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Silicon Valley in a Box with Mike Zayonc

The Logistics of Logistics

The firm was founded in 2006 by Saeed Amidi, who is also the CEO of Plug and Play Tech Center, a startup incubator and co-working space. The firm has a presence in over 35 locations globally, including in the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DB Group has set ambitious targets to reduce specific CO2 emission by 50% by 2030 compared to 2006. The latest Red Lion facility has a plethora of green features – solar panels to energy-efficient fittings; it is the first facility in Singapore to attain the LEED v4 gold certification, also the largest such facility in South East Asia.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

The beginning of the Asia-Advanced Economies trade boom. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. By 1983, container ships are carrying 12 million TEUs , with trade routes extending to the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Nascent Asian-US trade drives the return service.

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Multi Currency ERP for Small Businesses – EMERGE App

EMERGE App

World exports of manufactured goods increased from US$ 8 trillion in 2006 to US$ 11 trillion in 2016. Hence, it’s no surprise that Asia’s share of world trade is increasing rapidly. In 2003 two of the top 10 trading nations were from Asia. And you sell things in your local currency. In 2013 the number was four.

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Student Profile: Sue Andres-Brown ('14) - UCLA Anderson School of.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

She spent six years teaching high school English in southeast Los Angeles, including her 2006 stint as a Teach For America corps member. Global MBA for Asia Pacific. Student Profile: Sue Andres-Brown (’14). Sue Andres-Brown (’14) knows the value of good schooling. Ginger on Angélica Gutiérrez (Ph.D. UCLA Anderson Programs.

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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

With its central location in Asia and robust air infrastructure, Thailand is well-positioned to move goods by air. In the years since 2005, Thailand has endured much political unrest including a military coup in 2006. Thailand’s 63 paved airports moved 2,134,149,001 mt-km of freight in 2015.

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