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What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Guest Post by Arun Gupta, PhD

Supply Chain View from the Field

Arun Gupta recently went to a conference of the TPP in Washington, and was invited to share some insights on his visit and what he learned in a guest blog. Be on the lookout for more information on TPP on this blog. The United States currently has FTA’s with six (6) of the 11 TPP countries. Gupta, Ph.D.

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil is located in Eastern South America and borders the Atlantic Ocean as well as the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Both transportation and communication infrastructures are strong in Brazil. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S.,

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, at the Supply Chain Shaman blog, and for Forbes. What do you think?

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

During the afternoon, as I quietly held the pieces for Jake’s monster, my mind composed my blog post for the week. I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets.

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This Mexico-Based E-commerce Business Reduced 66% Delivery Costs With Locus

Locus

Currently, they have operations in Brazil, Peru and five cities in Mexico: Monterrey, Guadalajara, Queretaro, Puebla and Mexico City. Talk to Our Experts Now The post This Mexico-Based E-commerce Business Reduced 66% Delivery Costs With Locus appeared first on Locus Blog.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The combination of technology along with the advancements in transportation made it possible. Today, I unpacked my bags.

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Citius, Altius, Fortius… and Greatness

Tailwind

And the funniest, most amazing journey, of one of my colleagues, Patricia, who was working in our tech company as an ‘import’ from Peru, who, when we were speculating about what great celebrity might be lighting the torch said, “Who is this, Wayne Gretzky?”. The ability to deliver a gold medal performance when ‘your time’ arrives.