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FreightWaves LIVE: Streamlining paperwork through AI — At Your Doorstep

For most people in the corporate world, one of the biggest pain points is keeping track of and organizing paperwork. It gets especially tedious for logistics brokers, who have to handle hundreds of documents for dozens of clients. 

That’s where Deep Cognition steps in to help. On this episode of At Your Doorstep, Kaylee Nix talks to Vice President of Marketing Kate Curtain about how Deep Cognition is easing the stress of managing documents. 

Deep Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-streamlining-paperwork-through-ai-at-your-doorstep

FreightWaves LIVE: Blue Triton Brands takes Shipper of Choice Award

This recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves Live @Home.

TOPIC: Top 25 organizations for managing strong carrier relationships

DETAILS: A diverse panel of 40 judges from trucking, logistics and technology companies that deal with large amounts of freight picked the Top 25 companies that demonstrate an ability to foster mutually beneficial partnerships with carriers.

SPEAKERS: Andrew Cox, FreightWaves’senior retail analyst,andDennis Anderson, chief customer officer at ArcBest 

KEY QUOTES FROM ANDERSON: 

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FreightWaves LIVE recap: Making complex supply chain innovation more accessible

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This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How technology and innovation are key to navigating today’s supply chain 

DETAILS: Necessity is the mother of all invention and innovation, and the past year is likely to be the seed for hyper-innovation over the next five to 10 years. ArcBest Technologies’ Michael Newcity and FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill discuss these innovation seeds in this fireside chat.

SPEAKER: Newcity is the chief...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-recap-making-complex-supply-chain-innovation-more-accessible

FreightWaves LIVE recap: Middle mile primed for autonomous trucks

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ LIVE @HOME.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Autonomous trucks in the middle mile

DETAILS: The middle mile, as it’s known across the United States, with its repetitive and active lanes, is primed for autonomy. FreightTech firm Gatik is poised to be one of the first to fully test driverless middle-mile routes this year in Arkansas for Walmart. Gatik also recently announced it will be the first to operate electric autonomous middle-mile routes for Walmart...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/middle-mile-primed-for-autonomous-trucks

FreightWaves LIVE recap: Capacity, drivers and other challenges for trucking

George Abernathy and Adam Miller during day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: High demand, tight capacity and how fleets are navigating the current freight market

DETAILS: A discussion on capacity challenges in trucking

INTERVIEWER and SPEAKER: George Abernathy, president of FreightWaves, and Adam Miller, CFO of Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE: KNX) and president of Swift Transportation.

BIO:

Miller was appointed president at Swift Transportation in November in addition to his role as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-recap-capacity-drivers-and-other-challenges-for-trucking

FreightWaves LIVE: Health and work-life balance in freight — WTT

Dooner and The Dude are back for the second special episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. They host a slate of guests from every corner of the logistics industry and get some good insights from top to bottom. 

First they welcome Melissa Forman, chief strategy officer at TriumphPay, to talk about how integrated payments are growing in scale and popularity. She discusses the upcoming acquisition of HubTran and how the loop payment system will impact the industry. 

Next up is...

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FreightWaves LIVE Recap: Cargo Transporters upshifts telematics

With the clock ticking on the 3G cellular network and the need to transition to higher speeds relied upon by telematics devices, carriers are looking for the right partner — if they haven’t already found one — to make that shift.

For Claremont, North Carolina-based Cargo Transporters, a truckload carrier operating approximately 500 power units and 1,800 trailers, SkyBitz was up to the task.

“We started looking about two years ago into how we were going to handle [the sunsetting of 3G],” Cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-recap-cargo-transporters-upshifts-telematics

FreightWaves LIVE recap: Autonomous trucking horse race could be good for all

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Charting the path to autonomous trucking  

DETAILS: The pursuit of autonomous commercial trucking that doesn’t require a human driver is a horse race among six startups seeking an advantage to cement a lead. Though it started in only March 2020, Waymo Via benefits from Waymo’s driverless ride-hailing service. Advantages include accumulated data and lessons learned all the way back to the Google self-driving...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-recap-autonomous-trucking-horse-race-could-be-good-for-all

FreightWaves LIVE recap: Technology partnerships becoming table stakes

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Great companies should always be in stealth mode

DETAILS: Drew McElroy of digital freight marketplace Transfix and FreightWaves’ JP Hampstead discuss the dissolving borders between freight matching, transportation management systems and real-time visibility and speculate on the next generation of FreightTech startups born in an API-rich ecosystem.

SPEAKER: McElroy is the founder and executive chairman of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-recap-technology-partnerships-becoming-table-stakes

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