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Start-Up Chile Helps Kick-Start Anderson Entrepreneurs - UCLA.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Richard Rumelt/Strategy Land. El Mercurio (Chile - Spanish). . | Start-Up Chile Helps Kick-Start Anderson Entrepreneurs. Not only are there several UCLA Anderson pitch competitions on the way this spring, the first round of applications for Start-Up Chile are due. Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. FEMBA Speaks.

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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

Restrictions in the Panama Canal have affected over 170 countries and virtually every good: soybeans and liquified natural gas from the United States, copper and fresh cherries from Chile, and beef from Brazil. Another lever that supply chain managers need to consider is how, when, and where they deploy inventory.

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Mission: Maximize Learning on Multichannel Retailing & E-Commerce

Supply Chain Network

And, Tobias Hartmann, GSI Commerce, will discuss the operational impacts of becoming truly Omnichannel and various strategies to fit your business goals. How do you optimize a common pool of inventory, store pick up, and scale to compete in the eComm world? Physical delivery network strategy.

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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. Clothing merchants from the capital buy some, while much is smuggled out to other Latin American countries.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As a result, inventory builds up, costs rise, and customers wait longer for their products to arrive. The United States-Chile trade agreement allows all U.S. exports of consumer and industrial products to enter Chile duty free. The United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement eliminates tariffs on 80% of U.S.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Matías Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0 Expertise: Strategic sourcing and contract creation, procurement, supply chain management, interim supply chain project management, cost reduction, contract management, and commodity management are areas of expertise. They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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4 Technology Trends Set to Transform Your eCommerce Business

Vinculum

Artificial Intelligence of Things or AIoT has been proved as a major enabler of Supply Chain Management optimization by optimizing revenue, reducing distribution cost, improving supply chain satisfaction, etc. Ghana becomes the first country in the world to deploy drone technology for COVID-19 tests, medical kits and medicine delivery.