13. What is your estimate for number of days About 15 days for transport from Miami to St. Lucia There is only one steam ship line that “dock to door”? services St. Lucia, timing will be the same across competitors 14. Do you deliver the products to the Both. Will want to find out how the island physical door? Or picked up at port? works, some trucking companies have a power over others in many instances and saving money will not necessarily save time. 15. Does CH Robinson provide its own Customs brokerage is a flat rate, all fees brokerage system? Does this impose are based on transactions additional fees? Volume pricing will be applied to freight forwarding tasks 16. Can you provide any additional resources FTA- look up their relationship with for our general understanding of the Caribbean nations regulatory environment related to US Customs and Border Control, to importing F&B products to St. Lucia? understand variation in policy even across ports within a developed nation As-Is Supply Chain Summary Though research into the current food and beverage supply chain for The Landings St. Lucia was a very long and arduous process, after much toil we gained a clear picture of the restraints in which the resort operates, in addition to some clarity into the resort’s own food and beverage supply chain. Research revealed that The Landings sources all of its goods on island, and does not utilize any of Vail Resort’s
13. What is your estimate for number of days for transport from Miami to St. Lucia “dock to door”? About 15 days There is only one steam ship line that services St. Lucia, timing will be the same across competitors 14. Do you deliver the products to the physical door? Or picked up at port? Both. Will want to find out how the island works, some trucking companies have a power over others in many instances and saving money will not necessarily save time. 15. Does CH Robinson provide its own brokerage system? Does this impose additional fees? Customs brokerage is a flat rate, all fees are based on transactions Volume pricing will be applied to freight forwarding tasks 16. Can you provide any additional resources for our general understanding of the regulatory environment related to importing F&B products to St. Lucia? FTA- look up their relationship with Caribbean nations US Customs and Border Control, to understand variation in policy even across ports within a developed nation As-Is Supply Chain Summary Though research into the current food and beverage supply chain for The Landings St. Lucia was a very long and arduous process, after much toil we gained a clear picture of the restraints in which the resort operates, in addition to some clarity into the resort’s own food and beverage supply chain. Research revealed that The Landings sources all of its goods on island, and does not utilize any of Vail Resort’s
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