Securing the Chicken Supply Chain

It seems like the hottest supply chain topic over the past couple of years has been security. Apparently it’s an important topic for the city of JOHOR BAHARU in Malaysia as well.

We have posted about the cargo theft problems that have plagued Malaysian based supply chains in the past. The Malaysian government has even hired DVD sniffing dogs to sniff out pirated DVD’s. Well, according to a report on Bernama.com, Malaysia may be facing their stiffest challenge yet; securing the chicken supply chain.

The Johor branch of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will place its officers at every level of the chicken supply chain to check shortages and price manipulation.

State Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Datuk K.S. Balakrishnan said the officers would be placed at the livetock farms, wholesalers, retail outlets and at the consumer level to solve problems that could crop up at every level.

Good grief….

Panalpina drops oil and gas logistics services in Nigeria

Last month I posted on Panalpina’s troubles with the U.S. Justice Department looking into possibly corrupt business practices in Nigeria. Today comes news that as a result of the Justice Department investigation, Panalpina will no longer offer oil and gas logistics services in Nigeria.

Panalpina says it has commissioned an internal investigation into corrupt payments in these countries.

“In view of the unclear and uncertain regulatory framework in Nigeria, the services under review will remain suspended at least until the ongoing investigations are completed in order to protect the interests of the company and its oil and gas customers.

“The suspension of these services and its potential impact on certain global agreements with oil and gas customers, is expected to have an effect on the group’s Ebitda; for the current fiscal year this is estimated to be between CHF20 to 30 million,” said the company in a statement.

Probably a good idea.

China VAT Rebates….The End Is Near?

Richard Brubaker of All Roads Lead to China, is always on the cutting edge of everything China. His latest article details the probability of the VAT rebate system in China being abolished. If you are doing business in China you will definitely want to the read this article.

Singapore Airlines A380 configuration

Ok, so not exactly cargo related, but Singapore Airlines announced their configuration for their super-jumbo A380s:

Singapore Airlines’ A380s will be configured with a main deck first class cabin consisting of 12 “Singapore Airlines Suites,” 60 business class seats on the upper deck and 399 economy seats spread across both decks…picture source – Airbus

It took me awhile, but I finally found a website with some photos of Singapore Airlines Suites layout. Pretty impressive.

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