What happened in the full truckload freight market in H1 2024? What is going to happen in the freight market in H2 2024?

In January Meet Me For Coffee hosted an expert panel to make 2024 predictions, join us as we bring back two of those panelists and two new panelists to discuss H1 results and prognosticate on the H2 freight market!

Joining our panel of market experts is:
Samantha Jones, Host and author of the Truckload Market Update Newsletter
Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics at DAT Solutions, and a returning guest and panelist!
Jason Miller, Eli Broad College of Business Endowed Professor of SCM at MSU, and a returning guest and panelist!
David Spencer - VP of Market Intelligence at Arrive Logistics and a former podcast guest and first time Meet Me For Coffee panelist speaker!
Cody Thacker - Senior Director of Fleet Operations at RFX | REFE and a first time guest and panelist on the Meet Me For Coffee show!

We can't wait to meet you all for coffee and an information packed discussion that will prepare your business for H2 2024.

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 last year. Join Cody and I as we discuss the "lay of the land" in the produce industry, and discuss the challenges of waste and sustainability in the refrigerated foods sector, and ways shippers can combat them through smarter consolidation models.

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 that I still cannot believe I get the privilege to produce for you all! You won't want to miss this if you are looking for a comprehensive overview of what is going on in the domestic economy right now.

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, collaboration and partnerships, and more!

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 insights he has regarding the current state of the US supply chain!

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, and more! In keeping with our goal of bringing different sides of the table to the conversation, I am excited to welcome someone who represents a buyer/shipper mindset to the Meet Me For Coffee podcast!

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, more sustainable shipping solutions, and the owner of Pickett Research - a company that leverages a unique market philosophy, framework, and forecasting methodology that was developed and refined over more than a decade of commercial market experience scaling one of the largest and fastest-growing truckload freight brokers and 3PLs in North America from scratch.

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!