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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Belcorp Corporation, headquartered in Peru, manufactures cosmetics and personal care products for women in 14 nations across South and Central America. In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Belcorp, like most companies in their industry, has quite a complex supply chain.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

But nobody is talking about the supply chain for these vehicles, and the capacity required to build them. And is there enough capacity to produce the new types of vehicles? GM has committed to 30 new electric vehicles by 2025. Fo rd is committing to an all-electric vehicle platform with zero emissions by 2035. The losers?

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

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. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Kuebix Announces New Service to Provide Shippers More Truckload Rates and Available Capacity. Any Parcel capacity providers not already on the network can be integrated in just two short weeks, free of charge. BluJay Acquires UK Customs Solution Provider, Grosvenor Systems. project44 Launches Global Parcel Visibility.

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An update on copper

Resilinc

Geographically speaking, copper is produced by “a very narrow supply base,” according to Mining Technology : “65% of documented copper resources in just five countries: Chile, Australia, Peru, Mexico, and the US.” Beyond mining, the processing and refining industrial base is even more narrow.

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10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Media and consultancy firm Involvation have developed this checklist to provide insight into the added value and the potential of your current S&OP process. Anticipate. The added value of S&OP varies from one company to another. Norfolk Island. Northern Mariana Islands. Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Papua New Guinea.

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

Supply Chain Movement

One of the main supply chain challenges is increasing uncertainty; this makes demand planning very difficult, especially if there is no mid-season production capacity available for replenishment purposes when a product should prove to be very successful. Norfolk Island. Northern Mariana Islands. Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Philippines.