The logistics industry keeps changing, but strong fundamentals still matter.
Whether you are working in air freight, warehouse operations, forwarding, or order management, understanding both the industry and the technology behind daily operations can make a real difference.
This August, WiseTech Academy introduced five new courses, combining broader supply chain knowledge with practical CargoWise product learning.
The new releases include a three-course air cargo learning series, a course covering Product Warehouse (3PL) Autorating, and a quick overview of CargoWise Order Manager.
Here’s what logistics and CargoWise professionals can learn from the latest additions.
✈️ A New Learning Path for Air Cargo Professionals
Air freight may be known for speed, but getting cargo from origin to destination depends on a much larger network of forwarders, airlines, documentation, consolidation processes, regulations, and specialized handling.
WiseTech Academy’s three new industry courses are designed to provide a practical foundation for professionals who want to better understand this network.
Air Cargo Fundamentals
The Air Cargo Fundamentals course starts with the bigger picture.
It explores how air cargo supports international trade, the core role of freight forwarding, and how the global air cargo network is structured.
Learners can also develop an understanding of the three IATA Areas and major global air routes, providing useful context for how cargo moves between international markets.
For professionals beginning their air freight journey, or those looking to strengthen their industry fundamentals, this provides a structured starting point.
🌐 Understanding Different Types of Air Freight Forwarders
Not every air freight forwarder provides exactly the same service.
The Air Freight Forwarder Types and Services course explores those differences.
It covers general international freight forwarders, consolidators operating under a Master Air Waybill (MAWB), and specialists responsible for more complex cargo categories.
That includes shipments such as:
- Perishable cargo
- Dangerous goods
- Live animals
Understanding these distinctions matters because each cargo type can bring different operational requirements, expertise, and handling considerations.
For logistics professionals, knowing who performs which role also creates a clearer picture of how responsibilities are distributed across the air cargo network.
📦 Why Air Cargo Consolidation Deserves its Own Course?
Consolidation can help freight forwarders use available air freight capacity more efficiently, but building a successful consolidation requires more than grouping shipments together.
WiseTech Academy’s new Air Cargo Consolidation course explores the rules, different consolidation types, and associated risks.
It also looks at the practical constraints that influence a load, including weight and loading limitations, as well as strategies freight forwarders can use when consolidating cargo.
Together, the three new air cargo courses create a connected learning path:
Understand the air cargo network → understand the forwarders operating within it → understand how shipments can be consolidated.
That progression makes the series useful for professionals building foundational knowledge across forwarding and trade operations.
🏭 Bringing Greater Accuracy to Warehouse Autorating
August’s additions are not limited to industry education.
WiseTech Academy has also introduced Product Warehouse (3PL): Autorating, aimed at administrators, implementation consultants, and professionals managing Tariffs & Rates for Product Warehouse operations.
Warehouse billing can quickly become complicated when customers have different tariffs, rates, activities, and commercial agreements.
The course focuses on configuring pricing structures in CargoWise to support reliable job-level autorating.
The practical objective is to help users build stronger knowledge around warehouse tariffs and client rates while supporting:
- More accurate billing
- Reduced manual effort
- More consistent autorating
- Greater confidence when managing warehouse pricing
For organisations using CargoWise Product Warehouse (3PL), this knowledge can help teams better connect operational warehouse activities with the billing processes behind them.
⏱️ CargoWise Order Manager in Just Five Minutes
Sometimes, learning does not require a lengthy course.
The new Order Manager: a 5-minute overview is designed to help customer service operators and decision-makers understand which CargoWise Order Manager option may be appropriate for different order scenarios.
The course introduces Advanced Order Manager and Order Manager Lite, helping users understand when each solution may be suited to different requirements.
This can be particularly useful for teams evaluating their order management needs before deciding how much functionality a particular workflow requires.
Rather than assuming every order needs the same approach, the course helps users think about matching the solution to the scenario.
🎓 Why Continuous CargoWise Learning Matters?
CargoWise continues to develop, and logistics operations continue to become more complex.
That makes product knowledge increasingly important.
Knowing that a CargoWise capability exists is only the beginning. Teams also need to understand where it fits, how it relates to their responsibilities, and how it can support the wider operational process.
WiseTech Academy now offers more than 200 courses, including CargoWise Certifications and industry-recognized qualifications. The learning extends beyond product functionality into broader global trade and logistics knowledge.
For freight forwarders, this creates an opportunity to develop both sides of the skill set: understanding logistics itself and understanding the technology used to manage it.
🚀 Turn CargoWise Knowledge into Operational Value with Elicit Technology
Training gives teams the knowledge to understand CargoWise. Applying that knowledge effectively across real business processes is the next step.
As a CargoWise Service Partner, Elicit Technology helps freight forwarders and logistics businesses configure, optimize, and improve CargoWise around their operational requirements.
Whether your focus is warehousing, order management, accounting, forwarding, workflow optimization, or wider CargoWise adoption, the right combination of training, configuration, and ongoing support can help teams get greater value from the platform.
Build the knowledge. Apply it to your workflows. Get more out of CargoWise with Elicit Technology.
