Here are the top 5 reasons:

• Excel never really suited shipping rates. There is a reason SAAS tools have already disrupted most workflows such as CRM or Project Management.
• Rates are changing almost every week on a lot of trade lanes. If you try searching rates by Excel file week 1-50, you'll see how difficult it gets!
• Human error is time consuming and a major issue. In an age of AI, rates can be automatically updated.
• Excel is terrible at user control and management and does not suit shipping rates.
• Freight decisions are a key factor in supply chain efficiency. Trying to pick the best vendor from a busy spreadsheet is simply impossible.