Supply Chain Matters

MAY 16, 2014

In the quest to seek alternative global low-cost manufacturing sourcing across multi-industry supply chains, countries such as Thailand and Vietnam were high on the list. The most visible has been Vietnam where this week, anti-China related violence has caused widespread rioting across the country, targeting factories and industrial parks that rioters believe are owned by Chinese interests.

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Vietnam Sourcing Thailand Education 100

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2013

MobiVi: Establishing Credit Lending In Vietnam Using Telecom Technologies By Hau Lee (Stanford), Jawad Masood (UCLA), and Christopher Tang (UCLA). Like many developing countries, access to credit for middle and lower classes through formal banking channels is limited in Vietnam. By the end of 2011, there were one million credit cards issued in Vietnam only to the high-income class because of the absence of a personal credit bureau.

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Vietnam Electronics Packaging Meeting 63

PLS Logistics

APRIL 11, 2017

Analyzation of countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia, prove that emerging markets are popular again, as suppliers are increasingly flocking to these new manufacturing hubs.

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Myanmar Cambodia Vietnam Manufacturing 130

Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 12, 2016

New Study from the World Bank Puts Vietnam at the Top of the Lis, and the USA Last

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Vietnam Study Video Supply Chain 32

Quintiq

DECEMBER 7, 2015

In countries like Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, where labor costs are still relatively low, using manpower makes more sense than automation technology for now. What happens when you ask four experts for their thoughts on supply chain transformation?

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Singapore Asia Philippines Vietnam 158

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]. Everything goes digital nowadays and logistics management is no exception.

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Vietnam Software Forecasting Tools 66

NC State SCRC

AUGUST 7, 2017

This will never work – particularly as we move into an era of global outsourcing and contract manufacturing in low cost countries such as Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and others in Asia. A strike means something different in China then it means in Vietnam, and the reasons behind the strike will also be different. For analytics to become truly effective in global manufacturing settings, veracity and consistency are critical requirements.

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LeanCor

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Even in the midst of a Vietnam-centered firefight Forrest Gump continued plunging back into the warzone to rescue his platoon-mates. By: Clint McCrystal – Training and Development Manager. link]. The year was 1994.

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Lean Logistics Vietnam Exercises 169

The 21st Century Supply Chain

AUGUST 10, 2015

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has also raised the alarm regarding slavery in the supply chain, releasing a new Risk Index Report identifying China, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar as the five highest risk countries for human rights violations.

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Myanmar Cambodia Cuba Vietnam 151

Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

struck Vietnam. In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. Yet, despite their focus on this effort and advancements in technology, achieving timely, accurate, and complete supply chain visibility remains an elusive goal for many companies.

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Vietnam Italy Supply Chain Case Study 135

Quintiq

MAY 7, 2015

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.

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Beverage Asia Vietnam Thailand 141

Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 6, 2018

We tried Vietnam and Indonesia, and they don’t have the infrastructure the Chinese do,” said Isaac Larian, CEO of toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc.

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China Vietnam Indonesia Washington 64

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

For example, we produce in Vietnam and China. Vietnam is a low-cost market to produce products. This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. I am also busy this Saturday writing reports for our Tuesday newsletter.

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Case Study Study Vietnam Supply Chain 130

Abivin

JANUARY 3, 2017

In developing countries like Vietnam, human delivery men are still the only choice. It will take even more time for them to appeal to developing markets such as Vietnam due to its highly complex and less systematic transportation networks.

