QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

The Malaysian island of Singapore was originally known as Temasek (“Sea Town”) after the first settlers found it in AD 1298-1299. In 1819, the British East India Company established a trading settlement on the island, which set modern Singapore into motion. In 1963, Singapore joined the Malaysian federation but became independent two years later. Singapore is one of the most prosperous countries in the world with its strong international trading links and busy ports.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 9, 2015

At the Singapore stop of the Quintiq World Tour this year, our panel of industry influencers delved into these topics and more. Charlie Macdonald (Industry Executive for Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, Telstra): We’re on this journey of transformation towards customer centricity. Freight Exchange is a software platform for excess freight capacity. It creates a two-sided marketplace for those in the freight transport industries.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 13, 2015

One of the strategies manufacturers and online stores will take is to price their products uniformly across the participating economies. This would mean that a consumer in Malaysia buying from Amazon in the US would not experience significant differences in pricing of the same product bought from an online store in Malaysia or neighboring Singapore. That leaves the trans-Pacific air freight lane as the key engine of growth, both in volume and revenue.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In 1963, Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak joined the Federation. The fledgling country was troubled by an insurgency, confrontations with Indonesia, the Philippine’s claim on Sabah and then Singapore’s withdrawal in 1965. Manufacturing in Malaysia.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services. There’s been less progress though with ocean freight, since Amazon registered as a freight forwarder several years ago.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I started my career working in 3PL’s – one of which was the largest freight forwarder in the world in the 1990’s. I then went on to work as a ‘shipper’, for a swiss confectionary manufacturer and then a global IT distributor. 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. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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BluJay Solutions

MARCH 1, 2020

Expedient is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and counts among its customers many of the top couriers, multi-national logistics companies, and mid-market freight forwarders in the region. The company will integrate with the global BluJay team, which has Asia-Pacific offices in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and India.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. They’ve also named themselves as a cross-border logistics service and an ocean freight company, with ports in Japan, Europe, and the United States.

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BluJay Solutions

JUNE 17, 2013

The recent announcement by Google-owned Motorola Mobility that all new Moto X smartphones sold in the US will be manufactured in Texas, highlights the continued importance of the global supply chain and role of freight forwarders and logistics services providers (LSPs) in successful local sourcing strategies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 22, 2020

As the fabric suppliers require the longest lead times, ZARA approves designs & initiates manufacturing after it gets feedback from its stores. Optimize global manufacturing capacities : Carry out a structured view of Mfg capacities by each plant, self as well as outsourced.

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Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

With Chinese New Year approaching fast workers will travel throughout the country to return to their families and celebrate the New Year, with all manufacturing shutting down for the duration. One to two weeks before CNY, factories will speed up their production causing a surge of freight. Singapore – CNY – February 16-17.

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EFT

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Britain’s retailers and food manufacturers have called on lawmakers to urgently investigate ongoing disruption at UK ports, warning that delays were hurting their plans to build stocks ahead of Christmas and the Dec. UK draws up plans to rival Singapore with post-Brexit shipping regime - FT.

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CH Robinson Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2019

Unfortunately, moving factories west also creates extra expenses for inland freight as well as added transit time from the port terminal. In fact, almost all Southeast Asia countries have seen some change: Singapore as the most competitive country. Bloomberg states that Singapore has the world’s best airport. million TEUs in 2018—and it would seem that Singapore is thriving. in Q2 2019, Singapore suffered their lowest Q2 growth in a decade.

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Cerasis

JUNE 22, 2015

He has significant international experience, and has been based in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Japan and Australia, with experience in managing multicultural cross-border teams throughout the region. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post 3 Things Good, Lean Visuals Have In Common & Mieruka: The Four Different Types of Visuals with Examples appeared first on Freight Logistics Company | Cerasis. Lean Manufacturing lean visuals

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BluJay Solutions

AUGUST 25, 2020

Melbourne, AU – 26 August 2020 – BluJay Solutions , a global provider of supply chain applications, networks and data solutions, today launched a new report ‘The Delivery Experience,’ which surveyed more than 7,000 consumers across APAC, including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

But alternative models are emerging, including distributed manufacturing enabled by robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D-printing, distributed intelligence brought about by the internet of things and distributed labor enabled by the internet and mobile devices. Demand sensing technology will help supply chain professionals to become smarter about the sales side, which helps to drive sales but also allows for better planning of logistics and manufacturing capacity.

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EFT

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Alibaba Group opens China factory as part of new manufacturing initiative. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a pilot factory in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou as part of its “smart manufacturing” business initiative.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

A huge emphasis is typically placed on lean manufacturing and just-in-time distribution, which helps firms save time and money by improving resource efficiency, reducing waste, and optimising their distribution networks. Taking a digital-first approach.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 9, 2020

Australian imports from China mainly comprise manufactured goods, including telecommunications equipment, IT products, furniture, home ware, clothing, toys, sports equipment, and televisions. Singapore, $14.7 Refined petroleum: Australia sources most of its refined petroleum products from Singapore, which, with 138+ confirmed cases, is also in the COVID-19 firing line.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Before taking her current position, she served in several capacities including Seagate’s product design and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Singapore. When I think back, at the beginning of the decade, it was about designing the product for manufacturing.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

That’s good news for agriculture and manufacturing in the state, two industries that rely heavily on almost nonexistent water. The fires are causing high levels of haze in Singapore and other countries, where pollution levels are almost unprecedented. This could be a record-setting year for typhoons, meaning heavy disruptions of air and sea freight. El Niño is officially set to wreak havoc around the world—starting now.

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Unleashed

APRIL 15, 2020

Net realisable value (NRV) is the expected selling price of inventory goods after taking into account selling costs and manufacturing costs. You want to pick the sea freight option as it will be cheaper, but that means your customer — customers at supermarkets — will not see your products on the shelf for a whole month! If you choose air freight, you should ensure these higher costs are factored into inventory so that the margins on your more expensive products are well understood.

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Unleashed

APRIL 3, 2020

Net realisable value (NRV) is the expected selling price of inventory goods after taking into account selling costs and manufacturing costs. You want to pick the sea freight option as it will be cheaper, but that means your customer — customers at supermarkets — will not see your products on the shelf for a whole month! If you choose air freight, you should ensure these higher costs are factored into inventory so that the margins on your more expensive products are well understood.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2017

This was meant to incentivize companies to manufacture locally, and indeed many did, either by outsourcing or creating micro-factories in most of India’s 29 states, despite volumes that might have more naturally led to larger economies of scale in consolidated production facilities. Past estimates from Mumbai-Calcutta have been as high as a seven-fold delay for freight as compared to a passenger vehicle. ADJUSTING TO A NEW TAX REGIME.

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Supply Chain @ MIT

MARCH 5, 2015

But the implications of this standoff between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association go beyond idle ships and stranded freight containers. To make matters worse, US ports have fallen behind technologically-advanced cargo handling hubs such as Singapore and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, mainly due to union opposition. Limited options on the West Coast without new thinking?

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2017

Logistics, the complex operation involving the movements of people, facilities, and supplies, is applied in every industry from manufacturing to retail to trade. In 2015, the Asian-Pacific region dominated the industry with significant impact from China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. Cheaper than both air and ocean freight, it takes around 18 days of train travel from China to Europe. Forecast to grow by a CAGR of 7.5%

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We partnered with KeepTruckin and Distichain, released several industry white papers, launched the Delivery Experience Manager for Final Mile logistics, won the Blockchain Innovation Award at #DataccioConnect Singapore, joined the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), recorded and released our fourth industry webinar, won first place in the Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards, and last but certainly not least, launched Mainnet!

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Techgistics

JANUARY 3, 2017

China, Singapore, and Sweden. Amazon leased 20 cargo planes to deliver goods to and from fulfillment centers, registered as an ocean freight forwarder in China , hired former CEO of the freight forwarder UTI Worldwide , as Vice President of Global Logistics, and built an ‘ Uber for Trucking ’ app to match truck drivers with shippers. Companies manufacturing overseas, NAFTA, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership that indicate that he’s serious about transforming how the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

MNX Global Logistics Acquires Specialty Aviation 3PL Aero Express Logistics in Singapore. DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. As I discussed recently with Doug Kimball from JDA Software, omni-channel is also having a significant impact on manufacturers and their supply chain and logistics processes. Another feature of LeanGlobal is the utilization of WebSettle® for ocean freight audit and settlement.

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