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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The law requires “retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state [with over $1 million $100 million in annual worldwide gross receipts] to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains for tangible goods offered for sale, as specified.” Be Sociable, Share!

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Talent is the Future of Supply Chain Management

MIT Supply Chain

For example, a student from Ecuador displayed a network design project he completed for Kentucky Fried Chicken, recommending that the Colonel expand from two to three distribution centers in that country. The annual savings were less than $50,000 a year in cost reductions. The annual savings were less than $50,000 a year in cost reductions.

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It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without Logistics

Enterra Insights

Francisco Ricaurte, UPS’s country manager for the Andean Countries, reports, “The National Retail Federation (NRF) anticipates that Americans will spend $2 billion on flowers this Valentine’s Day, which would account for 35 percent of the holiday’s spending. .”[2] The Flower Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 9 days, the host country will take on Ecuador in the first match of the group stage. Retailers turning to specific-day delivery over speediest shipping. Retailers this holiday season are focusing on delivering packages to customers on specific dates, rather than competing on speed of delivery. Amazon.com Inc.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Networked Supply.

Global Trade Management

As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility. By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. Subscribe To.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Launched in 2011 as a shoe retailer, the marketplace now sells online in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Linio is a Latin American marketplace with presence in 8 countries – Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Mercado Libre. The marketplace sells more than 850 brands.

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Solving the biggest logistics puzzle in the floral industry

DELMIA Quintiq

Flowers are gathered from far and wide, from farms in countries such as Kenya, India, Thailand, Ecuador, and Colombia. This means it can take up to two weeks for them to reach retailers. The demand for flowers on Valentine’s Day is higher than at any other time of the year.

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