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Ocean capacity crunch fuels the importance of modern logistics software

Ongoing extreme events that impact global trade and logistics keep on happening and require logistics teams to be more flexible and agile to handle chaos and the unforeseen. While strategic thinking is very much required, tactical action is key. The right partnerships...

What is managed freight procurement? What are the benefits?

What is freight or logistics procurement and is there a difference between the terms procurement, purchasing and buying? We explain why procurement is of added value to your organisation. And we take a closer look at the increasingly ‘in demand’ managed...

Freightender and Pagero partner to offer seamless end-to-end process for freight buyers

February 25th, 2021 The joint offering integrates both company apps to provide an “unprecedented array” of logistics functionalities for buyers in the transportation industry. Freightender and Pagero have entered a partnership to provide a seamless supply chain...

Freightender CEO Pieter Kinds in panel TPM21 by JOC

Freightender CEO Pieter Kinds will join the TPM21 panel on the 25th of February. He will be speaking about using a data-based approach to Freight Procurement and Allocation. Rate benchmarking and freight procurement data As many people in the logistics industry are...

Talking tenders, mini-bids and digitalisation with Freightender CEO Pieter Kinds

It’s been a rollercoaster year for just about everyone in the logistics industry, and Freightender CEO Pieter Kinds is certainly no exception. Since the start of the year, the Dutchman has re-branded his company, navigated the troublesome waters of the pandemic, and...

How shippers and forwarders can streamline the freight tender process

In the forwarder world, there are a lot of people you typically don’t deal with as a shipper yet they are handling and responding to your tender: tender managers, pricing managers and pricing analysts. Their job is often performed under high pressure from the outside...

Freightender and Portrix Logistic Software partner to empower freight forwarder tender teams

Sep 28 2020 at 09:23 AM In 2020, the need for digitization in logistics has really accelerated and this is especially true for the freight forwarding community. One of the main areas of focus for forwarders is how freight tenders are being managed today– often a...

Freight Tenders: 5 crucial tips to ensure carrier engagement

Freight tenders are not only dependent on solid freight data (historical data). The willingness of carriers to participate in freight RFQ’s is a big factor as well. In this article, we share 5 vital tips to increase carrier participation in your freight tenders....

Digitize logistics procurement: 5 Reasons to act NOW!

Many companies are now developing strategies to buy freight in a more digital and efficient way, creating a new structure for a lean and innovative way to logistics procurement. What are you doing? More and more forwarders discover areas for optimization and...

E-Sourcing freight checklist: What is logistics looking for?

Despite the fact that the procurement and transportation sectors are slow adopters of technology, the rat race has already begun. Many companies are inquiring the platform provides full visibility all the different steps in the project and the timing associated....