News / Electricals shipper cuts out forwarders in new B2B sales and distribution platform

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Forwarders? No need. Inventory management? No need. There is a new model in town.

An electronics shipper has set up a platform for its B2B network that allows customers and traders to track supply, buy excess inventory and book logistics and distribution – all without a ’middleman’.

Houston-based Smith, the 11th-largest global distributor of electronic components and semiconductors, has an online platform that allows verified customers to trade products, with the associated logistics being managed by the shipper.

SmithTrade matches excess inventory from ...