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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Now supply chain professionals have another different set of challenges on how to get product to the entire country where consumer-oriented outlets (i.e. Here’s what we found: 1. fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding. Transfer taxes.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

Currently, the state of the logistics market is measured by the Logistics Performance Index (LPI), a benchmarking tool developed by the World Bank. Driver shortage: Instead of just discussing a number that would come from an official statement or an official government statistic, we got much more detail on what is actually happening.”

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Online retailers in South America have been struggling for years to overcome several obstacles to success, including extensive customs delays, poor transportation infrastructure, and the lack of end-to-end supply chain visibility. End-to-end supply chain visibility. Robinson’s Navisphere® technology.

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Can the Latin America and Caribbean Region Use Nearshoring to Become a Supply Chain Hub?

MIT Supply Chain

As companies look to restructure their global supply chains in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptive forces, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has an opportunity to become the next manufacturing and logistics hub. The region could capitalize on the nearshoring trend given its nearness to US markets.

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Trends 2024: Risk Management

Enterra Insights

That’s the main reason why supply chain experts insist supply chains must become more agile and resilient. Few, if any, analysts are predicting fair winds and following seas for supply chains this year. Supply Chain Risks Geopolitical Risks. Inflation and Global Economy Risks.

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

Talking Logistics

In both cases, you have to deal with the absence of standardization and with ongoing change, especially changes in regulations and government.”. See the recent election results in Argentina and Venezuela , and the issues facing Brazil’s president and economy , as examples.

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G20 Global Throughput – The Main Divide

ThroughPut

Some governments agree: Australia and Japan have blocked Huawei gear from their next-generation 5G wireless networks. Some governments agree: Australia and Japan have blocked Huawei gear from their next-generation 5G wireless networks. The Winner in a Tradewar between the US and China?

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