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Vietnam Warehousing Packaging Journal 52

Exapro Hub

JUNE 21, 2018

As the world’s largest investor in short-staple spindles, China sees a jump of 34%, while deliveries to Vietnam and Bangladesh fall respectively by 39% and 33%. India and Vietnam ranked 2nd and 3rd with 2,000 and 5,1000 units. Vietnam: 23% / 50%.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 18, 2016

struck Vietnam. The recent earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador are a sad reminder of how deadly natural disasters can be. As of this morning, 41 people are confirmed dead in Kumamoto prefecture, the epicenter of Japan’s earthquakes, and 272 people have died in Ecuador , with thousands more injured and displaced from their homes.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2016

There is an overlap of countries that are party to both the TPP and RCEP, however for those nations, such as Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei, most have gone on the record saying that they see the US led TPP as the most critical and inclusive, and will put the RCEP on hold pending the decision on TPP. Today’s guest blog is posted by Timothy Barnes, who I met through the SCRC.

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Asia Brunei Australia Vietnam 62

Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

It also lags the average LPI for the region, as well as Vietnam, a country that mirrors Cuba in many ways, but is ranked 48th overall with an LPI Score of 3.15 — ahead of Mexico, India, and Brazil.

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Cuba Logistics Somalia Panama 170

NC State SCRC

AUGUST 23, 2017

By deploying the “fast fashion” business model, the apparel industry began to outsource garment manufacture to suppliers and subcontractors in low-cost countries, such as China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nowhere are disruptions more prevalent than in Low Cost Countries (LCC’s), which have become the focal point for outsourced contract manufacturing for major apparel brands such as Nike, Under Armour, Gap, Apple, and others.

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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.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Nike manufacturers are based in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. If the fabric is sourced in China but processed in Vietnam, will it count as being made in Vietnam? Welcome to the third installment of Supply Chain Spotlight, Elementum’s interview series.

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Vietnam Indonesia China Government 68

Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2018

India and China are the logistics industry’s favorite investment destinations, but Vietnam leads a second group that includes UAE, Brazil and Indonesia.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

Robinson Expands Asian Operations to Vietnam. Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). Amazon Reveals Just How Huge the Cloud Is for Its Business ( Wired ).

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Material Handling & Logistics

MARCH 23, 2018

Multinationals with mature supply chains like Walmart could shift to Vietnam or India to avoid the tariffs, he said. Tariffs hitting one company in China can have a ripple effect across dozens of customers in the U.S.

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China Apparel Vietnam Massachusetts 62

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 14, 2016

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. This week’s blog is a guest blog from a PhD Student, MD Rejaul Hasan. Rejaul is from Bangladesh, and is working on his PhD in the College of Textiles at NC State University, and is passionate on the subject of sustainable apparel from his home country.

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Abivin

OCTOBER 4, 2017

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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. However, the announcement should not have come as a surprise, as the ocean cargo market has been suffering for some time by a condition of overcapacity, low rates, and a flat global market.

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Freightos

MARCH 10, 2016

The world’s most popular route is still chock full of surprises, including: Vietnam has emerged as star exporter to the U.S., Five Key Takeaways From TPM 2016. For shippers, carriers and logistics providers, the JOC ’s TPM (Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference) is one of the must-attends on the annual events calendar. I caught up with one of Freightos’ delegates after the conference and scoured through the presentation material for insights.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Simply put, the countries in the TPP (which includes Canada, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, and six other Asian countries) account for 40 percent of U.S. Same-day delivery (or is it shipping?) and global trade dominated the news this week, so let’s take a look.

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Japan Vietnam Singapore Journal 148

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. Mexico may become the global manufacturing nerve center if the country plays its cards right.

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Mexico El Paso Vietnam Sweden 65

Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Lazada, a privately owned Singaporean e-commerce company, is the leading marketplace in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Asia Singapore Los Angeles Philippines 56

Kewill

MARCH 7, 2014

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United Kingdom Vietnam Brazil North America 62

Elementum

APRIL 4, 2018

India and Vietnam might snag bigger shares of apparel and electronics manufacturing as US companies look to restructure their supply chains. US manufacturing activity dropped slightly in March. According to a report by the Institute for Supply Management, factory owners are increasingly concerned about how new trade restrictions levied by the Trump Administration will affect them.

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