Melodia Broadband & Wireless Networking Laboratory School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 Tel: (404) 894-5141 Fax: (404) 894-7883 e-mail:{ian, dario, tommaso}@ece.gatech.edu Abstract— Ocean bottom sensor nodes can be used for oceanographic data collection, pollution monitoring, offshore exploration and tactical surveillance applications. Moreover, Unmanned or Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (UUVs, AUVs), equipped with sensors, will find
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INCOTERMS® 2010 INCOTERMS AND THE EXPORTER International Commercial Terms, known as “Incoterms”, are internationally accepted terms defining the responsibilities of exporters and importers in the arrangement of shipments and the transfer of liability involved at various stages of the transaction. Incoterms do not cover ownership or the transfer of title of goods. It is crucial to agree on an Incoterm at the start of a negotiation/ quotation of a sale, as it will affect the costs and responsibilities
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majority of shipping companies are nowadays replacing the full speed ahead with slow and steady speed to maximize profit”. With the intention of cutting costs of fuel, ocean shipping companies are instructing their Captains at sea to throttle back the engines and this phenomenon is what is being called as “Slow Steaming”. In most of the cases, the vessels are taking as many as 15 days to make an Atlantic crossing that used to take just 10 days. 2. Practical Application According to Asaf Ashar, the
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China’s transportation system is rapidly expanding to support economic growth, meet projected global intermodal freight demands, and promote expansion into underdeveloped regions of the country. Given the current understanding of intermodal freight movement that was not available when the United States developed its port capacity, the purpose of this scan was to identify how China provides intermodal access to its new, greenfield maritime ports and the possible application of those methods in the
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AirAsia : Indeed the Sky's the Limit! ASIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT CASES, 7(1), 2010: 7–31 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LOS ANGELES/LONDON/NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON DC DOI: 10.1177/097282011000700103 Lead Article AIRASIA: INDEED THE SKY’S THE LIMIT! Rizal Ahmad This article details the development of AirAsia Malaysia from 2005 to 2008 and builds on a prior case, ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’. Within only four years, AirAsia managed to expand its operations into another ten countries. In addition
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Case 2: Ocean Carriers | Prof. Graeme WarrenFIN 4422 | Miguel OyolaZ23136486Feb. 25, 2014 | Ocean Carriers 1) Identification of the strategic issues and problems Strong Tie Ltd. (STL), a family-owned corporation, has been the leader of its industry segment with a market share of 70% and through the years has obtain a remarkable reputation for its quality, especially on custom products. In recent years, STL has lost 10% of its market share and now at 60% is having trouble maintaining
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cost and expense. In this case, the freight and other expenses for outbound traffic are borne by the importer. * Carriage and freight (now known in the US as "cost and freight")(C&F, CFR, CNF): Insurance is payable by the importer, and the exporter pays all expenses incurred in transporting the cargo from its place of origin to the port/airport and ocean freight/air freight to the port/airport of destination. For example, C&F Los Angeles (the exporter pays the ocean shipping/air freight costs
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A PROJECT REPORT ON Export-Import Process & Documentation towards B2B FOR Hindustan Cargo Ltd. MASTER OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MMS) UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI SUBMITTED TO MAHATMA EDUCATION SOCIETY’S PILLAIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH NEW PANVEL UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Chndrakumar P. Mutha SUBMITTED BY Aditya Ajit Jadhav (2012-2014) Roll No. 139 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Life of human beings is full of interactions. No one is self-sufficient by himself whenever anyone
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The Manufacturing Innovation Series Innovators in Supply Chain Security: Better Security Drives Business Value July 2006 THE ANUFACTURING INSTITUTE MANUFACTURING MAKES AMERICA STRONG The Manufacturing Innovation Series Innovators in Supply Chain Security: Better Security Drives Business Value July 2006 By Barchi Peleg-Gillai, Gauri Bhat and Lesley Sept Stanford University Table of Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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choice of content, advertising, pricing, technology and hardware, revolved around appealing to young Japanese customers. Its consistent marketing approach created a service that consumers were previously not able to articulate. The service was a “blue ocean” (Kim & Mauborgne, 2005) - a standalone service that uniquely integrated the most appealing aspects of the internet and mobile communications. The following are the key decisions that supported the success of DoCoMo: Content DoCoMo chose not to control
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