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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

When companies implement enterprise software solutions, they often label that implementation as being part of their company’s digital transformation. It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy. The company sells their products across three primary brands targeted at different demographics.

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The Remarkable Supply Chain of the Coffee Bean

Unleashed

In between this process, the beans go through international transporters, export sellers and retailers like grocery stores, cafes and specialty shops. 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. Transporting.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. In our research, we find that when companies out perform, one of the first things that they talk about is success in horizontal processes. Not all companies are at the same level of maturity. This is less than 5%.

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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. Both transportation and communication infrastructures are strong in Brazil. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S.,

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The survey of more than 500 global logistics executives is part of the 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, an annual snapshot of industry sentiment and ranking of the world’s 50 leading emerging markets by size, infrastructure, transport connections and business climate. . In the 50 country rankings, Brazil slips two spots to No.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Online retailers in South America have been struggling for years to overcome several obstacles to success, including extensive customs delays, poor transportation infrastructure, and the lack of end-to-end supply chain visibility. While surface transportation remains stagnant, ocean freight shows promise. A diamond in the rough .

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

In this post my goal is to help companies build outside-in processes through a clearer definition. I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns.