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The Green Corridor – Keep an Eye Out for Green!

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As one of the world’s largest food and household product manufacturers, this should influence other companies to follow suit and hopefully provide sustainable packaging suppliers more volume to bring unit costs down. In Singapore, in addition to BYD EVs already on the road, 300 electric MG5s will be added to the fleet of Stride.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

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IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has been global, with no country or organization immune from its impact.

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Digital Megatrends – Shaping Supply Chain Innovation

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In Singapore, for instance, there was a period when eggs were running out as consumers hoarded them. Retailers responded by ordering more eggs. Manufacturers and suppliers who ensure timely visibility of actual demand and clear communication across supply chains have been at an added advantage during these trying times.

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The Green Corridor: Predictions Are In The Green!

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Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. In Q1, 2023for example an expanded Neste Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) refinery will be coming online in Singapore. Air and Ocean Infrastructure.

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Now Is the Right Time for Supply Chains To Do the Right Things

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China fully shutdown its manufacturing output during this phase affecting consumers globally. Manufacturing Planning. Escalating freight rates and severe capacity crunch. Air freight rates have sky-rocketed to 7-10 times higher during Covid-19. This effect is caused by a loss in global air freight capacities.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

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billion for Bollore logistics unit Retailers Tackle Cardboard Overload With Made-to-Fit Boxes Robust.AI However, China and Singapore’ growth was the lowest among far east countries exporting to the US. In percentage terms, Vietnam’s exports grew the most.

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A chat with Scott Phillips

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Whilst I am Australian born, I was fortunate to have had an educational background spanning 3 continents, Australia, Thailand/Singapore and Denmark. Starting out as a Marketing Intern in Adelaide, Australia for a Fielders Steel Roofing, my international studies lead to an opportunity to work in Singapore in 2005. Scott Phillips.