05 Jun

Posted at 04:38h in Freight Audit, Freight Bill Auditing, Freight Payment, Refund Recovery, Supply Chain Optimization

Supply chain managers today are learning to handle heightened levels of trade, tariff, and economic uncertainty, whether they like it or not. Fluctuating tariffs have been particularly challenging. Recently, Suzanne Clark, the CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, aptly commented, “It just gets cloudy...

08 Apr

Posted at 15:42h in Freight Payment, SSI News, Supply Chain Optimization

The FX Advantage™ international payment platform is a convenient, easy-to-use resource for executing cross-border B2B money transfers. If you are frustrated by the high foreign-exchange transaction fees charged by your financial institution, the FX Advantage payment solution is a wise, money-saving alternative to consider.1 In...

03 Feb

Posted at 06:10h in Freight Audit, Freight Bill Auditing, Freight Payment, SSI News, Supply Chain Optimization

Those of you who manage the international freight-bill payment process in-house may at times feel like you are navigating a labyrinth. A lack of transparency can obscure your visibility at every turn. Hidden fees and high transaction costs charged by financial institutions can take a big...

02 Dec

Posted at 06:00h in Carrier Contract Negotiations, Freight Audit, Freight Bill Auditing, Freight Cost Analysis, Freight Payment, Supply Chain Optimization

2025 tariff uncertainty is hot topic right now and for good reason. At various campaign events prior to the election, President-elect Donald Trump stated, “To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff.”1 Trump has promised a tariff between 10% to 20% on imports...

01 Aug

Posted at 15:44h in Freight Audit, Freight Bill Auditing, Freight Payment, Supply Chain Optimization, Transportation News

Regional supply chains proposed in some recent business-resilience plans are now becoming a reality. As the trend gains steam, there is a growing interest in this topic among the supply chain, operations, finance, logistics, and freight transportation professionals we serve at SSI. Yet, amid all the...