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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Freight Forwarders

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Research rates, routings, or modes of transport for shipment of products. Maintain awareness of regulations affecting the international movement of cargo. Make arrangements for additional services, such as storage or inland transportation.

Freight Forwarders · O*NET 43-5011.01 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

9 of 24tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

23 matched to the tools freight forwarders use. Showing 23.

The tools this job actually uses

24 documented for this occupation. Showing 24, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • AESDirect
  • Arcline ArcFreight
  • CargoWise ediEnterprise
  • CEDAS Gateway
  • Email software
  • IES Ecellerate
  • Kewill Global Trade and Logistics
  • Manufacturing resource planning MRP software
  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • Order management software
  • Package tracking software
  • QuestaWeb TradeMaster QW
  • RedBerry Logistics
  • Riege Software International Procars
  • Star Tec Software Hercules Export
  • Tailwind Management Systems Tailwind
  • TMW Enterprise Transportation Management Systems
  • Web browser software

What this job involves

31 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Negotiate shipping rates with freight carriers.
  2. Arrange for special transport of sensitive cargoes, such as livestock, food, or medical supplies.
  3. Arrange for applicable duties, taxes, or paperwork for customs clearance.
  4. Inform clients of factors such as shipping options, timelines, transfers, or regulations affecting shipments.
  5. Prepare shipping documentation, such as bills of lading, packing lists, dock receipts, or certificates of origin.
  6. Complete customs paperwork.
  7. Recommend or arrange appropriate merchandise packing methods, according to climate, terrain, weight, nature of goods, or costs.
  8. Refer exporters to experts in areas such as trade financing, international marketing, government export requirements, international banking, or marine insurance.
  9. Prepare invoices or cost quotations for freight transportation.
  10. Select shipment routes, based on nature of goods shipped, transit times, or security needs.
  11. Calculate weight, volume, or cost of goods to be moved.
  12. Arrange delivery or storage of goods at destinations.
  13. Make arrangements with customs brokers to facilitate the passage of goods through customs.
  14. Arrange for transport, using a variety of modes, such as rail, short sea shipping, air, or roadways, to minimize carbon emissions or other environmental impacts.
  15. Recommend shipping solutions to minimize cost or environmental impacts.
  16. Determine efficient and cost-effective methods of moving goods from one location to another.
  17. Pay or arrange for payment of freight or insurance fees or other charges.
  18. Monitor or record locations of goods in transit.
  19. Keep records of goods dispatched or received.
  20. Reserve necessary space on ships, aircraft, trains, or trucks.
  21. Obtain or arrange cargo insurance.
  22. Review the environmental records of freight carriers to inform shipping decisions.
  23. Analyze shipping routes to determine how to minimize environmental impact.
  24. Consolidate loads with a common destination to reduce costs to individual shippers.
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