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”
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⚙️ 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”
💡 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”
⚙️ The Price of “Just Add a Field”
System Fix | by ALL2S Consulting LLC “Can we just add a field for that?” It sounds harmless. Logical, even.Until you realize that every “just add a field” request is actually a data decision — one that can cost your organization accuracy, automation, and trust in reporting. Let’s talk about why small system changes aren’tContinue reading “⚙️ The Price of “Just Add a Field””
⚙️ 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”
⚙️ Why SOPs Fail (and How to Write One That Works)
Micro-Efficiency Monday | by ALL2S Consulting LLC Every company says they have SOPs.But if you ask five people how something’s done, you’ll probably get five different answers — and three of them will start with, “Well… the SOP says this, but what we actually do is…” Sound familiar? That’s because most SOPs fail long beforeContinue reading “⚙️ Why SOPs Fail (and How to Write One That Works)”
⚙️ Workflow Automation Isn’t Working Because…
System Fix: Hidden Inefficiencies | by ALL2S Consulting LLC Everyone loves the promise of automation.“Set it and forget it.” “Work smarter, not harder.” CargoWise makes it sound so simple — map a trigger, set a condition, and watch the system handle repetitive work.But after implementation, reality often looks very different: So what happened?Here’s the truthContinue reading “⚙️ Workflow Automation Isn’t Working Because…”
Duplicate Contacts = Double the Risk
System Fix: Hidden Inefficiencies | by ALL2S Consulting LLC All freight forwarders I’ve worked with know one thing for sure — their master data is a mess, and most feel powerless to fix it. But here’s the truth: you’re not powerless.You can contain it. You can clean it up.And you can create the structure andContinue reading “Duplicate Contacts = Double the Risk”
3 Ways to Cut Meeting Time in Half (and Get Real Decisions Made)
Micro-Efficiency Mondays | by ALL2S Consulting LLC We’ve all sat through those endless meetings where the clock runs out—but the decisions never come.Meetings should move your business forward, not drain your time or stall progress. Here are three simple but powerful ways to make meetings shorter, sharper, and far more productive. 1. Every Meeting MustContinue reading “3 Ways to Cut Meeting Time in Half (and Get Real Decisions Made)”
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