Freight Forwarder Business
What you'll learn
- How to become a freight forwarder
- How to start a freight forwarder business
- Learn the secrets to successful freight forwarding
- Tips to reduce freight forwarder expenses
- Tips to boost your freight forwarding company sales
- Performance metrics all freight forwarders should analyze
- Role of freight forwarder in international export business
- Pros and cons of freight forwarder business
Requirements
- No Requirement
Description
The economic impact of import and export business is so huge and have contribute in many ways. Freight forwarder business have play a significant role in this sector in terms of economic impact and providing employment to the youth.Freight forwarder is a company that specialize in the arrangement of cargo on behalf of shippers to aid their business. This field requires the acquisition of knowledge and skills to be able to do this work very well, because its a highly competitive industry. Understanding this industry is key to ensure that you operate in a professional way and deliver your service with integrity and professionalism, that is the only way you can retain your customers and build a good working relationship with your clients and gain good market share. it is important to note that most freight forwarders will ship goods in their own bill of lading or waybill. Most of the times freight forwarders offer competitive pricing to their customers based on the peculiarity of such services.Freight forwarders have a very minimal control of the ship or truck because they are not the owners.
The strategic freight forwarders decide which niche to concentrate because they want to deal with the customers that they have the skills and competence, beside the business itself is very broad and sometimes its difficult for one to cover everything, in the era of competitive you need to identify your strength and work towards achieving the best for your customers and the company. Good freight forwarders are very critical with the way they handle and use their finances. l must say that one cannot succeed in this business when you fail to take good care of your employees. Any serious freight forwarder need to be knowledgeable and have strong global connection.
Who this course is for:
- Freight forwarders, shippers, custom airlines, brokers, customers, aviation workers, regulators, freight workers, manager, freight consultants, freight owners, industry drivers , etc
Instructor
My education is centered on business and marketing, I have studied with Chartered Institute of Marketing ( C.I.M-UK) from certificate in marketing, advance certificate in marketing to post graduate diploma in marketing. I proceeded to do master of business administration from central university graduate business school.
I have eighteen years of practical working experience with reputable organisations. The names of these previous organisations I have worked with are Central university Lecturer, Platinum Impex limited, Regional sales/marketing officer, sales/marketing executive, Laine Services Limited. Strict marketing research services chief executive officer/consultant,etc. Iam currently self employed, working as chief executive officer/ consultant of Strict Consult.
I believe in ardent entrepreneurship and always prepare to help business start-up voluntary. In this twenty first century, the customer is king, and every business or student need to understand the customer centric regime. you need the right education and training to understand the customer and deliver to his satisfaction. If you satisfy the customer consistently he will pay your organisation with his loyalty.