Organizing Communication

Getting a freight quote for a container still takes an average of 6 mail processes, 2 WhatsApp groups and 1 Excel file.

The picture we see on the field is as follows:

The procurement specialist emails five forwarders. Three return the same day, one the next day, and one never return. Reminders are thrown out. Offers come in different formats — one including THC and one except. All are manually entered into an Excel to compare.

When the decision is made, the validity period of the first offer may even have expired.

The invisible cost of this is greater than expected: → Loads scheduled with an overdue rate → Suppliers who were never evaluated because they did not return on time → Errors from manual data entry → And most importantly: price history that does not accumulate anywhere

Because the offer left in the mailbox is not the company's data. It is the person's data. When that person leaves, his three-year bargaining memory goes with him. However, knowing which supplier gave what last quarter on the same route changes where you stand at the table today. The problem is not getting offers. Being able to collect and compare offers in one place and keep that data.

That's exactly what we built ShipMind for: to manage and compare freight quote requests from a single screen and write the history to the company's memory.

Where do you keep your proposal processes — email, Excel, or a system? #lojistik #navlun #dışticaret #tedarikzinciri #ShipMind

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