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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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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 In 2013, Daifuku acquired Wynright, a US-based provider of warehouse automation and material handling systems. A couple of Swisslog’s recent, publicly-stated client projects include a US facility for The Giant Company (Ahold Delhaize) and a facility in Malaysia for IKEA. **.

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

Elementum

Now, though, we might go to China for some things, but for assembly we might go to Vietnam, Malaysia, or more recently, an African country. Unprecedented events like the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan rattled global trade and left companies in trouble. Think about 9/11, or the SARS epidemic, or the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

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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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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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A Big Week for U.S. Trade Legislation: Updates on TPA & GSP

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. GSP will be retroactively renewed to July 31, 2013, (when it originally expired) allowing importers to obtain refunds for duty paid throughout that period. General System of Preferences (GSP).

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Launched in 2013, Reverb is an online marketplace for musicians to buy, sell, and learn about new, used, and vintage music gear. Ezbuy is the leading shopping platform for more than 3 million customers from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. It operates in Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong.