Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Latin America

Hugo T.Y Yoshizaki is Associate Professor at the Department of Production Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Josué C. Velázquez Martínez is a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. Christopher Mejía-Argueta is a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.

• Chapter 1. Introduction; Josué C. Velázquez Martínez, Hugo Yoshizaki and Christopher Mejía ArguetaPart I - General methods in Supply Chain Management Chapter 2. A proposed set of criteria for supply chain strategy evaluation; Roberto Perez-Franco Chapter 3. Hybrid heuristic method to solve a two-stage capacitated facility location problem; Geraldo Regis Mauri, Gladyston Mattos Ribeiro, Rômulo Louzada RibeiroPart II – Applied research in Latin America  Chapter 4. A multicriteria location model for a solid waste disposal center in Valle del Cauca, Colombia; Carlos Alberto Rojas Trejos, Julián González VelascoChapter 5. Value-added logistics services potential after Panama Canal expansion; Juan M. Castillo, Zoila Y. Guerra de Castillo, Ada Carolina Kelso, Pablo Alcides ArosemenaChapter 6. Evaluation of best practices introduction for the managerial improvement in the urban freight transport; Cíntia Machado de Oliveira, Márcio de Almeida D´Agosto, Daniel Neves Shmitz Gonçalves, Renata Albergaria de Mello Bandeira, George Vasconcelos Goes, Lino Guimarães MarujoChapter 7. Analysis of urban logistics measures in an HORECA intensive area. Case study: "Zona T" in Bogotá, Colombia; Jorge Chicaiza, David Hidalgo CarvalhalPart III – Case studies in Latin America Chapter 8. Re-designing the water-distribution system in low-income areas: A social oriented supply chain model for Pamplona Alta; Mauricio Rada Orellana, María Fernanda Fierro, María De Fátima LeónChapter 9. The São Paulo off-hour deliveries pilot: Impacts for City Logistics; Hugo Yoshizaki, Claudio Cunha, Joice Giacon, Flavio Almeida, Iara Kako, Patricia Laranjeiro and Celso Hino Chapter 10. Urban logistics: Generating solutions to create a better environment for commercial logistics activities: A case study of the historic center of Quito; Muñoz, J., Aguirre, E., Suárez-Nuñez, C., López, S., Sosa, J. Chapter 11. Financial risk measurement in a model of supply of raw materials; Diego Fernando Manotas-Duque, Leonardo Rivera-Cadavid and Stephanía Mosquera-López

Ten papers from the March 2016 conference present new methods for supply chain management and logistics in Latin America and applied research that focuses on solving specific challenges in Latin America, such as solid waste disposal, urban freight transport, and the Panama Canal expansion. Four case studies describe a water distribution network in rural Peru, an off-hour delivery pilot program in Sao Paulo, a model for optimizing the number and location of loading bays, and financial risk measurement of a raw material supply contract.