One big roundabout with Leaf Logistics’ Anshu Prasad
FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell and Leaf Logistics CEO and co-founder Anshu Prasad sit down to talk about carrier compliance and the role technology plays.
FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell and Leaf Logistics CEO and co-founder Anshu Prasad sit down to talk about carrier compliance and the role technology plays.
Today, many in the trucking and logistics industry are looking to improve reliability, reduce costs, and decrease their carbon footprint to deliver against rising customer expectations.
FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell talks with Anshu Prasad about creating reliable and effective transportation networks.
The way that transportation has been traditionally bought and sold has left shippers and transportation providers siloed and connected only to those partners within their existing network.
Reducing empty miles and dwell time could improve social, environmental and financial sustainability.
“What Leaf is doing — building a highly connected and forward-looking view of the industry from the ground up — just can’t be done by incumbents operating within the existing constructs of the industry,” says partner at Sozo Ventures.
Leaf Logistics CEO Anshu Prasad believes manufacturers of food and consumer packaged goods could be in jeopardy of missing earnings expectations as transportation rates remained elevated throughout the quarter.
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Dynamic contracts are shorter in duration and respond to sudden market shifts and changing business needs.
Leaf Logistics aims to give shippers, carriers, and brokers confidence in buying and selling contracts and protect against market fluctuations.