A forwarder’s day

Eleven steps, in the order the money leaves.

Before all eleven

A short queue is not a quiet day.

40
Reads each morning
11
Groups they land in
Fig. 1 — Worst first.Illustrative workflow
CustomsDocuments MoneyThe yardPaper that expires Today 2 reads did not answer 3 cut–offs already past 2 ISF past deadline — 1 arrived 4 containers past free time 7 pre–alerts never linked … sorted by what costs most to leave alone
1

Cut-offs

3 cut-offs are already past and not met

2

ISF against the clock

2 ISF filings are past deadline — 1 already arrived

3

The two container clocks

4 containers are past free time — detention is accruing

4

Pre-alerts nobody linked

7 pre-alerts passed the arrival date, unlinked

5

Arrival, then release

3 arrived imports with no customs release recorded

6

Free storage runs out

3 shipments past free storage, nothing billed Urgent

Free storage ends today on 2 shipments Today

7

The truck that did not report

2 trucking orders passed collection with no word from the carrier

8

The carrier’s own invoice

3 carrier invoices inside the 30-day dispute window, first closing in 4 days

9

Screening, and the age of the list

14 shipments have named parties never screened

The restricted-party list on file is 47 days old

10

Everything with an expiry date

Powers of attorney, the customs bond, licences, rate tables — all with a date

11

Work delivered, money not asked for

7 delivered shipments sitting unbilled for more than 45 days

32 unpaid invoices are over 30 days old, with no credit terms set

Not bought

The queue folds itself.

Half of these eleven belong to switches that may never be on.

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