Health & Pharma Summit

Opening the black box of shipping

Airspace Technologies.

Ryan Rusnak called it “black-box shipping” — the lack of information provided after a shipment leaves its origin location until it arrives at its destination. No updates. No transparency. Just cross your fingers and hope for the best. Or if you’re lucky, maybe a phone call or two.

It was a problem that needed solving … and that’s why Rusnak, chief technology officer, and CEO Nick Bulcao founded Airspace.

“Airspace,” Rusnak said, “was built to open the black box that shipping had become.”

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Control is crucial — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Health is something Chad Brueck, president of expedited solutions at CRST, knows is a valuable asset. He is a marathon runner, fitness enthusiast and a newly minted group fitness instructor and that discipline translates into good business practices.

Brueck handles truckload hauling of pharmaceutical products with CRST and has seen the industry shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brueck said CRST is focused on working with each of its clients to deliver products in the safest, most controlled...

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ArcBest doles out pandemic support — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

In this session of the FreightWaves Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit, Dooner and Michael “The Dude” Vincent host a live session of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? with Danny Loe, president of asset light logistics and chief yield officer with ArcBest. 

ArcBest has been instrumental in expediting health and pharmacy supply chains by using integrated solutions combined with ArcBest’s individual owned assets. Loe says every customer in the logistics world has different needs and requires different solutions...

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Live Updates: Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit

Find all of the sessions from the FreightWaves Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit below.

Following the XPO playbook key lesson in vaccine distribution

After months of delivering everything from personal protective equipment (PPE) to baby formula and military meals ready to eat (MRE) to frontline health care workers, XPO Logistics experts needed only to follow the company playbook when COVID-19 vaccine distribution began.

“We didn’t actually have to make any specific changes to our network,”...

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