{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d6996ad156201903067e8c4/67508a5da0332c2e11b81e25?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Making Big Savings on International Freight Procurement ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d6996ad156201903067e8c4/1733331225136-c2f33670-9e9c-4a9f-9cf7-0ebab43ab817.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of the <em>Interlinks</em> show we will be talking to Frankie Bates, CEO and co-fonder of Prodensus, a Dublin-based start-up software company that helps customer navigate the complex world of international freight procurement.</p><p> </p><p> Among other things, Prodensus' software tools enable clients facing challenges in their logistics procurement to: </p><ul><li> clean and analyse data very rapidly that they can then trust </li><li> understand their own current baseline</li><li> run complex procurement processes and RFQs</li><li> save significant sums of money on multimillion dollar international freight procurement</li></ul><p> </p><p>Frankie, by his own admission, loves logistics and supply chain data, as well as computers and negotiation, and this is what originally fueled his desire while at a global company to work in sourcing and build procurement software. </p><p><br></p><p>Now he is doing it in his own startup, where agility and creativity are paramount to keep abreast of the needs of clients and their multi-million dollar international, multi-modal, freight procurement challenges.</p>","author_name":"Patrick Daly"}