01Our own trading desk · MeatBorsa, Sofia
We run our own meat trading on these tools, every day.
Before we built tools for anyone else, we built them for ourselves.
Orders, papers and trucks chased by handOne desk, run on its own tools
Stories
Where it started. Where it goes next.
We began on our own meat trading desk, then with meat businesses we know well. Their stories are below, and after them, what the same work looks like in other trades.
Where it started
Three meat businesses, ours first.
02A pork processor in Poland · Plant and sales office
Orders from WhatsApp, typed in before the call ends.
Buyers ordering in four languages, and an office that started every day typing.
Mornings spent typing ordersOrders read in before sales arrives
03A trading house selling to Italy · Trading and finance
Reminders in Italian. Paid in 30 days, not 60.
Good buyers, slow paperwork, and money that arrived a month later than it should.
Paid in 60 daysPaid in 30
In your trade
The same work, in other trades.
These are examples, not customers: how the same changes go in seafood, dairy, fresh produce and dry goods. As real stories come in, they take these places.
Example · SeafoodA fish processor in Patras
Fridays are quiet now.
- Before
- Orders came in on WhatsApp and were typed in by hand. The papers were always late on Fridays.
- What changed
- Orders read in as they arrive. Box labels and health certificates filled from the order and checked.
- After
- The office goes home at five, and the papers are ready on Wednesday.
Example · DairyA powder exporter shipping to North Africa
No container held for a paper.
- Before
- One person knew which papers each country needed. When she was away, containers waited on the quay.
- What changed
- The papers for each destination listed with the order, filled from it, and checked before booking.
- After
- Every container leaves with its papers, whoever is in the office.
Example · Fruit & vegA packhouse in Almería
Fewer loads turned back at the door.
- Before
- Retailers changed orders by WhatsApp at night, and loads were packed to the old spec.
- What changed
- Changes read overnight, and every pallet checked against the buyer’s class and size before loading.
- After
- The right load leaves, and the office starts at seven, not five.
Example · Dry goodsA seed trader on the Black Sea
The small print, read every time.
- Before
- Lab reports were checked against contracts by hand, when someone had time. Discounts were missed.
- What changed
- Every lab report read against its contract clause, and the claim drafted the same day.
- After
- Every lot that is over the limit is noticed, and claimed, before the invoice goes out.
Your story could be next.
Tell us how your week goes. In thirty minutes we will tell you which part of it we would change first.
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