FreightCasts

In our ongoing road series, Blythe sits down with FreightWaves creator and host, Mary O'Connell at The Future of Supply Chain conference. Mary was a freight broker for years who joined FreightWaves and created the show and email newsletter, Check Call. In this episode, she shares her journey into freight, the wild 3PL stories she gets to share, and even how her sister is exploring the logistics of...

Zach and Anthony reunite with Zac Rogers to talk the latest trends in the Logistics Industry 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 service. Fo...

Ildefonso Silva, Executive Vice President of Business Services at Tyson Foods, is joined by Matt Waller, Dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas 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...

Will O'Donnell, Managing Partner at Prologis Ventures, is joined by FreightWaves Founder & CEO Craig Fuller 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...

Join Daniel Pickett, Chief Technology Officer at FreightWaves, and EJ Smith, Group Director of RyderShare, as they discuss the acceleration of the digitization in the supply chain. Digitization is happening throughout the logistics and transportation industry but at different rates. While at the same time there is an ongoing, deep need for all parties of the supply chain to work together to benefi...

On today's episode of #WithSONAR, Luke Falasca and Tony Mulvey will dive into the brand new Ocean Dashboard in SONAR that outlines the global ocean markets in real-time. Luke and Tony will look at why ocean volumes are falling at historic rates and the impact that will have on ocean container rates out of China. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-ow...

Grace describes the major problems in the warehousing space —vacancy rates, lack of labor and the average age of space. Dan Waters, the vice president of sales for Made4Net, joins her to discuss how technology can help fill these road bumps in order for merchants to keep up with demand and scale their operations. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-o...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to FreightWaves’ Rachel Premack about her disdain for big ships. She’ll plead her case as to why she thinks mega-steamships and cartels are ruining everything. Sysco is buying FreightLiner eCascadias and thieves are stealing Cascadia brains. Plus, a look at Tesla Semi preorders and the state of electric trucking with FreightWaves Detroit Bureau Ch...

Dennis Hammen, Head of Global Supply Chain Health and Wellbeing at Unilever, is joined by Matt Waller, Dean of Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, in this fireside chat at 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...

Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO of FreightWaves, is joined by President and CEO of AIT Worldwide Logistics, Vaughn Moore, live from 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. Dunavant ge...

Brent Hutto, Chief Relationship Officer at Truckstop.com, is joined by FreightWaves Founder & CEO, Craig Fuller, in this fireside chat.  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, a...

Andrew Leto, CEO of Emerge, and George Abernathy, President of Emerge, kick off the first fireside chat on the main stage 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. Dunavant gener...

Grace discusses women in maritime, as the industry celebrates its first International Day for Women in Maritime. She also welcomes the authors of “Steel Toes and Stilettos”, a story of women in manufacturing and their success in lean transformations in operations. They explore lean and leadership lessons learned throughout their career. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation...

In today’s episode, we look at how technology is being leveraged to automate and manage fleet related expenses. Just as fintech platforms disrupted banking and consumer spending, the fleet payment space is now ripe for disruption from freight tech disruptors. We talk with Coast Founder and CEO Daniel Simon on how innovation and disruption are coming to a fleet payment card near you. With more than...

Mary O’Connell and David Spencer sit down to discuss the April Market Update from Arrive Logistics and make some bold predictions into the future of freight. 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 proficienc...

Kevin is LIVE at FreightWaves' Future of Supply Chain conference with the CEO of Trucker Tools, Kary Jablonski along with the founder and CEO of Zuum App, Moe Azizi. 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 pr...

Sam Anderson - CEO of Bay & Bay shares the unlikely story of how his father got into trucking and how it's still a family business - 80 years in the making. Listen in to hear how building something for the long term takes a unique approach.  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 shippi...

The retail stocks sold off heavily last week after Target and Walmart reported earnings. FreightWaves’ Mike Baudendistel recaps those retailers’ earnings and discusses what they mean for the outlook for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. Plus,   Sign up for The Stockout newsletter Follow The Stockout on Apple Podcasts Follow The Stockout on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts With more tha...

Gautam Narang, CEO & Co-Founder of Gatik, discusses autonomous trucking in the middle mile during 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. Dunavant generates supply chain...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the war on detention; Operation Fly Formula lands; Flexport offers aid during formula crisis; from female trucker to female CEO; supply chains at risk for cyber attacks; big box inventories explode; is 90 minutes long enough to dine at a steakhouse and more. With special guests Kevin Nadeau, founder and CEO at True Load Time; Brittany Traylo...

Michael Schrage, Author of "The Innovator's Hypothesis" and MIT Sloan School Initiative on the Digital Economy, is joined by FreightWaves Executive Publisher, Kevin Hill, 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 ship...

Jonathan Hoffman, Former Chief Spokesman for the Pentagon, is joined by FreightWaves Founder & CEO, Craig Fuller, to kick off 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. Duna...

Shelley Simpson, Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President of People and Human Resources at J.B. Hunt, addresses the main stage crowd 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 efficie...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about supply chains never returning to normal. Will geopolitical strife, ESG and Freedom Trade keep logistics in legendary difficulty mode forever? The Elmer Lindamood CDL Training Scholarship Touch-A-Truck event is going down in Farmersville, Texas, and we’ve got the town’s mayor to tell us how he got companies like Gatik involved. Joining us is...

James Reed, CEO of USA Truck braves another MadGaines appearance and naturally, Cassandra pushes the boundaries on many topics. Watch this CEO turn the table on Cassandra while live at the FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain Conference in Rogers, 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...