An array of solutions for today's supply chain requirements. (Special Advertising Feature).Latin American organizations face a host of challenging supply chain issues. In some cases, such as shipping massive locomotives, agricultural equipment and chemicals, having the right provider of specialized transportation is essential for a cost-effective solution. When speed, not bulk, is the issue, supply chain partners must be able to expedite items like life-saving biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. components and time-sensitive business documents through a maze of administrative regulations and shipping channels. For many Latin American companies, turning to a third-party logistical expert provides an ideal solution to navigating the many challenges of supply chain management. This approach allows them to focus on their core business, and delegate the headaches associated with logistics to a regional or global service provider. These types of partnerships, and state-of-the-art transportation solutions are helping Latin American companies reduce their costs, while meeting the constantly evolving needs of their customers. Should you outsource your logistics and distribution? Increasingly, companies are looking to outsource their supply chain operations as a way to save capital, access international trade expertise, and focus on their core competencies--making and selling great products. An outsource partner can provide warehousing, order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment , customs brokerage, transportation, and international trade support. UPS Supply Chain Solutions suggests the following considerations when hiring a third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. company: Services * Can they fill your orders at their facility? * Can they provide a wide range of transportation options? Sea, air, land, rail? * Do they do customizing services such as tagging, product testing, quality inspections, assembly, packaging? * Can they accommodate goods that require refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. or special storage requirements? * Do they have call center capabilities to handle customer inquiries? * What kinds of post-sales services do they provide, such as returns management, refurbishment or repackaging? Global Presence and Expertise * Do they have their own presence globally or do they have affiliates or agents? * Are any of their distribution centers in Foreign Trade Zones, which can help you delay paying taxes and duties? Information Technology * Can their IT systems connect with your inventory, order, financial and marketing systems? * Can they track your goods from beginning to end? Compliance and Regulatory * Are they C-TPAT C-TPAT Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (US government) certified? (These are new U.S. programs that are designed to speed up customs clearance and ensure documentation compliance) * Do they meet regulatory requirements to handle your goods? Business Strengths * Are they flexible--can they accommodate the unexpected and provide alternate solutions? * Are they financially stable? UPS is a global leader in supply chain services, with information available at ups-scs.com. Reducing costs by streamlining a distribution system Menlo Worldwide Menlo Worldwide is a global supply chain company based in San Mateo, California which operates in approximately 14 countries worldwide. Its core business offerings include 3rd-party logistics and 4th-party supply chain management. , which is a leading supplier of global supply chain services in 200 countries, was hired several years ago to help improve the supply chain of the world's largest producer of plastics, which is also one of the world's largest chemical manufacturers. At the time Menlo Worldwide was hired, this customer's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. packaged freight transportation network alone included more than 300 facilities and warehouses. Over the previous two years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time customer's shipments had increased more than five-fold and the number of shipping locations had doubled. The goals of this project included streamlining and optimizing distribution of packaged freight, reducing transportation costs, improving on-time service and order fill rates, using technology to improve inventory visibility, and building an infrastructure and processes to support high growth. Menlo Worldwide Logistics improved inbound and outbound traffic Traffic originating in the continental United States destined for overseas or overseas traffic moving in a general direction away from the continental United States. operations by changing routes, hiring quality carriers and closely monitoring their performance, and reducing the steps involved in shipping to business customers. Menlo Worldwide also provided web-based reporting to a wide range of users and suppliers to improve visibility and cost monitoring. It centralized transportation management into six routing centers with one reporting structure and processes that could be duplicated in new areas as the company grew. The company also provided warehouse management services that consolidated shipping activities, and improved inventory accuracy, order fill rates and transit lead-times. Menlo Worldwide's supply chain services include air and ocean forwarding, customs brokerage, logistics, urgent transportation, global project management and supply chain technology, engineering and consulting. Ron Young Ronald Young Jr. was a former POW in the 2003 Gulf military action against Iraq who later became a contestant in the reality show The Amazing Race 7. Bio Ron grew up in Lithia Springs, Georgia and currently resides in Villa Rica, Georgia. , Vice President, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Area, Menlo Worldwide Forwarding, 11010 NW 30th Street, Miami, FL 33172, www.menloworldwide.com Improving productivity by improving logistics For AGCO AGCO Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario AGCO Anderson, Greenwood, & Company AGCO After Google Check-Out Corp., the world leader in agricultural equipment, the objective was simple: create productivity improvements around the world by improving logistics. That's when BAX Global BAX Global is an international shipping company that is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has other major offices in Australia, Singapore, London, The Netherlands, and Toledo, Ohio. , a US$1.9 billion leader in supply chain management, was called in to manage AGCO's worldwide supply chain logistics business and develop a "cost-down" approach to their supply chain management infrastructure, yet leave it with the flexibility and scope to deal with an ever-changing global agricultural marketplace. A successful implementation of this strategy meant critical contributions to several AGCO corporate goals: revenue enhancement revenue enhancement An increase in revenues, especially by way of increased taxes. Revenue enhancement includes reducing taxpayer deductions and eliminating tax credits. , operating cost reduction and invested capital reduction. The ultimate benefits were improved profitability and increased shareholder value. The first order of business was in assisting AGCO with the startup of a new tractor manufacturing facility in DeKalb, Ill and then on to Latin America at AGCO's Canoas, Brazil facility and in Europe. Overall, the agreement now calls for BAX to assist with AGCO's worldwide 3PL materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, , transportation management, freight forwarding, and international inbound, customs brokerage, warehouse management and freight payment and audit services. Concurrently, BAX was to leverage its own global network to continually identify and implement a 'best practices' approach at AGCO. The BAX solution offers continual process improvement via common, consistent and integrated resources, infrastructure, and operating metrics. Contact Information: Raquel Garcia, P.O. Box 19571, Irvine, CA 92623-9571, info@baxglobal.com, www.baxglobal.com Delivering South America's Locomotion locomotion Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either appendicular (accomplished by special appendages) or axial (achieved by changing the body shape). Specializing in the transport of heavy and oversized cargo 1. Large items of specific equipment such as a barge, side loadable warping tug, causeway section, powered, or causeway section, nonpowered. Requires transport by sea. 2. , Intermarine, a New Orleans-based company, is a carrier of choice for locomotive and rail equipment shipments from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to South America and the Caribbean. Most recently, one of Intermarine's new heavy lift vessels loaded in Houston eighteen 160-ton locomotive engines for the Ferronorte S.A. railroad company of Brazil. The shipment, one of Intermarine's largest single shipments of locomotives, was discharged at the port of Santos The Port of Santos is located in the city of Santos, Brazil. As of 2006, it is the busiest container port in Latin America. [1] . Locomotives are normally shipped with the bogies detached in order to minimize the weight of the individual lifts and allow for easier stowage STOWAGE, mar. law. The proper arrangement in a ship, of the different articles of which a cargo consists, so that they may not injure each other by friction, or be damaged by the leakage of the ship. 2. , but in this case, the engines were loaded completely assembled. Although this requires greater vessel lift capacity and higher clearances inside the ship, the overall labor for handling and assembly is significantly reduced. This was possible because of the vessel's boxshaped holds with adjustable tweendecks and dual 200-ton cranes. For a company that transports project cargoes with piece weights exceeding 1,000 tons and lengths of 100 meters, the movement of a 160-ton locomotive 20 meters long is fairly commonplace. Intermarine people are extremely knowledgeable when it comes to heavy-lift transport, and its vessels are ideally configured for handling rail equipment. For more information about Intermarine services, visit http://www.intermarineusa.com/ www.intermarineusa.com |
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