AI workflows for logistics and transportation.

Moving goods: carriers, shipping documents, freight costs and delivery performance.

Who does this work

  • Logistics manager
  • Import specialist
  • Logistics coordinator

2 workflow templates ready to adapt, and 7 workflows identified.

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Examples of the workflows identified
  1. Check shipping documents against each other
  2. Compare stocking location optionsIllustrative
  3. Draft a commercial export invoiceIllustrative
  4. Draft the forwarder's shipping instructionsIllustrative
  5. Find backhaul loads for return legsIllustrative

The workflows identified

Marked illustrative: an example of the work, identified, with no workflow template yet.

Compare stocking location optionsCompares what a new stocking location or distribution pattern would change in service reach, transport cost, stock duplication and capacity.Illustrative · not built yet
Find backhaul loads for return legsLists return-pickup requests that could fit existing routes, with pickup sequence, remaining capacity and stops that cannot be combined.Illustrative · not built yet
Plan a trailer loadProposes pallet groupings by stop for a mixed shipment, with space, weight and product-compatibility questions for the loading team.Illustrative · not built yet
Plan delivery routes around time windowsDrafts route options for delivery stops that compete for vehicles, with arrival ranges, waiting time, capacity conflicts and unserved stops.Illustrative · not built yet

Shipping documents and customs

Check shipping documents against each otherWorkflow template
Draft a commercial export invoiceIllustrative · not built yet
Draft the forwarder's shipping instructionsIllustrative · not built yet

Workflow templates

Carrier performance reviewThe shipping lead gets a lane-by-lane comparison of carriers from the delivery export and the freight charges: on-time delivery, damage, tracking gaps and cost, each with the shipments behind it. A person decides whether to raise issues or change carrier.Workflow templateBill of lading field checkWhen a draft bill of lading arrives before it is issued, the documentation specialist gets a field-by-field comparison with the booking, the shipper's instructions and the packing list, with every difference marked. Nothing is issued or corrected.Workflow template

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