Each of our Trade Managers has in-depth understanding of individual overseas markets and the dynamics of specific trade. Such expertise enables them to provide customer with market-specific, local advice on factors affecting the transit of customer’s cargo.
This might include:
Terminal conditions
Local or overseas transport infrastructure
Berthing delays or congestion
Local or overseas regulatory and political changes
Any relevant Customs procedures
In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods and services, involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
Interconnected, interrelated or interlinked networks, channels and node businesses combine in the provision of products and services required by end customers in a supply chain. Supply- chain management has been defined as the “design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of supply-chain activities with the objective of creating net value, building a competitive infrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand and measuring performance globally”. SCM practice draws heavily from the areas of industrial engineering, system engineering, operations management, logistics, procurement, information technology, and marketing and strives for an integrated approach. Marketing channels play an important role in supply-chain management. Current research in supply-chain management is concerned with topics related to sustainability and risk management, among others. Some suggest that the “people dimension” of SCM, ethical issues, internal integration, transparency/visibility, and human capital/talent management are topics that have, so far, been underrepresented on the research agenda.