The Logistics of Logistics Understanding Freightonomics with Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith and Joe Lynch discuss understanding Freightonomics. Anthony is the Chief Economist for FreightWaves, the leader in global supply chain market intelligence.
About Anthony SmithAnthony Smith is the Chief Economist for FreightWaves, the leader in providing global supply chain market intelligence. Before FreightWaves, Anthony received his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Economics from New Mexico State University. Anthony started his career in tech as a Commercialization Associate, where he identified and evaluated emerging technologies and innovations. Anthony transitioned to a Corporate Economist & Consultant, advising CXO leaders and Fortune 500 companies on economic analysis, industry trends, and internal strategy. Anthony's clients varied from construction, trucking, industrial, software, manufacturing, and retail industries. Anthony most recently worked in-house as a Corporate Economist for a building products company. He led analysis around M&A, pricing sensitivity, competitive intelligence, and annual sales forecast for the executive team.
About FreightWavesFreightWaves is the leading freight intelligence provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. FreightWaves' SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. FreightWaves.com, the company's news site, is the leading provider of news and commentary for the transportation and logistics space. FreightWaves also hosts conferences under Transparency and MarketWaves branding and is a co-developer of the first futures contracts dedicated to trucking spot rates.
Key Takeaways: Understanding Freightonomics- Anthony Smith is the Chief Economist for FreightWaves, the leader in global supply chain market intelligence.
- In the podcast interview, Anthony and Joe discuss understanding Freightonomics.
- Anthony is also the host of the popular Freightonomics podcast on the FreightWaves platform.
- Freightonomics is at the crossroads of economics and freight. The show is hosted by Anthony and his co-host market expert Zach Strickland.
- FreightWaves provides shippers, carriers, and brokers with freight data, technology, and forecasts that enable them to make better decisions about their transportation.
- Wall Street analysts also used FreightWaves data because there is no lag to freight data – most data consumed by Wall Street is 30 days or more out of date.
- To create the data insights and forecasts that so many companies depend on, Anthony and the team at FreightWaves analyze data from a variety of sources including, but not limited to: industrial output, housing & construction starts, consumer indicators, warehousing capacity, and unemployment statistics.
- FreightWaves provides current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.
- FreightWaves provides current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. FreightWaves is made up of three interconnected pillars:
- FreightWaves' SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse.
- FreightWaves.com, the company's news site, is the leading provider of news and commentary for the space, serving up over 2.5M pageviews a month and over 1.5B monthly impressions. FreightWaves also hosts conferences under Transparency and MarketWaves branding and is a co-developer of the first futures contracts dedicated to trucking spot rates.
- FreightWaves TVand audio podcasts provide up-to-the-minute freight industry news provided by hosts who understand the freight business. FreightWaves TV and podcasts are informed by FreightWaves' freight data analytics and presented in interesting and engaging shows.