FACT #1: to automate and digitize takes time. There’s no denying it, so you might as well embrace it – and profit from it too! FACT #2: you need automation and digitization everywhere. Whether it’s for: simplifying manual processes; reducing worker fatigue; increasing efficiency; leveraging data or improving metrics, it’s impossible to ignore the value…
Are you sick and tired of paying thousands of dollars to your freight forwarders? Do you want to save money on your international freight procurement? The way you negotiate is key. Negotiation saves your business money. It allows you to work towards a lower price, making sure you pay less for your freight procurement. Unfortunately,…
Did you know? 8 is the luckiest number in Chinese culture because of 八 sounds like 發 (fa), which means “wealth”, “fortune”, and “prosper” in Chinese. Even in Japan 8 is considered a lucky number because it is nearly homophonous to the word “Prosperity” (繁栄 han’ei), It is also homophonous to Hachikō. Now you might…
Now straight off the bat, you’ll be thinking that the above looks a little strange. How on earth could the biggest cricketing tournament in the world helps reduce my freight charges? Well, as the teams are about to break for drinks, let’s read on, to find out how. First, let’s set the field. You’re a…
We always strive for the convenience of our users. We received a lot of positive feedback to have a GoComet mobile app to increase the accessibility and ease of use. So here we are with the all-new mobile app. The App enables you to upload quotes and stay updated with the status of your rank….
We have made some major improvements to the GoComet dashboard. Now you can have an overview of your freight cost analysis along with the number of containers shipped at a glance on the dashboard. There are two more new additions to the dashboard, Top Logistics Service Providers (LSP) and the Top Export/Import countries based on…
Have you ever wondered to look at the month on month or year on year trend of the freight that you have been paying for your export and import shipments? Would it not be helpful in order to predict the future freight movement or in making sales decisions by factoring in the likely logistics costs?…
Research shows that only 30% of shipping quotes from forwarders are provided in 48 hours or less. 14% take over 4 days and over 40% of quote requests are never responded to. What happens when your forwarder does not quote to you in time?1. Your shipments get delayed because you don’t have clarity on the price…
According to freight waves, Businesses overspend on shipping by a minimum of 13% every year. In this challenging scenario, manufacturing companies and shippers are struggling to deal with soaring freight costs to secure competitive prices. Without an efficient solution in place, freight bidding can become a painstaking process that can take weeks of back-and-forth vendor…