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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He was then posted to Mumbai, India as General Manager, South Asia, overseeing the growth and development of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In year 2008, Mark joined BMT, based in the Hong Kong office.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The countries improving their infrastructure and transport connections most were India, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Argentina and Bangladesh. Infrastructure and transport rankings fell for Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Brazil, Thailand and Kuwait. --In

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What is the True Cost of Sustainable Apparel from Bangladesh? Insights from Harvard “Sustainable Models for the Apparel Industry” Conference

NC State SCRC

A big question in everyone’s mind at the conference is if the price goes up, whether Bangladesh will survive and be able to compete against strong competitors such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Strikes and protests disrupt supply chains, globally

Resilinc

In Sri Lanka, a popular uprising chased the president from the country last week. In Pakistan, the rupee has dropped to an all-time low, protesters are battling an IMF bailout that requires austerity measures, and the textile industry in Punjab closed for the first week of July due to high fuel prices.

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Five Lessons Learned in 2020 – and Where to Go from Here

Bristlecone

Drowning Small Economies: Small and poor economies like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Djibouti and the Maldives were already overburdened and now they have the additional expense of handling this pandemic. China came to their aid, but as a result, many of their supply chains also became dependent on China.

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China and the global textile machinery

Exapro Hub

The study shows that the six largest investors in the short-staple segment in 2017 are: Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Uzbekistan, India and Indonesia. Pakistan: 32% / 68%. Sri Lanka: 15% / 38%. Increase of shipments of new short-staple spindles for the first time since 2013 (around 1.65m spindles). Cambodia: 30% / 63%.

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China’s Historic Silk Road is Resurrected from the Rubble

Elementum

Among one of the biggest projects is the $62 billion China-Pakistan Corridor, which will facilitate increased trade with one of China’s biggest allies in the region. Plans for ports, bridges, tracks, railways, and other massive infrastructure projects such as motorways and wind farms have already been proposed.

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