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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. Study these pattern shifts daily and weekly. Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets. With the completion of each study we share the research results.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. Each of these studies was completed using a different population at different times. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. I am a product of traditional, silo-based thinking.

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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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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The combination of technology along with the advancements in transportation made it possible. Today, I unpacked my bags.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

He began by discussing how Free Trade Agreements, along with labor costs and transportation rates, are among the three most critical elements to factor in when analyzing global supply chain decisions. It excludes Canada, USA, Mexico, Chile, and Peru. The RCEP doesn’t cover labor laws, data, information services – just products.

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Most desirable logistics location of Europe in 2018

Supply Chain Movement

The market study by VerkehrsRundschau (a leading German magazine with a website about transport and logistics) assessed the attractiveness of the countries close to Germany as a base for logistics activities. The Netherlands is the best region for a logistics base according to the ‘VerkehrsRundschau Markenstudie ImageRanking’.

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

these are the main conclusions from Supply Chain Movement’s annual study as the basis for the 3pl subway map europe 2016, which shows the specific services of the most important logistics service providers. Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. By Martijn Lofvers. >>Please

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