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Starting from the early 1990s, North American and European manufacturers made a beeline to set up factories in China, India, Vietnam and other Asian and African countries where labor was dirt-cheap and the cash-strapped governments of those countries were more than welcoming. Add to that the cost of shipping over long distances to US and European markets and they have lost the huge advantage they used to have in the past. MORE
Its identically tasting twin is brewed and shipped all over Canada. A product travelling hundreds of kilometers across Vietnam or India in an unrefrigerated truck would result in high rates of spoilage. How Asia challenges beverage supply chains. If you aren’t familiar with Asia, the unique complexities it piles onto your beverage supply chain are hard to see. If you live here, you know that to understand diversity of Asia, one only needs to look at our cuisine. MORE
For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. These samples and their shipping will cost you. During dispatch and packing to ensure the right goods and quantity are shipped out. At the dock to ensure that the correct goods are loaded and shipped. FOB means that the seller will bear all the costs and risks until the goods are loaded on board the ship. Shipping Agent. MORE
Vietnam. Many Japanese companies are already manufacturing in Vietnam. Then there is the cost of packing up and shipping machinery, moulds, and equipment to a new location, as well as the need to deal with staff reductions and a tangle of bureaucratic procedures. COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture. MORE
Shipping. Laem Chabang, another major seaport, is also a container port, making it easy to ship goods by sea. Manufacturers have many shipping options and can choose the best mode for shipping their products, balancing location, speed and cost. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. Once known as Siam, Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1932. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country not colonized by a European power. MORE
trade war, and the trade conflict between Japan-Korea all impact today’s shipping market. Robinson’s coverage of these and other disruptions has focused on what it means for companies shipping into North America. Vietnam to become world’s factory? Vietnam may just come out on top of the trade disruptions. With a strong infrastructure, including a deep-sea port that serves mega-vessels, Vietnam could be on track to replace China as the world’s factory. MORE
Vietnam is one of the up-and-coming destinations for shipping and selling your products through eCommerce. Vietnam’s eCommerce users in 2020 are 45.6m Online marketplaces in Vietnam. Some of the leading eCommerce business in Vietnam are: Shopee.vn. MORE
Lucky are the companies that can shift production to other countries like Mexico or Vietnam. Adaption: Autonomous decision-making and material handling systems allow companies to flexibly adapt to different scenarios and better prepare for the factors that might impact their ability to ship and receive materials. A New York Times article from August 2019 highlights how much artificial intelligence (AI) is indebted to humans. MORE
Vietnam and India are commonly mentioned as countries that could benefit from escalating trade tensions, but is the local infrastructure in place to take advantage? Even if you don’t ship much air freight, it’s never too soon to explore your options. Shippers of any size—especially those with lean supply chains and those who operate in just in time (JIT) environments who ship smaller quantities more frequently—can use air consolidation service. MORE
Transpacific Shipping in 2016. The world’s most popular route is still chock full of surprises, including: Vietnam has emerged as star exporter to the U.S., Drewry did the math, and despite last-ditch carrier attempts with cancelled sailings and increased idling of ships, lower ship loads will continue through 2016. CMA CGM ’s fitted this system into their new ship, the Bouganville. Five Key Takeaways From TPM 2016. MORE
The Index, in its ninth year, ranks 50 emerging markets countries by factors that make them attractive to logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, air cargo carriers and distributors. India and China are the logistics industry’s favorite investment destinations, but Vietnam leads a second group that includes UAE, Brazil and Indonesia. MORE
Heading the list of alternative manufacturing hubs are Vietnam, India, Thailand, and Mexico. Small businesses may be nimble enough to rapidly shift away from China, but larger businesses may take longer to turn the ship onto a different trajectory. MORE
In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal. For those of us who rely on shipping and manufacturing businesses, the Chinese New Year shutdown is an event that we need to be aware of (and prepared for) in advance to avoid delays that could be catastrophic to our businesses. Shipping delays. MORE
A destabilized shipping route drives up costs in more ways than one, but how close are we to a problem that has yet to definitively present itself? The historic line still claimed by Beijing—despite contrary findings—referred to rather accurately when drawn out on a map as “the cow’s tongue,” covers the Paracel Islands, the Scarborough Shoal, the Spratlys, and sidles right up to several Southeast Asian countries’ borders: namely, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. MORE
