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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...

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...

5 simple freight tender tips for 2020

5 simple freight tender tips for 2020 The logistics market is ever evolving and has never been more dynamic than in 2020. Globalization, digitization and political events such as Brexit make that logistics professionals need to be on their toes to ensure ongoing...

How do you rally your carriers around your freight tender?

How do you rally your carriers around your freight tender? For many, shippers and carriers alike, freight tenders are a necessary evil, yet one has to put in full effort to get satisfying results. Often this does not happen and tenders are not complete, are stretched...

Ocean transport procurement advised to review procurement strategy

Professionals involved in ocean transport procurement are forced to take a critical view on their current procurement strategy. Ocean transport procurement Drewry is advising shippers to rethink their procurement strategy now the Asia-Europe contract renewal...