Logistics - On the move

Countries such as Australia, US and EU operate a well regulated supply chain for air cargo to prevent explosives and thefts. Secure Freight - with its security templates, documents and best practices - is a step by International Air Transport Association (IATA) to bring other nations that do not have as comprehensive security programs, at par.

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Posted by Sudipto Sengupta at 5:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Few days ago, I was having a chat with some of our customers and clearly one of the key focus areas that they are looking into is, the impact of GST(Goods and Service Tax) on the overall operations in their sectors. GST is just a tipping point from what we see in the market as other governmental interventions like NREGS has resulted in a consumption boom in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. 
 

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Freight transport across relatively small distance of 300-400 miles may be done economically by trucks, but for higher volumes and larger distance railroads are normally preferred. A more practical variation is Intermodal freight transport which involves the movement of the freight across different modes including rail, road and ship. Herein the actual freight handling is less. It's primarily contained in standard units (commonly referred as ISO containers) which are convenient in handling, storage and transport. This also assists in security and helps prevent damage to the freight. As per one of the statistics available if 10% of current freight moving on trucks is moved by train it would save approximately 1 billion gallons of fuel per year. This goes on to highlight the ecosystem benefits of such intermodal freight movement.

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Posted by Prem Jaisinghani at 8:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

This blog provides my view of Five strong emerging & exciting technology trends in logistics and transportation. Transportation and Logistics companies have bore the brunt of the 2009 economic recession. Slowly as these companies emerge out of the recession and the near 24 months of excess capacity & depressed freight rates, there is an increased focus on investing in technology that improves operational efficiencies and achieves cost reduction. The emerging technology trends are a testimony to this.

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Ever imagined a container Yard that does not exist in reality. Well, we are not talking about ghosts here. It's a technological solution to save costs up to $400 per container for Ocean carriers...

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Posted by Ashutosh Tiwari at 3:56 AM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)

In an interesting reversal of role, India will soon find herself on the other side of the outsourcing table. No, I'm not talking IT; it is the fledgling Logistics and Transportation industry that is poised to grow at a rapid pace (CAGR of 9.9%) over the next 5 years. While outsourced transportation per se is not a concept alien to India, its adoption and the values that shippers are able to realize out of it have been limited. However, the scenario is fast changing, as various factors are coming together, throwing open new business opportunities in the 3PL arena.

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We have heard a lot about RFID Tracking of containers using different frequencies and operating at high (13.56-MHz) and ultrahigh (856- to 960-MHz) frequencies. RFID uses fixed location antennas which might be difficult to place because of legal and operational issues is unsupported in real world application....

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There is growing focus on the Sustainability aspects of corporations around the world and it's imperative to introspect the same for Transportation and Logistics industry as well. There have been drastic improvements in freight and passenger transport over the past few decades with improvements by leaps and bounds and technological advances such as Hub and Spoke model, RFID, JIT inventory management, automation, wireless hand held devices et al. These improvements have definitely helped the Logistic Service Providers (LSPs) to cut their costs and make their processes more efficient. However this efficiency has not necessarily led to equivalent benefits for environment. 

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