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This Week in Logistics News (April 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The growth of “fake coal” is just one of the new techniques with port authorities raising concerns about drugs smuggled in fruit containers and scrap metal, according to the Colombia Drug Smuggling Report 2024 by A&A Multiprime.

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Top Trends in Luxury Brands That Will Influence the Future of Your Supply Chain

DynaSys

For example, Caroline Scheufele, co-president of Chopard, stated the following in regards to Chopard’s partnership with the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) in Colombia, “For more than a century, our finest jewelry and watches have been created by a small community of Swiss craftsmen using traditional knowledge and skills.

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

MIT Supply Chain

Using its business environment rankings to evaluate the potential of countries in the region, the EIU singled out Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, and Colombia as well positioned to compete with Asia in supply chains. Costa Rica, Mexico, and Colombia came in fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively (behind Malaysia).

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Americanas is a Brazilian marketplace that supports a wide range of categories including homeware, fashion, consumer electronics, books and baby products. Launched in 2011 as a shoe retailer, the marketplace now sells online in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. South America. Americanas. Mercado Libre.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

The international shipment of flowers to Royal FloraHolland from Kenya, Mandarin oranges from California, and pineapples from Colombia were also used to validate the solution for shipments coming into the Port of Rotterdam.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

The United States was not successful in obtaining a concession for a canal in Panama as a province of Colombia. Due to the extra time required to wait for a transit slot when there are no bookings, the trip takes an average of 35 hours. The Panama Canal project wouldn't actually be completed until the 20th century.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

I’ve literally seen KPI “packs” the size of phone books, and even KPI sets circulated as a monthly magazine… that no one reads. If you’d like to read more about Supply Chain KPIs, you can download (free) a chapter from one of our Best Selling Books on the topic. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time phased.

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