If there’s one thing that you certainly can’t overlook when your organisation embarks on a journey to strengthen supply chain management, then it’s supply chain visibility. Comprehensive shipment visibility and the resultant operational efficiency benefits everyone in the supply chain. Today, organisations across industries are rapidly turning towards cloud-based online container tracking solutions owing to…
It is high time that logistics companies do away with manual tracking and adopt automated container tracking systems. Before the emergence of digital container tracking solutions, keeping track of all your global shipments was a time consuming, laborious process. It fell upon the logistics managers to manually visit the website, key in the booking number…
The unprecedented impact of the ongoing pandemic has made it clear that global supply chains are only as strong as their weakest link, i.e. visibility. It has become more imperative than ever to adopt a system that enables real-time container tracking. Any efficient and real-time container tracking solution provides extensive monitoring capabilities via a single…
With the current pandemic exposing the fragility of the global supply chains, it has become more imperative than ever to adopt a system that enables real-time container tracking. Investing in automated monitoring equipment for tracking exactly where your containers are has become as important as shipping those same containers. At the Digital Container Summit that…
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt global supply chains, knowing exactly where your shipments are has become more crucial than ever before. The traditional way of tracking shipments is tedious, time-consuming and ineffective, to say the least. Industry studies show that tracking about 500 shipments every month on the sites of about 7-15 shipping lines alone…
Real-time tracking is an integral part of this process, having so many players moving your freight effectively takes the control away from your hands. The question here is—What exactly is going wrong with your distribution, and how significant a role does real-time visibility play in this picture? In today’s fast-paced freight world, more and more…
Are you delivering in full and on time? Is your supply chain department working efficiently? There’s a way to measure your supply chain efficiency and be sure about it. That’s with the DIFOT rate. In this post, we will discuss DIFOT(Delivery in full, on time) why it matters and how you can improve. Let’s start…
Do you outsource your shipment tracking process to third party logistics services? We have observed that numerous organizations outsource their third-party logistics needs to get to the adaptability and scalability that an outside vendor can offer. If their shipping needs increase rather than employing additional staff or extending distribution center space, they hire 3PL merchants…
Let me begin with a simple question… How much time and effort do you spend on tracking and tracing your shipments? To find the answer, let’s break this down. Let’s assume you have 500 shipments a month and you work with 7 to 15 shipping lines. To know the current location of all your 500…
There are 40 major shipping lines that transport your cargo from a POL to POD. Once the containers are booked, the job is not done. It is very essential to track the status of the cargo as: 1. The cargo is worth thousands if not millions of dollars2. Lack of knowledge of delays in exports can spoil…
GoComet has simplified your quote procurement and negotiation for international freight. We didn’t stop at this. We are focussed to solve all your problems related to shipping. Have you ever felt it very cumbersome to tracking and tracing all shipments on multiple websites as you are using multiple carriers? Have you ever wished that all…
Port congestion represents one of the most pressing challenges facing global trade in 2025. Modern technology offers powerful solutions to address this crisis. From smart port systems to predictive analytics, these innovations can dramatically improve throughput and reduce delays. Understanding Port Congestion Today’s ports face unprecedented pressure from surging trade volumes and operational bottlenecks. Port…
Every business deals with supply chain problems, but some companies seem to have the same issues over and over while others solve them and move on. The difference usually comes down to whether you’re fixing the immediate problem or figuring out why it happened. Most people don’t have time for deep analysis when customers are…
Nobody really explains what supply chain operations actually means when you’re starting a business. You hear the term thrown around in meetings or read about it in industry articles, but then you’re sitting there trying to figure out why your best-selling product is out of stock while your warehouse is full of stuff nobody wants. …
According to EY’s research, a quarter of businesses are already seeing higher revenue from making their supply chains more sustainable. That’s money hitting their accounts right now because they figured out how to run cleaner operations. The interesting part isn’t just the revenue boost. It’s that almost half of these companies think their sustainability work…
Running a business means dealing with carbon emissions whether you planned for it or not. Your supply chain produces emissions at every step – manufacturing, transportation, packaging, storage – and now there are actual numbers you need to track and reduce. Some of this comes from regulatory requirements, some from customer demands, and some from…
Most business owners we talk to have the same complaint: their supply chain feels like it’s held together with duct tape and prayer.Somehow inventory is either completely out of stock or taking up way too much expensive warehouse space. It’s exhausting, and it’s costing real money every single day. What’s frustrating is that fixing B2B…
Most S&OP processes feel like expensive monthly meetings that produce pretty slides but don’t actually improve business results. Finance teams still get surprised by inventory writedowns. Sales keeps promising delivery dates that operations can’t meet. Manufacturing builds products nobody wants while customers wait for items that are out of stock. The problem isn’t that companies…
Most companies either track nothing meaningful, measure everything that moves, or focus on vanity metrics that make meetings look productive without driving real decisions. Lack of appropriate data is often one of the reasons for the S&OP process failing, with “Am I using the right KPIs?” being one of the most common questions. The solution…
Most businesses still operate like casinos – they place big bets on what they think will happen months from now, then cross their fingers and hope they’re right. When they win, they look smart. When they lose, they blame “unpredictable market conditions” while sitting on warehouses full of stuff nobody wants. A demand driven supply…
