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What is Genuinely New in Supply Chain Management?

Logistics Viewpoints

Surprisingly, most of the goods seized did not originate in China but rather in Malaysia and Vietnam. In the case of goods detained from Malaysia, manufacturers in those countries were producing goods often made with ores that were mined and refined in Xinjiang. Historically, an OOM has access to all the company’s inventory.

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Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

COVID and related measures have shown the world the high degree of interdependence of countries for their basic food supply, risks of lean supply chains where inventories in the supply chain have been reduced or eliminated, and the fragility of this global agri-food supply chain architecture to disruptions.

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Operational strategies. Buying forward. Conclusion.

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Industry Supply Chain Implications to Slower Economic Growth Across China

Supply Chain Matters

The lack of momentum in China based manufacturing has had a discernable contractionary impact on other regions, especially Taiwan and Malaysia. The latter Taiwan PMI index has been in negative territory for over a year and overall business confidence levels across Malaysia ’s manufacturing sector sunk to levels not recorded since July 2021.

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Best Ecommerce Platforms in Malaysia in 2022

Vinculum

These days e-commerce industry in Malaysia is flourishing significantly, and it has increased by 30% over the year with a track of RM254.6 Even the Malaysian government has taken a step forward to support MSMEs and SMEs to enhance the retail business switch to digital mode of selling products.

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Global Production Levels Falling At the End of 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The pivotal turning point in the inventory cycle is a key factor for initiating a recovery. Overall, this government index closed the year declining 3 percentage points from the beginning of 2023. This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Even in Malaysia, retail sales during Christmas and Chinese New Year showed an 26.5% Communication tools like order tracking, cloud-based shipping and ordering, and radio frequency identification (RFID) chips, enable real-time visibility of orders, shipments, and inventory. BE READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL.