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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains. This article was originally written and published for DHL in January 2020 and focused on the trade wars and how to leverage opportunities for tariff reductions. Product strategies. without being subject to tariffs.

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Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The result of this cocktail is an unfortunate reduction in global agri-food production, export, and rapidly increasing agri-food commodity prices. Cluster strategies contribute to a reduction of the carbon footprint of agri-food supply chains. Are our agri-food supply chains in crisis?

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We are honored to partner with Changi Airport Group in this humanitarian effort for our friends in Indonesia.’’. We also look to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic packaging. He played a key role in developing the Global CSR policy and defining the Group’s environmental strategy. Acting for Planet.

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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. A halal value chain approach to halal is about the halal DNA of a company, which includes human resource management (HRM).

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The path to recovery from COVID-19 – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This analysis focuses on four Southeast Asian economies: Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. The resulting scale down and re-design of logistics operations led to reduced efficiency in the initial stages of the crisis. Gives us an understand of factors affecting industry evolution. Disruption of cross-border supply chains.

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4 unstoppable forces that WILL change your end-to-end supply chain

Kinaxis

You have to start thinking of your supply chain as providing a service, and you must develop a digital strategy, not just an ecommerce one, to deliver it. It will extend beyond last mile delivery to companies looking to share resources to eliminate capacity constraints and cut costs on a global scale.

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Very quickly the industries all cut back on using power, people run out of savings, and livelihoods shrivel. All of its trees are being cut down to make charcoal for heating and cooking. The forest resources do not have to be imported yet, but sadly it is disappearing faster than it can grow back.

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