Freight Friends: The State of Freight, Warehouse Drones, and Snack Production Logistics

Everything is Logistics

Join Grace Sharkey and Blythe for the latest installment of Freight Friends, where they unpack the current state of the freight market and its economic drivers. Discover cutting-edge business ideas like using drones to streamline warehouse inventory, leveraging digital twin technology for optimizing manufacturing, and implementing AI-driven phone systems for smoother logistics operations. Plus, don't miss their exploration of the logistics behind the diverse flavors in the booming snack industry and the hype surrounding themed movie theater popcorn buckets.
LINKS:

• Grace’s Linktree
• JB Hunt Q1 Report
• GatherAI
• Freightwaves Future of Supply Chain
• TMSA’s ELEVATE Conference (Use code Blythe24)

QUOTES:

• "A lot of brokers have been telling me produce season hasn't been picking up like it should. Again, I always like to kind of look at those around me whenever I want to kind of make a prediction of what's happening with the freight market or even more so what's happening possibly down the line." - Grace Sharkey
• "We have a broker that I inherited, and I swear each week, I get another email or call from a different rep. They're DMs, we are already a customer and he says it's very annoying." - Matt (quoted by Blythe)
• "What I think is really cool is this is a company that uses drones, computer vision from those drones to offer inventory management solutions for warehouses. So again, taking a giant warehouse and being able to send a drone out to read every item, take inventory, take all that data, bring it back to managers and figure out where they only want that they can." - Grace Sharkey (on Gather AI)
• "If you're buying a specialty flavor, Lay's chips it likely came from a factory that's two hours away and has been in business for 50 years with a local supply chain." - Ryan Harlan (quoted by Blythe)
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Capitoli

1. Freight Friends: The State of Freight, Warehouse Drones, and Snack Production Logistics (00:00:00)

2. State of Freight Market Analysis (00:00:05)

3. Impact of Elections on Freight Market (00:14:53)

4. Economic Trends and Industry Strategy (00:22:09)

5. Issues in Brokerage Sales and Marketing (00:27:58)

6. Investing in Unscalable Business Relationships (00:38:55)

7. Warehouse Efficiency With Drone Technology (00:48:00)

8. Digital Twin Technology in Snack Manufacturing (01:01:21)

9. Global Expansion of Snack Flavors (01:12:43)

10. The Rise of Movie Theater Merch (01:26:34)

11. NASA's Giant Transport Crawlers (01:37:36)

12. Freightways Future of Supply Chain Event (01:53:31)

13. Digital Dispatch Website Building Services (02:00:11)