North American Supply Chain Summit

It’s not SpaceWaves, but an astronaut is back!

Terry Virts

Blast off (again) with a former astronaut and ISS commander

Dooner and The Dude host astronaut Terry Virts

Astronaut Terry Virts talks to Dooner and The Dude during the North American Supply Chain Summit.

We found out how excited Dooner and The Dude got when talking to astronauts during our SpaceWaves live event, and they had the opportunity to welcome another NASA great to the FreightWaves desk.

Terry Virts spent 213 days in space as commander of the International Space Station and has just...

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The Daily Dash: Supply Chain Summit in review; TravelCenters takes out loan

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, supply chain resiliency, digitization and trends were among the focus of the North American Supply Chain Summit on Tuesday. Plus, TravelCenters of America takes out a loan to fund its business makeover and full queries to the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse are on the rise, suggesting more drivers may be testing positive.

Supply chain focus of virtual event

FreightWaves hosted the North American Supply...

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WHAT THE TRUCK?!?: No letup likely on the freight roller coaster

Dooner and The Dude check in with a truckers philanthropy, talk market strategy and more on this live episode of WTT?!?

GlobalTranz is a full-service third-party logistics provider, bringing award-winning customer service, exceptional industry expertise and market-leading technology to shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers. GlobalTranz’s people-powered approach combined with comprehensive, relationship-driven support provides shippers of all sizes with fast and reliable...

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‘Stop enabling poor-performing suppliers’ — SourceDay CEO

The only constant in supply chains is change, according to Tom Kieley, CEO and co-founder of SourceDay.

“Supply chain volatility is ever present, and unfortunate occurrences like COVID-19 and natural disasters and other events just exacerbate change into higher volatility,” Kieley told FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom during FreightWaves’ North American Supply Chain Summit on Tuesday. The topic was “Managing Buyer and Supplier Relationships.” 

FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom and...

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Great Quarter, Guys: Is custom fashion Amazon’s next breakthrough?

Great Quarter Guys 11/17

Andrew Cox and Seth Holm let you know the business news they care about during the North American Supply Chain Summit.

Coming to you live: You care or nah?

Uber Connect has expanded its package system to more cities, letting drivers deliver packages of less than 30 pounds and valued less than $100.

Uber will leverage its preexisting driver network to allow for short-time crosstown deliveries, and Holm cares, saying it is a huge market opportunity due to convenience. 

The Tesla Semi truck has been...

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Pivot and flex: How traditional retailers can thrive in e-commerce

A photograph of two men talking to each other.

Retailers that can pivot between online sales and foot traffic smoothly and successfully will be the ones able to take full advantage of the rapid rise in e-commerce, according to Shawn Stewart, president and managing director for North America for third-party logistics company CEVA Logistics (OTCMKTS: CVLGF).

E-commerce “has been a fantastic option for [retailers] to stay open and stay profitable,” Stewart said Tuesday during the FreightWaves North American Supply Chain Summit. “Anything they...

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Pandemic hit Port of LA with huge ebbs and flows

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka looked back on “a year of big swings” during a live interview with FreightWaves’ Dooner and Michael Vincent on Tuesday.

Those swings have taken the port from a springtime trough of a 19% year-over-year volume drop to today, when the amount of imports “is just unprecedented,” Seroka said during the Q&A conducted during FreightWaves’ North American Supply Chain Summit.

Seroka has long been an advocate for information sharing among stakeholders. The...

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Supply chain resilience to reach new heights in 2021 — survey

A survey of supply chain professionals reveals that among the 10 biggest anticipated trends in 2021, investing in supply chain risk and resilience will be a top company priority.

Adding resilience and flexibility to supply chains is already an upward trending investment priority in 2020 for many companies in the wake of demand and supply shocks caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Peter Bolstorff, executive vice president of corporate development for Association for Supply Chain...

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Bestpass simplifies toll payments for 10,000 customers

Truck passing through toll

COVID-19 has been a sweeping accelerator for technology adoption across the transportation industry. In the tolling industry specifically, this is seen through the implementation of all-electronic systems and toll-by-plate transactions. 

But before COVID-19, tech company Bestpass spent a decade consolidating more than 40 U.S. tolling agencies into a unified call center to simplify toll management for carriers. Bestpass operates under the assumption that fleets often have little idea how much...

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Industry standouts work to make logistics more efficient

FreightWaves’ well-known rapid-fire demos give companies the opportunity to present their newest, most innovative offerings to an audience of their peers. Presenters aim to differentiate themselves from their competitors through high-energy, no-nonsense demonstrations — in seven minutes flat.
Three companies — Kuebix, Cleo and OneRail — set out to impress the crowd during FreightWaves’ North American Supply Chain Summit on Tuesday.

Kuebix

The Kuebix transportation management system (TMS) is built...

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