A SAVVY GUIDE TO THE DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN

April 24, 2018

Supply chains are the lifeblood of any business, impacting everything from the quality, delivery, and costs of a business’s products and services to customer service and satisfaction to ultimately profitability and return on assets. The requirements and pressures on supply chain teams—including those for sustainability, cost efficiency, and disruption and risk mitigation—are increasing and growing in complexity. Unfortunately, most supply chain organizations are operating with systems built for another era. They lack the transparency and visibility needed to better predict and mitigate disruptions and imbalance.

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Vasco Shipping Services, S.L.

Vasco Shipping Services S.L. (VSS) is a shipping agency which acts as the exclusive representative for the Chinese shipping company COSCO for all Atlantic Northern Spanish coast and its hinterland. Also participates as shareholder in Cosvas Atlantic S.L., agents for Cosco in the Canary Islands (Spain) and West African area covered by the South of Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Cabo Verde etc., and in Vasco Shipping s.r.o., agents for Cosco in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

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