Isaac Instruments

Isaac Instruments products are tough, reliable and weatherproof. Isaac’s ELD is built to withstand harsh environments and minimize the number of taps that drivers need to make on-screen.

Check out the demo to see how the instruments work in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-demos-freighttech-saves-precious-time

F3 chat: FreightTech, M&A strategies and other brokerage transformations

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience. 

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How a hybrid tech strategy leads to success

DETAILS: FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller talks with CarrierDirect CEO Peter Renstchler on technology trends in the brokerage industry, the 3PL M&A environment and changing growth strategies to reach maximum value.

INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, and Peter Rentschler, CEO of CarrierDirect.

BIO: Rentschler is the CEO of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-freighttech-ma-strategies-and-other-brokerage-transformations

F3 keynote: Flashy, cool and polarizing — inside Tesla’s real lessons

Much has been written about Elon Musk and Tesla’s rise to prominence, but few authors have explored that journey as extensively as Ed Niedermeyer.

Niedermeyer, author of “Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors” and director of communications for the nonprofit Partners for Automated Vehicle Education, has spent years exploring the company’s history and the decisions it has made, and along the way he has made a few friends and many enemies. And that’s OK because Niedermeyer believes...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-keynote-flashy-cool-and-polarizing-inside-teslas-real-lessons

F3 chat: Helping smaller companies compete against mega-carriers

This fireside chat recap is from day 2 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience. F3 runs continues today through Thursday and includes keynote speakers, fireside chats, live interviews, product demos and award presentations.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Ryder + Smarthop: Investing in the future of small fleets

DETAILS: In today’s fast-paced market, small fleet owners need to truck smarter, not harder.Kendra Phillips and Guillermo Garcia discuss building a FreightTech startup tailored to the way the market...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-helping-smaller-companies-compete-against-mega-carriers

F3 chat: History of change helped Hassett Logistics through COVID

A split screen of a man and a woman from a virtual conference discussing logistics.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience. 

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Current trends in express logistics.

DETAILS: Hassett Logistics has evolved from a moving company to an airfreight forwarder to a full-service expedited logistics company that has special expertise supporting e-commerce and events. The company recently rebranded from Express to Logistics to highlight the company’s broader service capabilities.

SPEAKER: Michelle Halkerston, CEO of Hassett Logistics.

B...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-history-of-change-helped-hassett-logistics-through-covid

F3 chat: Can autonomous trucks end our supply chain woes?

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience. 

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Can autonomous trucks end our supply chain woes?

DETAILS: Plus’ COO discusses the timeline of deploying autonomous trucking technology, what logistics providers are currently using driverless trucks and the job impact autonomous trucks will have on the industry in the future.

INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: Grace Sharkey, staff writer at FreightWaves, and Shawn Kerrigan, COO and co-founder of Plus.

BIO:...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-can-autonomous-trucks-end-our-supply-chain-woes

F3 Day One: Autonomous trucks and systems

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from day one of F3: the Future of Freight. They’re covering autonomous trucks; automating operations; the war for talent; the next generation of FreightTech founders and more. 

They’re joined by Matt Carroll, Project Manager at Waymo; Sanjiv Khurana, General Manager, Digital Vehicle Solutions at Daimler Trucks North America; Adrian Garcia, Founder & CEO at Gatego; Lauren Russell, Chief Marketing Officer at Armstrong Transportation and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-day-one-autonomous-trucks-and-systems

F3 chat: Has technology improved the supply chain?

Experts chat about how technology impacts supply chains.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Has technology improved the supply chain?

DETAILS: FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller chats with Kevin O’Meara about supply chain disruptions, the value that technology brings and predictions for the future of supply chain technology.

SPEAKER: O’Meara is the vice president of integrated supply chain at Shaw Industries Group.

BIO: O’Meara is responsible for Shaw Industries’ end-to-end supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-has-technology-improved-the-supply-chain

F3 chat: Why data, cloud storage are critical to supply chain

Michele Sancricca of Amazon Web Services discusses data and the supply chain.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Data, cloud storage and the future of the supply chain

DETAILS: The rapid digital transformation taking place across the global supply chain is changing how companies use data. Chris Hurst of Chattanooga, Tennessee-based IT firm StratusGrid talks to Michele Sancricca of Amazon Web Services (AWS) about the increasingly critical role of data in the supply chain and companies’ shift to cloud-based...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-why-data-cloud-storage-are-critical-to-supply-chain

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