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Ho Ho No! Port Congestion and Supply Chain Delays Threaten to Disrupt Christmas

Resilinc

importers of containerized goods, they may get priority access to containers and space on cargo ships,” according to Reuters. COVID resurgence prolongs supply chain pain. Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia are among the countries experiencing surges of infection. Because the two retailers are among the top U.S.

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Why Commercial Drone Is NOT the Future of Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

3) Safety of Drone Itself : even though Amazon can drive the economy of scale and make a drone a lot cheaper, there is an absolute no guarantee that a drone and its cargoes won''t become a target for theft. For your information, a motorcycle delivery is a way of life in Bangkok, Thailand. So learning curve is not steep.

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The Cannabis Supply Chain and Logistics Map!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Challenges in the Cannabis Supply Chain! If you are ready to step to the next level and enter the industry which you have been passionate about, this is the best time for you to learn the supply chain of cannabis industry. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Doing Business in Malaysia

QAD

Located in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is bordered by Thailand, Borneo, Indonesia, Brunei and the South China Sea. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. It’s merchant marine includes more than 1,700 vessels, including bulk carriers, container ships, general cargo ships and oil tankers. Agriculture makes up 8.8%

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

The global supply chain is more connected than ever, demanding the movement of commodities be faster, more efficient and farther-reaching. The widespread active outbreaks has been increasing in South America and in Caribbean island countries, with cases of sporadic transmission reported in the Philippines and Thailand.

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Global Logistics and Trade Programs: An Update on GSP and C-TPAT

TMC

trade preference program—was established by the Trade Act of 1974 to promote economic development by eliminating duties on thousands of products imported from one of the 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories, including India, Thailand, and Indonesia. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)—the largest and oldest U.S.

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2012 Supply Chain Predictions: Is the End of the World Nigh?

Supply Chain Network

In the tradition of David Letterman, (in no particular order) let’s hit the Top 10 Supply Chain Predictions for 2012. Supply chain risk will not go away. At the start of 2011, I wrote a blog (Supply Chain Risk and Charles Darwin) that highlighted 2010 as the worst on record for supply chain disruptions.