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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

Identifying key strengths in procurement and management in high-impact countries will support a fast improvement that may boost economic growth in the region. For now, Mendonça, Villena, and Ruiz have focused on just five major markets in the Americas: the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina.

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Supplier Financial Health: Don’t Wait for the Worst, Reach out and Talk!

Supply Chain View from the Field

example is the default of Argentina and the associated immediate spread widening on debt of other South American countries (most notably Brazil), as well in the business context of buyer and supplier firms. This updating leads to “contagious” jumps in credit spreads of business partners, and can rapidly spread.An

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

Elementum

Deemed “too big to fail” by NASA , the weather event will impact supply chains at every stage. As the event starts to take effect, here are ten things you should know about how different weather systems will impact your supply chain. El Niño is officially set to wreak havoc around the world—starting now.

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Klabin Partners with EcoVadis to Advance Supply Chain Sustainability Leadership and Performance in Latin America

EcoVadis

New partnership will drive a higher standard for sustainable practices within the global pulp and paper supply chain. . Together, the two companies will drive sustainability excellence across the global pulp and paper supply chain through proactive monitoring and assessment of supplier performance and risk.

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

6 River Systems

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. For discount retailers like Burlington, the supply chain is often a competitive advantage — and thus a secret recipe for success.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. New Study: 70% of Executives have started Digital Supply Chain Transformation.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

Sidney has over three decades of global direct and indirect procurement and supplier management experience. As Head of Procurement at Harman International to VP of Global Supply Chain Management at Aptiv, we learned about this supply chain thought leader’s extensive experience in the world of supply chain and procurement.