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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

Truck transportation comprises 75% of all freight in Latin America. Currently, the state of the logistics market is measured by the Logistics Performance Index (LPI), a benchmarking tool developed by the World Bank. including owner-operators. But, say Mendonça, Villena, and Ruiz, each country’s situation is unique. “So

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion yen, supported by robust shipments to the United States as well as a weaker yen, according to the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Both marine products were supported by growing demand from Japanese restaurants in the United States. For comparison, they spent $3.4

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

Frederick , Chief Marketing Officer at Logistics Plus, noted, “Logistics accounts for nearly 8% of everything we make and sell in the United States. But if you are a part of a small company, by comparison, then you know that most people are doing many different tasks and doing whatever is required to get the job done.

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What Value Are You Getting From Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Risk Drivers: A Comparison of Risk. The problem is that the acceptance of lanes by the carriers does not force the carrier to accept the freight when tendered. If the carrier does not accept the freight, the manufacturer loses time in moving the freight and is often forced to go to the open market to source freight.

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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) appears to define city agriculture as a hobby, indicating it “takes the form of backyard, roof-top and balcony gardening, community gardening in vacant lots and parks, roadside urban fringe agriculture.”[1] ”[7] She goes on to note, “The cars are not cheap. .”[7]

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. The real-time freight visibility space has been heating up in recent years, with MacroPoint leading the way, along with FourKites and 10-4 Systems.

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How rate transparency grows SMBs: Introducing the FBA Index

Freightos

Of course, COVID-19 has accelerated this trend, with more consumers working from home and ordering online, while it’s also become easier for sellers to source on Alibaba, import, and then sell on Shopify or Amazon.com. So, not surprisingly, Q3 saw a massive spike in small businesses being formed in the United States.