Thoughts from our latest webinar with FreightWaves and General Mills It’s not just shippers that stand to benefit from greater visibility and access to data across their supply chains. Last week, I sat down with FreightWaves‘ Mary Anne Hensley and Joel Stamp,...
CHICAGO, August 27, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — FourKites®, the leader in predictive supply chain visibility, today introduced a new capability to help supply chain stakeholders analyze historic lane patterns to identify better asset utilization opportunities....
Welcome back to our series on shared capacity. So far we’ve covered the market forces requiring capacity sharing, and why FourKites is unlocking hidden capacity through dedicated fleets and contracted carriers. While this approach seems simple, it’s actually quite...
The image below represents the responses of over 60 carriers when we asked them, at our recent FourKites Carrier Summit, “What are the top pain points in your business?” It’s not surprising that dwell showed up front and center, as it contributes to...
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Facility Manager Optimizes Warehouse Operations by Extending Predictive ETA to Yards and Distribution Centers CHICAGO – August 13, 2019 – FourKites®, the leader in predictive supply chain visibility, today announced that The Kraft Heinz Company has adopted its new...
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 2019 concert tour at Soldier Field in Chicago this past June. A member of my team attended the concert – and sat in the sixth row. I, on the other hand, sat in the resulting traffic jam clogging the area surrounding the...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about why it’s imperative that shippers, 3PLs and carriers unlock the market’s hidden capacity in order to increase the utilization of existing assets. Against the context of a sobering 2019, which saw spiraling rates and soaring bankruptcies,...
Last week, we held our first-ever Carrier Summit at FourKites’ Chicago headquarters. Over 60 carriers and brokers, alongside several shippers within our network, spent the day learning how FourKites drives value for their business; building relationships with each...
Last week, my colleague Gina Hortatsos and I sat on a webinar panel with Rick Blasgen, President and CEO of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), for which I also serve as the 2019 EDGE Conference Chair. We had gathered to discuss the latest...
