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Global Manufacturing Activity Continues Downward Trajectory at the Close of 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The report authors indicated that the December PMI reading is the lowest since the first half of 2009, with the implication a significant loss in momentum. Among the activity of the 29 nations that make up this index, only seven had indexes of positive values in December, which included India , Mexico, the Philippines , among four others.

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Top 13 Asian eCommerce Marketplaces

Vinculum

Digitization in the last decade and a half has also witnessed the emergence of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia as other major forces in the Asian marketplace. Rebranded from Gmarket to Qoo10 after eBay’s takeover in 2009, the website sees a daily traffic of 600,000. billion in annual sales.

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The Cross-Border eCommerce Opportunity in Southeast Asia

Vinculum

In countries like the Philippines and Vietnam we see large young workforces that are quick to catch on to international trends and want to buy the latest foreign goods. Thailand meanwhile is predicted to hit a gross merchandise value of around USD 18 billion by 2025 while the Philippines will reach USD 12 billion. for sellers.

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Speculation and Shipping in the South China Sea

Elementum

The historic line still claimed by Beijing—despite contrary findings—referred to rather accurately when drawn out on a map as “the cow’s tongue,” covers the Paracel Islands, the Scarborough Shoal, the Spratlys, and sidles right up to several Southeast Asian countries’ borders: namely, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

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Supply Chain Management:Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

During this past fall, a higher frequency of flooding brought about numerous typhoons struck core manufacturing areas such as the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan and China, the prime supply tiers for producing consumer electronics. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. August 2009.