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LogiSYM—Vietnam Digital 2020 – LogiSYM December/January 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We have discovered whole new world of virtual video conferencing platforms, of which the most well known is Zoom. On 1st and 2nd Dec LogiSYM held its Vietnam 2020 Digital event on a platform called AirMeet. Vietnam has spent no effort for a decade to be full member of such agreements. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Risks of Relocating a Business ‘China to Vietnam’

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Customer service, parts shortages, unprecedented inventory growth, and warrant management can actually take up internal sources and affect profit margins. Japan’s Nintendo also pulled out some of the portion of its video game production from China to Vietnam because of the ongoing trade wars. Source: Vietnam Briefing.

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Foxconn’s Prime Facility Producing Apple iPhones Impacted by Covid

Supply Chain Matters

By the weekend, China ’s social media platforms were featuring images and video of workers carrying backpacks or suitcases walking away from the facility. Citing informed sources, the report indicated that a plan to shift some production to other Foxconn sites in China was underway.

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How Would You Explain Supply Chain to Your Grandmother?

BlueYonder

This includes planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and delivery of products or services from the point of origin to destinations. It involves growing the beans in one country (like Brazil or Vietnam) and then the beans are blended and roasted in another country. Me : I work in supply chain. Granny : What, chain? ??:

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! In fact, China’s wages have been on the rise and fast-growing countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh are developing niches in footwear and clothing manufacturing as well. Introduction.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand.

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Supply Chain: Interrupted. A recap of our recent webinar on disruptions and trends from the first half of 2021

Resilinc

Much of it is caused by surges in COVID-19 in China, Vietnam, and other Asian exporters. Resilinc’s research indicates that staffing issues arising from the pandemic were a major source of the spike. The global logistics network is experiencing disruption at a scale we’ve never seen,” said Vakil.