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  • Aerial view of a dense container port packed with colorful stacked containers and a city backdrop.
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    Integrating Shipping Data Boosts ERP Systems with Visibility and Cost Savings

    By using freight forwarding technology that integrates with ERP systems, companies can unlock shipment data for better strategy and savings.

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    Run Your Supply Chain from Anywhere with Robust Technology and Relationships

    Businesses are under pressure to instill work from home (WFH) policies for employees to help stop the spread of Coronavirus—just as some communities are enforcing shelter in place mandates. Logistics managers and others involved in supply chain management will no doubt find…

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  • Person points at laptop showing Flexport platform dashboard with world map and shipment tasks
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    Webinar Recap: Top 3 Highlights from the Flexport Platform 2.0

    Working with more than 100 logistics teams, Flexport identified how to optimize the role of technology in the day-to-day work of supply chain and logistics professionals. Out of that research, Flexport reinforced its technology platform, leading to a whole new generation —…

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  • View between the towering red hulls of two ships, churning sea and grey horizon visible in the gap.
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    Welcome Crux Systems to the Flexport Family

    Flexport acquires advanced tracking technology to further enhance shipment visibility. On the heels of announcing our biggest software refresh ever with the new Flexport Platform Experience 2.0, we’ve made another significant enhancement to our technology with the acquisition…

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  • Laptop showing Flexport platform dashboard with world map of shipments, tasks, and watchlist
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    Introducing the Flexport Platform Experience 2.0: Your Launchpad for Greater Insights, Customization, and Collaboration

    When Flexport set out to make global trade easier for everyone in 2014, we knew that fulfilling this mission meant several things: improving visibility, reducing complexity, and giving logistics teams like yours peace of mind as you solve the day-to-day challenges of managing a…

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  • Five women on stools speak on a panel beneath a screen of speaker headshots in a bright loft
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    Designing for a Global Audience

    Flexport's design and research teams build world-class user experiences.

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  • Three colleagues at a wood table discussing software on a large monitor in a sunlit office
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    Setting Technology Strategy, 2020 and Beyond: Flexport Welcomes New CTO James Chen

    James Chen, formerly of Jenzabar and Rakuten, has joined Flexport to lead product and technology teams as chief technology officer.

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  • Gray-haired worker in a hi-vis vest looking aside in front of a stacked red shipping container
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    4 Ways Modern Freight Forwarding Reins in Logistics Management

    Successful logistics managers aren't appreciated until something goes wrong in the supply chain. Learn more about the four ways modern freight forwarding can make that job easier.

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