Today’s spot quote freight process is inefficient, difficult to audit, not cost efficient and can lead to cost overruns and revenue leakage.
Shippers find this process time consuming and frustrating. For the same request forwarders can quote different services and different charges making the task of comparing quotes very difficult. As a shipper who might be unfamiliar with all the charges, units of measure, and processes, it becomes difficult to believe the forwarder offered the correct and complete service.
When it comes to billing the invoice might not reflect the charges that were quoted and hidden charges suddenly appear. With this process being so time consuming shippers are not keen to try new forwarders.
Our vision is to simplify this process for shippers when requesting for and comparing freight spot quotes.
For Forwarders the spot quote freight process is just as inefficient and time consuming.
The sales teams of Forwarders are constantly challenged to generate new business and concurrently handle the administrative tasks of creating and maintaining quotations. Sales needs to ascertain the cost and ensure minimum gross margins. And management requires periodic updates on won, new and upcoming opportunities.
Operations has the challenge of ensuring they have the latest quotation, that the cost calculated by sales matches the cost received, and that the correct charge codes are used.
The Cost?
Activity based costing, such as procurement or operations, tend to be fixed monthly expenses. Therefore, our subscription fees are fixed and user based. We do not earn any commissions or income from the business transaction between the client and their vendor.
For the Client the subscription package and features are as follows:
| FEATURES | STARTER | STANDARD | |
| Subscription fee for Clients | FREE |
US$40 /user/month |
US$400 /user/year Save 17% |
| Send freight rate requests to multiple vendors simultaneously | Included | Included | |
| Receive and compare vendor quotes | Included | Included | |
| Display cost itemized or lumpsum | Included | Included | |
| Activate shipment and notify unsuccessful vendor |
Included |
Included | |
| View requests and quotes older than 30 days | Included | ||
| Resubmit previous requests | Included | ||
For the Forwarder the subscription package and features are as follows:
| FEATURES | STARTER | STANDARD | |
| Subscription fee for Vendors | FREE | US$40
/user/ month |
US$400
/user/year Save 17% |
| Receive freight rate requests from client | Included | Included | |
| Use worksheet to prepare and send quote | Included | Included | |
| Receive notice of shipment activation | Included | Included | |
| Create vendor initiated quotes | Included | Included | |
| Receive notice of unsuccessful quote | Included | ||
| View requests and quotes older than 30 days | Included | ||
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