Listen to the podcast to hear a breakdown of the survey.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freight-sales-survey:-aligning-goals
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How to run a virtual conference
A few weeks ago, FreightWaves hosted its first virtual conference, FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. The event consisted of content that ran from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT for three days. The content consisted of 85 video presentations and 200 commercials. During the three-day event, there were more than 90,000 unique visitors, 250,000 video streamed sessions, and 5 million minutes of content viewed by the audience. We also had a Slack channel that had almost 2,000 registered members actively engaging...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-to-run-a-virtual-conference
FreightWaves LIVE @HOME Day 3: Digitization, Diversity and Demos
Thursday was the final day of FreightWaves’ three-day-long virtual event FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. The event, which was originally scheduled to occur in Atlanta on May 5-7 but was changed to a virtual conference because of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured thought-provoking discussions, innovative company demos and interviews with many of today’s freight leaders.
Viewers could express their thoughts and observations at the event’s own Slack channel, and they could watch live versions of...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-home-day-3-digitization-diversity-and-demos
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.
To see the full...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-consumer-packaged-goods-supply-chain-report
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...
FreightWaves LIVE@HOME Day 1: Good conversations and innovative ideas highlight virtual freight conference
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...