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What is Genuinely New in Supply Chain Management?

Logistics Viewpoints

In most years, there is nothing new in supply chain management. Surprisingly, most of the goods seized did not originate in China but rather in Malaysia and Vietnam. In the case of goods detained from Malaysia, manufacturers in those countries were producing goods often made with ores that were mined and refined in Xinjiang.

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Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis? Are our agri-food supply chains in crisis? Do we need to relook at how we organise our agri-food supply chains? You could argue that this success story was the result of an optimisation of agri-food supply chains at a global level.

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic The Asian Institute of Management conducted a study across orgainsations in Asia to identify crucial skills and competencies required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia. Supply Chain Competency: Focuses on core competencies to optimize operations.

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How Southeast Asian manufacturers can use ERP to realign the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Of course, the pandemic then hit global shores, not to mention the ripple effects of global trade wars. For global businesses, supply chain resilience is the name of the game. As a result, supply chain leaders have been exploring alternative, more predictable options. Challenges to growth with supply chain.

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Industry Supply Chain Implications to Slower Economic Growth Across China

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides supply chain focused perspectives on this week’s indications of slower economic growth across China. and China continue, especially concerning deemed key strategic industries, commodities and industry supply networks.

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Apple’s China Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

I am getting questions from friends and acquaintances about whether the US’s supply chain woes are over. The people I talk to are surprised when I say supply chain challenges are not going to disappear any time soon. China, of course, is likely to react to these measures in ways that may be hard to predict.

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Malaysia a Key Link in Asia’s Disaster Resilience Plan

MIT Supply Chain

This post was published in the summer 2013 issue of the MIT SCALE Network electronic newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. This was one of the main talking points at the 2013 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference, hosted by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) in Malaysia this June.