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Mexico’s Future as U.S. Go-To Trade Partner Depends on Investment, Infrastructure

The reason Mexico didn’t rise as a great near-shore market before was that supply chain resiliency just wasn’t top of mind in the last few decades, when landed cost was king.

P24 Mexico

Fleet Enable Launches Free Electronic Data Interchange Offering

The new service will allow freight haulers to receive digital orders and send return responses to their partners without manual intervention.

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Mid-Sized Businesses More Optimistic Than Small and Large-Sized Companies

Dun & Bradstreet found that midsized businesses are slightly more optimistic than small and large-sized companies and that global demand is expected to weaken.

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UAE, Brazil Partnership Aimed at Boosting Economic Cooperation

This comes as part of the UAE’s government experience exchange program, which was launched in 2018 and has led to partnerships with over 30 countries.

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Watch: Value Chain Leadership for the Supply Chain Executive

The difference between a value chain and a supply chain is that the first includes more of a feedback loop from the end consumer, according to Elsy Ocejo, vice president of supply chain at Illes Foods.

Elsy Ocejo

Kwik Opens KwikShelf Fulfillment Warehouse in Nigeria

KwikShelf is a 12,378.5-square-foot facility located in the Oyingbo Market in Lagos that provides Nigerian businesses with the ability to book on-demand warehousing space.

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Russia’s Top Miner Plans to Move Some Trading to Dubai

Nornickel, the world’s biggest refined nickel producer and palladium miner, was incorporated under the name Greenwich Holdings Limited in Dubai.

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Over 40% of Supply Chain Employees Are Women

A record-breaking 26% of C-suite and executive-level positions in the supply chain industry are now held by women.

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Watch: Creating Purpose-Driven Supply Chains

For a business wanting to cultivate a better world, it all starts with the supply chain, says Carlos Londono, vice president of supply chain at restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Carlos Londono

Watch: Why Are Modern-Day Supply Chains So Inefficient?

A perspective from Infor Nexus about why supply chain inefficiencies persist, and what can be done about them.

Info Nexus Why Are Modern Day Supply Chains So Inefficient

Over 40% of Supply Chain Professionals Expect Shipping Container Prices to Rise

Twenty-eight percent of those surveyed foresee a decline in container prices in August while another 30% think prices will remain unchanged.

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Why We Need to Stop Ignoring Simulation for Inventory Uncertainty

Supply chain design technologies that identify and quantify risks at the supplier, facility, customer and network levels allow organizations to make better decisions.

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