#F3 Virtual Experience

F3 chat: Hydrogen as a fuel is finding new supporters

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

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Hydrogen’s promise: Is an omelet finally replacing the chicken and the egg?

DETAILS: The dilemma of making and using hydrogen as a clean energy source is finally escaping the just-around-the-corner pledge that has plagued nature’s most abundant element for decades. Even nonbelievers in H2 are getting on board as hydrogen-powered fuel cells find investors in all modes of transportation.

SPEAKER: Amy...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-hydrogen-as-a-fuel-is-finding-new-supporters

F3 chat: The importance of customer collaboration in building FreightTech solutions

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: FreightTech is all about the customer experience

DETAILS: A discussion on designing and managing winning freight technology solutions.

INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Michael Newcity, chief innovation officer at ArcBest (NASDAQ: ARCB) and president of ArcBest Technologies.

BIO: Newcity has held several senior leadership positions at ArcBest in his 27-year career with the company. He has led a variety of corporate initiatives in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-the-importance-of-customer-collaboration-in-building-freighttech-solutions

F3 demos: FreightTech highlights importance of useful data

Companies demonstrate freight technology that provides useful data.

FreightTech companies demonstrated their innovative technology solutions for fleets during FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience Tuesday. These demos show how technology can streamline processes from trailer management checks to invoicing.

Convoy

Drop and hook lowers costs, increases capacity and improves warehouse productivity by preloading trailers. Convoy Go uses AI to analyze data for drivers’ interest in drop loads.

Check out the demo to find out how Convoy Go manages trailer data across the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-demos-freighttech-highlights-importance-of-useful-data

F3 chat: DHL Supply Chain’s Gillespie on digitalization’s role in meeting ESG goals

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How digitalization helps achieve ESG targets

DETAILS: Environmental, social and governance standards have become a core conversation piece between companies and their providers. ESG will become ever more important in building and maintaining brand equity, while demonstrating that businesses are responsible stewards of the environment. Jason Gillespie, continuous improvement and innovation leader at DHL Supply Chain, the world’s largest contract logistics provider, says the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-dhl-supply-chains-gillespie-on-digitalizations-role-in-meeting-esg-goals

F3 demos: FreightTech visibility innovation

FreightTech companies showcased products and services in demos during F3.

FreightTech companies demonstrated their innovative technology solutions for fleets during FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience Tuesday. These demos highlight how important visibility, communication and real-time data are for supply chains.

Truckstop.com

Improve profit margins or provide savings back to customers for better service using machine-learning technology to choose more cost-effective loads.

Check out the demo to learn how valuable real-time rates for loads and lanes can be for companies.

F...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-demos-freighttech-visibility-innovation

F3 keynote: Fragmentation among biggest challenges in supply chain

With more than 3 million trucks on the road, millions of shippers and hundreds of load boards, the freight industry faces a key challenge in the form of fragmentation, says Stuart Scott, chief information officer and executive vice president for J.B. Hunt Transport Services.

“We have technology and data sitting in all kinds of silos and ERP and TMS systems that are all isolated to themselves,” Scott said on Tuesday as the keynote industry speaker for FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience.

“Fragmenta...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-keynote-fragmentation-among-biggest-challenges-in-supply-chain

FreightWaves releases FreightWaves’ TRAC Spot Rates and Market Dashboard

FreightWaves has formed the Trusted Rate Assessment Consortium (TRAC) to provide the freshest view of spot rates in the U.S. inside the new Market Dashboard application in SONAR. Combined with its database of millions of data points, SONAR has the most comprehensive view of the transportation markets available.  

Craig Fuller, FreightWaves founder and CEO, stated, “Working alongside dozens of spot market participants, FreightWaves has created the freshest and most relevant set of data in the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-releases-freightwaves-trac-spot-rates-and-market-dashboard

F3 keynote: Failure is an option for founders hoping for success

Guy Raz speaks at F3 Virtual Experience

“Failure is the key to success” has become such a common refrain that many choose to ignore it, choosing instead to wallow in defeat and never reach their full potential.

For entrepreneurs, it is the failure that most often dictates their success.

“There is something that connects every entrepreneur … and what that is is a willingness to accept failure and no,” explained Guy Raz, podcast creator, author and founder of Built-It Productions. “All of us are hardwired to avoid rejection; we don’t...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-keynote-failure-is-an-option-for-founders-hoping-for-success

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