Comparing International Freight Quotes: Save on Your Transport Budget
Category: Features Author: Baudouin de Dreuille Date: 7/30/2024 Reading time: 4 min
Managing the transport budget while ensuring high-quality services is a constant challenge for supply chain managers. OneChain offers an innovative solution with its quote comparison table, enabling informed decision-making and maximizing savings.
In the world of international freight, choosing the right service can have a significant impact on a company’s budget and performance. OneChain’s quote comparison feature transforms this complex process into a simple, one-click automated task.
Comparison Criteria
This feature allows users to compare offers from different forwarders in a single table across several key criteria:
- Cost: Differentiate between the most economical and the most expensive offers
- Transit time: Choose the fastest option without compromising the budget
- Service: Evaluate the quality and reliability offered
- CO2eq emissions: Factor in the environmental impact
All information is centralized and visible on a single page, enabling users to make the best possible choice without wasting time.
Proven Efficiency and Savings
Among OneChain’s current clients, there is a 15 to 30% difference between the best and worst offers. With a clear and accurate comparison, companies can easily identify options that allow them to save significantly on their transport budget without sacrificing service quality.
What Our Users Say
Current users of this feature report average savings of 10 to 20% on their transport budget. Before this feature, a typical OneChain user would request quotes from 1.3 forwarders per shipment. With this feature, they now average 2.4!
OneChain is a Transport Management System (TMS) that enables end-to-end management of all transport modes: air, road, ocean, and rail. OneChain offers numerous features, including quote comparison, shipment management, automated tracking, carbon footprint calculation, as well as Purchase Order (PO) management and AI-powered automatic document reading for transport documents.