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Overview of the Current Energy Crisis

2 years ago

The current energy crisis is unavoidable and will get worse without clear-headed and decisive action at all levels. Each time a thriving and stable post-pandemic economy appears on the horizon, new challenges seem to emerge, blocking or diverting the way to recovery. These have included social unrest, regional conflict, inflation, and extreme weather events accelerated […]

Attracting and Retaining Top Talent in the Era of the Great Resignation

2 years ago

Cultural and economic changes caused by the pandemic have led to a high turnover rate within the business world – a phenomenon known as the ‘Great Resignation’. Despite mass vaccination and the general loosening of restrictions, this global employment trend shows no signs of slowing down this year. As a result, employers are now having difficulty attracting […]

Why Project Management is Crucial in Supply Chain Transformation

3 years ago

As the world economy recovers, companies must insulate their supply chains from systemic risk and disruption. Solid project management makes success in this area possible. ​As post-pandemic economic recovery gets underway in earnest, it is expected that manufacturers, retailers, and other actors will soon undergo new optimisation and adaptation efforts to put an end to the disruptions […]

3 Reasons Why Environmental Sustainability is Key to Your Business

3 years ago

Environmental sustainability is critically important to saving both money and energy, while also boosting brand reputation to attract talented staff and investors. An ongoing series of disruptions, from climatic to viral to technological to geopolitical, have made sustainability an essential issue across the business world. Yet even beyond reasons of self-interest, the reality of resource […]

Capitalising on Disruption: How Companies can Adapt to Unstable Times and Insulate Risk

3 years ago

The post-Covid global value chain will remain rife with disruption. But the businesses that can find new ways to reach customers will put themselves in a strong position to thrive. The past few years under Covid-19 have seen massive disruptions to the global value chain. Although the virus is slowly becoming endemic and people are […]

Singapore Procurement Market 2022

3 years ago

2021 was a strong year for the Singapore Procurement job market, with more activity than we had seen for a few years. Driving this trend were several key factors, notably the lifting of hiring freezes from 2020 and pent-up demand, increased business confidence in general, and rapidly changing dynamics in the business and supply chain environment...

3 Supply Chain Trends to Expect in 2022

3 years ago

The global supply chain has experienced major disruptions within the past year. To help you stay ahead of the curve, we list the supply chain trends to expect in 2022. COVID-19 has forever altered the way companies operate at a global scale. Businesses relying on the global supply chain have experienced severe disruptions ranging from […]

Success in the Hybrid Work Era

3 years ago

​Hybrid work models are currently on the rise – but for better or worse?  As COVID-19 and its variants continue to cause disruption, and the Great Resignation trend makes any return to normalcy even more difficult to reach, businesses must solve personnel issues quickly in order to move forward. The hybrid work model – a combination of […]

Upward salary pressure across the value chain in 2022: Trends and observations

3 years ago

As businesses begin to recover from the pandemic, attracting and retaining talent will be among their top priorities. Although securing a highly competent workforce is the key to staying competitive, achieving this goal may be more difficult than it looks. With a tight labour market, evolving immigration policies, and increasing salary expectations, prospective employers face […]

Challenges in the South-East Asia Value Chain

3 years ago

​Although vaccination rates are improving and South-East Asia’s economic recovery has begun, the COVID-19 pandemic has nevertheless exposed the fragility and instability of pre-existing value chains. Traditional processes may have worked well enough in the past, but at the cost of leaving businesses highly vulnerable to the kinds of changing external conditions we routinely see […]

South-East Asia Commodity Trading Trends Heading into 2022

3 years ago

​The pandemic has had a massive global impact on commodity prices in general, with South-East Asian countries experiencing heavy fluctuations that continue to burden many businesses with heavy losses. As another COVID wave approaches, commodity traders and other businesses in South-East Asia must pay close attention to the key trends that are causing such fluctuations, […]

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