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The Status of Logistics in Vietnam: A Very Brief Appraisal

Logistics Bureau

To help you with your research, we decided to put together this brief summary of the logistics landscape in Vietnam. As the logistics industry in Vietnam becomes more liberalised, opportunities are opening up for new enterprises to cash in on a growing domestic and international demand for locally produced or manufactured products.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S., Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S., The new parcel stations will allow Walmart’s private fleet to transport even more online orders. companies to import more from countries including India, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Digitisation: Shifting Gears in 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

On the company and people side, the workshop attendees prioritised “lack of understanding” and “fear of innovation”. Corporate Leaders are advised to review their employee experience culture, innovation policies and incentive programs. Wolfgang Lehmacher is Operating Partner, Industrial Innovation Partners, Anchor Group.

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Having the right transportation technology can improve everything from route efficiency to supply chain sustainability. You will want to consider your potential transportation technology provider’s track record. The supply chain technology provider’s record. What your operation needs from a technology provider.

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Redesign to Improve Value: A Case Study of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

While innovation has slowed in Enterprise Resource Plannning (ERP) and Supply Chain Planning, I am bullish about some of the innovation coming from the supply chain network design technology providers like JDA, Llamasoft and Solvoyo. For example, we discovered that transportation and duties are 5x the expense of labor and overhead.

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Smart Supply Chains Adapt to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Logistics Bureau

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. Examples are: Samsung Electronics , which is shifting part of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due to the rapid advance of COVID-19 in South Korea.

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Has China lost its relevance as a production location?

Supply Chain Movement

This is still very favourable in comparison with wages within the EU, and wages have increased more significantly in other nearby countries, such as Vietnam and Bangladesh to name but a few. 4 “Transportation time is too long and no longer competitive”. Today, that amount has increased to RMB3,600. This is both true and false.

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