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…
You did it — you finally dispatched your shipment! It’s smooth sailing from here, right? WRONG. On average, one intercontinental shipment includes hundreds of interactions and more than 20 players involved– freight-forwarders, port handlers, marine insurers, inland transportation and so forth. In this context, shippers frequently whinge about the difficulty in getting actual-time visibility of…
We all know this simple fact. No customer satisfaction means no retention. No retention means shrinking customer database & straight drop of profit. By 2020 customer experience will be the main differentiator factor predicted by Walker Consulting. Not the price nor the product itself. It will first and foremost be about the experience – and…
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…
In the pharmaceutical industry, a large percentage of the business is export-oriented. Since the goods are sensitive, i.e. perishable, they require a specific temperature for storing. Due to the nature of the cargo, most of the exports are done via Air cargo only. The freights today are very dynamic and every air shipment is unique…
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 is a cloud-based platform that helps you in automating your international freight procurement and rate reduction process, leading to the lowest freights and increased savings month on month. Now the question is how much of your time needs to be invested to start GoComet? From the management’s point of view, not more than 30…
Manufacturers all over the world have been importing and exporting for ages. While international trade has existed throughout history, its economic, social, and political importance has been on the rise in recent centuries. This has brought along with it similar operational processes, issues and inefficiencies worldwide. In all the countries, the shipper needs to negotiate…
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…
The days of the Excel spreadsheet is over. Supply chain digitization transforming the management of your global logistics process. The Industries that are genuinely thriving nowadays share something significant in common: a digitized logistics process. And why not? Digitization is the answer to a lot of problems. We have moved on from the primitive times…
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…
Is the market rising or is it falling? Did this question ever cross your mind? SENSEX! I am not talking about that but you are close enough! Ever seen an index for global freight? Look no further. Introducing GFI, GoComet Freight Index. GoComet Freight Index is a shipping index reflecting the fluctuation of spot rates…
This is your Auditor speaking, happy Friday to you. “Of the total 3600 shipments sent last year, please explain why in 2796 cases, export vendors with lowest quotes were ignored to give export orders to vendors who quoted higher prices. Please explain what kind of negotiations were done with the vendors for these 2796 shipment orders and…
Chemical companies are big-time exporters of full container loads(FCLs), roughly ranging from 50 containers to as high as 350 containers per month managing 40-60 trade lanes in a month. An individual freight forwarder in today’s competitive world of shipping and rates can only be numero uno in 5, maybe 10 lanes. So such a company…
Imagine you have 6 vendors for a particular service with the same offering, but you can buy from only one. How do you ensure that you get the best price? You mostly do simple negotiation. In simple negotiation, you call or email each vendor and ask for a quotation. Once quotes are in, you speak…
“Ah! I can hire one person to do that job instead of using technology” We hear this and we cringe in fear. This is a sure-shot way to oblivion. History has shown enough that you can’t stop a change whose time has come. If hiring one more person was a substitute for technology, we’d still…
There are a few things to take into consideration while choosing the best method to ship your goods. Choosing the right service between air freight vs sea freight will help you bring down costs and bring inefficiencies in your shipping process. Cost / Price As a business owner, before shipping goods, you need to check…
If you are in the manufacturing business and want to export your goods to other countries, this freight service article is for you. We will discuss the three modes of freight services used for shipping abroad and also throw some light on choosing the best mode of shipment based on your type of business or…
