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It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without Logistics

Enterra Insights

Ricaurte notes, “Every February, shoppers depend on farmers in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica for a universal token of love and affection – fresh cut flowers.” The Flower Supply Chain. Complicating this need for the ideal temperature, flowers travel a long way from field to store.”

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

Talking Logistics

My family and I spent more than a week in Costa Rica, where everyone greets you with “Pura Vida,” which means “Pure Life” in Spanish. Here are the ones that caught my attention: Maersk and IBM Introduce TradeLens Blockchain Shipping Solution. This is self-contradictory,” said Jansen at the [Global Liner Shipping Conference].

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The Journey of One Banana! A Supply Chain in Motion! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

The majority of banana export comes from 3 countries, which top the list for 2016: Ecuador, Guatemala and Costa Rica. When local production sites have packaged the yield, major distributors load up massive cargo freights on company ships, or those of 3rd party logistic providers. shipping, trucking and refrigeration?—?contributes

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Glen Munholland, President at Circular Supply Chains !

Supply Chain Game Changer

From Click to Ship in 4 Minutes! Glen was excited to talk about his new system at Circular Supply Chains and tell me that all of the principles I wrote about in “ From Click to Ship in 4 Minutes! It’s from that experience that I have embarked on the project that I’m working on now called the Cargo Carousel System.