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A Model for Transporting Goods in Brazil

MIT Supply Chain

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. The shift posed some difficult challenges.

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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

ivalua

The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Ivalua’s best-of-breed sourcing solution will empower us with the technology to drive sourcing best practices.

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A Decade of Loadsmart: A Look Back to Move Forward with Felipe Capella

The Logistics of Logistics

Previously advised companies on corporate strategy and M&A in Brazil and New York for 8 years. Felipe holds Master degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (valedictorian), from Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Spain – full scholarship) and an MBA from Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil).

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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

ivalua

The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Ivalua’s best-of-breed sourcing solution will empower us with the technology to drive sourcing best practices.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

and Brazil this year that will end up in products on Target shelves early next year. Lidl also shared that it had identified 11 critical raw materials and committed to setting responsible sourcing targets for each group of items. For Target, it’s both about meeting consumer demand and living up to its own corporate pledges.

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Prescriptive Analytics is Going Mainstream. Is your Organization Ready?

AIMMS

Source: Gartner, Forecast Snapshot: Prescriptive Analytics Software, Worldwide, 2019. Source: Gartner, Market Guide for Supply Chain Analytics Technology, May 28, 2019. We turned 30 this year. What’s driving prescriptive analytics adoption? . More awareness and ease of use .

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Mideast Conflict Is Latest Threat to Global Fertilizer Supplies

Supply Chain Brain

Major agriculture producers Brazil and India are especially dependent on global markets for fertilizer. Brazil, which produces two corn harvests a year, imports more than 90% of its needed urea. Mideast tensions have sent prices of urea up this week in the South American nation, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts. “For