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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. We want to support and enrich these local communities through what we do best: logistics and transportation services. Acting for Planet.

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Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

An example of an advanced halal ecosystem is Modern Halal Valley in Banten, Indonesia. This trend is also better known as the evolution of halal or when applied to an organisation: the corporate halal maturity. Halal ecosystems, through geographical clustering of halal industries together, could create synergy advantages for brand owners.

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How the Supply Chain Can Thrive in the Face of Natural Disasters

Material Handling & Logistics

In the past year alone wildfires have ravaged California, multiple hurricanes have hit South America, and Indonesia has been rocked by a deadly earthquake and tsunami that caused thousands of fatalities. Digitizing your supply chain management processes can enable you to do just that. To put it simply, context matters.

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El Niño May Have Your Supply Chain Partying Like It’s 1997

Kinaxis

A massive El Niño occurred in 1997-1998, unleashing record rains in California, deadly tornados in Florida, and a brutal drought in Indonesia, thus landing the term firmly on the radar (no pun intended) of millions of people around the globe. Identify Alternative Transportation Routes.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). They form a continuum.

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What’s Looming for Transpacific Ocean Shipments this Peak Season?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Accordingly, significant volumes of ocean cargo shifted to earlier sailings than normal, disrupting typical volume trends in the third and fourth quarters of 2018. This shows importers are shifting their sourcing locations to countries other than China. Normally, we see a rush in ocean shipping just before the Chinese New Year (CNY).

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

Enterra Insights

Customers of maritime shipping firms not only want to protect their goods they also want to avoid higher insurance and additional shipping surcharges for cargo transiting the Red Sea. What alternative sources of supply are available for the essential resources? What alternative means and routes of transportation can be used?