There’s always been a push and pull at the heart of the supply chain – and today, it’s about much more than basic supply and demand. Jump Start 2022 has focused on some of those dualities: capacity and cost; recruitment and development; local and national; opportunity and challenge; growth and change. Here’s how day two of the event put those in context and center stage.

Jump Start 2022 kicked off day one discussing what’s happened in the supply chain over the past 24 months, the current “normal”, what to expect from here and what will shape the industry in 2022 and beyond. Here’s a rundown of what you need to know from day one.

During SMC³’s Jump Start 2022 supply chain conference, SMC³’s director of business development Justin Springer will join logistics leaders to discuss how to leverage LTL data and understand the analytics through tools that optimize LTL business decisions.

The changes over the last few years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have added new layers of complexity to the RFP process for LTL shippers and carriers. The SMC³ educational workshop on Removing Complexity from the LTL Bid Process recently tackled some of these layers directly with help from logistics experts around the industry.

As part of the recent SMC³ LTL205 interactive educational session, industry experts discussed the forces changing the shipper/carrier relationship and how both sides can proactively prepare for the future.

A recent SMC³ educational workshop covered the inherent value of data and how transportation companies can harness it to drive their digital transformation. Here’s how shippers, carriers, and 3PLs can move toward the data-driven future.