This study is based on a six months internship within an expediting team in the field of automotive aftermarket industry. One of its purpose is to describe what expediting is and what is its relevance in today’s business world. The importance of doing expediting varies from indus- try to industry: while in some industries like manufacturing and construction it represents a very crucial activity, in others it is not so critical. The study also addresses the impact of new technologies on procurement and expediting: the increasing automation of routine tasks is shifting the role of expeditors from operational and repetitiveduties to more strategic functions.