FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Ryder System (NYSE: R) Chief Technology Officer Kendra Phillips cannot lean on information technology that is already in place at the third-party logistics provider. Her job is to find the next IT.“I get to explore the future in how we leverage technology and how we bring value to our customers,” Phillips told JT Engstrom, FreightWaves’ chief strategy officer, during American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summitApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AIR CARGO AND THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AMID THE PANDEMIC: A LOOK AT THE PRESENT & WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE WITH BRANDON  FRIED Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JT Engstrom Chief Strategy Officer, FreightWaves talks with Paul Asel Managing Partner, NPG Capital in this Fireside Chat. Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The unprecedented supply and demand shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a focus on resilience, the development of regional supply chains, and the absorption of more buffer inventory in warehouses to ensure that companies have enough product on hand should a similar crisis occur, said Pervinder Johar, CEO of the Pleasanton, California-based company.Supply chain leaders who routinely spend 80% to 90% of their time on operations would be wise to allocate at least 10% of their work life to thinking of ways their company, industry and country should never have to go through a crisis like this again, Johar told FreightWaves Senior Editor Greg Miller during the second day of the summit.Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) is leveraging technology solutions to meet shippers’ demand for speed and agility, along with inventory management and reverse logistics, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate interest in e-commerce purchases.Mario Harik, chief information officer for the transportation and logistics giant, discussed the company’s tech strategy Thursday during a fireside chat with George Abernathy, president of FreightWaves. The conversation took place during American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit.Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The coronavirus will have lasting effects on global supply chains, according to a new survey by Panjiva, a division of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Annelise McCarthy, head of client engagement for Panjiva, publicly unveiled the results of the new survey on Wednesday during the American Shipper Global Trade Tech summit with FreightWaves Greg Miller.Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the breakneck speed of global trade — and disruptions such as the pandemic — no one has the luxury of going it alone in the supply chain. In fact, more than ever, companies need to collaborate and share data via open networks.  “The open network, it’s a flywheel. That flywheel is really starting to spin fast,” said Jett McCandless, founder and CEO of project44, a Chicago-based supply chain visibility provider. McCandless discussed the importance of open networks in global supply chains with Paige Cox, senior vice president and head of Supply Chain Networks at SAP, during a virtual fireside chat at American Shipper’s first-ever Global Trade Tech Summit Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global logistics: How are technology startups disrupting global freight?  Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creating a cross-border marketplace from scratch is a tough business, but Forager CEO and co-founder Matt Silver looked to tech giants like Amazon, eBay and Airbnb for inspiration.“It’s not about thinking how we used to do this back in the day, it’s how do we do this differently now,” Silver said. “We want shippers and carriers to be able to have choice on what they do on a daily basis. We want to position this technology as a way for people to grow their businesses.”  Forager is a freight tech startup founded in 2018 by Silver and vice president of finance and analytics Jordan Salins, with Chief Operating Officer Jessie Essman joining shortly thereafter. The Chicago-based company specializes in cross-border truckload freight matching between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.Silver recently discussed his company’s vision and purpose with Toronto-based transportation lawyer Heather Devine of the law firm Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP.Their virtual fireside chat — “Forager: manically focused on cross-border with tech” — was part of American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit on Thursday. Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IBM’s Jonathan Wright explains at American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit how to prepare by building resilience and making supply chains smarter Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsWatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices