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The path to recovery from COVID-19 – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This analysis focuses on four Southeast Asian economies: Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Disruption of cross-border supply chains. Production and supply chains shut down in China from February 2020, affecting cross-border logistics and e-commerce supply chains.

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Negotiate 2012

LSCMS

Negotiate 2012. JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Copyright © 2012 The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society All rights reserved. 27th – 29th November 2012. Fax No: +603 2723 6699. Email add: JascintaL@marcusevanskl.com. Update Subscription Preferences or Unsubscribe.

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Malaysia a Key Link in Asia’s Disaster Resilience Plan

MIT Supply Chain

This post was published in the summer 2013 issue of the MIT SCALE Network electronic newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. 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.

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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

Let’s stop buying products where labor abuse exists in the supply chain. And in 2012 conditions at the plant were still such that workers threatened to commit suicide by leaping from their factory roof in protest of their working conditions. The answer is eight. And it’s not just China where these abuses are taking place.

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ModusLink takes EICC leadership role

ModusLink Corporation

This is no easy task and completion really shows a deep level of commitment and transparency in the electronics supply chain. To date, the EICC Facility Recognition Program has recognized 10 global sites including facilities in the US, Mexico, the UK, Thailand, the Philippines, Hungary and Malaysia.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 17-21, 2014)

Talking Logistics

DHL Supply Chain commits EUR 218m to develop logistics infrastructure in China. The ‘last mile’ is a key piece of the supply chain that directly touches customers and has traditionally been fraught with manual paper-based processes. When Amazon acquired Kiva in March 2012, the big question was, Why?

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Needed: A New Way to Manage Risk in Low Cost Countries

NC State SCRC

As organizations have expanded their supply chains globally, they have moved to outsourced manufacturing that reduces cost, but which also exposes their brand to greater risk. This has allowed global brands to create extremely responsive supply chains and bring lower priced apparel to store shelves.