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Are You Measuring the Right Things in Your Supply Chain?
Supply chains don’t usually fail in obvious ways. There’s no single moment where everything stops working. More often, things just start feeling heavier. Decisions take longer. Conversations repeat themselves. Problems that were once rare become strangely familiar. On paper, nothing looks broken. Orders still move. Shipments still go out. Reports still get shared. Yet somewhere […]
The Freight Talk Nobody’s Having
Freight, when heard the word, is often misunderstood because it looks misleadingly very simple. A truck leaving a warehouse. A container reaching a port. A shipment arriving at its destination. From the outside, it seems like freight is just transportation, an operational step that happens once everything else is decided. But inside a supply chain, […]
The Hidden Math behind Shipping to Africa
If you think shipping to Africa is “freight + customs”. Then wait until you meet the charges that show up only after your container has sailed. Because the invoice you expect… is rarely the invoice you get. The untold truth about Exporting Every Indian exporter… Whether shipping tiles from Morbi or garments from Tirupur or […]
How Small Businesses Can Negotiate Like Big Shippers (and actually win)
Asked a carrier for a better price and heard the line “Ma’am/Sir, these are standard rates” You know the frustration. Meanwhile, big shippers walk in, drop volumes you cannot match and walk out with rates you cannot touch. “You do not need big volumes to negotiate like big shippers. You just need big info.” No […]
The SME survival guide to freight costs 5 numbers you can’t ignore
Running a small business is like sailing against strong winds. One minute you are celebrating a new client. Next second you are staring at a freight invoice by thinking the expense is high. Across India, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are facing the same issue. The issue of rising small business shipping costs, unpredictable surcharges […]
From Ahmedabad to Accra: Real costs of Shipping to Africa (and how to save ₹₹₹)
Your shipment has left Mundra. You track it every few hours by zooming in on that little blue dot slowly inching across the Arabian Sea. A few weeks later, it finally reaches Accra, Ghana. Safe, intact and on time. You are happy until you open the bill. Wait… how did the total amount jump from […]
How the Red Sea Crisis changed shipping to Africa? See what Indian exporters should know
The goods were ready. The buyer was waiting. The ship had left Mumbai. But then, somewhere in the middle of the Red Sea, everything slowed down. If you have been exporting goods from India to Africa, then you might relate with the above statement. The Red Sea crisis shipping disruptions have changed the way cargo […]
Why your Import Bill might be higher this year: A guide to 2025 Tariffs
Your shipment arrived, but your wallet didn’t smile? Your import bills are higher than usual? Then, 2025 tariffs are the reason. This year, changes in global trade, rising tariffs and unpredictable shipping costs are making shipments more expensive than ever. If shipping is part of your day-to-day, then, a little awareness now can save you […]