In a typical year, shipping by air and ocean follows a fairly predictable pattern of peak and slow times. Many shippers in this lane have ramped up their shipping early, while others are choosing to pay higher spot market rates in their preferred shipping times or waiting to see what will happen next. A typical year in the Transpacific Eastbound lane usually looks like this for ocean shipping : May 1: New service contracts in this lane go into effect. MORE
Ships wait to unload at Port of Los Angeles as imports boom. Container shipping group CMA CGM resumes online services after cyber attack. bln Vietnam investment to ramp up business. The need to know from Reuters global network of journalists. MORE
XYZ is now outsourcing a lot of its manufacturing to Vietnam. “Our whole staff is complaining about working with Vietnam,” Green tells Smith, XYZ’s founder, at one of their Friday lunches. Late one night, he posts a friendly message to his counterpart at XYZ’s Vietnam-based manufacturing partner — a man who speaks little English. Green tries the same test with a shipping manager at one of XYZ’s new suppliers in Brazil. MORE
For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. These samples and their shipping will cost you. During dispatch and packing to ensure the right goods and quantity are shipped out. At the dock to ensure that the correct goods are loaded and shipped. FOB means that the seller will bear all the costs and risks until the goods are loaded on board the ship. Shipping Agent. MORE
TPP is a unprecedented trade deal in history because it involves 12 countries (United States, Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam), which accounts for 40% of global trade. (The Felipe Caro and Christopher S. Tang, UCLA Anderson School. MORE
In prestige beauty and nutritional supplements, the cost to ship the product is minuscule. For example, we produce in Vietnam and China. Vietnam is a low-cost market to produce products. Our factory is efficient; yet, it costs us more to manufacture the product in Vietnam because of a lack of local raw materials – compared to manufacturing it in the US, shipping it, and paying duties on a landed basis. MORE
According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, Mexico ranks number eight out of 40 countries including Canada, Sweden, and Vietnam. Bemis Manufacturing will expand its Monterrey facility with a 50,000-square foot addition, while the new polyethylene plant of the Braskem-Idesa joint venture will ship some of its output to the US. Mexico may become the global manufacturing nerve center if the country plays its cards right. MORE
Since China banned the import of plastic waste (except the cleanest plastics) in late 2017, America has been shipping its plastic waste to other countries including: Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Turkey, etc. . Christopher Tang. . We do know that we should put recyclable items in the recycle bin so that these items can be recycled into new materials. But do we know if these items will actually be recycled? MORE
Vietnam and India are commonly mentioned as countries that could benefit from escalating trade tensions, but is the local infrastructure in place to take advantage? Even if you don’t ship much air freight, it’s never too soon to explore your options. Shippers of any size—especially those with lean supply chains and those who operate in just in time (JIT) environments who ship smaller quantities more frequently—can use air consolidation service. MORE
Philippines officials confirm two bodies recovered & 16 crew missing MORE
He had recently returned from his stint as the commercial leader for Syngenta in Vietnam, and was excited to tell me about his beach-side investment in Australia. We outsource about 80% of the primary ingredients of our crop protection business, and pack it in finishing plants and ship to warehouses. I pushed aside Shane’s motorbike helmet and jacket to take a seat in his crowded office. It was a beautiful spring day in March in Basel, Switzerland. MORE
This is certainly welcomed news, however, according to an AP article , the Chinese government has required makers of N95 masks to sell all or part of their production internally instead of shipping masks to the U.S. Vietnam. Disruptions in global trade have impacted businesses across all industries as well as by consumers at the cash register. Tariffs, political upheaval and more have caused many to rethink their stance on globalization. MORE
Shipping costs are also expected to spike upwards. It raised its prowess from running mere factories to one that offered a complete value chain: from research and development to shipping and fulfillment. China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia produced Japanese branded goods. For example, Vietnam supplies replacement exports for frozen shrimp, leather goods, bags, and furniture. Drop Shipping Will Face a Decline. Drop shipping has enjoyed a hot decade. MORE
Vietnam has over 150 shopping centers, 800 supermarkets, 9,000 traditional markets and 2.2 There are 3 common models regarding distribution in Vietnam: Primary distribution, Secondary distribution, and Last-mile distribution. Supermarkets are thus mushrooming as the favorite distributor in Vietnam. Vietnam has 1,765 convenience stores in total up to now, which means one store serves roughly 54,400 people [3]. MORE
The recent bankruptcy announcement of Hanjin, a major shipping line, on the Friday before the last Labor Day long weekend, was a shock to everyone working in the global logistics shipping industry. Many ship builders and ocean carriers overextended themselves while the economy was growing, and these expectations resulted in a huge amount of investment that has resulted in too many ships and carriers competing for too little cargo. MORE
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. It is also airlifting parts from China to its Vietnam operations. It takes time to turn a moving ship around, though, so this will not happen immediately. 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. MORE
