Transportation Schedules

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Transportation Schedules Issues and Challenges
Transporting goods internationally is more costly and complex than shipping them domestically. More parties are involved, lead times are longer, base transportation rates are higher and movements are subject to a host of assessorial charges that are difficult to decipher and calculate. Such complexity makes it difficult to effectively route ocean shipments to meet transit time and delivery objectives.

Identifying available ocean carrier schedules and transit times can be time-consuming and labor intensive, especially when done manually. Often times, transportation departments are manually accessing ocean carrier sites to obtain transit times and shipping schedules by shipping lane. This information is then analyzed to determine the optimal schedule and carrier.

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How Amber Road Can Help
Amber Road's Global Knowledge® enables effective international carrier route selections by providing direct access to ocean transit times and schedules. By providing daily updates and direct access to schedules and transit times from the Journal of Commerce, global transportation teams can enhance process efficiencies while improving on-time shipments.
Features Benefits

Carrier Selection

 ▪ Identify the optimal service choice by drilling into sailing schedules to view sail date, vessel and voyage, routing, service and transit time
▪ Compare carrier transit times and schedules across multiple legs, transshipment points, providers and services
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