Logistics & Transportation
A carrier network is only as reliable as the onboarding behind it.
Logistics providers and shippers onboard carriers, owner-operators, warehouse partners and customs agents across countries. Licences, insurance and bank details change often, and fraudulent carriers are a known risk.
Supplier relationships
Who you onboard, and what you need from them.
Typical suppliers and documentation in logistics & transportation. In Skuvet these become supplier categories with their own requirements.
Typical suppliers
- Carriers and owner-operators
- Warehouse and fulfilment partners
- Customs brokers and freight forwarders
- Fleet and equipment vendors
Information and documents
- Operating licences and permits
- Cargo and liability insurance
- Company registration and VAT details across countries
- Bank details with verified changes
The challenge
What makes onboarding hard in logistics & transportation.
Carrier identity fraud
Impersonated carriers and altered bank details are a recurring problem. Verification has to happen before the first load and on every change.
Cross-border registration data
Partners register in different countries, languages and formats, which makes manual checking slow.
Insurance is short-lived
Cargo insurance and permits renew frequently. Expired cover is discovered after a claim.
How Skuvet applies
An example onboarding workflow.
An illustration of how a logistics & transportation organisation could configure Skuvet. Stages, checks and approvers are set to your own policies.
Carriers register in their own language with company, fleet and contact details.
Company and VAT details are checked against public registries where available; differences are flagged.
Licences and insurance are collected and tracked by expiry.
Changes to sensitive details such as bank accounts go through review before they take effect.
Products and catalogues
Product onboarding rarely applies to carriers. It becomes relevant for logistics providers that onboard client catalogues for fulfilment or marketplace operations.
Supplier & vendor onboarding →
Other industries
The same platform elsewhere.
Experience Skuvet
See how Skuvet would work for logistics & transportation.
Tell us about your suppliers, documents and systems. We will tailor the demonstration to your process.