Smart Containers: Scaling a Running Logistics Business - Part 1: Problems

The problems faced in the logistics industry and the Smart Containers solution

| What are the current issues in the logistics industry?

- Lack of transparency in the supply chain

There are some issues in the industry; Including transparency in the supply chain with many end-users not knowing where their products come from, complex processes with intermediary shipping and lack of accountability when losses occur. Out in the process of complexity and ambiguity.
Counterfeit pickup trucks account for nearly 10% of the total number of theft cases, estimated to cost about $ 150 million annually. And that's just a small part, overall commodity theft is making the industry anywhere between $ 15 billion to $ 30 billion a year. These losses are added to about 20% of the cost to the end consumer.
It is necessary to have the help of technology to prevent these

- The paperwork in the logistics industry is very complex and ineffective
In order to send a parcel between two locations (for example, from Switzerland to China), there need to be about two hundred different documents and communications (email manual) to arrange all parties in too. transportation. Some examples of materials needed for a temperature-sensitive air transport include:
• Documentation of origin
• Material Safety Data Sheet
• Bill of lading
• Shipping Orders
• Customs declaration documents and invoices
• Invoice
• Product parameter sheet
• Storage conditions
• Shipping conditions
• A lot of services supplier of billings
• Mandatory license
Etc
As such, it is necessary to get rid of paper and disconnected information such as e-mail, so that it can be effective in reducing the cost and time of stitching.

- The cost and scale of the logistics business is too large

The ineffective part of logistics is the need of 200 documents and handmade email communications are not integrated for each shipment that needs to be processed. This requires a large amount of manual intervention, costly, time consuming and large workforce.
Today container leasing is done "by manual". This means having a company employee check the container position, billing for each customer case, and then organizing the asset recall. This is a cost and time part of the process. However, if the shipment has been delayed, additional costs will be incurred. This is costly, inefficient and needs to be improved, especially as shipments increase.

Smart Containers is providing a solution for all these problems. I will be explaining the solutions and giving a real life example of how Smart Containers works in the next part of this series.

Resources

Official Website:
http://smartcontainers.ch
Whitepaper:
http://smartcontainers.ch/assets/20180205_smartcontainers_whitepaper_v1.pdf
Whitepaper Summary:
http://smartcontainers.ch/assets/smartcontainers_executive_summary_v1_20180126.pdf
FAQ:
https://smartcontainers.ch/assets/20180212_smart_containers_faq_k2.pdf
Telegram Official:
https://t.me/smartcontainers
Telegram Info Channel:
https://t.me/smartcontainers_info
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SMARC_ICO
Bitcointalk ANN:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058528.0

Working Products Websites

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