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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Belcorp, like most companies in their industry, has quite a complex supply chain. In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Belcorp has certainly weathered the pandemic better than many of their peers in the beauty care products industry, helped by Belcorp’s direct sales model.

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Talent is the Future of Supply Chain Management

MIT Supply Chain

But at every industry conference I have attended in the last year, the paucity of talent has been topic number one. At the same time, there is a generation of young, dedicated professionals training for roles in our industry in colleges and universities around the country. Bea won best poster for the ZLOG program.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. In short, it’s difficult to forecast healthy economic results in just about any geographic region or industry. Meanwhile, the strengthening of the U.S. dollar is making it difficult for many nations to maintain a good balance of trade. dollars with the intention of trading with the U.S.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. In short, it’s difficult to forecast healthy economic results in just about any geographic region or industry. Meanwhile, the strengthening of the U.S. dollar is making it difficult for many nations to maintain a good balance of trade. dollars with the intention of trading with the U.S.

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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). And as I highlighted last week, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal , “Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

The chocolate and candy industry, however, has been working hard to up its game in terms of the environmental and social responsibility of its global supply chain, from supporting the livelihood of African cocoa farmers to zero-waste-to-landfill candy factories.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply chain industry executives are split sharply about how Mexico will fare if it is able to agree with the United States and Canada on terms to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. . Chile (12); Colombia (26); Argentina (28); Ecuador (34); Bolivia (37); Paraguay (40) were little changed. GDP growth.