Despite the huge advantages TMS bring, in Vietnam, regarding transportation, only “19 percent of enterprises use transportation management systems and 29 percent use GPS” [1]. In Vietnam, the poor infrastructure, political policy, and bad weather are often the barriers in logistics and raise the total logistics cost. Everything goes digital nowadays and logistics management is no exception. MORE
Alongside this trade revolution, shipbuilding became cheaper and the ships themselves bigger and more efficient. Both Alicke and Nicholas note Vietnam as a huge winner. “We Vietnam has an incredible wage inflation and Vietnam is basically full right now,” says Nicholas, who even admits that “ I have friends that bought real estate in Vietnam a few years ago and I kick myself for not doing that”. MORE
Same-day delivery (or is it shipping?) German shipping banks face $22 billion in losses: Moody’s ( Reuters ). Home Depot grabbed the headlines on Wednesday when the WSJ reported that the company is spending “at least $300 million on supply chain, technology and online improvements in the fiscal year that begins in February, including building new fulfillment centers and overhauling its warehouse technology systems” to enable same-day shipping and delivery of orders. MORE
2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Lazada, a privately owned Singaporean e-commerce company, is the leading marketplace in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. MORE
Maersk heads zero-carbon drive in shipping sector with $60 million research center. Moller-Maersk MAERSKB.CO, will team up with industry majors to set up a research center in Denmark with the aim of reducing carbon emissions in the shipping industry. Samsung to relocate Chinese display production to Vietnam – media. Samsung Electronics is planning to shift much of its display production from China to its plant in southern Vietnam this year, state media said on Friday. MORE
With less transportation capacity, carriers are forced to hike shipping costs, and airfreight rates from China to Europe were already up 253% YOY in April. It’s a matter of time before many China-based supply chains shift into Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand, or come home. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Storm article and permission to publish here provided by Bryce Boothby. MORE
Vinculum
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Vietnam is one of the up-and-coming destinations for shipping and selling your products through eCommerce. Vietnam’s eCommerce users in 2020 are 45.6m Online marketplaces in Vietnam. Some of the leading eCommerce business in Vietnam are: Shopee.vn.
Abivin
JANUARY 9, 2019
Vietnam has over 150 shopping centers, 800 supermarkets, 9,000 traditional markets and 2.2 There are 3 common models regarding distribution in Vietnam: Primary distribution, Secondary distribution, and Last-mile distribution. Supermarkets are thus mushrooming as the favorite distributor in Vietnam. Vietnam has 1,765 convenience stores in total up to now, which means one store serves roughly 54,400 people [3].
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Logistics Middle East
JANUARY 3, 2015
Philippines officials confirm two bodies recovered & 16 crew missing
CH Robinson Transportfolio
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
In a typical year, shipping by air and ocean follows a fairly predictable pattern of peak and slow times. Many shippers in this lane have ramped up their shipping early, while others are choosing to pay higher spot market rates in their preferred shipping times or waiting to see what will happen next. A typical year in the Transpacific Eastbound lane usually looks like this for ocean shipping : May 1: New service contracts in this lane go into effect.
ShipBob
DECEMBER 18, 2019
In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal. For those of us who rely on shipping and manufacturing businesses, the Chinese New Year shutdown is an event that we need to be aware of (and prepared for) in advance to avoid delays that could be catastrophic to our businesses. Shipping delays.
Logistics Trends and Insights
MARCH 21, 2020
This is certainly welcomed news, however, according to an AP article , the Chinese government has required makers of N95 masks to sell all or part of their production internally instead of shipping masks to the U.S. Vietnam. Disruptions in global trade have impacted businesses across all industries as well as by consumers at the cash register. Tariffs, political upheaval and more have caused many to rethink their stance on globalization.
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EFT
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Ships wait to unload at Port of Los Angeles as imports boom. Container shipping group CMA CGM resumes online services after cyber attack. bln Vietnam investment to ramp up business. The need to know from Reuters global network of journalists.
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
TPP is a unprecedented trade deal in history because it involves 12 countries (United States, Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam), which accounts for 40% of global trade. (The Felipe Caro and Christopher S. Tang, UCLA Anderson School.
EMERGE App
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. These samples and their shipping will cost you. During dispatch and packing to ensure the right goods and quantity are shipped out. At the dock to ensure that the correct goods are loaded and shipped. FOB means that the seller will bear all the costs and risks until the goods are loaded on board the ship. Shipping Agent.
