ECU WORLDWIDE conducts study on API freight forwarders’ market

ECU Worldwide, global multimodal logistics major, has conducted a study on ‘the state of API adoption within the freight forwarding market’. The study helps discern the impact of APIs on freight forwarders and understand the forwarders’ perspective on API adoption. This report is informed on a global survey of over 120 commercial freight forwarding companies. As per the report technology limitations and data streamlining are major headwinds to API adoption.

The logistics industry has been slow on the uptake with technology, which holds true with data capturing and building inter-stakeholder connectivity. Human-intensive operations likely the earliest workflows to be API integrated. Improved visibility and operational efficiency are low-hanging fruits of API adoption.