Sun.Mar 28, 2021

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GM and Ford Will Fight Startups in the Commercial Van Market

Supply Chain Brain

The cargo van isn’t sexy, but thanks to Amazon and e-commerce, startups and established carmakers are falling over themselves to make these proletarian haulers.

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Let’s learn what a Shipping Manifest?

20Cube Logistics

If you are from the supply chain logistics world, then you would have definitely come across the word ‘Manifest’ many times. It is a key shipping document for international trade that provides a list of items that are shipped from supplier to the final customer. A typical manifest will have the below details: Details of the: Cargo. Shipper. Consignee.

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Suez Mess Adds to Global Economic, Supply-Chain Stress

Supply Chain Brain

The backlog is one more strain for global supply chains already stretched by the pandemic.

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Determining the HS Code for hand sanitizers

Globalior

Let’s look at how to do HS classification for hand sanitizers. For this case study, we shall make a few assumptions such as: The product is manufactured in Singapore. The product is packaged in a small bottle and can be placed at entrances to buildings on in offices for staff to use. The product is in the form of a gel. The product’s main active ingredient is ethyl alcohol, although there are other chemicals in the mixture as well.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Trends in logistic industry 2021.

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Found this image and found really interesting how new innovations are getting part of the logistic industry. Working along, the industry finds ways to work easier and measure better their performance. Let’s talk about the TOP 5 trends. Internet of things : Physical devices to monitor and transfer data. Integrating IoT technology into the logistics industries we archive real-time visibility of goods, condition monitoring, and fleet management.

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Suez Canal blockade: if you are the in charge, How would you like to solve it?

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

As an MGEPS student, I believe that the prompt above (title) would be an interesting topic to discuss and even debate, specially in Logistics class. It’s been 5 days since the blockade occurred in the Suez Canal, one of the world’s important trading/shipping routes. The manager of the canal is faced with a challenge of how to move the Ever Given ship that has a capacity of 240,000 tons.