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White Paper – Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain Report

Thank you to our sponsor, Echo Global Logistics for partnering with us on this report.

FreightWaves conducted a survey of consumer packaged goods (CPG) shippers in April to gauge sentiment, transportation trends and current dynamics in the CPG supply chain. On the whole, our CPG survey respondents expect the remainder of 2020 to be challenging due to COVID-19 (though CPG should solidly outperform on a relative basis), with transportation costs expected to be down year-over-year.

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Hours of operation, communication are hallmarks of Shipper of Choice Availability winners

Increased hours of operation and open communication with carriers are hallmarks of top shippers. The companies that named as winners of FreightWaves’ Shipper of Choice Availability Award winners are among the best in the nation in meeting these criteria.

The Shipper of Choice Awards are sponsored by Transflo. Winners were announced this morning during the FreightWaves LIVE@Home virtual conference.

The winners of the Availability Award are (in alphabetical order):

  • Agri-Mark
  • Beam Suntory
  • Cargill...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hours-of-operation-communication-are-hallmarks-of-shipper-of-choice-availability-winners

FreightWaves LIVE@HOME Day 1: Good conversations and innovative ideas highlight virtual freight conference

FreightWaves LIVE

Under pressure from COVID-19, in-person conferences across the country have been cancelled or postponed, and that includes many in the freight industry. But, the show must go on, they say, so FreightWaves plowed ahead with its FreightWaves LIVE event, originally scheduled for this week in Atlanta. No longer an in-person event, the event was rebranded FreightWaves LIVE@HOME, which kicked off today.

The virtual event features a full three days of great presentations, conversations and company...

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FreightWaves SONAR 6.0 debuts at FreightWaves LIVE @HOME

SONAR Lane Signal

“FreightWaves is launching SONAR 6.0, with new features that make the SONAR data platform even easier to use and will help transportation companies make data-driven decisions at all levels of their organizations,” said Craig Fuller, FreightWaves founder and CEO. “SONAR 6.0 features greater accessibility for its subscribers, as well as single-focus apps for simplicity, better integration with users’ systems and adaptability for users’ brand equity.”

Fuller continued, “I’m very pleased to announce...

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