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The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

I’ve seen our own R&D team test some very cool applications and have been following the news closely in search of other examples relevant to supply chain. Beyond these targeted examples, I see even more promise in broader applications: code generation, knowledge management, and user interfaces.

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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

A financial modelling exercise to quantify the potential cost savings of the usage of digital shipping documentation, namely the electronic bill of lading (eBL) showed that at a global economic growth rate of 2.4% For example, in the airline industry, everything is digitalized now and this happened because IATA has been defining the.

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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

I remember walking through a facility with a group of managers on the way to the area we were going to see. Here’s an example: Say your plant has a set of rules about how fork trucks are to be operated – speed limits, staying out of marked pedestrian lanes, etc. Sometimes that gap is small. Sometimes it is huge.

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Freeports and Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Customs measures include allowing imports to enter the free port custom sites with simplified customs documentation and a delay in paying tariffs. But as a small operator not used to these things, there’s a definite benefit.”. So far, it is hard to detect a clamour for freeports within the logistics industry itself.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

So that’s the route we’re taking in this article, exploring the evolution of fleet route optimisation from a time-consuming pen-and-paper exercise to a high-tech process that, in some cases, can be completed in minutes. It’s hard to imagine that many still need to shuffle paper documents around using pigeonholes.

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The beginning of the end for the Paper Bill of Lading

Shipping and Freight Resource

BOLERO ( B ill O f L ading E lectronic R egistry O rganization) was launched in September 1999 as an electronic trade community to provide a common and open system for businesses to exchange trade data and documentation electronically without the involvement of paper. The e-AWB is now the norm rather than the exception among air carriers.

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Mitigating the risk of quarantine and COVID-19 testing for seafarers

Shipping and Freight Resource

The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is outlined in the EU Healthy Gateway Document, ‘ Who, Where, How ’. The World Health Organisation (WHO) will also publish a document covering this subject shortly. Periods of planned outdoor exercise are essential and must be facilitated.