Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) Selects Freightgate Cloud-based Global Logistics Platform

Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) will implement Freightgate Rate and Tender Management Tariff-Trek! and GTM-Trek! to streamline their rate management and bid processes.

Freightgate, a global provider of Cloud Logistics Solutions, announced that Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.), Inc,. a key player in the global transportation and freight forwarding industry, will implement Freightgate Rate and Tender Management Tariff-Trek! and GTM-Trek! to streamline their rate management and bid processes.

The Freightgate back office solution will support KWE USA’s corporate rate teams when developing major account bids, with the future goal of automating the global rate management of Kintetsu World Express (KWE) US offices. It enhances existing manual processes with an integrated, collaborative best-in-class rate management process. KWE anticipates significant productivity improvements as this solution is brought fully on-line.

KWE and their customers will benefit with improved rate visibility, routing optimization with real-time predictive analytics and trending – enabling KWE to better serve its growing international markets.

Gary Chisamore, Freightgate Vice President, said “The KWE team is a real pleasure to work with and I am particularly impressed with how we collaborated to deploy our solutions in a planned and controlled manner with predictive lane analytics for historical achieved costs.”

About Freightgate
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate team has been developing Internet solutions for the freight and logistics since 1994, such as its industry-leading Logistics Cloud-based Platform, with Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; TMS, Global Tender Bid Management; Least Cost Routing, Service Contract and Quote Management; Regulatory Compliance CBP and FMC; Automated e-Invoice Audit and Payment; innovative What-If-Scenario Analysis tool; interactive online Sailing Schedules.

Freightgate’s Logistics Cloud Platform (Universe) empowers logistics professionals to collaborate with supply chain stakeholders on a single common SCM platform for informed decision-making. The Freightgate Universe is a proven, scalable solution already deployed at many of the world’s largest shippers and forwarders at a fraction of the cost of a packaged or in-house solution. Freightgate is ISO 9001:2008 certified.

About Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.), Inc.
As a member of the large Japanese conglomerate, the Kintetsu group, Kintetsu World Express, Inc. (KWE) has been a key player in the global transportation and freight forwarding industry since 1948. KWE has grown into a worldwide logistics and forwarding network spanning six continents.

Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) is a unit of Japan-based Kintetsu World Express, which launched its U.S. operations in 1969. KWE USA has followed an aggressive growth program to become one of the most respected forwarders in the US, recognized for its strong quality of service and dedication to building long term partnerships with clients and suppliers. Today, KWE USA employs over 500 logistics professionals at 32 offices nationwide. Visit KWE at: www.kweusa.com