The current battles of the Cold Chain

Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO

Today we are joined by Royce Neubauer, Founder & CEO, SFL Companies

• Food waste is a significant concern in the produce supply chain. What strategies or initiatives have you been involved in to minimize food waste throughout the supply chain?

• As a 3PL one of the things you do is help shippers with packaging and efficient loading of trucks, Have you had much demand or success when it comes to consulting with shippers on their packaging.

• Conversely has a shipper ever made a sustainable, bio degradable swap that was a nightmare to transport?

• Transportation plays a key role in the environmental footprint of the supply chain. What steps have you taken to optimize transportation efficiency and reduce emissions while ensuring produce quality and timely delivery?

• Autonomous tech is rapidly coming to the agriculture and farming space, how do you envision autonomous technology working in the produce supply chain?

• How can autonomous systems optimize resource utilization, such as fuel, energy, and manpower, to enhance the sustainability of the produce supply chain?

• Autonomous systems generate significant amounts of data. How can the insights from this data be leveraged to make informed decisions that enhance sustainability, such as predicting demand, optimizing routes, and minimizing food waste?

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