Every shipment priced, booked and invoiced in one system

The challenges of freight forwarders

Every carrier works differently, so shipment status is scattered across emails, portals and Excel.

Carrier invoices are checked by hand, and whatever slips through, you overpay.

Surcharges change faster than selling prices, so margin per shipment erodes unnoticed.

Orders go from your ERP to dozens of parties, but you hear about a deviation only when the customer calls.

Forwarding in Globis

One chain from transport request to P&L

Breakbulk vessel and cranes at PSA Antwerp

Priced before it moves

Contract rates and spot quotes are fixed per shipment before booking. Sales and purchase provisions follow the shipment to the invoice, so margin is visible per consignment.

Suppliers coordinated from one record

Purchase orders and bookings go to carriers, stevedores and terminals from the same shipment. Confirmations come back to it.

Exceptions absorbed into one standard

Customer- and lane-specific rules are configured, not coded. Deviations become variants of one process instead of separate workarounds.

Globis Forwarding

FORWARDING OPERATIONS

Quotation & Pricing

Contract rates and spot quotes, with the margin known before booking.

Quotation & Pricing

– Contract rates and spot quotes per shipment – Surcharges per customer and lane – Margin known before booking

Shipment Management

From transport request to shipment, every mode and leg in one record.

Shipment Management

– From transport request to shipment in one record – Every mode and leg on the same shipment – Customer- and lane-specific rules configured, not coded

Subcontracting

Bookings to carriers, terminals and brokers, with confirmations on the same shipment.

Subcontracting

– Bookings to carriers, stevedores, terminals and customs brokers – Confirmations return to the same shipment – Purchase invoices matched against bookings

Shipment follow-up

Status per shipment, leg and supplier, in one view for operations and finance.

Shipment follow-up

– Status per shipment, leg and supplier – Documents and confirmations on the shipment – One view for operations and finance

ACROSS ALL OPERATIONS

Contract & Document Management

Contract terms applied to every shipment, with documents generated from its data.

Contract & Document Management

– Customer and supplier contracts with rates, conditions and validity dates – Contract terms applied to every shipment automatically – Transport orders, CMRs and bills of lading from shipment data – Sent directly to customers and suppliers

Billing & Finance

Sales and purchase provisions per shipment, with margin per consignment.

Billing & Finance

– Sales and purchase provisions per shipment – Customer invoicing and purchase invoice matching – Margin per consignment

Integrations

EDI and APIs to customers, carriers and terminals, mapped per counterparty.

Integrations

– EDI and APIs to customers, carriers and terminals – Mappings configured per counterparty – One data model for ERP, TMS and billing

Reporting

Margin per shipment, customer and lane, with dashboards and Power BI.

Reporting

– Margin per shipment, customer and lane – Operational dashboards – Power BI integration

BEYOND FORWARDING

Terminal operations

Seaside, yard, warehouse and gate on one platform.

Terminal operations

– Seaside, yard, warehouse and gate on one platform – Breakbulk, RoRo and containers – Billing per handling and per storage day

Warehousing

Receiving, storage and picking, with rent and handling billed automatically.

Warehousing

– Receiving, storage and order picking – Value-added services – Warehouse rent and handling billed automatically

See how Globis runs a forwarding chain