Travis Rhyan

3PL recap: How Cargo Chief’s technology platform helps brokers find freight

This fireside chat is from the FreightWaves 3PL Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How to interpret new recurring revenue opportunities. 

DETAILS: Chris Arredondo is the co-founder and vice president of customer success at California-based Cargo Chief. He spoke with Travis Rhyan, chief product officer at FreightWaves, about how 3PLs and freight brokerages can use Cargo Chief’s technology platform to create new recurring revenue opportunities, on Wednesday at the FreightWaves 3PL Summit.

BIO: Prior to...

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FreightWaves app update creates interactive experience

FreightWaves has released an update to its mobile app, bringing all of its editorial, video and audio podcast content to one location. Readers and listeners will now be able to consume and share supply chain content from the FreightWaves News app, with updated features for group discussions and community building.

“We are excited to release a fully integrated mobile app for the FreightWaves MediaVerse,” said Travis Rhyan, chief product officer of FreightWaves. “Our app encompasses all of our...

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FreightWaves SONAR data integrated into EKA pricing tools on transaction fee basis

EKA Solutions Inc. is now offering FreightWaves SONAR freight lane and market trends pricing data. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

EKA Solutions Inc, an industry-leading provider of cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem for carriers, brokers and shippers, announced that it is now offering FreightWaves SONAR freight lane and market trends pricing data. That data is melded with innovative decision support tools to EKA carrier, broker and shipper transportation management system (TMS) subscribers in a transformative manner – on-demand and on a transaction fee basis. 

Designed to add to the tech stack of carriers,...

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Logistics Tech Summit: SONAR Supply Chain Intelligence provides new lane summary views

This technology demonstration recap is from the FreightWaves North American Logistics Tech Summit on Wednesday.

DEMO TOPIC: FreightWaves SONAR Supply Chain Intelligence

DETAILS: The FreightWaves SONAR SCI platform adds summary views to give an instant snapshot at a lane level — optimized for dry van and reefer trucks — giving shippers insight into what the market and their peers are doing, balanced by finding out lanes where they are overpaying that are easy to operate and underpaying in lanes...

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FreightWaves launches SONAR SCI Lane Acuity Plus

Supply chain professionals responsible for transportation procurement at Fortune 500 companies focus on three things – budget forecast accuracy, service scores and primary tender acceptance.

“At Freightwaves, we see the uncertainty and pressure shippers are under, especially in volatile markets, and we believe the best way to improve overall performance is to empower them with near-real-time freight data,” said Craig Fuller, FreightWaves founder and CEO. 

“That’s why we created SONAR Supply Chain...

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Driving truck operations into the cloud (with video)

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There may not be a better time in the history of the U.S. trucking industry for companies to digitize their operations, no matter how large or small they are.

Cloud-based technologies for transportation companies, which have tended to put off IT investments due to concerns over cost and complicated integrations, are rapidly driving down systems infrastructure price tags and are much easier for trucking companies to deploy.

“There is great opportunity across the board for trucking to embrace and...

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FreightTech veteran Travis Rhyan tapped to head FreightWaves Media (With video)

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller announced that Travis Rhyan has been appointed as Managing Director of FreightWaves Media. Rhyan will oversee each of the FreightWaves Media brands, including FreightWaves.com, American Shipper, FreightWaves TV, FreightCasts, Passport and Firecrown Media. 

Travis Rhyan

Rhyan is a FreightTech innovator and successful executive who has been part of two of the biggest trends in logistics: third-party logistics platforms as the first CTO of GlobalTranz,...

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