Topic: Events

Modex just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year, and 2024 is no exception.

The state of the freight economy was a key theme at the SMC3 JumpStart 2024 conference held in Atlanta late last month. Avery Vise, vice president of trucking, for freight transportation consultancy FTR, offered up his views on the freight economy, at the moment, and where things could be headed.

Conference to feature more than 1,100 exhibitors, 165 sessions and keynotes from Jeremy Renner, AI expert Gerd Leonhard and UPS’s Bill Seward.

When posed the question of if there is really strong product consumption, coupled with consumers spending, why is that not being felt in the freight market, Prather explained that based on looking at data going back multiple decades, at time, freight transportation and the general economy get disconnected from one another.

Bozeman discussed his acclimation to C.H. Robinson, coming over from Amazon, where he served as Vice President of Amazon Transportation Services, and leadership roles at Caterpillar Inc., Harley-Davidson, and Ford Motor Company prior to that. Other topics covered in this wide-ranging interview included: the freight econonomy; various initiatives C.H. Robinson has focused on in recent months, and the increasing role of the supply chain, among others. Their conversation follows below.

Conference to feature more than 1,100 exhibitors, 165 sessions and keynotes from Jeremy Renner, AI expert Gerd Leonhard and UPS’s Bill Seward.

Leadership at two Washington, D.C.-based railroad organizations examined some key industry trends and themes at the RailTrends conference in New York.

There are a lot of different things that supply chain stakeholders, on all sides, will need to pay close attention to in the coming months. These things are not optional. They all matter and play a large role in the direction of our economy going forward. Those not in the supply chain learned first-hand over the course of the pandemic exactly how vital the sector is, but now, hopefully, supply chain is simply part of the story and not the...

Many of the concerns from earlier this year have dissipated and shippers are beginning to look for lengthier contracts with stable rates

The most recent edition of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) State of Logistics (SoL) report observed that the cost of United States business logistics accounted for 9.1% of United States GDP in 2022. That indicates that as GDP headed down, logistics costs saw gains, and it served as a key theme of a session at last week’s CSCMP EDGE conference in Orlando.

In a fireside chat with Mark Baum, Chief Collaboration & Commercial Officer, for FMI-The Food Industry Association, Target Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer Gretchen McCarthy looked back at Target’s $7 billion investment to manage its in-store experience and optimize related assets for the benefit of its customers, whom it refers to as guests, and also leverage it as fulfillment levels.

Regardless of how many years of experience one has, managing supply chain and logistics operations through periods of risk and challenging times requires equal helpings of resourcefulness and resilience, among other key factors. That was a key theme in a session at this week’s SMC3 Connections conference in Orlando, Fla., which included Tom Nightingale, CEO, AFS Logistics, Tom Schmitt, President, CEO, and Director, Forward Air, and Brad Stewart, Treasurer and SVP-Investor Relations, Knight-Swift.

Logistics Management Group News Editor spoke with Frank Hurst, Executive Vice President, LTL, for Chicago-based third-party logistics and technology-enabled transportation services provider Echo Global Logistics, at this week’s SMC3 Connections conference in Orlando. Hurst addressed various supply chain and logistics trends and themes over the course of their conversation.

ProMat 2023 was held March 20-23 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. It featured more than 1,000 exhbits and included a comprehensive educational conference. Here are some of the highlights.

Everywhere you turned on the ProMat conference floor, there was a robot lifting something, putting something away, or transporting an item from one place to another.

The 2023 report, the tenth in a series of annual industry reports published by MHI and Deloitte, provides updates on the innovative technologies that have the most potential to transform supply chains into more transparent, sustainable, and responsible operations.

Four finalists were chosen as the most innovative products in each of their respective categories: Best New Innovation, Best Innovation of an Existing Product, and Best IT Innovation based on concept, value, and impact.

Ready to welcome a steady incoming flow of conference attendees, introduce the world to a host of new industry innovations and provide a full lineup of fun events all week long, ProMat 2023 opened its doors to the world at 10 a.m. CST this morning.

After going “virtual” in 2021 due to the global COVID pandemic, ProMat is back in Chicago for a live, in-person event for 2023—and it’s going to be big. As the largest international materials handling, logistics and supply chain show and conference, ProMat 2023, produced by show sponsor MHI, will feature exhibits from more than 1,000 of the world’s top manufacturing and supply chain solution providers in more than 560,000 square feet of exhibit space—about 35% larger than in 2019.

MHI announced the four finalists chosen as the most innovative products in each category - Best New Innovation; Best Innovation of an Existing Product; and Best IT Innovation based on concept, value, and impact.