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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has 18 plants and operating locations in the US, Canada, and Mexico as well as plants and labs in the UK, China, and Indonesia. A Value-Added Service (VAS) team can provide on-site management, installation, equipment, inventory management (just-in-time deliveries), heating solutions, and testing.

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How to run a successful distribution business in Indonesia

Vinculum

Distribution can be categorized into few of the most essential businesses in Indonesia that conduct activities such as wholesale, import, export, and retail in the entire process. Distribution can be defined as an essential service that makes merchandise available for purchase by allocating it through a given market.

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Shortage management is a strategic approach that evaluates the number of items required by a specific date, guiding purchasing managers to procure items accordingly. The ability to quickly and effectively address issues and devise innovative solutions is instrumental in maintaining smooth operations.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In 2016, Seamless was awarded the Global Telecoms Business Award for Software and Applications Innovation, showing their commitment to providing exemplary and innovative technologies through a result driven approach, and demonstrating that the success of their customers is embedded in their core DNA.

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The future of supply chain is… industry operating network backbones?

The Network Effect

For example, take a company that manufactures product in the US based on components supplied from Indonesia. Network collaboration means that as the supplies are ready for dispatch in Indonesia, the US operation is notified immediately.

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How Bukalapak is Leading Indonesia’s E-commerce Growth With Last-Mile Technology Solutions

Locus

To unravel the story behind this growth and its complexities, Albert Koto, Head of Mitra supply chain at Bukalapak, one of the biggest e-commerce businesses in Indonesia, got in conversation with Malay Shah, Senior Vice President of India, Middle East, Rest of the World, and Southeast Asia operations in this Locus’ In-Focus webinar series. .

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The Pros and Cons: International and Domestic Sourcing

Unleashed

When considering where to purchase from, the prevailing idea seems to be that domestic sourcing allows for better control and shorter lead time, but international sourcing is more cost-effective. Low-cost country sourcing is a procurement strategy that falls under a broad category of procurement efforts called global sourcing.