What’s the best way to improve one’s software? Leverage the knowledge of your customers. Often, this critical step is overlooked as the “experts” undervalue the knowledge of users in an industry, especially the freight forwarding industry. At Catapult, we know the experts are our customers, and your input ensures our products continue to mature and remain at the top of the class.
We recently launched a revamped version of Catapult’s flagship product, QMS, on July 11, 2018. As a former user of Catapult QMS while working at a freight forwarder, I’m very confident the new version offers the best of both worlds: full of efficiency boosting functionality and a beautiful user interface. Few offerings can say they have years of knowledge and offer a state-of-the-art system that answers the needs of today’s users. At Catapult, we have worked hard to combine our contract expertise with a focus on system usability to ensure efficiency within your organization.
Some of you may already know that in July 2018, Catapult is launching a brand-new version of our Quote Management System (QMS) – the Catapult QMS 5.0. This is our flagship product. As one of the main architects of this release, my excitement is growing as we count down to the official launch. We’ve given a few of our customers sneak previews and even enrolled two clients in an early beta testing program. Thus far, the positive feedback has exceeded our expectations. While I would like to tell you about the release, I don’t want to ruin the surprise. So, instead, I will share how Catapult crafted our new vision of the future. Below are the core concepts we adopted that allowed us to revamp and reimagine QMS 5.0:
A short search online will tell you that companies like yours are paying penalties to the Federal Maritime Commission for non-compliance of FMC regulations, these fines regularly range widely, and one simple case can affect hundreds of shipments, multiplying the cost. Simply publishing your Tariff Rates, Governing Rules, NRA’s and NSA’s in a FMC-compliant system may not be enough to make you compliant.
Our highly skilled team of subject matter experts have many years of experience to call upon, and specialize in analytics, Excel, customer services, and software development. Speaking about his visit CEO, Virgil Ferreira said, “This team really enjoy seeing their efforts make an impact, they are very goal orientated” commenting on the great team spirit he added “the high energy and smiles in this office are contagious, it’s a great environment