I’m Shiran.
I work across freight forwarding, international trade, China business, operations and technology. This site is where I turn that work into practical ideas, tools and notes.
Practical work, not theory alone.
Most of my work is practical: moving goods, working with suppliers, building processes, improving communication and figuring out how technology can remove friction.
That naturally leads me across freight, sourcing, cross-border business, systems, documentation, automation and decision-making.
I use this site to capture what is worth sharing — not everything I know, and not everything I do.
Where most of my attention goes.
Freight & international trade
How goods move, how services are structured, and how to make the process clearer for businesses.
China business
Sourcing, supplier work, cross-border operations and the practical realities of doing business with China.
Business operations
Processes, systems, people and ways to make organizations work better without unnecessary friction.
AI & technology
Testing where AI and automation can genuinely improve real work instead of just adding more tools.
A little background.
I’m involved in building and operating Kankei, a freight forwarding and sourcing business connected across China, Hong Kong and the Maldives.
Kankei is part of my professional work, but shiran.io is intentionally broader. The site is about useful ideas and tools that can stand on their own.
Start with something useful.
The best way to understand what this site is about is to read, use or try something on it.