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Malaysia a Key Link in Asia’s Disaster Resilience Plan

MIT Supply Chain

This was one of the main talking points at the 2013 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference, hosted by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) in Malaysia this June. Witness the massive disruptions to supply chains worldwide caused by the 2011 tsunami in Japan. Brussels: CRED; 2012.

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The automated container terminal and the odd (mis)adventure of the Google car

DELMIA Quintiq

In 2011, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and PSA Singapore Terminals, operating one of the world’s largest container transhipment ports, pumped in S$50 million each towards R&D in port technologies. There are more abundant, and still cheaper, labor pools in Malaysia and Indonesia. It could be.

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A chat with Scott Phillips

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

My projects in Malaysia, Philippines, China, Indonesia and eventually Vietnam, ranged from customer service and order fulfillment, shop-floor planning, inventory management, import/export and procurement. Family reasons relocated me to Bangkok in 2011. .

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively. As of 2011, the cost for container ships was $74 per TEU of capacity for laden containers and $65.60 per net ton. for ships with empty containers.

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