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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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Lending a Helping Hand by Celebrating Heritage: How One Blue Yonder Associate Donated to Her Homeland of Colombia    

BlueYonder

15 and honors the histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans with ancestors who immigrated from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, or South America. My sister from Colombia helped organize and bring back some of the clothes upon her visit to the U.S. and I brought the remaining.

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The Zergratran Story with Byron Bennett

The Logistics of Logistics

It will start with Puerto Internacional Las Americas (PILA) in northern Colombia, a project which will use Maglev technology to transfer shipping containers between ports on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through an underground tunnel. Zergratran’s first project is Puerto Internacional Las Americas (PILA) in northern Colombia.

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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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3PL Basics: An Introduction to 3rd Party Logistics with Roberto Cadena

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to the founding of Lean, Robert was the Founder and CEO of Chain Express, Corp, a full-service transportation brokerage specializing in LTL, volume, and truckload transportation. based companies set up satellite offices in Colombia. Supply Chain Security Analysis. About Lean Staffing Solutions. Direct to Store.

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The Competitive Advantage with David Bell and Peter Rentschler

The Logistics of Logistics

LSG helps its clients set up and establish satellite offices in beautiful countries like Colombia, Guatemala, and the Philippines. Metafora , previously “CarrierDirect”, is the leading business consulting and software development firm that exclusively serves the Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain space. About Metafora.