EMERGE App
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Shipping costs are also expected to spike upwards. It raised its prowess from running mere factories to one that offered a complete value chain: from research and development to shipping and fulfillment. China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia produced Japanese branded goods. For example, Vietnam supplies replacement exports for frozen shrimp, leather goods, bags, and furniture. Drop Shipping Will Face a Decline. Drop shipping has enjoyed a hot decade.
EMERGE App
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. These samples and their shipping will cost you. During dispatch and packing to ensure the right goods and quantity are shipped out. At the dock to ensure that the correct goods are loaded and shipped. FOB means that the seller will bear all the costs and risks until the goods are loaded on board the ship. Shipping Agent.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 21, 2014
In prestige beauty and nutritional supplements, the cost to ship the product is minuscule. For example, we produce in Vietnam and China. Vietnam is a low-cost market to produce products. Our factory is efficient; yet, it costs us more to manufacture the product in Vietnam because of a lack of local raw materials – compared to manufacturing it in the US, shipping it, and paying duties on a landed basis.
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
AUGUST 20, 2019
Since China banned the import of plastic waste (except the cleanest plastics) in late 2017, America has been shipping its plastic waste to other countries including: Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Turkey, etc. . Christopher Tang. . We do know that we should put recyclable items in the recycle bin so that these items can be recycled into new materials. But do we know if these items will actually be recycled?
Cerasis
JANUARY 12, 2015
Starting from the early 1990s, North American and European manufacturers made a beeline to set up factories in China, India, Vietnam and other Asian and African countries where labor was dirt-cheap and the cash-strapped governments of those countries were more than welcoming. Add to that the cost of shipping over long distances to US and European markets and they have lost the huge advantage they used to have in the past.
Logistics Bureau
MARCH 19, 2020
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. It is also airlifting parts from China to its Vietnam operations. It takes time to turn a moving ship around, though, so this will not happen immediately. 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.
Abivin
APRIL 24, 2017
Despite the huge advantages TMS bring, in Vietnam, regarding transportation, only “19 percent of enterprises use transportation management systems and 29 percent use GPS” [1]. In Vietnam, the poor infrastructure, political policy, and bad weather are often the barriers in logistics and raise the total logistics cost. Everything goes digital nowadays and logistics management is no exception.
EFT
MAY 20, 2020
Alongside this trade revolution, shipbuilding became cheaper and the ships themselves bigger and more efficient. Both Alicke and Nicholas note Vietnam as a huge winner. “We Vietnam has an incredible wage inflation and Vietnam is basically full right now,” says Nicholas, who even admits that “ I have friends that bought real estate in Vietnam a few years ago and I kick myself for not doing that”.
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 7, 2015
Its identically tasting twin is brewed and shipped all over Canada. A product travelling hundreds of kilometers across Vietnam or India in an unrefrigerated truck would result in high rates of spoilage. How Asia challenges beverage supply chains. If you aren’t familiar with Asia, the unique complexities it piles onto your beverage supply chain are hard to see. If you live here, you know that to understand diversity of Asia, one only needs to look at our cuisine.
Elementum
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Lazada, a privately owned Singaporean e-commerce company, is the leading marketplace in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
JANUARY 8, 2019
Vietnam and India are commonly mentioned as countries that could benefit from escalating trade tensions, but is the local infrastructure in place to take advantage? Even if you don’t ship much air freight, it’s never too soon to explore your options. Shippers of any size—especially those with lean supply chains and those who operate in just in time (JIT) environments who ship smaller quantities more frequently—can use air consolidation service.
QAD
JANUARY 9, 2020
Shipping. Laem Chabang, another major seaport, is also a container port, making it easy to ship goods by sea. Manufacturers have many shipping options and can choose the best mode for shipping their products, balancing location, speed and cost. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. Once known as Siam, Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1932. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country not colonized by a European power.
Demand Solutions
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
XYZ is now outsourcing a lot of its manufacturing to Vietnam. “Our whole staff is complaining about working with Vietnam,” Green tells Smith, XYZ’s founder, at one of their Friday lunches. Late one night, he posts a friendly message to his counterpart at XYZ’s Vietnam-based manufacturing partner — a man who speaks little English. Green tries the same test with a shipping manager at one of XYZ’s new suppliers in Brazil.
