Supply Chain Connections Practical Education and AI Empowerment in Freight with Carly Monzo
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Jul 29, 2025 Carly Monzo, Supply Chain & AI strategist and founder of ExFreighters, offers practical freight education and tools for operators. She explains why logistics seems harder than it is and how jargon obscures basics. She describes workshops on invoice auditing and preserving vendor relationships. She introduces personal AI knowledge bases to safeguard and grow individual expertise.
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Jargon Makes Logistics Seem Hard
- Logistics feels complicated largely because of jargon and hidden assumptions, not because the core concepts are inherently difficult.
- Carly learned hands-on at a Newark forwarder and built X Freighters to translate industry knowledge into practical workshops for newcomers and startups.
Audit Invoices Without Burning Bridges
- Do audit your freight invoices to control costs and preserve vendor relationships rather than using audits as a weapon.
- Carly's Invoice Auditing workshop teaches startups and midsize companies how to read invoices and challenge charges without burning forwarder relationships.
FOB Surprise Nearly Bankrupted A Seller
- First-time shippers often get blindsided by terms like FOB and then face huge unexpected bills for duties and demurrage.
- Brian recounts a seller who was asked for a $145,000 check after an FOB shipment reached the U.S. port.