The Issues in the Transport and Logistics Field

New Issues in TLM
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New Issues in TLM
Transportation determines the effectiveness of moving commodities. Therefore, transformation plays an important role in the manipulation of logistics (Christopher, 2016). Hence, the work focuses on the current issues that have emerged in the field of logistics and transportation, the challenges that have been experienced, and the trends.
The current issues that have been seen in the field include data security and compliance with export laws. The increased expectation of customers regarding tracking the shipment of various carriers in real time and the modes of transportation to use raises the need to share the data electronically (Jing et al., 2014). Unluckily, this need to share data electronically exposes the firms to data breaches. Similarly, different countries have imposed custom laws to monitor what can be transported into the nation, the terms of the contract, and the people whom they can engage with in business.
Apparently, the issues have seen several challenges that the industry has made steps to solve. First, there has been an increase in cyber threats such hacking to obtain confidential data. The industry has developed an online storage technology to keep track of internet activities. The logistics management solution will ens...