Whether it be technology or life, change is the only constant. And, people who resist these changes or fail to accept them are often left behind. And so, it is imperative to welcome these for having an edge in the competitive arena. Supply Chain Management is one such dynamic field, where everyday something is changing to meet the demands of time. It is a dynamic field that is modifying its processes constantly, to ease out the workflow, mitigate the roadblocks and cater to

Global trade is definitely a difficult art to master. Whether it be using the right terms or choosing the right freight mode, whether it be preparing the required documents or analyzing the PnL, international trade demands a good grasp. It requires deeper market understanding, proper research, and informed decision-making to be able to reap profits exponentially. But many a time, even after all this; things get stuck at a point. From improper packaging to invalid declarations

Q. How was your experience being a sponsor this time at the FFFAI Convention? How do you find the FFFAI Convention in boosting the logistics sector? Softlink is proud to have a long association as a sponsor with the Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in India (FFFAI), the Apex industry association of freight forwarding, shipping, and commerce.  Being in the industry for more than 30 years, I have had the opportunity to connect with many of them. FFFAI convention is

There is no question that the demand for freight forwarders will always be present. Customers continue to place demands and logisticians and freight forwarders are required to fulfill them. Time and again, forwarders aim to optimize their methods to get favorable results in their top line. There is no dearth of freight software solutions for forwarders to choose from. As demands increase, you'd expect simplicity to be restored in your ever-so-complex freight and custom cleara

Freight rates management is complicated. Freight forwarders struggle all the time because of the fluctuation in freight rates due to reasons like market conditions, distance, seasonality, disruptions, space issues, high demand, and so on, thus, affects your top line. Even with ever-changing freight rates, freight forwarders must provide stable rates to long-standing and longer-contracted customers. But how can you do this?

About a decade ago, the movement of goods internationally required meticulous planning. Fast forward to today and the process is much simpler and faster. The speed-up customs clearance process has facilitated increased import and export volumes in India and also globally. "In January 2022, India’s imports and exports amounted to over USD 86 Billion" The increased trade volume now demands more automation in customs clearance, with better accuracy. Technology has touched many

Softlink Global has been the pioneer for the quickest implementation of Indian customs duties via their cloud solutions. Since 1995, every customs duty change, exemption, or rollback has almost immediately been reflected in our systems and available to our customers. Even in the February 2022 customs notification, our database was in sync with the latest customs notifications on the very next day of the announcement. Broadly some of the notifications changes incorporated wer

The COVID-19 pandemic has left its footprint on nearly every industry in the world, in one way or the other. Obviously, the impact on the freight and logistics sector has been enormous. Last year, when the economies were down; the plants being shut; manufacturing of goods at its lowest; the world came to a standstill resulting into some serious turbulent times especially for the Logistics Industry leaving many entities to go bankrupt, forcing many others to shut down their of

Across the globe many Logistics companies are riding on a wave of growth after the waning of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. FIBS Logistics Pte Ltd has been one of those. Showing massive growth in last 1 year, they today already have 17 offices spread across countries like Singapore, UAE, India, Hong Kong, China, Thailand & Indonesia. This is just the start of their ambitious plan of being a major power house in the Asia Pacific region, said Dieter Warnke, Head of