Managing Freight Market Volatility Risk: Are Freight Futures Right For You?

In partnership with Arrive Logistics, this webinar offers shippers information on how to reduce freight costs by becoming a preferred shipper. Subject matter expert Brian Reed has spent the last 18 years serving freight providers and shippers around the globe by developing innovative and modern solutions to supply chain challenges. Most recently, he served as the Vice President of Transportation and Customer Service at the nation’s largest bottled water organization, Niagara Bottling LLC. In this role, Brian managed a team of over 180 people developing innovative solutions to manage costs and deliver outstanding service for the company’s largest spend category and on March 29th he will share his data-driven insights.

Trailer idling, fleet maintenance, driver shortages and cargo theft. These are just a few of the challenges faced by fleet owners and managers today.A smart trailer management solution must do more than simply track and monitor fleet assets to help solve these problems. It also needs to present intelligence and produce insights that help a business make smart decisions to efficiently deploy resources, sharpen its competitive edge and become a better supplier for its customers – setting it up for long-term success. The level of success, however, depends on the quality of the solution, which comes down to reliability, the amount of visibility into fleet assets and total cost of ownership.

The transportation and logistics industry is currently confronting dramatic change - which brings both risk and opportunity. Driving factors range from new technologies and new market entrants to new customer expectations and new business models. There are many opportunities and solutions those in the industry can develop to meet evolving challenges - some evolutionary, others more revolutionary.

Central Oregon Truck Company (COTC) has been named one of the “Best Fleets to Drive For” for five years running and it’s no wonder why. From comprehensive onboard training to incentive and retention programs to a terminal truly focused on ensuring driver comfort, it’s clear how much they value their 300 drivers.The top priority at COTC is protecting the safety of its drivers and the motoring public. Video safety plays a critical role in making that happen. At the center of it all is a team of hands-on coaches who review video, while also coaching and documenting driving behavior daily with an eye towards continual improvement