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Combating Illicit Cargo

Logistics Business Magazine

The key points follow below: • Deceptive Shipping Practices: Malignant actors utilise deceptive shipping practices to conceal illicit cargo by manipulating location data, tampering with vessel tracking systems, falsifying documentation, and using false identities. Ship-to-ship transfers at sea are employed to complicate tracking.

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6 challenges facing medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can provide a cure

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

From stringent quality standards to comprehensive documentation requirements, Class 1 and 2 manufacturers must navigate a complex landscape to ensure compliance and product excellence. Manufacturers can exercise better control over the return and exchange of items bought from suppliers, ensuring smooth operations.

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Common Problems Shippers and Forwarders Experience Uncovered and Explained by Dedola

Dedola Global Logistics

The document specifies the HTS code assigned to the goods you’re importing, and the code dictates the duty rate applicable to the shipment. Currently, there are over 20,000 codes, and the shipper must exercise reasonable care when describing their goods. Commercial Invoice Information. The Bottom Line.

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Common Problems Shippers and Forwarders Experience Uncovered and Explained by Dedola

Dedola Global Logistics

The document specifies the HTS code assigned to the goods you’re importing, and the code dictates the duty rate applicable to the shipment. Currently, there are over 20,000 codes, and the shipper must exercise reasonable care when describing their goods. It’s crucial to assign a correct HTS code.

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How to Protect Supply Chain from Cyber Attacks

3PL Links

Read also: Supply Chain Risk Management: Top 5 Supply Chain Risks to Watch Out For Supply chain risk management Moreover, a lot of businesses manage everything via network-accessible spreadsheets and other documents, frequently without any security. not only for your business but also for its clients and associates.

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The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

For knowledge management, imagine generative AI primed to intelligently search all of a company’s internal documentation to solve all kinds of problems from “how did we do this before” to “how do I do this now.” Perhaps the most useful way to think of generative AI is as the future of how we interface with computers.

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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% If we look at our electronic documentation, personally I think that this has a tremendous impact to global trade.

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