Archive for January, 2007
Key Issues in Supply Chain Management – Structural Dimension ( Part 1)
To those who are unfamiliar, they normally relate Supply Chain Management as merely logistic or warehousing challenges.
However, the key issues in Supply Chain Management are very much more than that.
In this article, we shall discuss one of the following key issues of SCM which is the
STRUCTURAL DIMENSION:-
Configuration which is the geographical or physical placement of [...]
January 30, 2007
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Basic Definition of Supply Chain and Supply Chain Management
So what is supply chain?
It is simply an interrelationship, through which information, physical goods, and services flow back and forth, consisting of business entities that undertake value-creating activities that involved in supplying necessary materials, transforming various supplies into valuable goods and services, and distributing the final outputs to the customer markets.
Let’s illustrate a simplified supply [...]
January 30, 2007
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Gamuda Made Its Maiden Foray Into Vietnam
Reported in The Star (30/1/07), Gamuda Land Sdn Bhd, a unit of Gamuda Bhd, has made its maiden foray into Vietnam with a proposed 800-acre fully integrated commercial development project. This development is complemented with a 250-acre botanic park, and positioned beside a 325-acre lake system.
Here, Gamuda is going into the project as a joint-venture partner [...]
January 29, 2007
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Bonia Hits New High On Main Board Transfer
Further to my earlier article, The Star (30/1/07) reported:
“Shares in Bonia Corp Bhd surged to a new high yesterday after the company announced plans to issue free shares, split the stock and seek a transfer to the main board. The stock climbed 40 sen, or 18.2%, to RM2.60, off an intra-day high of RM2.65. A total [...]
January 29, 2007
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Bonia Proposes Main Board Transfer, 1-for-2 bonus, Share Split
Bonia Corporation Bhd has proposed a transfer to the Main Board by undertaking the following:
a one-for-two bonus issue of up to 33.67 million new RM1 shares and
a subsequent share split of one share into two 50 sen shares.
As at Jan 24, Bonia had a paid-up capital of RM47.99 million shares comprising 47.99 million shares, with [...]
January 29, 2007
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CapitaMall Sees A Third Of Assets Abroad In 5 Years
” CapitaMall Trust, Singapore’s largest property trust by market value, said on Jan 25 that a third of its portfolio would be in overseas property assets by 2012 as it expands outside Singapore”
Highlighted by its CEO, Puan Seck Guan( The Edge25/1/07):-
Singapore shopping malls account for more than 95% of its property portfolio. CapitaMall.
has a 20% [...]
January 29, 2007
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Government To Consider Incentives, Tax review To Encourage REITs
The government is considering more incentives to stimulate the competitiveness of the local real estate investment trust (REIT) sector, Deputy Second Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin said. (The Edge (29/1/07)
While launching the prospectus of Amanah Raya REIT, he also highlighted the potential of REIT in Malaysia by disclosing the following statistics:
· REIT is [...]
January 29, 2007
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