What has digital transformation really changed for foreign trade professionals?

For foreign trade professionals, the most direct change from digital transformation is that the 'market entry point' has shifted from a trade show booth to an online product page. Previously, buyers encountered you at trade shows and received catalogs before beginning evaluation; now they typically compare multiple suppliers' specs, images, and quotation terms online before making contact. Without clear online information, you are eliminated at this screening stage. Another change is in the process itself: when inquiries, quotations, purchase orders, and shipping documents can flow through a system, staff are freed from 'executing processes' and can focus on analyzing market feedback and deepening customer relationships—things that actually require judgment. This is the core of transformation: let people do strategy, let systems do processes.