A shift in freight forwarding

Changes in the domestic marketplace are driving changes in the freight forwarding arena. According to Doug Brittin, vice president marketing and business development with Emery, logistics issues are teaming with the economy to cause this shift. In a quest for lower costs and increased profits, compa...

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Published in:World Trade 2003-02, Vol.16 (2), p.22
Main Author: Richardson, Helen L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Application service providers
Cargos
Cost control
Cost reduction
Freight forwarding
Industrywide conditions
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Summary:Changes in the domestic marketplace are driving changes in the freight forwarding arena. According to Doug Brittin, vice president marketing and business development with Emery, logistics issues are teaming with the economy to cause this shift. In a quest for lower costs and increased profits, companies are doing a better job of load planning to reduce their shipping costs. Better planning leads the current trend away from overnight heavyweight air. Instead, savvy shippers are using second day and economy shipping, notes Brittin. He suggests companies can still ship just in time with longer shipping times if the pipeline is secure and reliable. In a slumping economy, a boon to the shipper is improved software to facilitate better shipping decisions on the dock. Brittin has seen increased use of software to pre-select carriers by size of shipment, destination, needed speed, and other shipping parameters, thus automating the decision at the dock.
ISSN:1949-9140
1949-9159