The last day of the Trimble Insight Conference was packed with great podcast content! We heard from some awesome industry experts on a variety of topics, here is a preview:

Avery Vise - VP of Trucking at FTR gave us an economic and freight market overview, covering economic data points to watch, the state of truck capacity, and the outlook for a freight market recovery.

Michael Kornhauser - Sector VP at Trimble Transportation talked about the importance of aiding with change management, and how they ensure they create technology that the users love to use, not just have to use.

Parker Hamilton - Enterprise Sales Manager at Revenova discussed how critical relationships are in understanding the needs and goals of your clients so you can help them achieve their technology goals

Dr. Gina Anderson - CEO of Luma Brighter Learning, talked about what learning actually is, how it's different than training or education, and how they are using the science of learning to help improve fleet safety, compliance, and more!

Reed Loustalot - CMO at Truck Parking Club explained the opportunity they are working within to create more available parking space for truck drivers, generate additional revenue streams for carriers and real estate owners, improve operational efficiencies for shippers, brokers and carriers, and empower brokers to provide more value to their carriers.

Brent Theiler - Strategic Solutions Consultant at Tai Software, discussed how critical it is for them to keep up with the quickly evolving needs of brokers, and work with them to create new solutions, integrations and more to help them automate and improve their business operations.

Charles "Ed" Deckman - logistics specialist at C&S Wholesale Grocers shared a lot of insights into how each truck in their fleet is in a way it's own "computer" or "software" and how they are extracting many types of data insights out of these trucks to improve the way they operate, control costs, improve safety, and more.

We hope to see you at Trimble Insight 2025!

The last day of the Trimble Insight Conference was packed with great podcast content! We heard from some awesome industry experts on a variety of topics, here is a preview:

Avery Vise - VP of Trucking at FTR gave us an economic and freight market overview, covering economic data points to watch, the state of truck capacity, and the outlook for a freight market recovery.

Michael Kornhauser - Sector VP at Trimble Transportation talked about the importance of aiding with change management, and how they ensure they create technology that the users love to use, not just have to use.

Parker Hamilton - Enterprise Sales Manager at Revenova discussed how critical relationships are in understanding the needs and goals of your clients so you can help them achieve their technology goals

Dr. Gina Anderson - CEO of Luma Brighter Learning, talked about what learning actually is, how it's different than training or education, and how they are using the science of learning to help improve fleet safety, compliance, and more!

Reed Loustalot - CMO at Truck Parking Club explained the opportunity they are working within to create more available parking space for truck drivers, generate additional revenue streams for carriers and real estate owners, improve operational efficiencies for shippers, brokers and carriers, and empower brokers to provide more value to their carriers.

Brent Theiler - Strategic Solutions Consultant at Tai Software, discussed how critical it is for them to keep up with the quickly evolving needs of brokers, and work with them to create new solutions, integrations and more to help them automate and improve their business operations.

Charles "Ed" Deckman - logistics specialist at C&S Wholesale Grocers shared a lot of insights into how each truck in their fleet is in a way it's own "computer" or "software" and how they are extracting many types of data insights out of these trucks to improve the way they operate, control costs, improve safety, and more.

We hope to see you at Trimble Insight 2025!

Day 2 had so many insights we had to break up the sessions! In Day 2 Part 2, here is what you can expect to hear:

Sam Susenguth - CSO at Isaac Instruments discussed the future of making smarter data driven decisions through the use of evolving ELD technologies.

Colin Ruskin - CEO of WorkOptima discussed the democratization of the freight tech space in recent years, and how imperative it is for technology companies to provide quick or even immediate ROI once implemented.

Blake Lappan - Founder, Spot On TMS and NoDwell discussed the unique solution they are creating to help reduce detention and dwell time, and improve transportation efficiencies for shippers, carriers and brokers.

Nate Johnson - Founder and CEO at GLCS helped guide us through how a broker or carrier can evaluate the at times overwhelming amounts of technology out there to make decisions on what works for them, what does not, how to integrate, and more.

Stay tuned for Day 3 Recordings releasing tomorrow! And of course, catch all the recordings on my LinkedIn page or our podcast channels!

The second day of Trimble Insight was a busy one! Lot's of great sessions and speakers and great networking hours! Our podcast booth was busy, here are some of the day 2 highlights!

Matt Salefski, CEO and Founder of Rectangle - shared insights on the direction he thinks we are headed when we think about EDI, API, and what's next, saying he does not think "standardization" is the correct focus

Erik Fernandez from Chick-fil-A Supply joined to explain how Chick-fil-A balances cost and service when delivering exceptional services to their restaurants, so they can deliver exceptional services to their customers.

Doug Schrier, VP of Growth and Special Projects at Mcleod got candid around AI and how brokers and carriers are evaluating it, utilizing it, and how TMS' are creating the ecosystem for AI to operate.

We had so many great guests, stay tuned for Part 2 of Day 2's content!

Yesterday was the kick off for the Trimble Insight conference in Las Vegas! Here are some of the highlights from night 1 of the conference!
Keith Lawlis, VP of Business Development at Justransform shared insights into the evolving technology landscape facing shippers, brokers and carriers.
Steve Schmidt, IT Logistics at McDonald Companies talked about the importance of implementing tech that actually works for your people, and considering when to buy tech vs when to build it.
Brian Mulshine joined Trimble 8 months ago as the Sr. Director, Maintenance/TMT Product Management and shares insights into how Trimble is using data to create more comprehensive maintenance solutions and software for carriers to help control their costs.
Jeremiah Klemish from Western Dairy Transport spoke about their unique market, and how they have focused on controlling what they can control when it comes to rising maintenance costs for their large fleet.

Tomorrow we will be releasing Day 2 content, stay tuned!
If you are attending Trimble, be sure to check out the podcast booth during our open mic sessions on the Insight Pavilion in the Exhibit Hall D!

Join Samantha and Matthew, the Chief Economist at Breakthrough, as they discuss the current state of the macroeconomy and the freight markets over coffee. Our discussion will cover topics like when the market will turn, the diesel market and the impact of the turmoil in the Middle East, alternative energy, the elections and monetary policy impacts, and where sustainability is at (just a buzzword or taking on more applicable meaning?).

Samantha and Paul P. , the Head of Transfix Market Intelligence, are meeting for coffee to talk macroeconomics and freight market predictions. In January, Paul authored a 6 month market outlook that said:
"It remains true that our core assumption (trucking demand is unlikely to pick up before Q2 2024) contrasts with the market consensus, as reflected, for instance, by Morgan Stanley trucking rate predictions. It is, nonetheless, worthwhile pointing out that we were also outliers in January 2023 when we predicted significantly lower rates through the year. We believe our core scenario to be neutral as opposed to pessimistic."
Join us as we get Paul's thoughts on if his predictions held up for H1 of this year, and what he expects to see in H2 of 2024.

Trimble Insight: September 15-17th in Las Vegas!
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Manifest Feb 10-12th in Las Vegas!
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JOC Inland24 Sept 29th - Oct 2nd
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Join Samantha and Kary Jablonski, the CEO of Trucker Tools, as they discuss the current brokerage landscape, what brokers have been prioritizing within their operations this year, what they are anticipating changing in the years ahead, and all the insights Kary gleans through her impressive network of freight experts!