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Freightvine

DAT Freight and Analytics, Chris Caplice

Hear the latest in freight transportation, supply chain and logistics from the Freightvine podcast.

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00:49:05

Ken Adamo and Dean Croke | Wrapping Up 2025 and...

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2025/12/18

This week’s guests are my two DAT iQ colleagues: Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics, and Dean Croke, Principal Analyst. This is our annual end of the year podcast where we revisit our predictions from last year, discuss the major issues of the current year, and take our best guesses as to what will happen next year. We did not do that well in our annual predictions for 2025 - we all expected dry van spot rates to increase by anywhere from 3 to 12% when in fact they dropped by more than 2%. Tariff

00:44:51

Corey Klujsza | Inside the Truckload Business Cycle

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2025/12/04

In this episode, we’re joined by Corey Klujsza, VP of Pricing and Procurement Strategy at RXO. With experience spanning Coyote Logistics, UPS, and now RXO, Corey brings deep insight into how the truckload market works. He walks us through RXO’s quarterly market analysis framework—the RXO Curve—which tracks year-over-year truckload rate changes to understand market cycles and risk.We dig into the logistics business cycle from equilibrium to peak and through the downturn, examine current market

00:57:47

Tim Gagnon & Mark Albrecht | How Agentic AI is...

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2025/11/13

In this episode, we welcome Tim Gagnon (VP of Analytics and Data Science) and Mark Albrecht (VP of AI and Enterprise Strategy) from C.H. Robinson to discuss how AI is transforming the freight industry. We explore the evolution of AI—from traditional methods like machine learning and robotic process automation, to generative AI, and now Agentic AI, which can plan, use tools, learn from past mistakes, and act like a true assistant.C.H. Robinson’s unique approach, “Lean AI,” aligns operational

00:44:58

John Motely | How AI Can Help Shippers Find Their...

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2025/10/30

This week’s guest is John Motley, the founder and CEO of LogNet. LogNet was founded over 30 years ago and in our conversation we discussed the evolution of supply chain technology over that time. John recounts LogNet's origins as an early pioneer, being the first client-server solution to utilize SQL databases on PCs, focusing specifically on visibility across order, transportation, and warehouse management. Today, LogNet’s core technology centers on a "large trade model" which is similar to a

00:46:37

Patrick Pretorius | State of the Freight Market

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2025/10/16

This week’s guest is Patrick Pretorius, Senior Director of Enterprise Shipper sales at DAT. Patrick provides unique insight, drawing on his extensive international experience that began in Cape Town, South Africa, and included working across multiple continents with steamship lines, global 3PLs, and other transportation providers. In our conversation Patrick outlines the distinctions between managing ocean and truck shipping, particularly regarding the challenges of treating freight as a commodity

00:42:29

Angi Acocella | Elephants and Goldfish and Ghost...

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2025/10/02

This week’s guest is Dr. Angi Acocella, a Research Scientist here at MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics and a key member of the MIT FreightLab. Angi was last on the Freightvine in the fall of 2021 - 4 years ago - when she was a doctoral student. A lot has changed over that time and after a post-doc in the Netherlands, Angi is back at MIT doing great research exploring shipper-broker-carrier relationships within the full truckload industry. For this conversation, I have asked Angi to

00:52:35

Ari Ashe | Challenges to the First Transcontinental...

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2025/09/18

This week’s guest is Ari Ashe, Senior editor of the Journal of Commerce which is part of S&P Global. Ari explains the ins and outs of the proposed, and potentially transformational, merger between the Union Pacific (UP) and the Norfolk Southern (NS) railroads. This deal would create the first transcontinental railroad across the United States. Our conversation delves into what is driving the merger, what's at stake, and the potential benefits for carload customers by addressing messy interchanges

00:43:14

Alex Leslie | TL Carrier Costs: 2025 Update

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2025/09/04

This week’s guest is Dr. Alex Leslie, Senior Research Associate at the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a not-for-profit research arm for the trucking industry. Alex is the lead author on ATRI’s latest research publication “Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking: 2025 Update”. Using detailed polling and data analysis, Alex is able to reveal not only the current average per mile costs, but also changes in the individual cost components, the impact of carrier size on costs

00:45:55

Vishal Jadhav | AI in Supply Chain: From Rules to...

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2025/08/21

This week’s guest is Vishal Jadhav, Product Director at Blue Yonder. Everyone listening to this podcast knows of Blue Yonder. It is a company with a long history, from I2 to JDA, that has consistently been on the cutting edge of supply chain management software. Vishal has spent almost 20 years at Blue Yonder. His recent work and writings have delved into the evolution of Large Language Models (LLMs) and how they are being incorporated into supply chain solutions. Our conversation explores the

00:46:38

Andres Mendoza Pena | Navigating through the Fog

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2025/08/07

This week’s guest is Andres Mendoza Pena, Partner at Kearney. Andres is here to discuss Kearney and CSCMP's annual State of Logistics report, aptly titled "Navigating Through the Fog." This title reflects the high uncertainty in the macro context impacting supply chain executives, like driving through dense fog. In our conversation, we discuss the "fragile optimism" in the economy and the "certainty of uncertainty" that supply chain executives need to embrace. Andres also talks about the shifting

