The Future of Supply Chain

Atlanta set to host FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain conference

Industry executives and supply chain leaders from over 150 companies across the country will attend the third annual FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain conference this spring. The conference will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta June 4-5.

Programming will include a live rapid-fire demo competition for cutting-edge FreightTech, networking and business opportunities, exclusive parties, and keynotes from industry analysts and visionaries. Those interested in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/atlanta-set-to-host-freightwaves-future-of-supply-chain-conference

FreightWaves SONAR launches Index-Linked Contracts solution

For many shippers, logistics providers and freight carriers, the request for proposal (RFP) process can be time consuming and stressful.

The constant work of rebidding freight and wrangling over price can cause major business disruptions, as well as build friction between shippers and carriers.

“The reason companies do RFPs is because they want to know they’re not getting screwed by the market,” Craig Fuller, FreightWaves’ founder and CEO, said at the Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland on...

FOSC chat: Shipwell CEO on how disruptions are reshaping food supply chains

A man and woman sitting in leather chairs with a blue screen behind them with the words The Future of the Supply Chain written on it.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Food supply chains in an era of disruption

DETAILS: The war in Ukraine, inflation and a freight market downturn. They’re just some of the disruptions affecting the food supply chain. What does it all mean?

SPEAKERS: Greg Price, co-founder and CEO of Shipwell, and Rachel Premack, editorial director,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipwell-ceo-on-how-disruptions-are-reshaping-food-supply-chains

FOSC keynote: Companies should embrace optionality to manage uncertainty

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Providing multiple options on how best to manage freight may be the optimal way for supply chain stakeholders to utilize the many streams of data that come their way, according to Michael Schrage, a research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.

In a keynote address at FreightWaves’ Future of the Supply Chain summit in Northwest Arkansas Tuesday, Schrage, a fellow at Sloan’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, outlined reasons why optionality should be...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-keynote-companies-should-embrace-optionality-to-manage-uncertainty

FOSC chat: Data visibility key for shippers navigating maritime slowdowns

discussion on visibility in ocean freight beyond ports

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Navigating maritime freight disruptions by taking visibility beyond the ports

DETAILS: Port congestion has been one of the biggest topics in freight over the past few years. And for good reason — at one point in November, there were nearly 60,000 long-dwelling containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-data-visibility-key-for-shippers-navigating-maritime-slowdowns

FOSC chat: Venture capital firm sees opportunity amid market downturn

FreightWaves' John Paul Hampstead and Construct Capital's Caroline Duffy

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How AI will be used in reverse and forward logistics for e-commerce shipping.

DETAILS: The massive surge in e-commerce over the past couple of years has opened significant opportunities for founders and the venture capitalists who support them — but is the door closing on those opportunities as freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-venture-capital-firm-sees-opportunity-amid-market-downturn

FOSC chat: Convoy collaborates with sustainability partners like CHEP

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC:  Driving greater sustainable outcomes through technology

DETAILS: Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Convoy, interviews George Brehovsky, director of supply chain at CHEP, about promoting sustainability in the supply chain using technology. 

SPEAKER: Lewis is the co-founder and CEO of Convoy

SPEAKER: Brehovsky...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-convoy-collaborates-with-sustainability-partners-like-chep

FOSC chat: Northwest Arkansas is becoming the Silicon Valley of freight

Two men in leather chairs talking with a blue background behind them.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event being held in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Northwest Arkansas as a freight innovation hub — and a great place to live.

DETAILS: Northwest Arkansas has emerged as an incubator for transportation and logistics technology while becoming one of the most desirable places to live and work in the United States.

SPEAKERS: Steuart Walton,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/northwest-arkansas-is-becoming-the-silicon-valley-of-freight

FOSC chat: Shortage of pallets driven by increase in inventory

Rachel Premack and George Brehovsky sit on the FreightWaves stage during The Future of Supply Chain event.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Forecasting demand and moving product during the pandemic.

DETAILS: Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, and George Brehovsky chat about the shortage of pallets, how to manage inventory efficiently and how long CHEP’s pallets can be reused.

SPEAKER: Brehovsky is the director of supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-shortage-of-pallets-driven-by-increase-in-inventory

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