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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain resilience is a hot topic the last few years since post-Covid issues and newsworthy incidents like the Houthi attacks in the red sea have raised awareness. The bridge collapse is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the nation’s aging infrastructure and the importance of supply chain resilience.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Belcorp’s Maturity in Supply Chain Design. Belcorp Corporation has actively worked to be a leader in ensuring that their people can effectively use a complex type of software known as supply chain design. It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

Truck transportation comprises 75% of all freight in Latin America. For instance, Brazil and Colombia both come in at 2.4 on the index overall, but Colombia has more consistent public policies toward developing and maintaining the transportation sector, while Brazil scores much higher on trucking innovation.

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Responsible Sourcing! Making Sustainability Happen for Real!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Green Supply Chain: True Sustainability or Just One Big Marketing Stunt? Sustainability is created at the source of our products, services, and consumption. Sustainability is created by the farmer in the coffee fields of Colombia. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Sustainability pays off, but it’s not always traceable

Supply Chain Movement

Consumption, especially of ‘luxury’ products such as coffee, tea and chocolate, is expected to increase substantially, in particular in the emerging economies in the Far East, South America and parts of Africa. Starbucks is one company at the forefront of sourcing sustainably produced commodities. Evidence of payments.

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The Key Coffee Industry Trends For 2021 & Beyond

Unleashed

However with Covid-19 slowing both production and demand, and disrupting the global supply chain, the global coffee industry has stalled in recent months – and seen new trends take hold. But a global pandemic that has disrupted supply chains and eradicated past norms, coffee could not be expected to escape unscathed.

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Challenging Your Comfort Zone

BlueYonder

In 2018 I went on a mission trip to Medellin, Colombia to meet two of our children and it was one of the most memorable experiences ever. There was an opening in what was called the “Liaison” team at the time and it was to be the representative to Latin America. My decision to stay has ended up being rewarding.