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Shipping DPU Incoterms 2020

Globalior

DPU Incoterms 2020 : A Few Quick Points Delivered at Place Unloaded (CIP) Incoterms can be used for all modes of transport and even when there are multiple modes of transport involved in transportation. Risk transfers from seller to buyer when the goods are unloaded at the place of delivery The seller must arrange for carriage to the agreed destination ( named place ) The seller must pay for transport costs to the agreed destination ( named place ) When DPU is used in a contract, the named place

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¿What happened to my luggage?

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The airline industry claims that the technology implemented for the transportation of our luggage is increasingly better thanks to the tracking of objects, which is allowed with it. But millions of bags are still lost every year. So, is the technology implemented the right one or is enough being done to mitigate this problem? ¿Why do airlines still lose 25 million suitcases every year?

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Winning the war for prosperity – the military, supply chain security and the post-pandemic world

Logistics in War

By David Beaumont. Supply chain security is the concept which encompasses the programs, systems, procedures, technologies and solutions applied to address threats to the supply chain and the consequent threats to economic, social and physical well-being of citizens and organised society. – World Bank , 2009. Deborah Cowen’s book, The deadly life of logistics , describes the intertwined relationship between commercial logistics and security.

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Amazon in the covid-19 crisis

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

22 January 2020, Saxony, Lampertswalde: At a distribution centre, an Amazon sorting employee carries packages into a delivery van. In the hall, parcels from the online mail order company’s European logistics centres are unloaded, sorted and delivered to customers in the Saxon state capital. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images).

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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¿WHAT IS A BREAK IN STOCK OR UNAVAILABILITY AND HOW COULD IT AFFECT A COMPANY? – INVENTORY CONTROL

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Throughout the supply chain, small mismatches and variations in demand forecasts with respect to actual demand create a snowball effect that starts out small but, if not attended to and regulated, as time goes on, the mismatch is transmitted from link to link throughout the chain, growing and eventually becoming a real inventory problem called: stock outs or overstocking.