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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Even in Malaysia, retail sales during Christmas and Chinese New Year showed an 26.5%

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Global Production Levels Falling At the End of 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Commenting on the outlook for 2024, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence noted in part: “ Given current order book trends, the overall picture from the survey is one of supply exceeding demand for many goods, which points to downside risks to production, employment and prices as we head into 2024.”

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At 20Cube we go that extra mile

20Cube Logistics

20Cube goes the extra mile for our clients using managed services for logistics in Melbourne, Malaysia, China, Germany, and Italy. MyHub automatically adjusts your forecast if there are any changes at any point with your inventory, production, or shipping. However, both of these benefits are direct results of outsourcing logistics.

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Professor Yossi Sheffi on Resilience, Visibility, and Biggest Risks this Holiday Season

Elementum

His latest book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected , was released this month. The government funded my research—and that became my first book,” said Sheffi. Now, though, we might go to China for some things, but for assembly we might go to Vietnam, Malaysia, or more recently, an African country.

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Forced labor in cotton supply chains – Key takeaways from our webinar

SupplyShift

Most traders keep these bale tags when they ship the cotton to spinners. These facilities are located in India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Vietnam. On the other hand, in countries such as Malaysia, companies have engaged the government to change laws through collective voice in industry initiatives. .

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Forced labor in cotton supply chains ? Key takeaways from our webinar

SupplyShift

Most traders keep these bale tags when they ship the cotton to spinners. These facilities are located in India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Vietnam. On the other hand, in countries such as Malaysia, companies have engaged the government to change laws through collective voice in industry initiatives.

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Ocean Freight Performance in March 2021

Freight Plus

When you look at the order book on what types of vessels people are investing in to build, it is the 10,000 to 20,000 TEU vessels. How are you going to reconfigure your terminal operations to accommodate much bigger ships, add more ship to shore cranes? Explore sea-air options through Dubai or Malaysia. Key takeaways.