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Freight to the Point
Welcome to Freight to the Point, the podcast show created by Zencargo. Tune in every week as we’ll be exploring a wide range of topics from sustainability to technology from different perspectives. We will be inviting leading supply chain experts to talk about their origins, experiences, how they have made ship happen and what they think is the key to disrupting the traditional supply chain industry.
Episodes
75 episodes
Episode 74: Rates Webinar - Our insights after Chinese New Year
This month, Anne Sophie Fribourg, Zencargo's VP of Global Ocean Freight and Catia Fernandes, Zencargo's Head of Trade Asia and IPAK - Europe and Intra-Europe, hosted a webinar on ‘Rates: Our insights after Chinese New Year”. In the ...
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Episode 74
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Episode 73: Spreetail - Unlocking successful e-commerce supply chain strategies
How should shippers collaborate with their freight forwarders?“Shippers need to work in a partnership mode rather than a purchase mode with their freight forwarder. The main failure is that shippers are looking into transportation as a p...
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Episode 73
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Episode 72: The Red Sea Crisis
In the latest episode of Freight to the Point, we’ve featured our most recent webinar, recorded on 10th January on the Red Sea Crisis. Carriers have suspended vessels from passing through the Bab al-Mandab strait after the recent attacks by the...
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Episode 72
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Episode 71: The potential of demand forecasting with artificial intelligence
In the most recent instalment of Freight to the Point, Lucie Phillips, Zencargo's Chief Operations Officer, engages in a discussion with Nicolas Vandeput, the CEO and Founder of SupChains, a company which specialises in demand forecasting and i...
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Episode 71
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Episode 70: Rates: What's next for 2024?
As we prepare for the year ahead, it's crucial to consider the three pillars that will shape the freight industry in 2024: competitiveness in rates, quality of service, and sustainability.In our most recent episode of Freight to the Poin...
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Episode 70
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Episode 69: The Power of Diversity in the Supply Chain: Opportunities and Challenges
To make the right changes in an organisation, it's crucial to attract the right talent, and diversity plays a significant role in achieving this. Diverse teams bring together people with different backgrounds, experiences, and persp...
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Episode 69
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20:04
Episode 68: How can we inspire the next generation of supply chain leaders?
What steps can we take to cultivate the next generation of supply chain leaders?“So it's about positioning the sector as one that is evolving, but that you can evolve with it”In this week’s episode of Freight to the Point, Bethany...
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Episode 68
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Episode 67: Building resilient supply chains: The power of collaboration
“And it's like a marriage, it takes some effort to maintain the relationship. It's about compromise and trust.”As the business landscape is constantly evolving, companies are increasingly recognising the need to build resilient supply ch...
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Episode 67
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Episode 66: How environmental regulations shape business supply chain practices
“If we focus on the logistics sector or the wider transportation sector, it's actually one of the highest emitting sectors on the planet.”In the latest episode of Freight to the Point, Alex Hersham is joined by David de Picciotto, CEO an...
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Episode 66
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Episode 65: Driving change from the top: Getting C-Suite support for sustainability
Sustainability is a critical aspect of modern supply chain management, but achieving sustainable goals can be challenging. This is why it's more important than ever to get the C-Suite involved.By engaging the C-Suite in sustainability in...
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Episode 65
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Episode 64: The importance of digitalisation within retail supply chain
“Digitalisation gives a retailer a platform to see their shipments from end-to-end, which drives a whole heap of benefits from data, but also to give them an ease of access to data and to shipment locations.”In our latest episode of Frei...
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Episode 64
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20:08
Episode 63: AI in the supply chain
As ChatGPT and other AI language models made significant progress this year, it has prompted all industries, including the supply chain, to think about how AI can drive efficiency. In this podcast episode, Alex Hersham, Co-founder a...
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Episode 63
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Episode 62: Mastering Tender Strategies
For Episode 62 of Freight to the Point, we’ve featured a great session from our webinar, ‘Mastering tender strategies: How to negotiate the best deals in shipping’ with Anne-Sophie Fribourg and Catia Fernandes from Zencargo. Togethe...
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Episode 62
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Episode 61: A balancing act: Is restocking on the horizon?
Join us for an exciting new episode of our Navigate series, fresh from our most recent session held just last week, “A balancing act: Is restocking on the horizon?”.Tune into industry experts Sam Greenhalgh, Chief Revenue Officer at Zenc...
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Episode 61
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Episode 60: Leveraging quality and compliance tools for better supply chain management
In Episode 60 of Freight to the Point, we invited Jacob Nedergaard, CEO and Co-Founder of Qarma, which provides digital tools to help companies stay on top of quality and compliance in their supply chain. In this episode, Alex Hersh...
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Episode 60
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28:38
Episode 59: The future of rates: Should you lock in long term?
Join us for an exciting new episode of our Navigate series, fresh from our most recent session held just last week, “The future of rates: Should you lock in long term?”.Tune into industry experts Niels Madsen and Anne-Sophie as they del...
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Episode 59
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Episode 58: Zencargo's June Ocean Update
Want to find out about our prediction for rate trends over the next couple of months?Then don’t miss out on the latest episode of Freight to the Point as Anne-Sophie Fribourg, VP of Ocean at Zencargo and Richard Fattal, Chief Commercial ...
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Episode 57: What lessons can we learn from H2
How has schedule reliability improved over the past year? What will happen to the market after the 2M split?These are some of the questions we’ve answered in our most recent episode of Freight to the Point. In this episode, w...
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Episode 57
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Episode 56: Why retailers can't ignore road freight strategy
“It all starts with creating a win-win scenario where you're aligned for a mutually beneficial outcome.”This week we’re bringing you some insights on the road industry as Ahmed El-Alfy is joined by Michael Starr, Overland Commercial Dire...
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Episode 56
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26:32
Episode 55: Navigate - Don't forget about sustainability
“For us, when we talk about regeneration and regenerative impact, sustainability is no longer enough. And that's truly at the heart of what we believe as an organisation.”Tune into our latest episode of Freight to the Point as we’ve feat...
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Episode 55
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Episode 54: Zencargo's May Ocean Update
Want to find out about our prediction for rate trends over the next couple of months?Then don’t miss out on the latest episode of Freight to the Point as Anne-Sophie Fribourg, VP of Ocean at Zencargo and Richard Fattal, Chief Commercial ...
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Episode 54
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Episode 53: What does the future hold for schedule reliability?
Schedule reliability has been a major talking point in the supply chain as shippers have struggled with blank sailings and schedule changes over the past few years.For this episode of Freight to the Point, we’ve invited Niels Madsen, VP ...
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Episode 53
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Episode 52: Rates: Long term vs Short Term
“Now is a good time to engage in the conversation. Rates are at lower historical levels and it's a good time to be thinking in terms of contracting.”Long term or short term?That’s the question we’ve been hearing a lot around the r...
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Episode 52
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Episode 51: How a great forwarder offers more than just great rates
“Shippers are now shifting their focus from transactional price focused relationships and are more so looking for long term freight forwarding partners that align with their strategic business objectives”Disruptions have become the norm ...
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