News / Smaller forwarders plug in to a WIN-win situation to compete with the big boys

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The prospect of smaller forwarders being able to compete with larger freight service providers in offering global IT solutions appears to be taking a step forward.

Worldwide Information Network (WIN), the paperless freight management and booking system developed by WCA, is in the early stages of creating an agent-to-agent network that will allow independent forwarders to link up with each other’s systems, regardless of the proprietary system they employ.

John DeBenedette, WIN managing director, said that while development remains “slow going”, it ...