I created this GPT for International Trade related questions. I hope it helps you! https://chatgpt.com/g/g-690fa083bfa88191ac325d764befb2c6-freightiq

I’m curious how many freight forwarders here operate on proprietary software versus using off-the-shelf solutions like CargoWise. Has anyone done a deep comparison between the two approaches — especially around scalability, integration, and user adoption? I’d love to hear what factored most into your decision. I’ve worked with forwarders that developed their own ERP systems and others that implemented CargoWise. While I haven’t personally led a CargoWise migration, I’ve spoken with colleagues who’ve been through it — and their experiences have been quite varied. Thought this might be a good topic for discussion — what’s been your experience or perspective?

Hi all, excited to get to know the freight industry! I am wanting to enter it in the coming months from tech and automation. Would greatly appreciate if people can share how orders are currently processed, and whether it is mainly through EDI or if it is manual retype. While researching, I got some conflicting answers. Now I just want to absorb all the knowledge I can, so would love to connect one-on-one with anyone who feels like sharing industry knowledge.

Hey everyone! I’m excited to be here and connect with like-minded individuals. I’m currently involved in dropshipping and looking to learn, grow, and scale my business to the next level. Looking forward to sharing and learning with you all.

Hey everyone, just joined the group, hope i can learn from everyone here! I come from more of an IT background, and I’ve been thinking about how I could maybe use that to simplify the processes. One idea that crossed my mind was setting up a system to automatically track shipment statuses and send updates to customers, just to cut down on all the manual checking and emailing. Not sure if that’s something that would really matter day-to-day or if there are bigger priorities I’m missing. Wanted to see if anyone had some ideas for things I could build that will save lots of time and pain down the road. Trying to front load the thinking and automating now before things are scaling up and there won’t be time for this. Thanks for having me!