The Expedia of Freight Shipping Ruth Amaru, VP Product
Agenda Industries online (but not freight) So what? The barriers The solution
Online freight sales Industries going online
Buyingonline a book
Buyingonline a flight
Buyingonline a car
Buyingonline insurance
Buyingonline freight
So let’s try offline…
Sample quote
I don’t want that quote when America wakes up! No, not after the Chinese New Year! It doesn’t matter if Friday is weekend in Dubai! Quote now or I’ll find someone else who will! The next generation won’t stand it
Hey, freight. Meet the 21 st century.
So what? I have 3PL tendered contracts. Who needs instant spot quotes?
E-commerce – large/int’l shipments
Volatile rates – play market to save money
Flexible supplier base
Flexibility in face of supply chain problems
Shorter product cycles
Mode mix
Who cares most? Low value goods Dynamic supply chains International e-commerce (larger goods)
The expensive 1% By Volume By Cost
Barriers
Complex Routing Dozens of pickup trucking companies X Multiple origin ports X Multiple carriers X Via ports X Destination ports X Dozens of deliver trucking companies X Options for customs, insurance etc. = Millions of possible routes
Lack of standards
Secrecy
The solution
Step 1 - Forwarders Rate repository Routing & pricing engine Rates Automated Quotation
Automating freight at some of the top providers (with a collective revenue of over $30 billion dollars) and others
3 YEARS
36 MILLION PRICE POINTS
2.1 MILLION INSTANT QUOTES
Step 2: Shippers & 3PLs My tenders Rate repository Routing & pricing engine Market Rates SourcingE-Commerce
Welcome to the future of freight. Download the white paper at: get.freightos.com/3pl-white-paper/ Contact me at: