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Don’t Fret: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will not play havoc with the economic development of developing countries

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

For instance, six of the ASEAN countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand can leverage their FTAs with the remaining 4 ASEAN countries (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam) who are TPP members to develop cost effective supply chain operations to facilitate multi-lateral trades with minimal tariffs.

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ProMat 2023: What to See and Do in Chicago

Locus Robotics

Lao Sze Chuan — Excellent and pretty authentic Szechuan food, plus the Chinatown location is walking distance from McCormick. Giordano’s – Simply amazing pizza. Pequods Pizza — If you want to truly understand Chicago-style deep dish pizza, this is where you want to go.

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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

Its bordering countries include Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country not colonized by a European power. Thailand borders the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. About twice the size of the U.S. state of Wyoming, the country is 513,120 sq. km in size with a fairly consistent tropical climate.

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Becoming Leaner, Greener, and More Accurate with Barcodes

AB&R

If you can’t answer both of those with a resounding yes, it’s time for some wisdom from Lao Tzu; “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” Are they developing as your business grows? Are they helping you move in the direction you want to go?

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Time to Think about Your Supply Chain’s Future

Enterra Insights

Over 2500 years ago, the famous Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu stated, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. With the approach of each New Year, business executives naturally start thinking about the future. Year’s end is a time to set goals and make resolutions — it’s a time to think about change.

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Savant Talks: Christoph Sterkel on Kellanova’s digital transformation

Savant Events

Interestingly, I recall conducting interviews while traveling – one from the lush jungles of Laos and the next from my friend’s place in Singapore. Over nearly five years at Henkel, my wife and I made a decision to embark on a five-month-long journey around the world. During this time, I came across an opportunity at Kellanova.

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Essilor – The secret of a global & robust S&OP process

DynaSys

In our case we moved some Chinese products to Laos and to some European plants. But the pandemic started to extend from China to Europe and later to the Americas. So what we transferred o Europe, we had to move it elsewhere.

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