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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

Once known as Siam, Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1932. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country not colonized by a European power. Thailand borders the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. Manufacturing in Thailand. Thailand’s 63 paved airports moved 2,134,149,001 mt-km of freight in 2015.

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

Talking Logistics

The solutions help customers across a number of industry verticals, including third-party logistics (3PL), food and beverage, retail and healthcare, improve transportation efficiency and reduce the cost of delivering goods. Collectively, the three new sites added 69,000 sq. Note: Descartes is a Talking Logistics sponsor.

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The automated container terminal and the odd (mis)adventure of the Google car

DELMIA Quintiq

The new PSA terminal was envisioned to move nearly 70 million containers per year, about double of the 2015 volume, while facing the simple truth – with the rapidly shrinking Singaporean workforce, there are less and less people willing to work, rain or shine, in a container yard. Well, here is a bit of mathematics for you.

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Forced Labor in Seafood Supply Chains

EcoVadis

Numerous 2015 media reports exposed slave conditions in the Thai fishing sector. Western multinationals linked to these practices through their supply chains into damage control and Western governments responded by imposing trade sanctions on Thailand. Background. In 2012- 50% of exports came from developing countries.

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Manufacturing Spotlight: Philippines

Elementum

The Philippines is now ranked next to China, overtaking Thailand and Vietnam. Further, Shimano Incorporated built its first factory in 2015. Construction and increased urban populations have stretched roads and transport routes beyond what they can take. Who Are These Companies? investments by major Japanese firms that year.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Some of the ways by which poorly managed supply chain expenditure can inflate product costs are listed below: High transportation costs. In 2015, Nestlé discovered that fish products it was procuring from Thailand for use in its cat food brands were sourced from suppliers engaging in forced and slave labour. Procurement costs.

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Doing Business in Japan

QAD

As befits an island nation, transportation in Japan is robust across all modalities. There are 23 air carriers registered in the country, and they moved 8,868,745,000 mt-km of freight in 2015. China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. About 2.9% of the workforce is employed in agriculture.

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