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It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without Logistics

Enterra Insights

Cupid gets the credit for the holiday, but really Valentine’s Day is the work of logistics and supply chain.” Ricaurte notes, “Every February, shoppers depend on farmers in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica for a universal token of love and affection – fresh cut flowers.”

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Valentine’s Day 2019

Enterra Insights

Valentine flowers are primarily grown by farmers in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica. Logistics providers must transport them quickly, under controlled conditions, to ensure your significant other doesn’t receive a wilted surprise.

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Why Counterfeiting Is So Dangerous

Shipchain

It’s a huge issue in shipping and logistics, but it certainly doesn’t stop there. Additionally, Rolling Stone reports that tainted alcohol is also suspected to be behind the tourist deaths in the Dominican Republic that have yet to be explained. Fake handbags, knock-off sunglasses, inauthentic sneakers, and so on.

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Investing in regional supply chains

Resilinc

Shipping by land can be less costly and more efficient than the ocean shipping from Asian countries on which the U.S. Underpinning these and other investments are the favorable terms of the Dominican Republic-Central. and Canadian firms in Mexican supply chains and logistics. supply chains. now depends.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic.

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Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic.

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