How software changes relationships in sales
IT-supported pricing with standards changes the information process and structures the negotiations Whether privately or in a company: we all buy products or services on a regular basis. Most of us unconsciously go through a similar process. We think about what we need: quantity, price and quality, and by when. We get information from newspapers, […]
Online tools for spot and daily prices as standard in transport management – and why they are better than freight exchanges
Whether freight forwarders, supply chain managers, shipping managers at logistics companies or in industry and trade – opinions on online tools for managing spot and daily prices are very diverse. This is because all of these players use certain work processes and IT systems and pursue different interests. The fact is that web or cloud […]
How you can reduce logistics costs with “Quick Quotes” and “Online Quotes”
Digital freight forwarders want to reduce logistics costs with “online quotes” The promise of “digital” freight forwarders is promising: calculate, book and reduce logistics costs online. These offers are called “quick quotes” or “online quote”. In this process, you also receive status updates on the shipment and can manage the entire transport in one portal […]
Calculating transport costs in times of boom and economic crisis
“Transport costs” is a familiar term for industrial companies, trading companies, forwarding agents, carriers and airlines. What role do they play for these companies? How do companies calculate transport costs? And how should companies deal with this cost block in good and bad economic times? And what are the advantages of calculating transport costs online? […]
What companies should consider when purchasing freight via e-procurement
The term freight purchasing or transport procurement describes a process in which companies award transport services to logistics service providers after they have evaluated them. These are usually industrial and commercial companies that want to transport their goods to their customers or from their suppliers by air freight, sea freight, rail freight or truck. In […]
Digital freight forwarding and logistics marketplaces – algorithms and marketing for the classic freight forwarding service
Logistic processes of freight forwarding services Freight forwarding services are commissioned to organize the transport of goods and offer additional logistical processes, such as customs clearance and warehousing, which arise during transport processing. They do not own any ships or aircraft for this purpose. The freight forwarding industry is largely a brokerage and organizational business: […]
Calculate and compare freight costs with modern web applications
Transport offers, sometimes also called freight quotes, are often not easy for shippers and importers to compare. Calculating freight costs based on the Excel and PDF offers from freight forwarders is usually difficult and time-consuming. This is due to the way transports are organized and how shippers, freight forwarders, carriers, airlines and other transport companies […]
Rate Management Systems – Better manage freight rates, offers, freight rates, spot and daily prices
The terms rate management system or freight rate management system describe a class of IT systems or software that helps companies in the logistics industry to better oversee and control the purchase of their freight rates. Logistics service providers or freight forwarders use the applications to store their purchase rates with carriers and airlines and […]
How companies can effectively conduct freight tenders or transport tenders
Freight tenders or tendering for transport or logistics services have become the norm for many large companies. They use e-sourcing platforms, e-procurement solutions, online auction tools, tendering platforms or tendering software. However, there are also many medium-sized companies and corporations that do not carry out freight tenders because of the immense internal workload. Other shippers […]
Why web-based software for obtaining and comparing transport offers is also of great benefit to companies with in-house freight forwarders
Web-based software, also known as cloud software, has been enjoying increasing popularity in logistics for several years. Companies use it to obtain and compare transport offers from freight forwarding companies. This allows them to digitize their processes and become significantly more efficient. In addition to saving time and increasing transport cost transparency, it can be […]