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Digital Transport Documents: They’re Not Emailed PDFs

Talking Logistics

Read more The post Digital Transport Documents: They’re Not Emailed PDFs appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. As described by the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business: The [CMR] was developed in 1956. [It] It] standardizes contractual and carrier liability.

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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up (October 7th-11th 2024)

Logistics Viewpoints

Chery plans to make some models in Russia received approval for safety standard compliance, Russian documents dated from February to August and reviewed by Reuters show. The recommendations focus on strengthening vendor accreditation, digitizing documents and signatures, and improving part traceability.

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Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management

Freightos

This comprehensive operational solution provides: Multi-carrier rate management : Access all your negotiated rates in one place for instant comparison and optimal routing decisions Automated booking : Create bookings directly with carriers and forwarders without rekeying information or switching systems Shipment visibility : Track your freight across (..)

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Autonomous Drones vs. Autonomous Vehicles: Analyzing Logistics Applications of Amazon, UPS, Tesla and More.

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Specialization in Time-Sensitive Deliveries: Given their payload limitations, drones are best suited for lightweight, time-sensitive items, such as medical supplies or documents. This allows companies to highlight drones’ effectiveness for specific applications, such as urgent medical supplies or time-sensitive documents.

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The US FDA’s Phase-Out of Synthetic Food Dyes – Supply Chain Impacts & Challenges

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Regulatory tracking and documentation systems will also need to be updated to reflect new ingredient specifications, source traceability, and reformulation timelines. This introduces timelines for supplier vetting, site audits, documentation review, and performance testing.

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Unmasking the Supply Chain: How Blockchain Brings Transparency and Trust

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Listen in to the podcast on this subject here: The Evolution of Supply Chain Transparency The evolution of supply chain transparency can be segmented into four key eras: Pre-Digital Era (Pre-1980s): Paper-based manifests, bills of lading (documents detailing cargo shipments), and manual recordkeeping led to latency-heavy reconciliation (delays in verifying (..)

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Navigating Today’s Tariff Turbulence with Cloud Technology

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AI-Powered Efficiency : As operating efficiency declines due to increased complexity, AI capabilities like Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) become critical. These tools can extract data from commercial documents and automatically populate entry forms, reducing processing time by approximately 65%.