FreightCasts

Dan Lewis, CEO & Co-Founder of Convoy, is joined by George Brehovsky, Director of Supply Chain at CHEP, in this fireside chat on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. D...

Eric Fullerton, Sr. Director, Marketing at project44, is joined by Grace Sharkey, Staff Writer at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on Day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effe...

An autonomous vehicle requires two major data points to function: perception and positioning. To help make the latter more reliable, GPR uses ground positioning radar to build a database of what roads look like beneath the surface. Turns out, this data is like a thumbprint that tells the car exactly where it is, even in pitch darkness or when weather makes seeing other cars impossible. With more t...

Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey look at a survey about female representation in c-suite roles and welcome Rachel Premack to the show to discuss her journey in B2B journalism.  With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply c...

In today’s episode, we talk about the value and process of fuel hedging, and how many companies fail to take advantage of hedging strategies now that fuel prices are rising. Whether you’re a trucking company or a fortune 50 consumer packaged goods corporation, having a unified fuel hedging strategy can save you money and share price when market volatility strikes.  With more than 60 years of exper...

Mary O’Connell and Anshu Prasad CEO and co-founder of Leaf Logistics sit down to talk about all things sustainability in a more non-traditional way. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply chain proficiency with ou...

Kevin welcomes Michael Sternberg from 3PL Systems, Inc. to the show to discuss how the buyer’s journey almost never aligns with our internal sales process. Not everyone is ready to buy now, so whether you're selling freight or FreightTech, be ready to tailor your personal sales process to that buyer’s journey. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owne...

Jonathan Salama, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Transfix, is joined by Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices ar...

Mark Brousseau, Product Marketing Consultant at Transcard, is joined by Paulo Fernandes, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Mastercard Worldwide, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping p...

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Mike Malakhov left his family and home country of Georgia to come to the US at the age of 15. Alone. Listen to his incredible personal story of how he has adapted to his environment countless times and learn how Carpool Logistics may permanently change the way you buy a car in the future. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is...

Taylor Monks, CEO of BasicBlock, is joined by JP Hampstead, Director of Passport Research at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas.  With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effectiv...

Last week, several prominent voices in the business world expressed concern with the macroeconomic outlook. In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel discusses those concerns and what they mean for the CPG industry with FreightWaves’ Chief Economist Anthony Smith.   With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are asking the question: Is this all just a simulation? They’re talking to Dan McCann, CEO and chief learning officer at SymTrain, about the company’s simulation-based role play training. They’ll find out if sim training is the new way to go for getting your employees up to speed.  The guys may be back from Ballyhack but today they’re taking another trip to t...

Chris Cassidy, EVP of Global Sales & Strategic Partnerships Trax Technologies, is joined by Mary O'Connell, Freight Broker/3PL Expert at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas.  With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic s...

Ron Richardson, Chief Revenue Officer at Turvo, is joined by Anthony Smith, Chief Economist at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effecti...

Melissa Forman, President of TriumphPay, is joined by Travis Rhyan, Chief Product Officer at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective...

Aaron Rubin, CEO & Founder at ShipHero, is joined by, JP Hampstead, Director of Passport Research at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and e...

See what happens when Cassandra finally tracks down Jonathan Salama to figure out what’s going on with Transfix and what the future of tech holds for logistics. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply chain profici...

Danny Gomez, Managing Director of Financial and Emerging Markets at Freightwaves, sits with Eric Rubenstein, Founding Managing Partner at New Climate Ventures, to talk about the energy transition in transportation. Eric talks about how CO2 can be used from everything to sustainable diesel to plastics for dashboards. Eric expands on commoditizing CO2 and what that can mean for our journey to reduci...

Gautam Narang, CEO & Co-Founder at Gatik, and Arjun Narang, Co-Founder & CTO at Gatik, are joined by Grace Sharkey, Staff Writer at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shippin...

There are lots of entry points into the trucking industry: driver, broker, mechanic. One that doesn't get a lot of attention is the role of an independent dispatcher. But that job is the focus of what Laura Weston does. She's the head of Effective Dispatching Plus and it's her job to take somebody who might be interested in entering the trucking business as a dispatcher and tell them how to prepar...

Robert Cadena, CEO and Co-founder at Lean Solutions Group, is joined by Kevin Hill ,Executive Publisher at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient...

I don't know how else to say it but Grace Sharkey is legitimately one of the most hard-working people in all of freight. She writes. She hosts shows. She also cohosts and does guest appearances on shows like Cyberly. And when she's not doing all of that, she's hosting a radio show 5 days a week. How does this former freight broker turned c-suite leader now creator do it all? Well, she breaks it do...

Jeremy Reymer, CEO & Founder of DriverReach, chats with  Atif Siddiqi, Founder/CEO at Branch. Remember you can submit any questions or comments, including those which may appear on upcoming Deeper Dive segments - at podcast@driverreach.com. And don’t forget to rate and review Taking the Hire Road on whatever platform you listen on! Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hi...

Anthony and Zach discuss what a few key market indicators are saying about the slowing freight economy. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply chain proficiency with outstanding, attentive, and expedient customer...