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  • Finding your broker niche

    Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO

    • Why is finding your niche and specialty as a broker so important.  ultimately pushed you to begin SFL Companies and focus so heavily on moving temperature controlled freight vs specializing in another type of freight?

    • What are the benefits for temperature controlled shippers when it comes to using a 3PL provider for supply chain needs?

      • How do they know they’ve chosen the right one and that product is safe?

        • What should they be looking for in a quality partner?

        • What’s the biggest piece of advice for shippers looking to make the 3pl jump?

        • How do you handle big market fluctuations for your customers. For example the big upswings that came during the pandemic and now the lowest of lows in freight demand?

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          9 min
        • Round Table - Good idea, bad idea Q3 edition

          Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves

          Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves


          1. Teamsters point blame at UPS for dissolving contract negotiations
          2. State of ohio pressing president biden for disaster relief 
          3. On the flip side, NS wants rail car owners to help pay for east palestine clean up
          4. More companies finding financial flexibility thanks to supply chain financing
          5. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/heavy-use-of-supply-chain-financing-tools-comes-with-significant-risks

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            12 min
          6. Weathering the storm: surviving the freight downturn through predictive matching

            Kari Jablonski - CEO - Trucker Tools - Chicago, IL

            • How has trucker tools adapted the last year since the first downturn of the markets?

            • Have you guys seen any signs of an upturn at all?

            • How is predictive freight matching acting as a buoy to support companies struggling right now?

            • What will be a big time catalyst that initiates a change in the markets?

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              12 min

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