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5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics

Talking Logistics

In 2016, the value of goods traded between the two countries topped $525 billion, making Mexico the third largest trading partner of the U.S. For example, a U.S. At a minimum, companies will need to be familiar with these most common documents: Bill of Lading (BOL) – A bill of lading is an essential document for any freight shipment.

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New Food Safety Rules Soon to Kick in for Small Brokers, Shippers and Carriers

GlobalTranz

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act ( FSMA ) was finalized in April 2016. Such risks arise when food is not refrigerated well, vehicles used for food transport are not cleaned properly or, for example, when food in open containers is not protected adequately. The Sanitary Transportation Rule.

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Is Machine Learning Going to Revolutionize S&OP?

Talking Logistics

For example, you probably heard about how a machine learning algorithm allowed the machine to beat the best humans in Go or in Poker in the past year. In 2016, big tech companies bought nearly 40 AI startups. What are concrete examples of machine learning intervention in S&OP? Take IBM’s Watson for example.

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Technology and Culture: The Cultural Obstacles to Better Logistics

Freightos

A version of this article originally appeared in The Journal of Commerce (August 6, 2016). DHL seeded its empire by moving ocean documentation faster than cargo ships. According to Silicon Valley legend Peter Thiel, Hewlett Packard is a prime example. Technology and Culture. The Cultural Obstacles to Better Logistics.

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5 Ways How Driver Seat Belt Detection Can Help in Fleet Management

FueLoyal

NHTSA says that we could save 2465 lives in 2016. Another data from the same source are showing that seat belt usage actually saved 14,668 human lives in 2016. If your company did everything it could to eliminate all the risks and the software you use can provide documentation, then your liability is non existent or minimal.

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Inauguration of a Regional Center of Excellence against Hunger and Malnutrition: a ray of hope for…

World Food Programme Logistics

As a Regional Center for West and Central Africa, the Center primary objective will be to document, promote and share to both regional and national levels the good practices of eradication of hunger and malnutrition learned from Cote d’Ivoire and other countries of the region. Well, now what ?

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

The first batch of containers was accepted in May 2016, with the final batch coming off the assembly line in June 2016, well ahead of the contracted delivery date. For example, the US national security community uses the term ‘defense technology and industrial base’. [6] When Defence made mobilisation an agenda. 1] Beaumont, D.,