Welcome back to the seventh edition of The LogTech Letter, a weekly look at a particular aspect of the impact technology is having on the world of global and domestic logistics. Last week, I got a little spicy by addressing something that I called the
There are several cases where services required are referred to incorrectly and this causes the general public or businesses to contract out the work to incorrect parties..
For example, even to date there are a large number of customers who think a Freight Forwarder and Clearing Agent are the same people and do the same thing.. Or that a Shipper and Exporter are the same..
So work could be given to a clearing agent but the customer expects them to do what a Freight Forwarder does and vice versa..
In my opinion, the incorrect categorisation you have mentioned could also be because a lot of tech people may not have had a solid grounding into the business of freight transportation and tend to classify themselves as one or the other based on what they know and what they think each sector in the industry does..
Hi Eric, great read..
There are several cases where services required are referred to incorrectly and this causes the general public or businesses to contract out the work to incorrect parties..
For example, even to date there are a large number of customers who think a Freight Forwarder and Clearing Agent are the same people and do the same thing.. Or that a Shipper and Exporter are the same..
So work could be given to a clearing agent but the customer expects them to do what a Freight Forwarder does and vice versa..
In my opinion, the incorrect categorisation you have mentioned could also be because a lot of tech people may not have had a solid grounding into the business of freight transportation and tend to classify themselves as one or the other based on what they know and what they think each sector in the industry does..
There is a big distinction between the businesses of Shipping, Freight, Maritime, Logistics, Supply Chain and Trade.. For those interested, I have written about it here (https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/difference-maritime-shipping-freight-logistics-supply-chain/)..
For those who may be interested, you can read the differences mentioned above here (https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/freight-forwarder-and-clearing-agent/) and here (https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/difference-between-an-exporter-and-a-shipper/)..