FreightCasts

Heavy-goods supply chains are still reeling after a tumultuous 2020. Kevin Walker from Accentrics Home and Doug Ladden with Deliveright Logistics look at the challenges that remain for manufacturers, retailers and logistics firms and share some of their best practices for the new year. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

This bonus episode is from a conversation Kevin and  Blythe Brumleve, from Freight School Playbook, had before she joined as a guest co-host for Put That Coffee Down earlier this year. Kevin and Blythe discuss lessons learned from launching online digital products for the freight industry. They both agree the most important lessons learned were from their failures. Both are experts on what doesn’t...

Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC senior editor of guests and a FreightWaves contributor, speaks with Brett Rose on the backlog of container ships on the West Coast that is disrupting the traditional supply chains for retailers. Traditional expectations have been thrown out the window as a delay in getting goods to consumers combines with the changing buying habits fueled by the pandemic. Watch Apple Podcast...

E-commerce fulfillment warehouses have never been in more demand. But is there enough labor to adequately staff these facilities? What will it cost retailers and manufacturers to ensure that orders get out the door as fast as possible? Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all heard the saying that real estate is all about location, location, location, but is that the maxim for commercial real estate? Often access to labor and logistics is much more important to proximity to distribution centers and brick and mortar stores. Once you understand this, then the type of property becomes less important. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn m...

Lori Ann LaRocco speaks with Jon Gold, Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy at National Retail Federation to discuss the retail import slowdown. No retailer wants to have empty shelves or have to put items they receive late immediately on discount. These added costs of the delays ultimately have to be absorbed by the retailer. Lori Ann and Jon discuss how retailers are navigating the co...

Nicholas Cogan and Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, discuss last-mile delivery and omnichannel retailing from a global perspective. They examine how customer relationships vary across global markets and how important customer relationships are, regardless of the market. They also explore the importance of carrier reliability and sustainabili...

The rise of e-commerce in the purchase of construction materials and equipment is challenging companies in the building and construction segment to meet customer expectations of quickly, easily and reliably acquiring the tools and materials they need. This session will explore the challenges of an omnichannel supply chain and address how having the right 3PL partner can solve this complexity, and...

Warehousing has changed more in the past five years than in the previous 70 years. Chris Riemann and A.K. Schultz discuss the role of automation in this warehousing revolution and how organizations can move their supply chains forward during this e-commerce boom and COVID pandemic. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff McDermott, SVP of Transportation at Geodis and FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom discuss the recent impact to peak season from COVID-19 and expectations for near-term changes as a result. This discussion explores changes in shipper/carrier behavior, dealing with the accelerated pace of e-commerce adoption in transportation management and other thematic trends in the final mile....

A conversation with Jon Gold of the National Retail Federation and Weston LaBar of the Harbor Trucking Association on how BCO’s and truckers are working together to help mitigate the impacts of congestion in Southern California’s San Pedro Bay port complex. Dive into the challenges and opportunities facing shippers and their transportation partners in Southern California. Watch Apple Podcast Spoti...

Sweeping changes in fulfillment strategy, the surge in e-commerce demand, and a persistent worker shortage have forced warehouse operators to think more about automation than ever before. Jeff Christensen, VP of Product at Seegrid, one of the top makers of autonomous warehouse equipment, discusses where warehouses go from here. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more abou...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about if renewable natural gas is the fuel of the future, Texas power woes, and the importance of partnerships in chemical logistics. Plus, TA sold huge amounts of diesel in Q4 2020, Nikola loses half as much as expected as Powersports unit dropped, Houston wins an award, shippers sticker shocked during ocean contract season, and how an owl is do...

Ravi Dosanjh, head of strategic programming for Intel Corp., said participants need to understand the value they provide and ask the right questions to ensure a seamless experience for all. “The right balance of capacity always plays a role and is critical to manage carefully, given the current environment. In my view, the question is, ‘How do we manage that capacity in an appropriate way?’” Watch...

Opening up a manufacturing operation is challenging in it self, imagine trying to open up an operations in a country where you have no idea how the laws and requirements to operate are established. Mexican Shelter Companies help answer the question of the unknown. FreightWaves Cross Border Reporter Noi Mahoney and Joshua Rubin, VP of Business Development for Javid Group explain the options you hav...

On today’s episode, Kevin and guest co-host Anthony Smith are LIVE from FreightWaves’ Global Supply Week! We’re sitting down virtually with Teclo Garcia, Economic Development Director at the City of Laredo to learn how to sell a company  to locate in your city in as little as 10 minutes. Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building!   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Lea...

Patrick Duffy, President of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance talks to Jeffrey Curtis, VP of Defense and Supply Chain at SIMBA Chain. They talk about how an efficient and auditable blockchain can be produced and managed in a nearly drag-and-drop fashion that democratizes the use of technology. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Jennifer Bisceglie discusses with FreightWaves Manager of Enterprise Solutions Kyle Taylor how her company, Interos, ingests over 100,000 different types of data feeds to map out a company’s extended supply chain and monitors weather and world events to prepare companies for any ripple effects in the defense supply chain. Interos then alerts analysts when changes to supplier governance, geographic...

Craig Fuller, Founder and CEO at FreightWaves, talks to Brooke Sutherland, Industrial and M&A Columnist at Bloomberg. They take a wide-ranging look at the biggest topics of the industry, including ways in which the private sector can make COVID-19 vaccinations more efficient. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, James Frith of Bloomberg NEF brings his expertise in battery technology to the show and discusses some significant technological developments in battery technology just in the past few months. How rapid are we moving toward cost-competitive batteries? Also on Drilling Deep, host John Kingston talks about the record that was set just a few days ago: 16 consecut...

More and more delivery is cutting out the warehouses, distribution centers, and retailers and going direct from the manufacturer to the consumer. Find out in this fireside chat between FreightWaves reporter Kaylee Nix and Andrew Lockwood, Senior Manager, Solutions Design at Suddath Global Logistics the factors that have gone into these changes. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcast...

Stan Wraight is a legend in the air cargo industry. He's held leadership positions at three big cargo airlines and now advises airlines, airports, logistics companies and other parties on how to manage air freight issues. FreightWaves Air Cargo Editor Eric Kulisch talks to Stan about the market conditions shippers and carriers are facing, digitization initiatives, the prolific use by airlines of "...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from Global Supply Chain Week’s Retail and CPG day. From sourcing through consumption, food and CPG supply chains were pivotal to keeping the world sane in 2020 but 2021 has already proven to be a formidable foe.   Plus, consumer goods group lobbies for federal ‘air traffic control’ for trucks; Instacart robots and delivery expansion with Walgreens;...

Volga-Dnepr is one of the most unique specialist all-cargo airlines in the world. It has a large fleet of Boeing 747s, but also some Russian-made aircraft that can handle out-of-gauge cargo or land on smaller airfields under challenging runway conditions. Find out from Volga-Dnepr Group CCO Konstantin Vekshin about the company's role in airlift during the pandemic, and how it applies its Cargo Sup...

A Fireside Chat between Delta Cargo’s Vice President, Rob Walpole and customer Thomas Puglisi, Head of Global Logistics at Kuehne & Nagel. They take a look at how Delta Cargo’s innovative digital transformation is creating a more transparent and customer-centric experience across the globe. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...