Thursday 3 February 2022

Unified Interface for Seamless Transport

Context :

Source : Eco Times ( print edition ) – 02 Feb 2022

Quote :

Unified Logistics Interface Platform ( ULIP ) to be created for DATA TRANSFER between different modes of logistics for REDUCED DOCUMENTATION and SEAMLESS TRANSPORTATION

Source : Eco Times ( web ) – 02 Feb 2022

Open digital ecosystems assume the center-stage of governance

Extract :

The Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP), designed to enable data exchange across various Public and Private Sector operators using different modes of transport , is expected to enable EFFICIENT MOVEMENT of goods , reduce logistics COST / TIME, and improve decision making while lowering the COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS

This can potentially result in 5 – 15 % efficiency savings in the NATIONAL LOGISTICS EXPENDITURE by 2030 , as per ONI report

MY TAKE :

A New Way to E-Way ? ……………………………..[ 15 July 2017 ]

Extract :

My request / suggestion to GST Council :

· Aim to turn India’s highways into friction-less “ Conveyor Belts of Commerce “

· Look up conveyor belts in the warehouses of Amazon / Flipkart / UPS / FedEx etc , which carry hundreds of packages per minute – with each package carrying dozens of different items ( can we replace “ packages “ with TRUCKS and “ conveyor belts “ with HIGHWAYS ? )

· Each item within each box , has RFID chip and QR code ( interlinked )

· Sensors placed along the conveyor belt “ reads “ each package and each item inside each package . No need to stop the flow of the packages

· E-way Bill too , will have all the QR Codes / RFID data , of each item loaded onto the truck ( Price / Origin City / Destination City / Supplier with GSTN registration number / Recipient with his GSTN registration number / GST – ISGST – SGST amount for each item / Date of Dispatch / Validity of E Way Bill etc )

· Just like today’s Mobile Apps of UPS / FedEx enable online tracking of each package and of individual items within each package , that “ high technology interface “ being proposed by the Government should incorporate the following technologies :

# QR code / RFID chip

# GPSbased NaviC

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/05/leveraging-navic.html

# Internet of Things ( IoT )

# Internetof Vehicles ( IoV )

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/internet-of-vehicles-iov.html

# BlueTooth / NFC

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Dear Members of GST Council :

Here is YOUR opportunity to lead the way ( - in this case , the HIGHWAY ! )

There is no technical reason why Software Super Power India , cannot lead the world in ,

“ Ease of Doing Business “

If you guarantee the business / industry that “ NO INSPECTOR “ will stop the truck along its journey , they will willingly implement ANY / ALL technologies to serve the purpose of E Way Bill

Remember, all corruption starts by permitting HUMANS to “ interpret “ whether a given process was “ correct / incorrect “ as prescribed – and collect their “ hafta “ for offering to interpret it in favour of the Business / Industry , violating the process !

By implementing my suggestion

( Internetof Vehicles / https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/fast-forward-to-iov.html )

- technology will SHUT DOWN the truck engine , upon detection of a violation !

And automatically unlock the engine when the violation gets corrected by EDITING the E-Way Bill , on GSTN web site !

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