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LogiSYM—Vietnam Digital 2020 – LogiSYM December/January 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

On 1st and 2nd Dec LogiSYM held its Vietnam 2020 Digital event on a platform called AirMeet. “EVFTA and CPTPP will be boosting Vietnam’s export to Asia Pacific and Europe as such FTAs leverage taxes and facilitates trade. Vietnam has spent no effort for a decade to be full member of such agreements. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Don’t Fret: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will not play havoc with the economic development of developing countries

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

TPP is a unprecedented trade deal in history because it involves 12 countries (United States, Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam), which accounts for 40% of global trade. (The The global trade amounts to US$ 38 trillion in 2014, where China took the lead with US$ 4.2

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What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015

RFgen

A hurricane or typhoon was the third-most impactful disruption in 2014. Typhoon Rammasun: The Asian seaboard experienced more natural disasters in 2014 than any other continent, as Typhoon Rammasun last June impacted 36 sites, which took 26 weeks to fully recover from the damages. billion in Vietnam and China.

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What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015

RFgen

A hurricane or typhoon was the third-most impactful disruption in 2014. Typhoon Rammasun: The Asian seaboard experienced more natural disasters in 2014 than any other continent, as Typhoon Rammasun last June impacted 36 sites, which took 26 weeks to fully recover from the damages. billion in Vietnam and China.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

Starting from the early 1990s, North American and European manufacturers made a beeline to set up factories in China, India, Vietnam and other Asian and African countries where labor was dirt-cheap and the cash-strapped governments of those countries were more than welcoming. in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5%

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

Later this year Amazon proceeded to invest US $3B in expanding their ecommerce reach in India , in addition to a previous $2B in 2014. Lazada, a privately owned Singaporean e-commerce company, is the leading marketplace in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Expands Asian Operations to Vietnam. billion in 2014 and sales are expected to reach $6.23 AWS revenues grew 49 percent in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014, while the rest of its North America business grew 22 percent. Swisslog acquires warehouse automation provider FORTE Industries in the United States.