FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

The goal of a one-screen solution for all data integrations has been a goal of the logistics world for year. Charles Craigmile, President and CEO of Revenova LLC, and George Abernathy, President of FreightWaves, take a look at where we are now in this process and the steps logistics companies still need to take to all the decision making intelligence on one computer screen.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The term bullwhip effect has hit the mainstream over the past year. Technology can minimize the waves that disruptions create throughout the supply chain. Santosh Sankar from Dynamo Ventures discusses the process of how supply chians will change with the introduction of new technologies. He is joined by FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill for this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Nick Hillesheim, Chief Sales Officer at TVC Pro-Driver, for an insightful overview of CDL legal services and learn how a professional driver can leverage outsourced legal benefits and services to their advantage and protect their CDL. Plus, hear from Lysa Bockoven and Chelsea Pieczko from Decker Truck Line as they share their first-person experience working with multiple legal providers. If you have ever been curious which types of citations are most common, whether it is possible to fight a ticket, and what impact not fighting a ticket can have on your livelihood, this is the session for you!Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Financing your day to day operations is one of, if not the most important decision when striking out on your own. Often it means using a factoring service and quick pay options. If this is the road you take, then it's important to have the info to make the right decisions. Marius Slivasan, CEO of eCapital, speaks with Executive Editor and Oil Market Expert John Kingston of FreightWaves.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The holidays: While most are relaxing and enjoying time with family and friends, you’re on high alert. What can you do to protect your loads from holiday spikes in cargo theft—and how can you set yourself up for a successful cargo claim? We’ll share the timely tips, tricks, and trends that can help you protect your loads and your business. Johnny McCord, CEO & Foudner of Loadsure, is joined by Managing Director of Innovative Logistics Group, Adam Wingfield.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Financials are always key in any business. For small fleets and owner-operators the decision about buying or leasing equipment is always difficult. Join our fireside chat where our experts examine how to analyze the decision based on your needs. Kevin McCarthy, Vice President of Sales (West Region) at Ryder, joins FreightWaves Market Research Analyst Andrew Cox in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starting a business is a daunting challenge. This session will lean on the experience and lessons learned from trucker who successfully took the leap to becoming his own boss. Matt Silver, Vice President of Partnerships & Strategic Alliances at Trucker Tools, speaks with Larry Cothran, Owner Operator at Cothran Logistics.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With independent contractor law AB 5 increasingly likely to be the law of the land in California, how trucking companies prepare for that day will be enormously important. Damon Ott, a shareholder in the Littler Mendelson law firm, speaks with editor at large John Kingston about what companies should be doing now to get ready for the day when AB 5 is implemented, whenever that might be.Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the US truckload market, some 90 percent of capacity is provided by fleets of 20 trucks or less and independent owner-operators. They've been the industry's unheralded player, the shock absorber that helps smooth over the ups and downs of boom-and-bust times. Yet if Covid has revealed anything, it is how these operators have proved their worth - and deserve our respect - for stepping up to help keep freight moving in an unprecedented capacity crunch. Schneider talks about the key role these industry stalwarts play for their network and customers. Ben Schuchart, Vice President of Operations at Schneider, is joined by CEO and Founder of Trucker Tools, Prasad Gollapalli in this fireside chat.Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entrepreneurship is a challenge in any industry and starting your own trucking empire is not an easy task. Often it starts with that first truck. It's all about learning what you don't know you don't know. Paying attention to the fine details and numbers is the key though. Former Owner-Operator Wayne Cragg speaks with Owner of J and R Transfer LLC, Josue Ramos.Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices