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Dear Students,
As you know, a massive earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on 6 February 2023 and caused extensive damages and loss in lives. 8,000 kilometres away from the disaster area, Singaporeans rallied to donate clothing, food and medicine as humanitarian aid for the victims. #SGLogistics companies then stepped up and provided packing materials, forklifts and trucks, as well as experienced cargo handlers to pack and ship almost 100 tons of relief supplies to help the affected families.
Logistics professionals are called upon whenever disasters strike - to plan, organise and deliver much-needed supplies to the affected areas. They must work quickly and race against the clock to ensure that supplies such as food, water, and medical equipment are efficiently delivered to those in need.
In another corner of the earth 15,000 kilometres away, farmers in Patagonia grow juicy Argentinean cherries that are air-flown fresh to consumers all over the world, including Singapore. From the farm until they arrived in our supermarkets, each punnet of cherries would have passed through dozens of operational touchpoints. Using sensors and tracking technologies, logistics professionals are monitoring the movements as well as temperature of the cherries to ensure that there is no breach of the “cold-chain” as they move across borders in multimodal transportation.
Cold-chain logistics enables the safe transportation of temperature-sensitive products such as food, vaccines, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Cold-chain logistics professionals are trained in specialised packing, operating purpose-built storage with humidity and temperature control, and managing refrigerated transport. Cold-chain products must be handled with great care – they require detailed planning, stringent documentation, constant monitoring and seamless transfers to keep them within specific temperature range during movement. Interruptions in the passage will occur due to inclement weather, equipment failure, delays in transfers and shipping changes. Hence, logistics co-ordinators constantly track the shipments to pre-empt and pro-actively mitigate any disruptions that can affect their safe arrivals.
A day in the life of a #SGLogistics professional is never a typical day. Logistics companies are incorporating digital technologies into their processes to improve efficiency, reduce errors and avoid service failures. For example, Big Data and AI are used to analyse and support the management of inventories and logistics milestones, while IOT sensors and RFID technology are deployed to provide quality assurance. RPA bots perform repetitive human-computer interfacing to execute error-free form-filling and data tally tasks.
There is also a shift to incorporate ESG-compliant practices into logistics. For example, the use of eco-friendly vehicles will reduce carbon footprint while collaborative resource pooling platforms and GPS guidance technology will reduce number of trips and travel distances. In the cold rooms, energy-efficient technologies optimise lighting and cooling systems to reduce energy consumption while solar panels are installed to power ancillary services in logistics facilities.
Logistics operates in a global eco-system – it takes a whole village of logisticians around the world with different service capabilities to interact with one another, be it to bring relief supplies to disaster areas, or cherries from farm to table. This eco-system functions like an orchestra – it requires skilled conductors, talented players, with lots of planning, preparation and co-ordination. When everything is done correctly and in tandem, the end result is a safe and smooth passage for goods delivered to industries and consumers around the world.
Behind this eco-system are highly trained and passionate logisticians who are determined to make a difference in people’s lives. Every hour, every day, close to 90,000 logisticians in 5,000 logistics companies work tirelessly in the #SGLogistics community to make Singapore a major logistics hub in the world (for logistics competence and timeliness of services 1). If you are looking to build a career with global competence and make purposeful contributions – come talk to us!
#SGLogistics – We Orchestrate Every Move 1 World Bank Logistics Performance Index 2018
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