Shipper – Carrier Collaboration – Becoming a “Shipper of Choice”

• Many shippers with inefficient practices experienced some painful lessons during 2018. This pain was reflected in capacity shortages, rate increases or even demarketing from their core carriers. This track will provide shippers will an overview of the best areas for efficiency improvement in their freight transportation operations. Four shippers and carriers will share their tips on changes that shippers can make to incentivize carriers to provide them with consistent capacity at competitive rates.

  Presented by:

  • Genevieve Gagnon, President, XTL Transport
  • Jim Peeples, President & COO, Challenger Group of Companies
  • James Johnstone, Associate Vice President of Transportation, Giant Tiger
  • Dave Corcoran, Head of Logistics, Nestlé Canada
  • Robert H. Ballantyne, P.Eng., President, Freight Management Association of Canada (FMA)

 

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