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Supply Chain Asia - August 30, 2018

August 29, 2018

Welcome to the latest issue of Supply Chain Asia, an easy way to stay updated on supply chain and logistics in Asia in one quick newsletter.

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> TOP STORIES

The industry is looking forward to using technology to link up all parties in a supply chain. There’s potential to reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies.

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) expects Thailand's car shipments to Vietnam to continue affecting all carmakers, even after both governments resolved to tackle obstacles.

JD.com has its eyes on the affluent consumers of Europe and the U.S. as it makes substantial investments in the infrastructure needed to supply millions of customers around the world.

Hong Kong's Fung Group, a major player in retail, trade and logistics, is gunning for growth in both South Asia and South-east Asia - and this makes a base in Singapore critical to expansion.

Leading Indonesian Matahari Department Store has selected Manhattan Associates, Inc. to enable new supply chain processes and maximise service levels across its growing omnichannel retail operations.

> UPCOMING EVENTS

The Rail Logistics Forum brings together supply chain and logistics professionals for networking, learning and high level debate, as the rail freight industry’s leaders come together to debate the latest trends and solutions available.

The Digital Supply Chain Leadership Forum will create a valuable opportunity for business leaders to actively engage with supply chain and logistics executives from Shanghai and around China.

This unique forum is where you can find out how to cut costs and achieve organizational excellence from strategic sourcing to spend management initiatives, with proven strategies from your peers real-life lessons.

The LogTech Forum is a compact interactive forum focused on the new influential, disruptive and innovative companies that are redefining supply chain and logistics services and solutions in Asia.

This exclusive forum will help companies to achieve a transition from simple forecast to S&OP by looking closely at blockers of change, incorporation of financial analysis and cross-functional alignment.

> STAT OF THE WEEK

BCG study finds this annual loss can be cut by nearly $700 billion by addressing these five issues: lack of awareness about wastage, inadequate supply chain infrastructure, supply chain efficiency efforts that do not focus sufficiently on food loss, weak collaboration across the value chain, and insufficient regulations…

> LATEST POSITIONS

The Regional Procurement Director sets the regional procurement functional leadership and partners with the business to provide sourcing guidance, governance and procurement structure to support business strategies for Greater Asia (GA).

Establish and drive procurement of material and services in alignment with business Leadership. You will be supporting a large Business and develop and execute procurement Annual Operating Plans and Strategic Plans.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Chain.NET is Asia's largest virtual network for professionals in supply chain, procurement, logistics & operations management.

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