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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

1997 satellite image versus 2015 satellite image. During the 1997 El Niño, droughts in Indonesia and Argentina caused mining activity to halt, raising prices of copper, zinc, and nickel. The two satellite images of 1997’s El Niño compared to this year’s are eerily similar, meaning we should see parallels between the two.

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The Upswing of Chinese Logistics Companies

Elementum

in 2015 to US $15.5T In 2015, the Asian-Pacific region dominated the industry with significant impact from China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. Within South America, Brazil and Argentina were the most notable markets for logistics in RoW. The global logistics market is expected to grow from US $8.1T

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Launched in 2011 as a shoe retailer, the marketplace now sells online in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Linio is a Latin American marketplace with presence in 8 countries – Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Mercado Libre.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Boot Barn’s Fontana Distribution Center is a state-of-the-art, 200,000 square foot facility (opened in 2015) that ships multiple weekly outbound orders to the company’s 200+ stores in 30 states. Located in Chicago, the facility opened in 2015 , making it the first LEED Platinum certified manufacturing plant in the industry.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

SCM 3PL Subway 2015. The 2015 Annual Third Party Logistics Study also reveals that both sides regard themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9%, an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

In light of that, Infor’s acquisition of GT Nexus in August 2015 is understandable. A third notable take-over is that of Barloworld by US software supplier Llamasoft in September 2015. Please fill in the following fields to activate the download button. Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands. American Samoa. Antarctica. Azerbaijan.

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Gradual changes in the European supply chain consulting market

Supply Chain Movement

Firstly, in May 2015, it acquired the Javelin Group, specialised in transforming end-to-end supply chain and retail operations for the digital era and with offices in the UK and France. Secondly, in August 2015, it took over Total Logistics, based in the UK and the Netherlands and specialised in supply chain network design.