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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Transportation and the Role of the Software Provider

Who can you trust? Who should you use? What makes sense for your business?   Who's the most affordable?

So many of our clients approach us with the same issues that plague many companies in the international transportation and trade industry.  They tell us "We need a software product to manage our shipments, meet trade compliance requirements and, by the way, we want it cheap, it should do it all (and speak to us when we make a mistake and fix it for us yesterday)".   Typical requirements for clients, right?  ABSOLUTELY. 

Please read this paragraph....No matter what is said throughout the software industry...the fact is software is cheaper, faster, and easier and can “do it all”.  Besides those facts, a good software product is easy to use and should require little training and support to get started.  Finally, if mistakes are made, the software should fix it and then make sure that mistake does not happen again. 

But, would a client of ours (or a potential client) call Adobe, Microsoft, Apple etc. to get software to manage International Transportation and Trade shipments…maybe…but no one at these companies would know what a T&E is, what a disposition code means or even how to report a shipment that is transshipped, short shipped, or is FROB cargo…you know, basic shipping stuff.

No one at Microsoft, Apple or even our 50+ competitors knows how to handle these shipments like our staff, both from an operators perspective and from a software-user perspective.  All of us here at ARTEMUS have done the actual work, we have transported shipments all over the world so we know what needs to be done and how it should be done.  That’s what makes ARTEMUS Transportation Solutions so attractive to our clientele and has kept us in business for 8 years, getting ready to start our 9th year. 
Listed below, are the most popular products and services ARTEMUS offers and the reasons why our products are state of the art, faster, easier, and cheaper. 

US CUSTOMS AND CANADIAN CUSTOMS SOFTWARE – Does your company import shipments into the US or Canada?  Do you control shipments that arrive on a vessel in the US or Canada but are destined to another country?  Well, our software is a one screen, single entry product that can do an entire vessel reporting in ONE CLICK!  Enter an entire shipment into the system ON ONE SCREEN!  Even an Importer Security Filing, one screen, one click, one time.  If you perform more than 5 shipments a month, we here at ARTEMUS can save you over $1000 a year by using our product. 
Our software is accessible from any internet enabled device.  Our system is available 24/7, we don’t charge you by the user, we charge by the shipment, just as you get paid.  Whether it is an AMS Filing or an ISF Filing or for Canada, and ACI Electronic Filing, ARTEMUS Compliance Solution is the cheapest, fastest, easiest, best supported, and most technologically advance product on the market today. 

RATE FILILNG AND TARIFF HOSTING SERVICES (powered by Info-X Software) – ARTEMUS, teaming with Info-X, have put into the market the first new RATE FILING and TARIFF HOSTING product in over 10 years.  This product is priced 35%-50% less than our nearest competitors and meets the FMC Requirements for Tariff Filing/Hosting.  As with all products ARTEMUS provides, it is the most cost effective, fastest, easiest and most technologically advanced product on the market today and is accessible on any device with internet access.  No special software required!
TRAINING – ONLINE AND CLASSROOM – Do you know how to do everything in the shipping industry?  Most of you who are reading this would say, of course!  I don’t need any training!  But, you do need Hazardous Cargo Certification or Recertification, correct?  You do need to know new regulatory requirements for terms and conditions, tariffs’, documentation, etc.  Well you can, with three clicks, take an online course and get all of this information while at the comfort of your desk or from the privacy of your home (pajama’s and coffee not included).  ARTEMUS conducts classroom training sessions consistently in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Texas.  We can also provide the course at your facility at a very affordable price.  ALL STUDENTS who take our course are considered “alumni".  You have lifetime support with questions, feedback or help with any and all international trade support when needed….just an email or phone call away.   FINALLY, does your company have training classes that they would like to be put online?  ARTEMUS can do this for you, quickly and easily. 

With a partner like ARTEMUS, the only thing we cannot do is get you business….oh wait, we can do that too!  We refer shippers, exporters, agents and importers to our clients consistently.  We provide our clients with freight rate quotation opportunities to help their business.  We can also help you negotiate service contracts….yep, that too.  Finally, we can help set your company up as an Ocean Carrier or NVOCC.  Yes, we have done 5 of them in 2012 and expect to double that in 2013. 
With ARTEMUS as your long term partner, we can help you set up, build and manage your business, cheaper, faster, and provide you with all the solutions you need to be your clients best service provider. 

An easy answer to all of your transportation and trade needs and questions? ARTEMUS Transportation Solutions

Until Next Month….ARTEMUS OUT!

1 comment:

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