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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 31, 2025)

Talking Logistics

My mom was barely 18 when she emigrated to the United States from Cuba. Soon after, she met my dad (who also emigrated from Cuba. Im driving down to CT today to have dinner with my mom. Its her 77th birthday. She and her sister started working at the SweetN Low factory in Brooklyn, NY.

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Where Does Cuba Rank in Logistics?

Talking Logistics

Yesterday, the White House announced that President Obama plans to remove Cuba from the U.S. Cuba relations. All this talk about Cuba, however, sparked a question for me this week: Where does Cuba rank in logistics? list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Source: Adelante SCM based on World Bank LPI data. Source: World Bank.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 16, 2023)

Talking Logistics

When my father finally got to leave Cuba in the late 60s, he flew first to Miami and then a few days later arrived in Brooklyn, NY to stay with his brother. When my uncle went to work the next morning, my father went for a long walk through the city streets, taking in all.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Being the son of Cuban immigrants, people have been asking me what I think abou t the move by President Obama to normalize relations with Cuba. When I visited Cuba with my father in 2004, we drove several hours from Cienfuegos to Camaguey to visit my aunt Z and her family. Cuba relations. I really don’t know what to think.

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5th Production & Operations Management World Conference

SCM Research

I just came back from the 5 th Production & Operations Management World Conference , which was held in Havana, Cuba. But, although the political tensions between Cuba and the U.S. What I really like about the conference is the global networking opportunity it offers. made it a bit complicated for U.S.

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5th Production & Operations Management World Conference

SCM Research

I just came back from the 5 th Production & Operations Management World Conference , which was held in Havana, Cuba. But, although the political tensions between Cuba and the U.S. What I really like about the conference is the global networking opportunity it offers. made it a bit complicated for U.S.

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Cuba: Preparing for Trade

CH Robinson Transportfolio

A colleague and I traveled to Cuba in March as part of a trade delegation with Engage Cuba, a coalition of private businesses and organizations working to end the travel and trade embargo on Cuba. credit cards don’t work in Cuba, and there are no ATMs. Cuba remains a communist country. I enjoyed the Cuban people.

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