Region 8 Product Distributors Show Resilience Amid Bridge Crisis
Tacloban city: Product distributors in Eastern Visayas have managed to alter their logistics strategies to ensure stable supply of basic commodities in the region amid the San Juanico Bridge crisis, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office said Wednesday. According to Philippines News Agency, some distributors have set up new warehouses, established transloading and cross-docking systems, resorted to source shifting, and are now shipping goods directly to ports in Samar, DTI Eastern Visayas regional information officer Anthea Aivi Ancheta said in a phone interview. ‘In our meeting with top distributors in the region, they informed us that companies