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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.

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Logistics in Latin America: A Mosaic of Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Talking Logistics

Ricardo gave a simple example to illustrate this point: If I am an importer in Chile — which is the best of importing worlds in Latin America, with import processes similar to those in the U.S. Dealing with this mosaic of operating environments is one of the challenges that shippers and logistics service providers face in Latin America.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Matías Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0 Expertise: Agile Project Management, Lean Implementation in Warehouse, Supply Chain Simulation & Modelling, Warehouse Management Systems, Inventory Management, Business Intelligence (Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio), Advanced Excel Skills, warehouse management.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’ve never been to Chile. I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). I’ve never given a supply chain presentation in Spanish. Amazon declined to comment.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040. EGO – the enemy of outstanding leadership.

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Market Forecast of Omni-channel And Warehouse Management Systems till 2029

Vinculum

The Omni-channel and warehouse management systems market survey includes a brief idea about the organization. It gives the vision to shape the insight of the business in a better way and understand the factors related to the success of such a business model using the Omni-channel and warehouse management system is a great way.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , April 28 – May 1, Columbus, OH. Logistics & Operations Conference , TBA (2018: October 25, Santiago, Chile). Logistics Summit & Expo , March 13-14, Mexico City, Mexico. SITL 2019 , March 26-28, Paris, France. TIA 2019 Conference , April 10-13, Orlando, FL.