I grew up in the Midwest—Wisconsin, to be exact.And when most people think of Wisconsin, they think: Cows.Beer.Cheese.(And if you’re a sports fan… the Packers, obviously.) But there’s another cultural staple that’s just as iconic, even if it isn’t on a postcard: Midwest Nice.Wisconsin Nice.“Oh my gosh, everyone is just so… nice.” Except… we allContinue reading “Micro-Efficiency Monday: Your Biggest Inefficiency Is Kindness… the Wrong Kind”
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CargoWise + Modern Rate Tools Can Fix All of This — If You Set Them Up With Intention
Here’s the full system I help clients build, incorporating CargoWise, CargoSphere, rate cards, and company tariffs into one unified structure: 1️⃣ Centralized Digital Rate Management (DRM) — Your Single Source of Truth CargoWise supports Digital Rate Management, but many companies don’t maximize it. This is where you centralize: Once these are in CW1, quoting becomesContinue reading “CargoWise + Modern Rate Tools Can Fix All of This — If You Set Them Up With Intention”
The 7-Minute Rule: The Fastest Way to Break a Bottleneck in Any Workflow
We spend so much time talking about big projects, big system fixes, and big change…but the truth is this: Most operational delays come from tasks that take less than 7 minutes. Seven minutes.That’s it.And yet those seven minutes sit untouched on someone’s desk, in someone’s inbox, or buried in someone’s task list for days —Continue reading “The 7-Minute Rule: The Fastest Way to Break a Bottleneck in Any Workflow”
Leadership Thursday: “Show Me the Data… and What’s the Story Here?”
One of the most important habits a leader can develop is this two-part question: 👉 “Show me the data… and what’s the story here?” Most leaders ask one or the other.Great leaders ask both — every single time. Because I’ve seen it too many times in my career:Brilliant, experienced senior leaders get pulled in theContinue reading “Leadership Thursday: “Show Me the Data… and What’s the Story Here?””
How to Spot Dirty Data in CargoWise Before It Hits Your P&L
If you’ve ever opened your monthly financials in CargoWise and thought,“Why does this margin look… off?”—you are already seeing the effects of dirty data. Dirty data is the silent profit killer in logistics.It slips into shipments, spreads through job files, and eventually lands in your P&L—distorting margins, confusing leadership, and forcing your finance team intoContinue reading “How to Spot Dirty Data in CargoWise Before It Hits Your P&L”
🌐 Micro-Efficiency Monday: Kill the Status Update Meeting
There’s one meeting that drains more time, energy, and momentum than almost any other: 👉 The weekly status update meeting. I remember when status update meetings were the thing.Everyone went around the room sharing what they were working on. We honestly thought this was the way to hold people accountable.WRONG. Because here’s the pattern noContinue reading “🌐 Micro-Efficiency Monday: Kill the Status Update Meeting”
⚙️ Fix It Tuesday: The Case for a Clean Vendor List (and the $50,000 Lesson Learned)
I’ve written about vendors and clean data more than once — and for good reason.Because this topic isn’t theoretical.It’s real.And it’s expensive. Let me tell you a story. 💸 The $50,000 Vendor Mistake Years ago, I saw a payment go out to the wrong Evergreen.Yes, there were two vendors in the system — both calledContinue reading “⚙️ Fix It Tuesday: The Case for a Clean Vendor List (and the $50,000 Lesson Learned)”
⚙️ Fix It Thursday: The Power of CargoWise Neo — A Game Changer for Customer Visibility and Communication
If you’ve worked in freight forwarding or logistics long enough, you know this story all too well:Emails. Endless emails. 📬 “Where’s my shipment?”📬 “Can you send that invoice?”📬 “Do you have the POD yet?”📬 “I need an updated quote…” Multiply that by hundreds of customers — and you’ve got a day full of chasing insteadContinue reading “⚙️ Fix It Thursday: The Power of CargoWise Neo — A Game Changer for Customer Visibility and Communication”
⚙️ System Fix: The Q4 Clean-Up — End the Year With a Clean CargoWise Database
It’s that time again — Q4.The dashboards are red, finance is knee-deep in accruals, and operations is trying to close out every shipment before the holidays. Before the year ends, give your CargoWise (or any ERP) database the gift of a clean slate.Because your January self will thank you. 🧹 Step 1: Close Out theContinue reading “⚙️ System Fix: The Q4 Clean-Up — End the Year With a Clean CargoWise Database”
💡 3 Quick Wins for CargoWise Finance Teams
How small process tweaks can deliver big results In CargoWise, finance doesn’t live in isolation — it’s connected to every shipment, every milestone, and every operational decision. Yet for many finance teams, that connection can feel more like a tug-of-war. You’re chasing down accruals, reconciling mismatched data, and trying to explain why revenue landed inContinue reading “💡 3 Quick Wins for CargoWise Finance Teams”
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