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How Freight Forwarders Benefit Businesses and Personal Shippers

ShipLilly

Personal shippers and businesses should be taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the existence of freight forwarders. For example, a recent survey of 100 randomly selected people showed that many are not conversant with shipping industry terminologies, let alone the services. So, what is freight forwarding?

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The State of Freight Forwarder Response Time

RPA Labs

That’s the average response rate for a freight forwarder to respond to a quote request as uncovered in this unique approach by automation workflow company, RPA Labs. While we’ve heard this sentiment time and time again, have freight forwarders really changed the way they respond to customers? Small & Mid-Size FFs.

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Research Highlights Untapped Potential of AI to Boost Fleet Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

The challenges facing third party logistics providers The survey highlights accuracy, timeliness and cost-effectiveness as the top priorities in goods delivery, named by 57% and 31% of supply chain professionals respectively.

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The Rise of Technology in Logistics

MTS Logistics

One thing that we cannot deny is that the recent developments have closed the gap between the larger freight forwarders and the small to midsize freight forwarders who have the means to invest in these areas. From the customer and BCO standpoints, these are great developments. Conclusion.

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Chinese New Year Supply Chain Chaos?

Logistics Business Magazine

A larger share of freight forwarders and supply chain professionals this year in 2023 are expecting disruptions owing to COVID outbreaks in China and the Chinese New Year factory closures as compared to the last year (2022). “We We are looking at three different Chinese Years in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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Bridge the Gaps: How AI Unites Fragmented Logistics Tech

Freightos

Nikolai Bozhilov, Executive Chairman of freight forwarder Unimasters, shares that they’ve used “digital labor” in other domains too, including sales, marketing, and financial forecasting. Other forwarders are also onboard with using AI as a bridge between humans and systems. .”

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Key IT Advances Shaping Vehicle Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

With a detailed analysis of current challenges, including capacity constraints and the need for greater operational efficiency and transparency, this report is grounded in insights from 106 industry professionals. Key Findings from the Report 1.