00:42:53

Chadd Olesen | The Rise of Automated Dynamic Pricing

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2025/07/24

This week’s guest is Chadd Olesen, CEO of AVRL. Founded in 2017 as Advanced Voice Research Labs, AVRL brought voice technology to business applications such as predictive maintenance. They shifted however to dynamic pricing models after meeting with pricing analysts at some larger carriers and brokers. Today, AVRL automates over 25 million spot transactions monthly and provides pricing engines for two thirds of the top 100 3PLs. In our conversation, Chadd explains AVRL's approach to dynamic

00:48:16

Matt Menner | The Evolution of Managed Transportation

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2025/07/10

This week’s guest is Matt Menner, Head of Transportation Management Sales at Uber Freight. In our conversation, we discuss how the managed transportation sector has evolved, notably regarding the adoption of technology like AI and the increased use of spot or dynamic markets. Matt also talks about the acquisition and integration of Transplace into Uber Freight, highlighting investments in technology and the blending of the cultures and businesses. Finally, we touch upon the current market

00:44:30

Mike Hicks | Tariffs and Trade: An Economist's View

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2025/06/26

This week’s guest is Professor Michael Hicks, George & Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ball State University. Mike brings an economist’s perspective on the recent introduction of tariffs as well their sudden modification or removal in many cases. Being located in Indiana, Mike is keen on the impact that different policies have on manufacturing and agricultural firms and communities. In our conversation we discuss the idea and objectives of tariffs in general as well as the

00:51:42

Kristian ‘KO’ O’Meara | Transportation Procurement...

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2025/06/12

This week’s guest is Kristian ‘KO’ O’Meara, SVP Strategic Initiatives for Jaggaer. KO has been with Jaggaer for just shy of 25 years filling a number of senior roles. Currently, he works with the larger enterprise customers for the procurement of direct and indirect materials and services. In our conversation, we zoom in primarily to freight transportation procurement - mainly TL. We discuss the challenges of TL transportation procurement to include the breadth, scope, and complexities involved

00:41:41

Jason Haith | Adapting to Global Trade Volatility

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2025/05/29

This week’s guest is Jason Haith, Vice President Commercial Forwarding US & Mexico, for DP World. With 20+ years experience in Import/Export operations, Jason is the perfect person to discuss global trade in general and trade with Mexico in particular. In our conversation, we discuss how trade between the US and Mexico has changed over the years, the impact of recent tariffs being enacted and then almost immediately modified or removed, and how Near or Friend shoring might evolve.

00:34:29

Jason Miller | State of the Market: Tariffs and Cycles

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2025/05/15

This week’s guest is Dr. Jason Miller, Professor and Head of the Supply Chain Management Department at Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business. This is Jason’s 4th time on the Freightvine podcast - we last had him on the podcast about two years ago when we were one year into what is now called the rate trough. Jason discusses this and how the market was expected to have rebounded by now, but the spate of tariffs has definitely had an impact. In our conversation we discuss

00:49:50

Ben Steffes | Logistics KPIs: Then & Now

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2025/05/01

This week’s guest is Ben Steffes, Vice President, Solutions & Strategy, Managed Transportation, at RXO. Ben was last on the Freightvine 3 years ago when he had just published a white paper on Logistics KPIs for Coyote. RXO acquired Coyote in the fall of 2024, so this time we talk about the RXO white paper on Logistics KPIs that Ben recently authored as a follow-up to and expansion of the 2022 study. In our conversation, we discuss changes in how logistics performance was measured during the

00:48:14

Dr. Josue Velazquez Martinez | From Earth Day to AI...

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2025/04/17

This week’s guest is Dr. Josue Velazquez Martinez. Josue is a Research Scientist at MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics and is also the Director of MIT's Sustainable Supply Chain Lab. In our conversation, we discuss his lab's focus on environmental and social sustainability within supply chains. Josue describes the lab's work on the sustainability of freight transportation, emphasizing the need for diverse decarbonization strategies and better measurement of scope three emissions. Also,

00:41:29

Kary Jablonski | Freight Tech: Insights from Trucker...

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2025/04/03

This week’s guest is Kary Jablonski, VP & GM, Broker Growth & Trucker Tools at DAT Freight & Analytics. As her title implies, Kary previously led Trucker Tools before its acquisition by DAT at the end of 2024. Our conversation centers on her path to the freight industry, her experiences transforming Trucker Tools into a leading visibility and tracking solution for freight brokerages, and the company's subsequent acquisition by DAT. Kary shares insights on the evolution of Trucker Tools as well as

00:47:29

Mike Roeth | Crossing the Muddy Middle

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2025/03/20

This week’s guest is Mike Roeth, Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency or NACFE. NACFE has been around for over 15 years - originating from a workshop run by the Rocky Mountain Institute in 2009. Their objective is to drive the development and adoption of efficiency enhancing, environmentally beneficial, and cost-effective technologies, services, and operational practices in the movement of goods across North America. Mike has been leading NACFE in these efforts

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