Brent Beabout, President of Quiet Platform, is the guest in this episode of the Freightvine.     

Brent started his career as a Submarine officer in the US navy but has spent the last 20+ years running the supply chains of some of the largest retailers in the world, to include Amazon, Office Depot, Nordstrom, and Walmart - where he developed and led their ecommerce supply chain.  In 2020, he founded a company called AirTerra based on the idea of combining parcel shipments from multiple retailers to leverage scale and volume.  It, along with the robot-based 3rd party fulfillment company Quiet Logistics, was acquired in 2021 by American Eagle and the combined firm is called Quiet Platform.    The new platform is providing a scalable eCommerce backend fulfillment and transportation solution for retailers and brands of all sizes to be able to successfully compete in the market.  

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In this episode, Dr. David Correll joins us for a conversation on Supply Chain Sustainability.  As the Director and Program Manager of the MIT Sustainable Supply Chains Survey, David has a unique perspective on what firms across the world are doing in the sustainability space.  

This is the third year of the sustainability survey that is conducted jointly by MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.  In our conversation, David talks about what sustainability actually is and why it is such an elusive target, describes where pressure for firms to improve their sustainability is coming from, and suggests what shippers and carriers can do to be more sustainable.  

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In this episode, we focus our discussion on one topic - the incredibly rapid rise in diesel prices.  Peaking (for now) at $5.18 per gallon in mid March – this is a 25% increase in less than a month, 44% increase since the start of the year and a doubling of fuel prices in under 18 months.  

To cover all of the implications of this historic rise, we invited Dean Croke, our resident expert on all things carrier, to join the conversation.  Dean explains the situation from a carrier’s perspective, how it impacts carriers differently, and we discuss near and long term implications for both shippers and carriers.  

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In this episode, we change up from discussing the trucking market to focus on railroads as Dr. Chris Caplice welcomes Ian Jefferies, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR).  

The conversation ranges from discussing the different types of railroads (from the seven Class 1’s to the hundreds of shortlines), how railroads and trucking companies are working better together than they have historically, as well as some current challenges that RRs are facing.  

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Dr. Chris Caplice welcomes Paul Bingham, Director, Transportation Consulting in S&P Global Market Intelligence.  They discuss both the direct and the indirect impacts that inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, fuel prices, the pandemic and other factors have on global freight networks. 

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Dr. Chris Caplice welcomes Lily Shen, CEO and President of Transfix, to talk about digital brokerage challenges and opportunities. Transfix is a tech-enabled platform connecting shippers, carriers and drivers. Headquartered in New York City, they have plans to go public via a merger with G Squared Ascend in 2022. Lily and Chris discuss exactly what kind of company Transfix is, how to maintain a company’s culture during the pandemic, and how to build a technology platform while maintaining a human touch.  

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Dr. Chris Caplice welcomes Bill Cassidy, Senior Editor for Trucking and Domestic Transportation at the Journal of Commerce. Bill has been covering transportation for over 30 years writing and editing at Fleet Owner, Transport Topics, Traffic World, and now for the last 10+ years at the JOC. Dr. Caplice and Bill discuss the LTL industry and how it is changing, some recent transportation acquisitions, and the impact of Omicron on the whole market.

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Dr. Chris Caplice welcomes Walter Kemmsies, the preeminent economist covering global supply chains and shipping ports. He has served as Chief Economist, Chief Strategist and other senior roles at UBS, JP Morgan, Moffat & Nichol and JLL prior to forming the Kemmsies group in 2020. Walter shares his expertise on where supply chains are heading in 2022 while still navigating through the pandemic.

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Dr. Chris Caplice kicks off 2022 by welcoming Adrian Gonzalez onto the podcast. Adrian is a tenured transportation consultant and advisory professional. He conducted market research on transportation management and other logistics topics as a Director with ARC Advisor Group before forming Adelante and Indago. Adrian’s visibility into challenges and opportunities facing the industry gives a unique perspective on digital twinning of supply chains, establishing a trusted relationship via Zoom, and other pressing supply chain topics.

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Dr. Chris Caplice is joined by some familiar voices and three of DAT’s finest for the final episode of the year. Dr. Inam Iyoob, Principal of Global Market Intelligence; Dean Croke, Principal Analyst; and Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics, discuss the roller coaster year that was 2021. Their varying backgrounds create unique perspectives as they dive into predictions for 2022, including what trends they believe will carry over into the new year.  

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