Coneksion® Best Practice: Modernizing Legacy Ocean Trade and Container-Shipping Platforms

Written by Andrei Radchenko | 08.10.2024

If your business still relies on outdated ocean booking and container-shipping platforms that limit your capabilities and create inefficiencies, it may be time to consider modernization.

In this article, we’ll explore the challenges of legacy platforms in the ocean trade and container shipping industry and discuss how modern solutions can streamline your operations.

The Limitations of Legacy Booking Platforms

Many companies continue to rely on legacy platforms to manage ocean trade and container shipping processes. These platforms were initially designed to enhance communication, document exchange, and coordination between stakeholders like shippers, carriers, and freight forwarders. However, as global trade evolves, these systems have struggled to meet new technological demands and integration standards. Some of the most common challenges businesses face when using legacy systems include:

High Fragmentation and Lack of Transparency: The complexity of managing multiple stakeholders with fragmented data leads to poor visibility and inefficiency.
Manual and Error-Prone Processes: Legacy systems often require manual data entry, which increases the likelihood of errors and consumes valuable time.
Rigid Technology: Older platforms are difficult to integrate with modern systems like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Transportation Management Systems (TMS).
Poor Customer Support and Slow Updates: Many legacy platforms offer limited support and infrequent updates (if any), leaving businesses vulnerable to service disruptions.
Unexpected Price Increases: The monopoly some legacy platforms hold allows for sudden price hikes without corresponding improvements in service, driving up operational costs.

Breaking Free from Legacy Systems: Is Change Possible for the Industry?

If you're wondering why companies continue using these systems despite the abovementioned challenges, the answer is simple—many businesses hesitate to switch due to resistance to change. Major shipping lines are often already connected to these systems, and unless there’s a need to integrate a new business partner, everything seems to function adequately. Additionally, not all modern solutions guarantee the same level of connectivity out of the box, and developing integrations in-house can be challenging. This makes businesses fear the operational risks of transitioning to a new solution.

However, there is a growing trend toward modernization as more companies recognize the high financial and operational costs of maintaining outdated platforms. As these inefficiencies become more apparent, the fear of change diminishes, creating a demand for innovation and shifts in industry trends. Solutions like coneksion® not only offer immediate improvements in efficiency but also provide a comprehensive scope of connectivity and a future-proof foundation as business needs evolve.

How Coneksion® Modernizes Legacy Booking Platforms

Coneksion® is a modern alternative that retains the benefits of traditional platforms while addressing their limitations. Our solutions are built not only to seamlessly integrate differnet systems, ensuring efficient and flexible data exchange, but also to bridge the gap between the old and new worlds in terms of technology.

Coneksion’s approach focuses on leveraging API-driven connectivity, a proprietary iPaaS, and pre-connected partner networks to enable a more efficient and scalable solution. As a result, we offer:

API-Driven Connectivity: This ensures compatibility with ERP, TMS, and visibility platforms, facilitating seamless integration.
End-to-End Integration: Our solutions cover booking, documentation, tracking, and invoicing, streamlining operations and reducing manual tasks.
Ecosystem of Pre-Connected Parties: Our ecosystem includes a wide array of partners and carriers, as well as the systems they use, allowing for quick and easy integrations.
Flexible Onboarding Capabilities: We offer the flexibility to integrate new parties at a customer's request, even if they are not yet pre-connected to our ecosystem.
High Scalability: Our solutions are designed the way to meet 100% of your data integration needs.

Smooth Migration with Coneksion®

At coneksion®, we facilitate a seamless transition from legacy systems for industry stakeholders. Our team of experts collaborates closely with your business to ensure a risk-free migration, maintaining continuity in your daily operations. With a proven track record of successful transitions for numerous clients, our approach guarantees uninterrupted business performance.

In Summary

Modernizing your ocean trade and container-shipping platform with coneksion® offers several benefits:

Seamless Connectivity: Achieve real-time data exchange with all your trading partners and the systems they use.
Future-Proof Technology: Our solutions scale as your business grows, providing the flexibility you need.
Fully Managed Service: We handle everything from integration to ongoing support, so you can focus on your core business activities.

Are you ready to move away from legacy ocean trade platforms and embrace a modern, efficient solution? Contact us today at talktous@coneksion.com or visit coneksion.com to learn more about how we can help you modernize your operations without disrupting your business.

ABOUT Coneksion®

Coneksion® is the leading provider of fully managed data integration services and solutions for logistics and the global supply chain.

The company enables customers to scale their business and automation needs through its unified, modern platform for API and EDI transactions. In addition to technology, the Coneksion team understands your business needs.

Coneksion's solutions are versatile, secure, reliable, and available as a fully managed integration service. Coneksion® enables quick data connectivity and process integration between trading partners of any type. By integrating with ecosystems, carriers, shippers, consignees, and the systems they use, the company provides scale, speed, and agility for the global market. A seamless and timely flow of 100% accurate data provides organizations with the ability to analyze and optimize all their supply chain processes.

Coneksion® has a global presence with offices in Finland, the Netherlands, and the United States.

For more information, please visit www.coneksion.com.

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