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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a redundant supply chain may have safety stocks, contingency contracts, multiple sourcing, and diversified networks to ensure the availability and continuity of supply. The port serves as a gateway for exporting coal to Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as importing coal from Canada and Colombia.

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Responsible Sourcing! Making Sustainability Happen for Real!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Sustainability is created at the source of our products, services, and consumption. Sustainability is created by the farmer in the coffee fields of Colombia. Sustainability is created from Responsible Sourcing. How can you make Responsible Sourcing a Reality? in this case, responsible sourcing.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. How do we best handle surging transportation costs?

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

While the LPI does give valuable information on national logistics systems in the Americas, says Guilherme Mendonça, a student in the MIT-SCALE Graduate Certificate in Logistics (GCLOG) Program, it does not focus specifically on transportation data obtained from primary sources. For instance, Brazil and Colombia both come in at 2.4

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A Real World Humanitarian Logistics Model

MIT Supply Chain

Floods in Colombia caused widespread damage. When a disaster such as a flood strikes, the response can be chaotic as various agencies and sources of supply converge on the stricken area. In Colombia, for example, FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) is such a group. Subscribe for free to Frontiers here.

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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

In 2020, the poorest working conditions were identified in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Turkey, and Zimbabwe. Audits are often ineffective as they are currently used. Supply chains are opaque. Violations of workers’ rights are at an all-time high.

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The Remarkable Supply Chain of the Coffee Bean

Unleashed

The majority of the world’s coffee beans are grown in Brazil, Vietnam, Peru and Colombia, but can also be grown in other favourable, humid climates. Coffee retailers Campos Coffee source their beans from Kenya to Columbia to Brazil. Find out how they manage their complex supply chain with the help of inventory management software.