Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGuest: Troy Basso of Quantix on adding electric trucks to a fleet; Technology pushes the industry ahead; A new administrator for the FMCSA and how the industry is reacting to the appointment.
Season 3 Episode 36
Our guest on this week's episode is Troy Basso, VP, Fleet Maintenance at Quantix. We have witnessed the spike in diesel fuel prices over the past y…
4 years, 1 month ago
Guest: Mark Dancer of Network for Business Innovation on how supply chains are being reborn; The rail strike is averted; New efforts to move the backlog of containers at ocean ports
Season 3 Episode 35
Our guest on this week's episode is Mark Dancer, CEO of the Network for Business Innovation. He is a speaker for two sessions at next week's CSCMP E…
4 years, 1 month ago
Guest: Melissa Williams, a trucking owner/operator; A new report on peak retail season; What the latest Logistics Managers' Index numbers tell us about our supply chains
Season 3 Episode 34
Our guest on this week's episode is Melissa Williams. She is an independent owner-operator truck driver. She shares why she was interested in becomi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Guest: Simon Geale of Proxima on China's heat wave and supply chain problems; A lack of skilled workers in U.S. labor force; A generational gap in our warehouses
Season 3 Episode 33
Our guest on this week's episode is Simon Geale, chief procurement officer at supply chain consultancy firm Proxima. China has been suffering under …
4 years, 1 month ago
Guest: Mark Ford of BlueGrace Logistics on small fleet volatility; Google invests in African logistics; New tech for the financial side of trucking
Season 3 Episode 32
Our guest on this week's episode is Mark Ford, chief capacity officer at BlueGrace Logistics. As the trucking industry continues to ride out the unc…
4 years, 2 months ago
Guest: Daniel MacGregor of Nexxiot on supply chain challenges heading into peak; New regulations on food shipments; West Coast ports report mixed results
Season 3 Episode 31
Our guest on this week's episode is Dan MacGregor, co-founder of Nexxiot, a global digitalization and IoT company. As supply chains are about to ent…
4 years, 2 months ago
Guest: Tom Nightingale of AFS Logistics on freight markets in Q3; Changes at the Postal Service; Inflation continues to nag at supply chains
Our guest on this week's episode is Tom Nightingale, CEO at AFS Logistics. He addresses how inflation, fuel surcharges, and other economic pressures…
4 years, 2 months ago
Guest: Kenny Vieth of ACT Research on the looming recession and freight markets; 5G gets a boost with logistics; New research on ERP implementations
Season 3 Episode 29
Our guest on this week's episode is Kenny Vieth, president and senior analyst at Americas Commercial Transportation Research Company - better known …
4 years, 2 months ago
Guest: Chris Shimoda of the California Trucking Association on AB5; The FRA rules on train crew size; Supply chain disruptions might have been worse than we thought
Season 3 Episode 28
Our guest on this week's episode is Chris Shimoda, vice president of government affairs for the California Trucking Association. He is here to discu…
4 years, 3 months ago
Guest: Senthil Rajagopalan of Profit.co on the bullwhip effect of supply chains; Executive action taken to resolve rail labor disputes; Research shows good last-mile delivery builds customer loyalty
Season 3 Episode 27
Our guest on this week's episode is Senthil Rajagopalan, president and COO of Profit.co.
When consumer demand goes up sharply, manufacturers ramp up…
4 years, 3 months ago