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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. CEVA Logistics and other Eco-Skies Alliance leaders will work with United Airlines to collectively purchase approximately 3.4

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Correspondent Bill Whitaker ( @BillWhitakerCBS ) reported, “Getting the goods from here to store shelves is proving to be a lot more daunting. It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Conex containers evolved into modular units that could stack efficiently to store more cargo in one location.”[4].

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

The two designs, one that looks more like a small plane used by hobbyists and another with a big belly used for additional cargo space, were recently unveiled in a company blog post. Customers in Singapore will also benefit from increased European inbound capacity. According to The McCown Report, imports to the top 10 US ports rose 5.9

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Delta outbreaks spur supply chain woes

Resilinc

and the capacity of sparsely vaccinated manufacturing countries to meet it,” reported the Wall Street Journal on August 25. Vietnam is “a very good example of a country left behind when all the wealthier countries of the world grabbed the vaccines first,” said Dale Fisher of National University Hospital in Singapore, as reported by Reuters.

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E-commerce Logistics Management: How can you overcome Supply Chain Challenges in the Philippines?

Vinculum

As per the report of Facebook and Bain & Company, online purchasing has been grown from 33% to 45% in 2021 in countries like the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia. Before the widespread pandemic, a report was circulated from OECD. E-commerce and Logistics Challenges in the Philippines. Customer-Centric goal.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Amazon’s trucking fleet is expanding rapidly; it launched in 2005 with the purchase of thousands of trailers used to shift goods between fulfillment centers.

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Supply Chain Challenges in the Philippines: How can you overcome them?

Vinculum

Online shopping is skyrocketing in most parts of the world like the Philippines, Singapore, and many more. As per OECD reports, the logistics are pretty maintained in the Philippines, around 27% of its sales. As per OECD reports, the logistics are pretty maintained in the Philippines, around 27% of its sales.