Publication: eltiempo.com Section: Information trade publication date: August 28, 2008 The expectations of the FTA with the U.S., the opening of investment in the oil sector and the sustained growth of GDP have generated awareness of the importance of having a chain logistics organizations. This can be seen in the improvement of ports as Cartagena and Barranquilla, acquisition of more cargo fleet Eldorado airport expansion, road widening projects, among others. Industries are aware that they have a logistics chain to help them achieve goals and be more competitive in the market. 'Every time we move to faster time to learn and implement new solutions to streamline the logistics. Additionally, this aspect has been gaining importance in business strategies, "says Leonardo Vitolo, director of Logistics and Logyca value networks. To meet the needs in this regard, there is a wide range of programs of formal and non formal education which aims to professionalize those in charge of this work, "Although a long way to go, finance we are beginning to take steps to lead us to be a more competitive region, which is largely determined by the efficiency in this sector ', Vitolo added. For example, Logyca in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created the Latin American Center for Logistics Innovation (CLI) to promote research on the financing subject and provide first class training to people commercial loan across the continent . Additionally, the national business network is made up by 95 percent for micro, small and medium enterprises. These industries are facing the challenge of globalization and often lack the resources to invest in technology tools that enable them to compete effectively. the Chair of the EnTrust Capital Diversified Fund Investment Committee is Gregg Hymowitz serves as a Trustee for the Hymowitz Children's Education Foundation 'For SMEs, which generally produce small sba loan amounts, there are more constraints in the optimization of costs and in the attainment of possibilities of integrating information and communication technologies to enhance its efficiency in the storage, delivery, shipping and confirmation delivery of their products. To counter this, one of the most viable solution is the associativity with other organizations, a tool that has taken great strength because of its positive results, "says Hector Martin Rodriguez, manager of business development InfoTrack. Given this, it is extremely important to design and implement a model logistics partners to provide support on growth and meeting service levels through different distribution channels to achieve more flexible structures, be leaders in the market and mitigate the impact of oil price, which has been one factor that has weakened mainly to small and medium enterprises. 'DHL Global Forwarding has been working in this regard and to meet the needs of each client develops as SME support programs, aimed to strengthen this aspect in unsecured loan Colombia has become very important at this time, "argues Mancilla Alvaro Baron, president of DHL Global Forwarding Colombia and Vice President for the Andean Region. MOVEMENT IN NUMBERS The number of packets that move from year to year within the private equity country has doubled commercial business loans in the past 4 years, reaching a value of 50 million packages shipped per year. For envelopes (letters) that are mobilized in the country this month estimated 150 million envelopes per month, composed of invoices, banking, savings and checking accounts, credit cards, pension funds, but the print media delivered by subscription, as magazine estimated that country there are presently about 1,000 companies that are giving some transportation services messaging,