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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends Feature Article by Laurent Sik , Head of Operations, CEVA FVL APAC Automobiles, as a form of transportation, are indispensable in today’s world and will remain a crucial part of our lives for a long time to come.

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Doing Business in Singapore

QAD

Singapore has nine airports with paved runways and moved 6,154,365,275 mt-km of freight on registered air carriers as of 2017. A lack of rail transport is due mostly to the size of the island, making rail freight irrelevant. Import partners were China, Malaysia, the US, Japan and South Korea. Imports in 2017 totaled $312.1

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Build Resilient Supply Chains That Weather Disruptions 

Logility

As the pandemic eased, ports suffered bottlenecks, natural disasters disrupted freight movement, railways suffered congestion, and new legislation further complicated the movement of goods. For example, COVID restrictions in Asia shut down auto production because 70% of chip manufacturing happens in Taiwan and South Korea.

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:o9 Solutions Doubles Its Annual Revenue Bookings in 2020

o9 Solutions

The power, flexibility, and ease-of-use of o9’s platform is driving its rapid adoption and growth, and we see these trends continuing to play out at scale”. Adding vTradex and Samsung SDS as regional partners to accelerate go-to-market activities in China and South Korea, respectively.

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Doing Business in Malaysia

QAD

The country moves over 2 billion mt-km of freight per year. . However, the country has a slightly negative immigration trend, as more workers leave than enter Malaysia. The primary import partners were China, Singapore, US, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia. Imports, which reached $160.7 Political Landscape.

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Hanjin Bankruptcy Demonstrates Fragility of Ocean Freight Market Prior to “Black November”

NC State SCRC

This challenge has been also impacted by the growing discontent on the part of retailers and customers who are unhappy with the trend towards larger slow-steaming ships, which leaves more inventory on the water for a longer period of time.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

Although the situation on the ground is changing day by day, some trends can be identified which are likely to continue, or in some cases be exacerbated, for as long as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll. When it comes to air freight, global capacity is down 22 percent compared to last year, with further declines expected.

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