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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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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

And in the most emotional finish of the day, Henry Richard finished the race nine years after his brother, Martin, died during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. In the men’s race, Kenya’s Evans Chebet crushed the field over the final 5 miles to capture his first World Marathon Major win. A truly inspiring Marathon Monday as always.

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Professor Yossi Sheffi on Resilience, Visibility, and Biggest Risks this Holiday Season

Elementum

On a blustery English afternoon, he was called to the UK Home Office to meet with members of the British government. As most infrastructure in both the US and UK is owned and operated by the private sector, the government wanted to know if companies were prepared and what their recovery plans entailed. It turned out that nobody knew.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

Announced in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the plan would link China’s Silk Road Economic Belt Project in Central Asia—which was aimed at connecting with Europe via Central Asia to increase trade between the Asia-Pacific region and Europe—with its Maritime Silk Road stretching from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.

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The Upswing of Chinese Logistics Companies

Elementum

In 2015, the Asian-Pacific region dominated the industry with significant impact from China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. ZTO Express, officially established in 2013, works through approximately 7,700 network partners. The global logistics market is expected to grow from US $8.1T in 2015 to US $15.5T

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China and the global textile machinery

Exapro Hub

Increase of shipments of new short-staple spindles for the first time since 2013 (around 1.65m spindles). Malaysia: 25% / 49%. Stagnation of deliveries of circular knitting machines (up 0.12% in 2017), and finishing machines in the “fabrics continuous” category fell by 2%. share of the world market. Cambodia: 30% / 63%.

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