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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic The Asian Institute of Management conducted a study across orgainsations in Asia to identify crucial skills and competencies required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia.

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. Hunt’s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. Some 100 container ships are anchored off the Hong Kong and Shenzhen ports waiting for berth space.

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4 Steps to Streamline Global Shipping

QAD

This has resulted in the WTO reducing its forecasts for world trade over the next two years from 4.7% With other economic indicators showing low global growth, the WTO may need to revise this already low forecast should trade tensions between the world’s largest economies persist. Step 1: Automate Compliance.

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How good is your crystal ball? Accurate forecasts drive efficient inventory management for retailers

o9 Solutions

Business challenges like sourcing from Asia with long and uncertain lead times now combine with demand uncertainty, which came to the forefront with the pandemic raging. In this first of two blogs, we will cover the need for demand forecasting excellence. Robust Demand Forecasting is Critical for an Agile Supply Chain Response.

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How good is your crystal ball? Accurate forecasts drive efficient inventory management for retailers

o9 Solutions

Business challenges like sourcing from Asia with long and uncertain lead times now combine with demand uncertainty, which came to the forefront with the pandemic raging. In this first of two blogs, we will cover the need for demand forecasting excellence. Robust Demand Forecasting is Critical for an Agile Supply Chain Response.

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Understanding the Shipping Container Shortage!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages in 2021

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You can also create new scenarios to address inbound import shipments stuck in ports with parts, components or finished goods by shifting suppliers from Asia to other locations–the possibilities are truly limitless. . Shipping providers also slashed capacities. Everyone is asking, “why can’t I get my stuff?”.