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Allianz Safety and Shipping Review- The Good and Not Good

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights for the recently released Allianz Safety and Shipping Review 2024 Report. Safety and Shipping Review 2024 Report Global commercial and specialty insurance provider Allianz Commercial has released its annual review of trends and developments in global shipping and safety.

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A planning guide for beverage manufacturers in Asia

DELMIA Quintiq

Imagine that you produce a popular Malaysian soft drink and you now want to break into the Philippine market. So first, you need to modify your recipe to appeal to the notoriously sweet tooth of the Philippine consumer. You could either build a new plant in the Philippines or alternate short runs in your existing plants in Malaysia.

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Global Supply Chain Disruptions on the Rise

Supply Chain Matters

A further noteworthy trend pointed out was increased labor unrest occurring in countries like France , the Philippines, South Korea and Indonesia. East and Gulf Coast dockworkers and shipping operators have made little progress in labor contract renewal talks and the existing contract expires at the end of September.

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Driving Visibility, Intelligence, and Agility through Supply Chain Technology on Cloud

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The requirement is simple: The buyer should receive a parcel that has: The product An invoice Courier shipping label BEFORE In their legacy operation, there were multiple systems that the forwarder was involved in, and a total of 14 steps were needed to accomplish this goal of delivery.

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Current State of International Transportation Industry – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Key features include the tracking of concise milestones to bring supply chain transparency, a completely digital document repository to facilitate real time sharing and confirmation of shipping documents, exception management, and many other collaboration tool-kits. a) Real-time Shipping Milestones. c) Collaborative Chat.

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Added Signs of Global Manufacturing Upturn in May

Supply Chain Matters

Other Asian Nations The S&P Global ASEAN Manufacturing PMI ® is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. At the same time, global wide ocean container shipping costs have increased significantly. compared to an April value of 42.5. The May index of 51.7

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Upturn in Global Manufacturing in June- Cautionary Signs Prevail

Supply Chain Matters

Of particular note was commentary relative to supplier delivery times in June: “ Suppliers’ delivery times lengthened for the first time in five months amid issues with shipping, port congestion and staff shortages at vendors. These trends are somewhat similar to the immediate post-pandemic period when global shipping disruptions cascaded.