A eComex, a Brazilian company pioneering in the market of technology solutions for management, optimization, and automation of foreign trade and international logistics operations, announces the launch of Shipping Proposition, an intelligence solution for import logistics that automatically generates suggestions for cargo consolidation shipments, eliminating the need for manual analysis and consequently reducing decision-making time, minimizing losses, optimizing import processes, and mainly helping to reduce the carbon footprint.
Currently, international freight transport is among the largest contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide, significantly contributing to the total of these emissions. With the expansion of global trade and the increasing demand for faster deliveries, the trend is that these rates will continue to grow.
With this in mind, the Shipping Proposition is based on AI to analyze available shipments and suggest possible consolidations, which, in addition to significantly reducing freight costs, optimizes routes and potentially decreases the carbon footprint.
"Developing more efficient routes to reduce travel distances and time, grouping shipments, and better utilizing available cargo capacity is still a responsibility and a major challenge for Brazil," explains André Barros, CEO of eComex.
Brazilian scenario
According to data from the World Bank's Logistics Performance Index (LPI), Brazil ranks 51st out of 139 countries in terms of logistics efficiency.
"Currently, one of the main challenges faced by companies with international trade processes in Brazil is the lack of a robust technology that helps executives not only manage potential disruptions in their supply chains but also make more accurate decisions. That is why we developed the Shipping Proposition, which is a solution that analyzes operational history to learn from past mistakes and, in this way, better orchestrate the future," says the CEO.
How it works
By acting proactively, the Shipping Proposition, represented by the Artificial Intelligence robot "PopAI," receives the documentation of the cargo ready at the exporter (invoice and packing list), in PDFs or scanned images of the shipments, identifying what is being transported, and the Artificial Intelligence analyzes the data and creates a shipping proposal.
Based on this analysis, performed automatically, the solution generates the optimized shipping instruction in seconds, significantly reducing waste and suggesting insights for improvements and process optimization, such as more economical grouping suggestions, space organization in the container, and more effective shipments.
In the pilot project of the solution, a single eComex client achieved a savings of R$ 7 million in the first year of use.
“In this scenario, logistics intelligence solutions like the Shipping Proposition can transform the way industries handle their foreign trade operations, resulting in significant gains," emphasizes Barros.
Additional benefits
Since many companies involved in Foreign Trade have different departments working on import and export processes, another benefit of the Shipping Proposition is the integration of communication, which aims to group distinct processes, consolidating shipments that would previously be carried out separately, thereby reducing potential waste.
"The communication process between different departments is not always effective, which can result, for example, in duplication of logistical processes. This means that two departments may import materials from the same region or even from the same supplier, without knowing that they are using the same port of origin and the same shipping departure window," explains Barros.
In this scenario, in addition to offering a more efficient operating model, the solution also helps save time for the operations team, freeing up Customs professionals to focus on more strategic tasks with higher added value.
"The elimination of bureaucratic processes, along with cost reduction and increased agility in task execution in industries, should help Brazil gain even more strength in this essential sector for the economy," concludes the executive.
