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Benchmarking Success: Focus on what Matters

Logistics Bureau

He joined Logistics Bureau Group back in 2009 and commenced by running the benchmarking business known as Benchmarking Success. Steven, you were a customer of Benchmarking Success with three different companies, most recently as Supply Chain Director with Ingram Micro, the world’s largest IT distributor. The rest is history.

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Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Also Malaysia has dedicated halal parks, 22 in total, supported by halal park guidelines and incentives. The halal trust assessment could be conducted for one brand, but can also be benchmarked with selected competing brands. An example of an advanced halal ecosystem is Modern Halal Valley in Banten, Indonesia.

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Sector collaboration on sustainability accelerates, as a sixth industry creates an initiative with EcoVadis

EcoVadis

The AIM-Progress initiative also successfully hosted regional events, like the latest October conference aimed at Southeast Asian suppliers, primarily in Malaysia, designed to facilitate peer-learning and information-sharing around regulatory compliance and other core supplier challenges.

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Top eCommerce marketplaces in Philippines

Vinculum

With benchmark set by Lazada and still seemingly invincible in the Philippines e-commerce marketplace, here we analyze the top 10 e-commerce websites based on the average user traffic on a monthly basis. Though, the Alibaba Group bought over a controlling stake in 2016 for a mind-boggling $500 million. Zalora Philippines. Shopee Philippines.

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Aligning procurement and finance on sustainability

Proxima

The session was attended by procurement professionals from around the world, including India, the UK, Germany, Australia, Ghana and Malaysia. Further perspectives came from the UK Higher Education Sector and the annual ‘TOMs’ benchmarking it uses. It always can, and that’s the point.

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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Wholesalers in 2019: Drop Those Bad Habits from 2018

EMERGE App

South-East Asian nations such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are ready with substitutes or alternative suppliers. Benchmark Your Business. Just like looking for suppliers and manufacturers in China, you may have to apply the same principles and common sense in evaluating business partners.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company began with a pilot operation using a manufacturer in Malaysia. The Path to Cost Reduction: Intel decided to try what was considered an unlikely supply chain strategy for the semiconductor industry: make to order. The enterprise as a whole was not taking advantage of synergies and economies of scale (and the benefits of the same).