Pros to Know: Creating a Collaborative Environment is Key to Successful Supply Chains

Ajesh Kapoor, founder and CEO of SemiCab, details why it's important to bring shippers and carriers together.

April 21, 2022

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It's important to bring shippers and carriers together, according to Ajesh Kapoor, founder and CEO of SemiCab and one of this year's Pros to Know winners.

"It's not just that you create a collaborative space, but to orchestrate that collaboration. You bring the shippers in to collaborate with each other but then you also bring in the carriers and the financial assistance for the shippers and carriers to collaborate," says.

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