And How to Stop “Company-izing” Your Systems to Death Let’s start with an uncomfortable truth: Most companies don’t fail at implementing CargoWise because the system is complicated.They fail because they try to bend CargoWise around the way they’ve always done things. And that mindset is exactly what causes the implementation to collapse — quietly, slowly,Continue reading “Why a CargoWise Implementation Can Fail by Year Two”
Tag Archives: Cargowise
System Fix Tuesday: The Silent Killer of Data Quality — Employee Turnover
In logistics and finance, we spend enormous energy talking about data: Bad fields.Missing milestones.Duplicate customers.Incorrect billing.Phantom revenue.Workflows “mysteriously breaking overnight.” But there’s one cause of data degradation that almost no one talks about openly: ⭐ Your biggest data problem isn’t CargoWise… it’s employee turnover. Here’s the uncomfortable reality: Every time someone leaves your organization, theyContinue reading “System Fix Tuesday: The Silent Killer of Data Quality — Employee Turnover”
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”
⚙️ 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”
⚙️ Company, Branch, and Division Mapping — The Hidden Key to Accurate Reporting
System Fix | by ALL2S Consulting LLC You can have the cleanest data in the world — and still have reports that don’t match.Why? Because your company, branch, and division structure in CargoWise defines how that data is grouped, rolled up, and reported. If those mappings aren’t aligned to your real-world organization, your reports willContinue reading “⚙️ Company, Branch, and Division Mapping — The Hidden Key to Accurate Reporting”
Charge Codes Gone Wild: Why Reporting Never Matches Reality
System Fix: Hidden Inefficiencies | by ALL2S Consulting LLC If you’ve ever pulled a financial report in CargoWise and wondered,“Why doesn’t this match what I know is happening?” — you’re not alone. Every logistics organization I’ve worked with has faced this at some point.The profit looks off. The revenue categories don’t add up.And finance spendsContinue reading “Charge Codes Gone Wild: Why Reporting Never Matches Reality”
Smart Templates for Faster Entries: Copy, Save, Automate
If you’ve been following this series, you know by now that CargoWise Customs is all about one thing: efficiency built on compliance. In Articles 1–3, we covered the importance of clean master data, walked through the declaration screen, and explored HTS code management. Now it’s time to look at one of the most practical toolsContinue reading “Smart Templates for Faster Entries: Copy, Save, Automate”
📍 Addresses & Contact Details: Getting Them Right the First Time
Have you ever heard the phrase, “God is in the details”? In logistics, master data accuracy is those details. If your organization records in CargoWise are the foundation, then addresses and contact details are the cornerstones. When addresses are incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated, the problems cascade: Denied Party Screening is a critical compliance function inContinue reading “📍 Addresses & Contact Details: Getting Them Right the First Time”
🔐 The Humble Organization Code: The Meaning Behind the Code
One of the most overlooked yet critical levers to maximize efficiency in CargoWise is master data. But here’s the catch—master data only delivers value when it’s well-governed. Out-of-control master data—no naming rules, open access for edits, incomplete records, or simply a lack of understanding of what data fields actually do in CargoWise—can silently destroy operationalContinue reading “🔐 The Humble Organization Code: The Meaning Behind the Code”
ALL2S CONSULTING LLC 