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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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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.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

It’s worth mentioning that China, the largest trading partner of Brazil, Chile, and Peru, invests heavily in the region, providing more than $140 billion (USD) in loans for infrastructure improvements in the past decade, according to The Business Year. While surface transportation remains stagnant, ocean freight shows promise.

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This Mexico-Based E-commerce Business Reduced 66% Delivery Costs With Locus

Locus

Currently, they have operations in Brazil, Peru and five cities in Mexico: Monterrey, Guadalajara, Queretaro, Puebla and Mexico City. When it was first launched in 2019, Mexico-based Jüsto was an e-grocery platform that wished to disrupt the consumer industry and become Latin America’s favorite supermarket by 2030.

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8 Inventory Costing Methods That You Might Not Know About

EMERGE App

However, large wine companies from South Africa and Chile have flooded the New York market. And $1,000 owed to the warehouse for storage costs. George sells hand-painted beads imported from Peru. Example: Oliver’s Wines of the World LLC. Oliver runs a retail business selling artisanal wines from Australia and New Zealand.

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Logistics in Latin America: A Mosaic of Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Talking Logistics

However, when you go into Latin America, you’re either a regional or global company doing business in multiple countries in the region, or you’re a smaller company doing business in your own country. So, what capabilities should companies look for in a logistics partner to assist them in Latin America? “Here in the U.S.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

With 24×7 availability, Fulfilled by Sears (FBS) is an order fulfillment service from Sears that manages warehousing, pick/packing and shipping of customer orders for your business. Linio is a Latin American marketplace with presence in 8 countries – Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina.