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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Singapore’s Status a Global Hub. From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines. With such dramatic reductions in flights, Singapore’s status of a logistics hub was put severely at risk. However Singapore has managed to preserve it position as a global trade hub.

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The Green Corridor: To Realise the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In one example, Crust Group in Singapore provides a Southeast Asian example of a cross industry “circular economy” partnership. Everyday there is stale bread thrown out by bakeries all over Singapore. In the example of Crust Group, they do not have to buy raw materials from overseas. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Packing for the Future

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Have you seen the video of an innovative way to pack a suit in a rolled-up cardboard tube ([link] rollor.com/) that’s been circling among the logistics crowd on LinkedIn? I must admit, new ideas on how to package anything more efficiently (and better yet, sustainably) is like catnip to me, a self-proclaimed tree-hugging logistics nerd.

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The Green Corridor: The Circular Journey

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

. #1 Your Input Channel In November 2022 my story To Realize the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community , I used the example of a company that takes bread crusts (a by-product of one industry) and uses it for making beer. Here is an example where one company’s waste becomes another company’s raw material.

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The Green Corridor: Green Global Trade

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pollution and methods (to make bricks for example) are not generally in the picture – only the output. For example, the UN developed the “Human Development Index” which focuses on life expectancy and schooling in addition to per capita income of individuals. An example of this is what people do at the grocery store.

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Shipping Container Shortage–Another Bullwhip Example

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Ikea’s Singapore operations called it a “global transport crisis” and estimates 850 of its 8,500 products are affected by shipment delays. Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s logistic arm Cainiao launched a container booking service last week in response to the global shortage. For the route from Asia to the West Coast of the U.S.,

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Addressing the Talent Gap in Logistics and Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The mismatch between the high demands by employers and the supply of logistics skills and knowledge is resulting in a growing gap in the logistics & supply chain market”. Talent gaps in logistics and supply chain, continues to be a top challenge and a source of high risk for many companies.