Unleashed
MARCH 31, 2021
The life of coffee begins with growers in the likes of Brazil or Vietnam. A lean business looking to build efficiencies would do well to try and improve this metric. A metric to determine how many days it would take to run out of supply if you did not replenish your stock. Freight bill accuracy. E.g. 35 DOI + 31 DOR = 66.
Supply Chain View from the Field
OCTOBER 29, 2013
One key metric of logistics infrastructure involves the cost of logistics as a percent of GDP. But when we look at countries with a poor loigstics infrastructure, we find that the cost ranges from a high of 20% in Kazakhistan, 14% in Brazil, and 18% in China.
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CH Robinson Transportfolio
JUNE 27, 2014
The FIFA World Cup tournament takes place every four years, but the 2014 event, which kicked off on June 12 in Brazil, has something that makes it unique: tracking technology. In Brazil, each of the 12 World Cup stadiums is equipped with 14 high-speed cameras, with seven cameras trained on each goalmouth. Will the floodgates now open?
GlobalTranz
DECEMBER 22, 2014
Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. Finally, the top 10 list was rounded out safety and metrics. These will only contain posts written in 2014. Read Full Post.
Logistics Bureau
JULY 11, 2018
Offshoring cost advantages were often a delicate matter in any case: lower worker wages had to be balanced against increased freight charges, duties, taxes, and damages during transit. Unlike financial trading where performance is measured as a price, a magic one-number supply chain metric does not exist.
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