Global Supply Chain Week

How will AI shape the future of freight negotiations?

This fireside chat recap is from Wednesday, the first second day of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: M&A activity in 2022 and an outlook for 2023.

DETAILS: Are humans doing too much of the work when it comes to freight and supply chain negotiations? Martin Rand, CEO and co-founder of Pactum AI, dives into how AI dealmaking bots can determine favorable contract terms, identify cost-effective rates and even forge relationships with carriers, vendors and other supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-will-ai-shape-the-future-of-freight-negotiations

Reconfiguring retail space to improve fulfillment

This fireside chat recap is from Wednesday, the second day of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Effective middle-mile management

DETAILS: A discussion with Bill Thayer, founder and CEO of Fillogic, on ways of better managing the middle mile and fulfillment.

KEY QUOTES FROM THAYER:

On using existing infrastructure to build density in middle mile:

“Malls are smack dab in the middle of the middle mile. … We take excess space in malls and provide the technology and operations...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reconfiguring-retail-space-to-improve-fulfillment

Global shipping in the ‘process of normalizing’

This fireside chat recap is from Tuesday, the first day of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Examining the current landscape of global maritime

DETAILS: A discussion with Gordon Downes, CEO of New York Shipping Exchange, about current trends in ocean shipping.

KEY QUOTES FROM DOWNES:

On the current state of global shipping: 

“I think it’s very clear that the market has normalized or is in the process of normalizing. Prices are coming down, close to pre-pandemic levels. The...

Ride the lightning: The future of fuels

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from day 5 at Global Supply Chain Week.

Darren Epps, sr. director of advanced vehicle technology at Ryder System joins the show to get us plugged in to EV technology. We can’t talk about EVs without talking about charging? Which comes first?

Nate Shutes, host of The Bootstrappers Guide to Logistics talks about entrepreneurship in freight. 

John Kingston, editor at large at FreightWaves talks about pain at the pump, what a Russia/Ukraine...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ride-the-lightning-the-future-of-fuels

GSCW chat: Predictive and prescriptive analytics’ place in the supply chain

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Predictive and prescriptive analytics 

DETAILS: When you are making a value proposition to current and prospective customers, prescriptive and performance analytics should be part of your continuous improvement plan. Randy Ofiara chats about all things continuous improvement and the value of historical data as a way to move forward.

SPEAKER: Randy Ofiara, VP managed logistics, BlueGrace Logistics.

BIO: Ofiara has a background in transportation ranging from automotive and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-predictive-and-prescriptive-analytics-place-in-the-supply-chain

You down with CPG?

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from CPG day at Global Supply Chain Week.

Doug Waggoner, CEO at Echo is talking tech and the freight outlook for ‘22.

Jordan Lawrence, Director, Logistics Strategy & Head of the Flexe Institute at Flexe discusses logistics capacity constraints. Are they here to stay? 

Christopher Thornycroft, Senior VP of Carrier Operations at Redwood Logistics helps us navigate our way through the capacity maze.

David Stone, Senior Director...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/you-down-with-cpg

GSCW chat: Global dry bulk shipping continues to grow every quarter

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. 

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The sea trade game is Genco’s home.

DETAILS: Genco Shipping’s John Wobensmith and Ocean Audit’s Steve Ferreira survey how companies are using new strategies to ensure they have inventory when they need it.

SPEAKERS: Wobensmith is president and CEO of Genco Shipping and Trading. Ferreira is CEO of Ocean Audit.

BIO: Genco Shipping and Trading (NYSE: GNK) is a logistics provider of oceangoing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-global-dry-bulk-shipping-continues-to-grow-every-quarter

Using global supply chains as a competitive advantage

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from day one of Global Supply Chain Week.

John Echeverria, Senior Manager Global Logistics at Wayfair talks about using your supply chain as a competitive advantage, meeting customer demands in times of high disruption, and the challenge of reverse logistics. 

Emmanuel Carrillo, CEO at Talon Logistics focuses on the driver’s mental state in people-centric organizations. 

Greg Tuthill, CCO at SeaCube Containers shares how well managed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/using-global-supply-chains-as-a-competitive-advantage

Clubhouse is ‘the 2021 version of conference calls’

During FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week, popular public speaker and businessman Gary “Vee” Vaynerchuk spoke with FreightWavesTV host Steve Ferreira on ways logistics companies can utilize social media in branding and marketing strategies. Vaynerchuk discussed organic reach — the number of unique users who have seen or interacted with your content through other users’ actions such as resharing or commenting. He explained that as platforms develop, some sites lose this type of reach.

“When...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/clubhouse-is-the-2021-version-of-conference-calls

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