Shipping Container: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Eleven characters follow a steel box from a factory yard to a customs hold. The check digit tells you in...
Shipment / Bill of Lading
Shipment / Bill of Lading: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A bill of lading names the shipper, the consignee and the goods on the same page. It is the closest...
HS Commodity Code: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Six digits decide the tariff, the licence and the level of scrutiny. Getting them wrong is how controlled goods travel...
Weapons Intelligence (WEAPINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Every weapon carries a serial number and a paper trail from a factory to a legal export licence. Trafficking investigation...
CBRN Intelligence (CBRNINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risk is monitored by an unusually open international architecture. The intelligence value is in reading...
Vehicle Intelligence (VEHINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
A vehicle is a seventeen-character identifier attached to an engine. Decode it properly and you get the plant, the year,...
Supply Chain Intelligence (SUPPLYINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
You do not have one supply chain. You have a tree of dependencies you have never enumerated, and your real...
Maritime Intelligence (MARINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Ships are legally required to announce themselves. The interesting behaviour is what happens in the minutes after a vessel stops...
Logistics Intelligence (LOGINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Goods leave a paper trail long before they leave the warehouse. Customs declarations, manifests and trade statistics describe physical movement...
Technical Intelligence (TECHINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Every device carries a confession: certification filings, component markings, firmware strings and design choices. Technical intelligence reads that confession to...
