The Future of Freight is a collaboration between FreightWaves and Convoy to highlight the businesses and individuals who are leading this change. Here you’ll find stories about supply chain professionals who are modernizing their operations, the technologies enabling the change, and best practices you can apply within your business. Check back to stay up to date on the latest freight industry trends and news.
Mohawk Group applies big data analysis not only to product design but also to sales and marketing, which allows it to run at very lean inventory levels.
Owens Corning shares an emerging view of corporate responsibility that seeks to look after not just what’s happening inside the four walls of the business, but in the wider world.
Legacy companies in the industrial supply chain with decentralized distribution models are deploying advanced technology to make their operations more efficient.
Convoy has introduced a new rate quote benchmarking tool for shippers that allows them to see how competitive the rate being offered is.
Smaller carriers and owner-operators no longer have to spend hours searching for freight now that Convoy allows them to bid on dedicated freight lanes.
The company’s vision is to build a supply chain with a footprint as light and efficient as its detergent pods.
The partnership includes 15% discounts to Convoy’s carriers looking to buy KeepTruckin products and solutions.
Machine learning is now ‘pervasive’ in Convoy’s operations.
Filling Anheuser-Busch’s backhauls poses a challenge and a massive opportunity for efficiency gains and reduced environmental impact.
Convoy is using advances in machine learning to drive safer carriers into its digital freight network.
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In complex supply chains, not every delivery to a grocery store, wholesaler or food service provider is perfect, due to a number of factors that lead to massive waste.
Dairy Max, Convoy team up to deliver fresh milk to food banks in Texas with plans to expand in other states
Large corporations are more committed than ever to ambitious sustainability initiatives that they believe can simultaneously help the brand, company profitability, the environment, and the communities in which they operate.
Waiākea Hawaiian Volcanic Water was created in 2012 not only to be an ethically sourced premium water brand, but according to its founder, to change the consumer packaged goods industry from the inside out.
A more efficient supply chain operation allows Encore Glass to prioritize what matters: carrier and customer relationships.
Convoy and FourKites announced new dashboards and emissions-reduction tracking tools to help shippers identify their environmental footprint.
CHEP’s Zero Waste World platform lets customers reduce empty miles together
Listen in to this engaging conversation about the invisible backbone of freight.
With so many players involved in the supply chain, collaboration is critical to achieving sustainability goals.
