Meet Me for Coffee

Cody is the SVP at A&Z Trucking, one of America's largest produce transportation brokerages. In May alone they will move nearly 900 loads of produce just out of the Salinas, CA market. Produce is an industry I had little exposure to for most of my career, but the intricacies of the services in this niche part of food supply chains has definitely caught my attention over the las

Have you read one of my market update newsletters in recent months? If so, you have probably heard me reference Matthew Klein's editorial pieces around the state of the current economy. Matthew is the author of The Overshoot, your guide to the global economy, financial markets, and public policy. As well as the co-author of Trade Wars are Class Wars. This is one of those episodes t

Rob Haddock recently retired from his role as the Group Director Transportation Strategy at Coca-Cola and now enjoys consulting and collaborating with shippers, brokers, carriers and tech providers on creative and innovative ways to progress our industry forward! Join Rob and I as we explore the mindset of the shipper, and cover topics like shipper of choice, dwell time, collaborat

Nobody has been more diligently covering the Baltimore Bridge collapse than Senior Editor, Journal of Commerce, Mr. Ari Ashe. I am excited to have him on the Meet Me For Coffee Podcast to break down what implications this event will have on the domestic and global supply chain. In addition to this, Ari studies our domestic supply chain closely (it's his day job ;) and will share in

After over 5 years working within Volkswagen’s procurement teams, Gereon founded 21 Consulting. Gereon is from Germany and has spent years negotiating and procuring goods and services globally. He understands Mexico trade well, and with Mexico's growing importance to the domestic supply chain, we are going to dive into cross-border supply chain, international procurement strategy

You may have heard Chris speak on the Meet Me For Coffee special edition panel episode in January, and if so you know that there is plenty more we left still uncovered! I'm excited to have Chris join me on the show yet again to continue to dive into topics discussed last month. Chris is the COO at Flock Freight, a FreightTech company reinventing the supply chain through smarter, mo

Our last segment of conversations from Manifest! The amazing conversations continued with some solid contributions from industry thought leaders! Let us know what you think, will you be checking out Manifest next year!? Meet Me For Coffee will be back!

Continuing some awesome conversations with Manifest attendees! What I found really interesting was the overlap in topics of discussion across various types of providers! Technology, people, profitability, lowering operational costs through efficiency and the freight markets found there way into a lot of conversations this week! Check these out and let me know what you think!

Join Sean and Samantha for Coffee at Manifest The Future of Logistics Conference in Las Vegas as they discuss the 3PL landscape and market at this time, what brokerages can be doing to maximize their operational efficiencies, how technology plays a role in brokerage operations and employee retention and satisfaction, and more! If you are going to be around for the last day of the c

I had such a great day of conversations with some awesome Meet Me For Coffee guests on day 1 of Manifest! Here are some of the conversations I have had so far, to give you a taste of what is being discussed here at Manifest this week!