Supply chain management and logistics in Latin America : a multi-country perspective

• Other Authors: Yoshizaki, Hugo (Editor), Velázquez Martínez, Josué C. (Editor), Mejía Argueta, Christopher (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Subjects: Business logistics > Latin America > Congresses.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787568037; 9781787568051
• DOI: 10.1108/9781787568037
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 193 pages)

Latin America is a well recognized and growing market, but its poor infrastructure, explosive urbanization, expensive and inefficient logistics, and multiple social problems continue to pose major problems to logistics professionals and academics. The uniqueness and complexity of these issues have l...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Introduction to supply chain management and logistics in Latin America
• Section I General methods in supply chain management
• A proposed set of criteria for supply chain strategy evaluation
• Hybrid heuristic method to solve a two-stage capacitated facility location problem
• Section II Applied research in Latin American
• A multicriteria location model for a solid waste disposal center in Valle Del Cauca, Colombia
• Value-added logistics services potential after Panama Canal expansion
• Evaluation of best practices introduction for the managerial improvement in urban freight transport
• Analysis of urban logistics measures in an HORECA intensive area
• Section III Case studies in Latin America
• Redesigning the water distribution system in low-income areas: a socially oriented supply chain model for Pamplona Alta
• The São Paulo off-hour delivery pilot: impacts for city logistics
• Solutions for enhanced commercial logistics in cities a case study of two different zones in Quito Ecuador
• Financial risk measurement in a model of supply of raw materials
• Index.