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Trade compliance management, landed cost calculation and shipment visibility solution for today's global e-commerce environment

AUSTIN, October 28, 2020 – Cloud Logistics by e2open (Cloud Logistics) and Uber Freight today announced a partnership on a direct Application Programming Interface (API) integration for seamless access to digital freight brokerage rates and capacity when planning or executing shipments within the industry’s easiest-to-use Transportation Management System (TMS). Cloud Logistics and Uber Freight will work together to provide shippers with a new level of ease, flexibility and rate transparency to successfully secure capacity in today’s increasingly uncertain and fast-moving markets.

There is one advantage to having poor channel incentives technology: You can always blame it on the tools!

Do you remember taking long road trips as a kid and repeatedly asking, “Are we there yet?” During long transport journeys, Logistic Service Providers (LSPs) often get asked a similar question by their customers – “Is my stuff there yet?”

Believe it or not, most incentive programs are completely unsuccessful.

Some aspects of channel marketing programs are intuitive, while others require more thought or even intensive study. One of the less-intuitive channel marketing concepts is contra revenue, which actually means “against revenue.”

The Due Diligence Screening application automatically screens individual or large volumes of partner records against over 680 restricted party lists (including OFAC's SDN List), 180 countries and roughly 98% of world trade, identifying individual transactions with potential sanctions risk for your review.

The recent disruptions around the globe have exposed the importance of end-to-end visibility and control to build the resiliency required to manage these major disruptions in the market. Today, more than ever, companies require control tower capabilities driven by real-time data and artificial intelligence (AI) that cut across departmental silos and go beyond basic visibility.

Free trade agreements, foreign trade policies, sanctions and restrictions are making headlines more than ever in the past few decades.