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Discussions surrounding the applicability of Rate Management Software still continue to circulate in the marketplace, and some individuals argue that it’s less relevant during falling markets or periods of turmoil. However, this perspective is fundamentally flawed. A declining or volatile market is precisely when Rate Management technology is most useful. Discussions surrounding the applicability of Rate Management Software still continue to circulate in the marketplace, and some individuals argue that it’s less relevant during falling …

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Digital transport and logistics platforms can offer a seldom discussed but significant benefit for the forwarder and/or carrier: financial protection. This important capability rarely enters the current dialog, which focusses on how the software allows companies to provide a better service to their end customers. Over the last 20 years several large, commercially successful companies have gone bankrupt or had to sell because they got into financial difficulties. This would not have happened if they …

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Buy beats Build, read to find out more. There much being written today about the rapid advances in ever-more complex digital technologies and the potential or eventual strategic benefits to those that deploy them. Topics include digitalization, supply chain automation, artificial intelligence and our own discussions of an integrated and interconnected platform. The field of information technology is expanding exponentially in every direction – in a kind of accelerating Big Bang – and older technology …

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