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Brazil falls 20 ranking positions in logistics World Bank
Report published every two years shows the country behind other BRIC nations The World Bank announced on 20 March, Connecting to Compete 2014 report: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, which lists the efficiency of the transport systems of 160 countries based ...
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The new challenges of distribution centers
Introduction The attraction and retention of professionals by compliance with legal requirements, through constant pressure for productivity, managing a distribution center in the current business scenario is an increasingly challenging issue. What is the real productive capacity of my distribution center (DC)? ...
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Infrastructure and logistics competitiveness
For many decades, Brazil is seen as a developing country, but the status of developed nation has always been an elusive goal, an almost unattainable promise future. Meanwhile, our country was positioned against the grain in several strategic sectors, such as transportation infrastructure. ...
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Globalization and complexity in supply chains
In a not too distant past, certain business practices that led to logistics to reach the level it is today appeared. Some of them remain, but others have emerged that are creating new trends in the supply chain, taking it to different directions ...
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The value of outsourcing logistics
The reason for the existence of outsourcing is economically viable acquisition and short-term expertise and access to the use of the assets and technology to perform the services, benefits and cost-sharing. As in other segments, the increased complexity of operations and resources challenges ...