article thumbnail

Panama: The Logistics Engine of Latin America with Demo Perez

The Logistics of Logistics

Timestamps (00:00:02) Panama: The Logistics Engine of Latin America (00:03:02) Differing Regulations across Countries (00:05:41) Venezuela’s Market Decline (00:07:38) Cost Advantages of Panama over Miami (00:09:49) Panama’s History as a Distribution Center (00:16:36) Importance of Panama Canal for Global Trade (00:22:37) U.S.

Panama 246
article thumbnail

Logistics in Latin America: A Mosaic of Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Talking Logistics

See the recent election results in Argentina and Venezuela , and the issues facing Brazil’s president and economy , as examples. In both cases, you have to deal with the absence of standardization and with ongoing change, especially changes in regulations and government.”.

America 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Is the “shared economy” changing logistics?

Kinaxis

by Alvaro Fernandez Did you know it costs approximately $100 to send an envelope from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Caracas, Venezuela? That’s for three to five day service! New York to London? That will cost you $50 to $100, but it’ll get there overnight.

article thumbnail

Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. For starters, plummeting oil prices may be a good thing for you and me at the pump, but they’re terrible for the many nations in which the economy pretty much revolves around oil exports. Meanwhile, the strengthening of the U.S. dollars with the intention of trading with the U.S.

article thumbnail

Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. For starters, plummeting oil prices may be a good thing for you and me at the pump, but they’re terrible for the many nations in which the economy pretty much revolves around oil exports. Meanwhile, the strengthening of the U.S. dollars with the intention of trading with the U.S.

article thumbnail

Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil is located in Eastern South America and borders the Atlantic Ocean as well as the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S.,

Brazil 108
article thumbnail

Lessons From the Front Line: 3 Hospitality Supply Chain Horror Stories

AFFLINK

Xinia Camacho, reports Fusion , is a humble owner of a 20-room boutique in Venezuela. In recent years, the socialist country of Venezuela has been faced with a vanishing supply of consumer products, like toilet paper. When Politics Takes Away Your Toilet Paper.