CargoWise

Freight operations for forwarders and other logistics companies sit in one system in CargoWise, a logistics platform from WiseTech Global. The company describes it as a single platform for the whole trade, covering booking, execution, documentation and invoicing on one global database. It serves firms whose freight crosses borders by air, sea, road or rail.

International forwarding and trade compliance

The International Forwarding module takes a forwarding job from its first booking through to the invoice. Global Trade Management and Compliance helps firms keep up with changing customs rules, tariffs and taxes in each country where they operate. The company says its built-in integrations connect a firm with customers, carriers, partners and government systems without the cost of custom integration work.

Transport, warehousing and parcels

CargoWise Transport covers capacity planning, load and route planning, with real-time alerts and updated arrival estimates. The Warehouse module tracks inbound and outbound stock from goods-in to goods-out. Parcel handles final-mile shipping for business-to-business and business-to-consumer deliveries, and an international ecommerce module supports cross-border online sales.

Rates, contracts and live data

The Rates and Contracts module offers a live, searchable view of multi-modal rates, with control over how they are applied. Optimization monitors freight movements in real time. Global Data is described as a way of accelerating supply chain efficiency. The company argues that shared, real-time data lets operations respond sooner, plan more accurately and reduce operational risk.

Modes of transport covered

The platform covers air, ocean, road and rail, including marine and intermodal containers managed across trucking, rail and ocean. The company puts its user base above 17,000 organizations, spanning forwarders, carriers and firms that run warehouses. Its users can bring the whole order-to-cash cycle onto one system.

Training, certification and partners

An online academy offers courses and certifications for CargoWise users, so that staff can learn the system and build their careers around it. A partner network lists the consultants and firms that build on or deliver the platform, and companies can apply to become partners. The company presents this network as a way to extend what its own team can support.