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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world. 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. Manufacturing in Brazil.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

Enterra Insights

Germany has proposed dredging parts of the Rhine after the worst drought to hit Europe in 500 years depressed water levels in 2022 and forced ships to sail at only 25 percent of capacity. ”[5] Rising Seas Obviously.

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How to support IBP with Modeling and Optimization

AIMMS

The company is a global leader in meat processing with an annual revenue of $27 billion and over 50 processing plants in Brazil alone. Is the required capacity for this goal available? Are we really maximizing our revenue? Are we making the most of our available assets? Can we deliver on our promises?

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Prescriptive Analytics is Going Mainstream. Is your Organization Ready?

AIMMS

As AIMMS’ COO, Jan Willem van Crevel , writes : “in the past, organizations were dependent on the prioritization, capacity and skills of their company’s IT departments” to deploy AIMMS-based models. C loud-based platforms like ours have made the deployment of optimization models easier.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

As I mentioned last week, although the focus is currently on the labor dispute, there are bigger, longer-term risks associated with the ports ecosystem, including truck and rail capacity constraints, that supply chain executives need to start planning for today. Robinson ) announced that it has expanded its operations to São Paulo, Brazil.

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How to support your S&OP and IBP Process with Modeling and Optimization

AIMMS

The company is a global leader in meat processing with an annual revenue of $27 billion and over 50 processing plants in Brazil alone. Is the required capacity for this goal available? Are we really maximizing our revenue? Are we making the most of our available assets? Can we deliver on our promises?

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COVID19: An Update on Chicken, Meat, and Paper Products

NC State SCRC

The fiber is produced mostly in the US with exception of eucalyptus which is produced in Brazil, and the import of Eucalytus from Brazil is “business as usual” Also, the recycled fiber is collected in the US. are fully operational (at full capacity). The latter are positioning production now in consumer tissue.