Channeling the Logistics and Transport updates

            We have grown up watching 'Small Wonder', 'Irona' the Robot Maid from Richie Rich's castle and many Cyborgs who we fancied on Television. We can recall 'Tarzan' the wonder car which was supposedly a ghost-driven car and trucks from our beloved show, 'Bob The Builder'. Few years ago, such perfect simulations of  humans seemed believable on the screen but the developments in Artificial Intelligence has amazed us with possibilities which are not unlike what we had seen on TV as kids. It is much-hyped specially in the logistics sector where there is news about driver-less Ubers and Tesla's semi-automated trucks.  With the advances in technology and AI everyday, it is important to note what lies ahead for the transport/ trucking industry. AI is largely dominated by IT Sector but the need to understand it's implications in all the industries in an urgent need today.    Moving a simple parcel across borders and o...

                                       Mr. Shashikant Jadhav is the General Manager Operations at Ghatge Patil Transports. He is known for his humor apart from his dedicated and loyal service to the company amongst his colleagues. He is the 2nd generation employee from his family and has connections with GPT since four decades now. He is a busy man and while spotting him at a training session, he said, "My father joined Ghatge Patil Transports in 1965 in Kolhapur as a truck body builder. He was close to Mr. Vasantrao Ghatge, the founder of Ghatge Patil Transports. My father was very happy to serve him as his boss treated him nothing less than family like other employees at the company.As a kid, I often used to accompany father and assist him in building the trucks. We are four brothers. My family had to battle many hardships but this company has pulled us out of eve...