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Doing Business in Switzerland

QAD

Although the country is a UN member, and became a member of NATO in 2002, it retains its commitment to neutrality. Switzerland is east of France and north of Italy, also bordered by Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany. Primary trading partners included Germany, the U.S., Primary import partners were Germany, the U.S.,

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Both transportation and communication infrastructures are strong in Brazil. Exported goods include cars and transportation equipment, iron ore, soybeans, shoes and coffee. The primary commodities included machinery, electrical and transportation equipment, chemicals, oil, car parts and electronics. Argentina and Germany.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. Velocity Mail (June 2018) : “an electronic transportation network that provides global air carriers with mail and parcel shipment scanning and tracking solutions.”.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. billion (December 2019) Headquarters: Bonn, Germany CEO: Frank Appel 3. billion (2018) Headquarters: Essen, Germany CEO: Jochen Thewes 7. Revenue: €63.3 billion/$72.43

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. They form a continuum. More than 1.14

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