Logistics Bureau
AUGUST 2, 2020
Heading the list of alternative manufacturing hubs are Vietnam, India, Thailand, and Mexico. Small businesses may be nimble enough to rapidly shift away from China, but larger businesses may take longer to turn the ship onto a different trajectory.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 13, 2013
Same-day delivery (or is it shipping?) German shipping banks face $22 billion in losses: Moody’s ( Reuters ). Home Depot grabbed the headlines on Wednesday when the WSJ reported that the company is spending “at least $300 million on supply chain, technology and online improvements in the fiscal year that begins in February, including building new fulfillment centers and overhauling its warehouse technology systems” to enable same-day shipping and delivery of orders.
NC State SCRC
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
The recent bankruptcy announcement of Hanjin, a major shipping line, on the Friday before the last Labor Day long weekend, was a shock to everyone working in the global logistics shipping industry. Many ship builders and ocean carriers overextended themselves while the economy was growing, and these expectations resulted in a huge amount of investment that has resulted in too many ships and carriers competing for too little cargo.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 25, 2020
With less transportation capacity, carriers are forced to hike shipping costs, and airfreight rates from China to Europe were already up 253% YOY in April. It’s a matter of time before many China-based supply chains shift into Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand, or come home. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Storm article and permission to publish here provided by Bryce Boothby.
Elementum
JUNE 6, 2016
According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, Mexico ranks number eight out of 40 countries including Canada, Sweden, and Vietnam. Bemis Manufacturing will expand its Monterrey facility with a 50,000-square foot addition, while the new polyethylene plant of the Braskem-Idesa joint venture will ship some of its output to the US. Mexico may become the global manufacturing nerve center if the country plays its cards right.
Material Handling and Logistics
JANUARY 23, 2018
The Index, in its ninth year, ranks 50 emerging markets countries by factors that make them attractive to logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, air cargo carriers and distributors. India and China are the logistics industry’s favorite investment destinations, but Vietnam leads a second group that includes UAE, Brazil and Indonesia.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
JANUARY 8, 2019
Vietnam and India are commonly mentioned as countries that could benefit from escalating trade tensions, but is the local infrastructure in place to take advantage? Even if you don’t ship much air freight, it’s never too soon to explore your options. Shippers of any size—especially those with lean supply chains and those who operate in just in time (JIT) environments who ship smaller quantities more frequently—can use air consolidation service.
EFT
JUNE 25, 2020
Maersk heads zero-carbon drive in shipping sector with $60 million research center. Moller-Maersk MAERSKB.CO, will team up with industry majors to set up a research center in Denmark with the aim of reducing carbon emissions in the shipping industry. Samsung to relocate Chinese display production to Vietnam – media. Samsung Electronics is planning to shift much of its display production from China to its plant in southern Vietnam this year, state media said on Friday.
Freightos
MARCH 10, 2016
Transpacific Shipping in 2016. The world’s most popular route is still chock full of surprises, including: Vietnam has emerged as star exporter to the U.S., Drewry did the math, and despite last-ditch carrier attempts with cancelled sailings and increased idling of ships, lower ship loads will continue through 2016. CMA CGM ’s fitted this system into their new ship, the Bouganville. Five Key Takeaways From TPM 2016.
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 20, 2020
Vietnam. Many Japanese companies are already manufacturing in Vietnam. Then there is the cost of packing up and shipping machinery, moulds, and equipment to a new location, as well as the need to deal with staff reductions and a tangle of bureaucratic procedures. COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 14, 2015
He had recently returned from his stint as the commercial leader for Syngenta in Vietnam, and was excited to tell me about his beach-side investment in Australia. We outsource about 80% of the primary ingredients of our crop protection business, and pack it in finishing plants and ship to warehouses. I pushed aside Shane’s motorbike helmet and jacket to take a seat in his crowded office. It was a beautiful spring day in March in Basel, Switzerland.
Supply Chain Nation
MARCH 6, 2020
Lucky are the companies that can shift production to other countries like Mexico or Vietnam. Adaption: Autonomous decision-making and material handling systems allow companies to flexibly adapt to different scenarios and better prepare for the factors that might impact their ability to ship and receive materials. A New York Times article from August 2019 highlights how much artificial intelligence (AI) is indebted to humans.
CH Robinson Logistics
AUGUST 21, 2019
trade war, and the trade conflict between Japan-Korea all impact today’s shipping market. Robinson’s coverage of these and other disruptions has focused on what it means for companies shipping into North America. Vietnam to become world’s factory? Vietnam may just come out on top of the trade disruptions. With a strong infrastructure, including a deep-sea port that serves mega-vessels, Vietnam could be on track to replace China as the world’s factory.
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