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How Trucking Rules in Brazil Are Driving Change

MIT Supply Chain

This is what happened to PepsiCo Brazil when the Brazilian government introduced new rules that limit truck driver working hours. Legislation that took effect in September 2013 imposes a number of restrictions on the working hours of truck drivers in Brazil. Also, some larger operators initially opted to flout the regulations.

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World Cup Plays that Build Winning Supply Chain Teams

MIT Supply Chain

The most fancied competitor, Brazil, was humiliated, in front of its home crowd, in a 1-7 defeat by Germany (more of that later). Brazil and Spain had established reputations for inventive, free-flowing soccer, but their pedigrees counted for little on the ground. To a large extent Brazil played into the Germans’ hands.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

Let me give you an example,” says Mendonça. The TTPI rates countries based on five main categories: driver labor market and training, procurement practices and market structure, transportation cost structure (variable vs. fixed), innovation in trucking practices, and public policy toward developing national transportation systems.

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Thanks to Our TMS Customers, Blue Yonder is a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader 12 Years in a Row

BlueYonder

Innovation and Customer-Centricity are Our Continuing Directions Thanks to our TMS customers, for the 12 th time 1 in a row, Blue Yonder is named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 2. million miles traveled in Brazil alone.

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Carnival and the Advances of Technology

DELMIA Quintiq

In 2020 however, we had a pleasant surprise: the Brazilian Carnival had the last word in technology, with Rosas de Ouro samba school taking the history of industrial revolutions with emphasis on the industry renaissance that we are living here in Brazil. The main idea of ??the The universe of possibilities is huge.

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Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo

Kinaxis

Innovation in the warehouse: Markus Kückelhaus of DHL trend research, in two separate panels gave very compelling presentations on the innovation DHL is driving in the warehouse. But I left with the feeling that in light of the accelerating innovations, this is something that will be addressed in the near future.

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Time for a Mea Culpa?

Supply Chain Shaman

His demand signal was worse in global markets, especially Brazil. Supply Chain leaders will state in one breath that they want to be innovative and try new technologies; however, in the next sentence, they will ask for a statement of a definitive Return on Investment (ROI) for a project. Figures 2 and 3 are some examples.