14 September 2021
Mind Your Business: World's shippers earning the most money since 2008, what it means for the industry/consumers
Due to the combination of booming demand for goods and a global supply chain that is collapsing under the weight of Covid-19, major Chinese and Hong Kong shipping groups have been logging record revenue and profit growth in the first half of the year, as tight capacity and a shortage of containers in key markets intersected with a disruption of operations at a number of major ports. Raymon Krishnan, President, The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society shares why businesses are still turning to the shipping industry despite high freight rates and other challenges the freight industry is facing right now despite the demand.

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15 April 2021
In The Spotlight: Supply Chain Trends for 2021
From Covid-19 to the recent Suez Canal incident, the supply chain sector like many, has been impacted by the events of the past year.
Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Raymon Krishnan, President of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society to find out what this means for the sector and consumers.
Raymon also gave a preview of the upcoming LogiSYM Asia Pacific 2021 Conference coming up in May. More details: https://logisym.org/Asiapacific2021/agenda/

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23 November 2020
RCEP benefits to Southeast Asia, supply chain blueprint to distribute Covid-19 vaccines
The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP on November 15 is no doubt a significant achievement. It is the largest free-trade bloc in the world, overtaking the European Union, and includes nearly a third of the world’s population and economic output. Raymon Krishnan, President, The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society shares how the recent signing of the RCEP will benefit Singapore and the kind of vaccine delivery ecosystem needed to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines.

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3 March 2020
Supply chain disruptions due to Covid-19
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, outbound freight rates are skyrocketing. The reason for the increase is due to labour shortage and disruptions to logistics that are linked to operations in China. Raymon Krishnan, President, The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society tells us why freight rates are increasing and how Singapore businesses can avoid the high cost of getting their supplies

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11 December 2019
Outlook 2020: Trade and supply chain industry in Singapore
As the year draws to an end, the trade outlook in Singapore is appearing to be rather bleak as our exports continued a downward trend which started eight months ago. This is not surprising because after all, as Singapore is a small economy with a trade exposure that runs as high as 396 percent of its GDP. Raymon Krishnan, President of The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society tells us if external factors like the US-China trade war is the cause for the downward trend in Singapore’s economy and what to expect in 2020.

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