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

Talking Logistics

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). UPS Brings Technology and Logistics Expertise to Study of Drone Use in Humanitarian Response. Robinson Expands Asian Operations to Vietnam.

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Transforming your supply chain: What experts said at Quintiq World Tour Singapore 2015

DELMIA Quintiq

We did precisely that at Quintiq World Tour Singapore 2015 with experts from Hewlett Packard, Baker Hughes, ZALORA and FCI Electronics. Travis Wong (Regional Logistics Director, Baker Hughes): Having gone through different supply chain management strategies, I’d say it boils down to three elements: Supply, demand and product.

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Power Your Business Sustainably Through Solar Energy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Singapore has also embraced solar energy, having multiplied its solar capacity by more than seven times since 2015. YCH Group, one of Asia’s leading supply chain and logistics conglomeratesis another supply chain company that is using solar power to help cut their CO2 emissions. Cache Logistics Trust, Singapore.

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Five Key Takeaways From JOC’s TPM 2016

Freightos

For shippers, carriers and logistics providers, the JOC ’s TPM (Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference) is one of the must-attends on the annual events calendar. The world’s most popular route is still chock full of surprises, including: Vietnam has emerged as star exporter to the U.S., Express Logistics.

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The Remarkable Supply Chain of the Coffee Bean

Unleashed

million 60-kilogram bags in 2015. The majority of the world’s coffee beans are grown in Brazil, Vietnam, Peru and Colombia, but can also be grown in other favourable, humid climates. For so many people, coffee is a staple of their everyday routine. million 60-kilogram bags in 2018, up from 148.6 kg in 2019.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Timely Visit to China

Supply Chain Matters

Countries such as India , Vietnam and others welcome an Apple supply network presence with open arms. In its reporting Bloomberg indicates that Apple has amassed over $40 billion in China based revenues every year since 2015. Last year the company reported $75 billion in China sales.

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Lazada now owns Redmart and Alibaba has a controlling stake in Lazada.

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