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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The halal industry is a fast-growing industry. trillion industry by 2024 , consisting of not only food, but also cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, media & creation, and Muslim friendly travel. Developments. According to the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2020-2021 a USD 2.4

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

There have been stories of autonomous vehicles crashing which seems to set the industry back every time. Pizza Hut has already eliminated these plastics – switching to primarily corrugated cardboard – in its India and Brunei markets, and that Pizza Hut New Zealand and Australia are now 95 percent and 90 percent plastic-free, respectively.

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Why Global Trade Agreements must be part of your supply chain planning: Guest Post by Tim Barnes

NC State SCRC

In a highly competitive world, where cents on the dollar savings are typically the difference between hitting EBITAR targets and gaining market share, and being left behind, understanding the opportunities and threats that free trade agreements provide to a specific industry or company, are critical.

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Spotlight on trade agreements: IPEF, TPP, RCEP

Resilinc

trillion in GDP—and Brunei—a tiny nation on the north coast of Borneo, Malaysia, with less than 500,000 people and $12 billion GDP—have in common? A significant trade in oil and gas, which flows from Brunei to India; medical and entrepreneurial talent, which tends to flow in the other direction; and recently, membership in the U.S.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

At the time, Ron Widdows , former chairman of the World Shipping Council, reported that piracy was costing “the global shipping industry anywhere from $3.5 What alternative sources of supply are available for the essential resources? Leach, “Piracy Costs Shipping Industry Billions,” Journal of Commerce, 19 April 2011. [2]

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

Brunei Darussalam. Trends for high-tech industry. The high-tech industry are currently facing a tsunami of external trends. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues. Bangladesh. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands.