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Generative AI can be ‘quite powerful’ in supply chain 

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit on Wednesday. 

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Where generative AI fits in the supply chain.

DETAILS: Generative AI can revolutionize the supply chain industry through fraud protection, route optimization and efficiency enhancements, according to Crowley Maritime’s Anoop Mohandas. 

SPEAKER: Mohandas is a product manager at Crowley Maritime. 

KEY QUOTES FROM MOHANDAS:

“Generative AI is this new technology that’s based on largely large...

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Reliance’s Albrecht sees capacity disappearing from market at rapid pace

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — From his position as CFO and chief revenue officer of one of the largest...

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F3 keynote: China’s COVID policy showed global supply chain’s fragility

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A leading authority on supply chain, geopolitical tensions and financial risks in China says that country’s zero-COVID-19 policy exposed an already fractured global supply chain. 

Leland Miller, CEO of China Beige Book, which compiles independent Chinese economic data, urges companies to diversify and disentangle themselves from the world’s second-largest manufacturer and exporter of goods.

“What really broke the dam on this is COVID-zero because you had all these problems,”...

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5 takeaways from XPO’s Brad Jacobs at Future of Freight Festival

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Brad Jacobs took the stage Wednesday at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival, participating in a town hall Q&A event with a live audience.

Jacobs, executive chairman of Greenwich, Connecticut-based XPO Inc. (NYSE: XPO), is a career CEO and serial entrepreneur with a unique track record, having started five companies that all became billion-dollar or multibillion-dollar enterprises.

Along with XPO, Jacobs is the non-executive chairman of its two relatively recent...

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Kodif demos customer support automation platform at Innovation Alley

With service reps for e-commerce and supply chain-related firms having to reply to hundreds or thousands of messages daily, using AI can help streamline customer experience workflows, said Kodif co-founder Mike Zayonc.

Kodif offers two core products that leverage generative AI: the AI agent assistant and the customer-facing self-service platform.

“[Kodif] is a Chrome plug-in. It sits on top of any different platform, and you can choose how you want to adjust the platform,” Zayonc said during the...

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Convoy’s collapse, legacy tied to ushering tech into volatile freight markets

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Despite one of the most unprecedented downfalls in transportation and logistics...

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As economy motors along, trucking prepares to downshift

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To underscore the fragile state of trucking, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller pointed to a development...

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Biggest names in freight are headed to Chattanooga

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The biggest festival in freight — FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival — kicks off in a...

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XPO’s Brad Jacobs will take the stage at next week’s F3

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Brad Jacobs, executive chairman of XPO, will serve as the featured keynote speaker at FreightWaves’...

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Equity must be considered in early stages of fleet electrification

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Creating equity in electrification

DETAILS: Zeina El-Azzi, founder and CEO of Gage Zero, chats with Thomas Wasson, enterprise trucking carrier expert for FreightWaves, about challenges and opportunities in creating equitable electrification outcomes. Gage Zero describes itself as a company that helps truck fleets navigate the path toward electrification in a way that also benefits...

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