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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Muslim (majority) countries in Asia (such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and several countries in the Middle East are moving to stage 3: the halal supply chain. Supermarkets have not yet been halal certified, other than just the butchery, bakery, or restaurant inside the supermarket in some big hypermarkets in Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Also Malaysia has dedicated halal parks, 22 in total, supported by halal park guidelines and incentives. He is also an Adjunct Professor with UTM Azman Hashim International Business School in Malaysia, conducting research on halal procurement strategy, halal supply chain management, and halal risk and reputation management.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020. CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. Photo Credit: L’Oréal.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Freightos Baltic Index Global Container Freight Index shows the cost of shipping freight remains hugely elevated – more than double the price a year earlier. In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic. And this was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 A spike in COVID-19 cases in some countries, which is causing factory shutdowns and port delays, added to corporate woes as soaring freight and transportation costs are pinching profit margins. GW to 10.4

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Raymon Krishnan!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I started my career working in 3PL’s – one of which was the largest freight forwarder in the world in the 1990’s. Our magazine, LogiSYM is the largest circulating supply chain magazine globally with more than 70,000 subscribers and we run symposiums in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai. annually in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai.

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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

A shorter monsoon season in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia will help miners procure more materials, used heavily in the electronics industry. This could be a record-setting year for typhoons, meaning heavy disruptions of air and sea freight. Food prices will likely skyrocket. have seen disruptions in planting already.