Growth of Water Transport in Brazil
The National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ) released, in February 2018, the 2017 Waterway Sector Statistical Data, with the results […]
Demand Planning: Forecast Stability VS Portfolio Renewal
By Henrique Alvarenga. Innovation has become the main driver of growth and prosperity for companies in the 2013st century. In XNUMX, […]
Strategic shifts in Nike's supply chain
The growing demands for new products, customization, quality and high level of service have challenged large companies around the world. For […]
Operations Management: Process Design and 4Vs
Managers of large companies are used to project management in their day-to-day lives, whether it be the acquisition of new systems, hiring […]
Semi: Tesla's electric truck
Figure 1 – Tesla Semi, cargo vehicle launched by the company in November 2017 Source: Tesla/Disclosure Tesla announced, on the 16th […]
Investments in fuel tankage in Brazil
The fuel market in Brazil is going through a moment of transition. After the disclosure of the 2017-2021 Business and Management Plan […]
How much to keep in stock: very low turnover spare parts
In the previous post, I described a way to scale inventories for a product that was being launched. In this post, I will describe how it should […]
How much to keep in stock: new products
In a previous post, Beatris Huber explains the five inventory functions, describing why they exist, in which cases they are used […]
What is the most appropriate transport strategy?
Costs related to transport activities are very relevant, since they represent 54% of logistics costs, according to studies carried out […]
Amazon acquires Whole Foods physical retailer in the US
Amazon announced, on Friday, June 16, that it acquired Whole Foods, a traditional physical retailer in the United States. A […]
Fuzzy logic applied to inventory management
Introduction You've certainly heard of Artificial Intelligence. You may remember the theme from fiction films, such as “The Bicentennial Man” […]
