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Aurora signed two major partnerships in one week. Spot rates just hit an all-time high. A Chicago cross-dock blew up Reddit over how shippers load trailers. And someone dug into Super Ego's carrier network ā the safety scores are not okay.
Pam Simon, Founder of Manifest Conference, spoke on the FreightCaviar Podcast to discuss event planning and what's next for the supply chain and logistics ecosystem.
In this episode of the Freight Caviar Podcast, we sat down with Pam Simon, The Connectiv Conference Chair and Executive Vice President of Connectiv. From organizing the first Demo Day to ever take place in Latin America to working at Lab Ventures in Miami and planning events for Manifest, Pam also sheds light on the travel, real estate, and logistics ecosystem in Florida.
Pam discusses economic changes and trends, essentials for event planning, industry conference best practices, and advice on networking effectively.
"I think this is just one more way that you can go about finding quality capacity to better run your operation.ā
āI knew that a digital brokerage was just another broker with a digital app.ā
"I think some TMS's are failing because they donāt understand what brokers do every day."
"You need to know the rules of the game, and then you need to know how to play it."
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