SeaRates Express
SeaRates Express is an Enterprise Resource Planning, highly cost-effective and fully integrated solution for Freight Forwarders in Digital Freight Alliance and beyond across the globe. Explore the rich scope of business opportunities to raise profitability for your operations.
What is SeaRates Express?
SeaRates Express, also known as DFA ERP, is an integrated solution to redefine cost-effective freight forwarding across air, land and sea. We recognise the challenges in freight forwarding that result in inefficiencies, delayed data exchange, and consequential wastage.
SeaRates Express is a premier multimodal ERP, designed to streamline end-to-end shipping and cargo processes for all vendors, large or small-crucial for efficiently managing items transported from source to destination.
What we offer
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End-to-End Integration
Digital Freight Alliance ERP Modules include Air/Sea/Land, providing seamless, end-to-end integration, offering complete operational and billing support across all modes of transportation.
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Enhanced Flexibility and Support
The capability to perform multimodal jobs and the extensive documentation support in DFA ERP make it a versatile tool for managing logistics acrossair, land, and sea.
Our benefits
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Integrated Booking
Comprehensive solution for seamless vessel scheduling and rapid booking
Streamlined, instant quotations
Instant schedule updates
Access to the best freight rates through DFA
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Superior Customer Experience
Transact easily through our user-friendly portal
End-to-end digital documentation
Customer relationship management
Access to DP World Trade Finance
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Optimal Efficiency
Simplify complex operations and billing with smooth automation
Automatically generate per-shipment or per-month invoices
Monitor payment status for all accounts payable and receivable
Access in-depth analysis of cost variation from quotation to shipment execution
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Digital Transformation
Seamless implementation of cloud solution with minimum fee
Enhanced data security
Lower unit cost
Access to advanced forecasting via AI
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SeaRates Express
Key features
We manage end to end workflow from Quotations to Shipments, Jobs and Invoices. We connect to your booking agents and custom brokers for electronic data exchange. We keep track of every account receivable and payable for maximum profitability.
- Sailing Schedules
- Customer Portal
- Document Management
- Quotation
- Customs Clearance
- Carrier Bookings
- Integrated Messaging
- CRM
- Workflow Approval
- Truck Orders
- Billing & Invoicing
- Track & Trace
Platform overview
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Quotations
Integrated global ocean sailing schedule search
Automated pricing based on the route, mode, company tariff, and profit margin rules
Store and reuse quotations
Tariff approval/rejection workflow before sending quotes to clients
Email delivery of quotes with an expiration date
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Shipments
Create shipment from quotation
Create consolidation shipment
Direct booking to major shipping lines via Inttra
Co-load shipments to other freight forwarders
Create house Bill of Lading or airway bill
Update operation and movement milestones
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Analytics
Growth and profit margin by customers, shipping lines, and vendors
Trend and profitability by destinations and shipping lanes
Performance (lead conversion, profit margin) by sales teams or persons
Performance (efficiency, service quality) by operation teams or operators
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Charges and invoices
Purchase, compare, cost and sell price for each charge to ensure profitability insights are visible
Automatically generate per-shipment or per-month invoice for each
Automatically generate payable bills for each vendor
Keep track of payment status for all accounts payable and receivable invoices
Analyze cost variation from quotation to shipment execution
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Streamline Your Freight Operations
Unlock seamless efficiency with our integrated ERP solution tailored for Freight Forwarding. Take control of costs and streamline operations effortlessly.
Superb advantages for your business
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Vendor and network management
Explore networking possibilities for freight forwarders to subscribe to or add your reliable partners for affordable market freight offers to your shipping requirements & reselling with more profit! Logistics Explorer on your website is instantly synchronized with your subscribed tariffs for the easiest resale.
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Booking management
Freight Booking Management System for real-time handling: create, confirm, modify, and generate a list of bookings, obtain particular details, and cancel ones. Manage FCL, LCL, bulk air, road, and rail freight. Your Booking Dashboard gives you all the details and access to the automated tracking system, document management, and finance control panel. Empower your customers with direct booking processing and visibility on all shipments in one place.
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CRM system
Unique CRM to gather all details across your lead, customer, partner, and colleague in one place - Counterparties management platform. Adjust and extend your business network with data on each key part of the trade and logistics processes. All-in-one solution for supply chain control, network visibility, and easiest accounting as never before. Start with choosing the role for your counterparty and securely save valuable insights.
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Financial management
The handy solution for transparent financial & payment management. Get your finances clear by getting any parts of payment for your freight bookings clarified. Obtain comprehensive analytics on your trading operations to manage outgoing and inward payments, raise invoices, guide accounting, and interact with counterparties. Ensure secured transactions are in line with the newest standards of financial operations.
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Rate management system (RMS)
Utilize a handy way for adjusting & managing your freight rates in real-time to match your services with market demand simply. Handle your tariffs and contractual rates to get your bookings executed rapidly for efficient trade. No more mistakes and omissions. Let’s cut up to 60% of useless routine activity and obtain profitable automation instead.
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Individual quote management QMS
Your Quotation Management System for sea/air/rail/road freight. Keep the quoting process for FCL, LCL, Bulk, Ro-Ro, FTL, LTL, and ACL running streamlined and profitable. Instantly provide regular & customized quotes for shippers’ needs. Have quotation processes simple, fast, and error-free with our all-in-one QMS. Allow customers to enjoy your services with the solution for effortlessly quotation sharing and instant booking.
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Shipping request management
Set strong bonds with your customers, ensuring request management and prompt offers automatically. Generate hot leads via advanced RMS and provide Structural Quotes with Lumpsum and Breakdown tariffs to meet any needs of your customers. Control all operations in your Dashboard to easily handle outbound & inbound logistics.
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Document management
Put workflow on the rails of automation to receive instant & secure access to trading and shipping documents in your personal Dashboard. Centralized logistics document management with handy and extensive functionality for smooth freight forwarding. Ensure to avoid any complexities with the solution for advanced digital logistics.
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Transport management system (TMS)
Smooth fleet management software for transport unit accounting, storing, and promoting to the global audience of shippers with quote transparency. TMS integration capabilities with reliable tracking & monitoring solutions to obtain real-time visibility for your logistics assets anywhere. Clean up your act to gain profit and efficient trade.
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Chat system
Get to know your intelligence helpers in the world of digital freight forwarding - AI Assistant, Logistics Chatbots, DFA Support Chat, Direct Chat with Your Customers, Chats on Bookings & Requests right in your pocket! Let’s find any answers to essential issues you face daily. Convince all supply chain processes under control by simply chatting with your smart logistics buddies.
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Improve your supply chain impact & customer experience with instant access to cutting-edge IT tools for logistics via your Dashboard for digital freight forwarding. Check statistics on your tool and choose the most convenient way to integrate - web access, web-integrated version, and API.
Analytics
How to gain closer contact with your customers and be the first to address their logistics and trade needs? Statistics on your shipping lead to insights about your customers in export/import by shipping type, geography, routes, and so on already here. Log in to your Profile to dive deeply into a superior Dashboard with business opportunities for freight forwarders across the globe.
Conquer analytics on your freight rates & monitor bookings and shipping requests in real-time by managing cancellations, reviewing achieved, and dealing with active ones from hot leads.
Here you are full of insights and ways to make freight forwarding operations more transparent, enhanced, and profitable just for your special needs. Let us know about your intention to take your benefits.
