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Logistics Experts from SSI Schaefer Implement Automated Deep-Freeze Warehouse in Manila, Philippines – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SSI Schaefer has delivered an outstanding project in terms of sustainability in partnership with ORCA Cold Chain Solutions in the Philippines. Of the over 100 million inhabitants of the Philippines, 1.8 ORCA Cold Chain Solutions (ORCA) was founded in 2017 as a subsidiary of ISOC Holdings.

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Fast Fashion in the Philippines Retail Market

Vinculum

The rise of Fast Fashion in the Philippines. The Philippines also prefers imported clothing and accessories to locally-produced clothing and accessories sold at tiangges since imported Fashion is more appealing and seen as a superior quality to local fare. Philippine Fashion that is ethical and sustainable.

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How supply chain planners should spend their time, with cues from Chris Hadfield

Kinaxis

by Duncan Klett I was fascinated watching the key note address from Chris Hadfield at the Kinaxis user conference, Kinexions 2017. Or, plan for what might happen if, let’s say, Puerto Rico endured a severe hurricane, or if Houston was flooded, or if a tsunami hit the Philippines, or if earthquakes occurred in Mexico.

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

Now, Amazon is further expanding their reach, announcing their plans to enter Southeast Asia with a launch in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. 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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Agriculture, Logistics, and Advance Technologies

Enterra Insights

Bananas can come from Philippines, Africa, South/Latin America. Part 2 ,” IoT Agenda , 28 February 2017. [5] In addition to potential breakthroughs on the farm, there is a lot that can be done between farm to fork. Subhash Chowdary, founder and CEO of Aankhen Inc., observes, “Agriculture is a global business.

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Cyber Attacks Are Major Risk in New Global Resilience Ranking

Material Handling & Logistics

Natural hazards are another concern for business executives as demonstrated by 2017’s Atlantic hurricane season, the most expensive on record. Geographies in the index with significant natural hazard exposure include China Region 1 (ranked 69th), the Philippines (88th), Japan (24th), Mexico (62nd) and U.S.

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Studies Show Augmented Intelligence Solutions Improve Productivity

Enterra Insights

As of 2017, it was estimated that the Cyc database contained close to 25 million rules and that Lenat’s team had spent over 1,000 person-years on the project.” Researchers measured productivity of more than 5,000 customer support agents, based primarily in the Philippines, at a Fortune 500 enterprise software firm over the course of a year.

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