Brazil Freight Sourcing Transportation 
MIT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Distributing product in Brazil involves endless transportation choices. Pictured is the Port of Santos, Brazil. When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Spoilt for choice. It is a tough challenge.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 15, 2024
Hundreds of vessels have diverted to longer routes, resulting in delivery delays, higher transportation costs and economic wreckage for local communities. The Biden administration is expected to soon issue a strategy for placing charging infrastructure for electric freight trucks in strategic and busy corridors.
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MIT Supply Chain
MARCH 2, 2021
Latin American countries have particular challenges related to truck transport. Truck transportation comprises 75% of all freight in Latin America. So for a company to be competitive in the region, it’s imperative that they know how to effectively navigate countries’ transportation markets.
Talking Logistics
MARCH 30, 2016
As shippers of all sizes expand their global sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution operations, they have to navigate the complexities involved with global transportation management. But there’s a truth about global transportation that applies to all companies, regardless of how they became global: transportation happens locally.
Talking Logistics
MARCH 7, 2016
Freight tons moving on the nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next three decades while the value of the freight will almost double, increasing by 92 percent, according to the latest projections by the U.S. trillion in 2015). trillion in 2015). That is the “hundreds of billions of dollars” question.
Supply Chain Movement
MAY 11, 2016
10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. Deviations that occur during transportation execution are not necessarily approved immediately.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Manufacturers can gather valuable granular data such as the time an item spent in storage, at what temperature, how long it took to sell, the length of time between purchase and fulfillment and how long it spent in transport. Operators recorded information manually and then transported the product back to the loading or unloading area.
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