...Nowadays, the global maritime logistics has developed more and more important role in the process of globalization. In the era of knowledge-driven economy, the external environment for global maritime logistics has changed a lot, which presents more and higher requirements for global maritime logistics management accordingly. The changes in global maritime logistics internal requirements and external environment certainly impel the adjustments in management philosophy, business strategy, institutional framework, human resource, maritime logistics culture and other aspects in maritime logistics management. Therefore, the study on maritime logistics management has both theoretical significance and practical significance. Cost reduction strategies have been frequently applied in the global maritime logistics. However, it has both advantages and disadvantages in global business. Therefore, it is very necessary to make the most use of cost reduction strategies according to the unique character of maritime logistics. With the guidance of modern management theory and management innovation theory, this paper discusses the cost reduction strategies and green strategies in global maritime logistics, and presents the idea that management is an objective requirement for maritime logistics development in the new situation. The paper summarizes the achievements and deficiencies in maritime logistics innovation of cost reduction strategies in the implementation of green strategies, mainly discusses...
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...beautiful garden can be created . . . A good landscaper is able to bring about this kind of integration. This same philosophy is true within Singapore today. If we want to realize the full potential of Singapore as a global business hub, we must leverage global resources to overcome our constraints and limitations . . . A small country is no longer small. This is our strategy to transform Singapore for the 21st century and beyond.1 Corporatised on October 1, 1997, after 33 years as the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), the mission of PSA was to be the “World’s Port of Call.” A favorite lunch stop for many PSA visitors was the Prima Revolving Restaurant, located just outside the Brani Gate entrance to the port. From this lofty perch, Singapore harbor, port facilities, and operations could be viewed. On a sunny day in late 2000, PSA group president and former chief executive officer for Singapore’s urban redevelopment agency, Khoo Teng Chye, was entertaining a group of visitors. The panoramic view of the sea was dotted with container ships of all sizes, flying flags of many nations. As the restaurant rotated, the massive port infrastructure came into view with its many berths and giant cranes loading and unloading container ships at berth. Khoo Teng Chye, explained with pride: The story of PSA is the story of Singapore. At the port, as in all of Singapore, we have limited land, limited sea space, and a limited number of people. Yet, we handle a large and growing volume of ship calls with...
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...Conduct a SWOT analysis for the Port of Singapore. Describe the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Strengths There are a number of factors that have given the Port of Singapore its advantage in the business environment. These factors have resulted in businesses in Singapore’s maritime industry to be supported by a secure and pro-business government, that has created a conducive tax environment for businesses to prosper. This is due to the variety of tax incentives that are available for the maritime industry. Examples of these tax incentives includes the Approved International Shipping Enterprise (AIS) Scheme, Approved Shipping Logistic Enterprise (ASL) Scheme and tax benefits for ship registration. The AIS Scheme offers income tax exemption on qualifying income from the operation of foreign-flagged ships for international shipowners and operators who authorizes important operations in Singapore. The ASL Scheme offers concessionary income tax on qualifying incremental income for established ship management companies, ship agencies, international freight forwarders and international logistics operators. Tax benefits for ship registration includes the exemption from Singapore income tax for qualifying income derived from operation of a Singapore ship. On top of that, automatic exemption from withholding tax on interest payments relating to offshore loans taken to finance ships, are given to ships registered under the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore’s (MPA)...
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...In the 1990s, Singapore aspired to be a "global city" serving world markets and major multinational corporations. In 1965 Singapore became independence country. The lion city had become a manufacturing center with one of the highest incomes in the region and a persistent labor shortage Singapore was characterized by an export-oriented economy, relatively equitable income distribution, trade surpluses with the United States and other developed countries. Singapore is a small island had no resources other than its strategic location and the skills of its nearly 2.7 million people. In 1988 it claimed a set of economic superlatives, including the world's busiest port, the world's highest rate of annual economic growth (11 percent), and the world's highest savings rate (42 percent of income). Singapore is found that lived by international trade and operated as a free port with free markets. Its small population and dependence on international markets meant that regional and world markets were larger than domestic markets. In1988 the value of Singapore's international trade was more than three times its gross domestic product ( GDP). The country's year-to-year economic performance fluctuated unpredictably with the cycles of world markets, which were beyond the control or even the influence of Singapore's leaders. In periods of growing international trade.In 1985-1986, Singapore could reap great gains, but even relatively minor downturns in world trade could produce deep recession...
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...Doing Business in Singapore Updated as of 8 September 2006 Pioneer Management Services Pte Ltd 4 Shenton Way #04-01 SGX Centre 2, Singapore 068807 Telephone: +65 6327 6266 Facsimile: +65 6327 3855 Email: pioneer@singnet.com.sg Website: www.pioneerassociates.com.sg CONTENTS Page 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Introduction Geography and History Population Political System Languages Currency Economy 1 1 1 1 2 2 2-3 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Business Entities and Accounting Companies Branches Representative Offices Sole Proprietorships Partnerships Limited Liability Partnerships Joint Venture Audit and Accounting Requirements Record and Filing Requirements 3 3 3-4 4 4 4-5 5 5 5 6 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 Finance and Investment Exchange Control Sources of Finance Investment Incentives 6 6 6-8 8 CONTENTS Cont’d 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Employment Regulations and Social Security Contributions Employment Passes and Dependent’s Passes Engagement and Dismissal Trade Unions Social Security Contributions Page 8 8-9 9 9 10 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Taxation in Singapore Companies Individuals Expatriates Indirect Taxes Other Taxes 10 10 - 14 15 - 18 18 - 19 19 - 20 21 Appendices 1 2 3 4 5 Tax incentives Withholding tax rates Corporate tax rates Personal income tax rates Personal tax reliefs 22 - 28 29 - 30 31 32 33 Doing Business in Singapore 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION Geography and History The Republic of Singapore is located at the southern tip of the West...
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...New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 8, 1 (June, 2006): 17-40. DOING BUSINESS IN INDIA RODNEY SEBASTIAN ASHVIN PARAMESWARAN Australian National University FAIZAL YAHYA1 National University of Singapore In 1991, India’s closed economy opened up and attracted investments from several multinational companies (MNCs) around the world. As a result, people began to seek information about doing business in India, giving rise to a plethora of literature aimed at assisting them. Generally there are two prominent views of India. One is that India is a poor, under-developed country, lacking infrastructure and rife with religious superstitions, corruption and violence. The other is that India has an under-rated affluent and intellectual class, an advanced Information Technology (IT) sector and a rich culture. Neither view is entirely accurate. For those planning to do business in India, it is important that they are well informed of the real, complex situation in order to make calculated investments. Knowledge about doing business in India has to be constantly revised, updated and eradicated of biased or stereotypical views. A symptom of the maturity of this knowledge is recognition that the Indian business environment is amorphous. Conditions vary from state to state, industry to industry and region to region. This paper seeks to examine some aspects of this complexity and suggests how prospective investors could use the knowledge generated. Apart from Ramachandran’s (2000) acknowledgement...
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...motivate purchase decisions. Zalora’s products are localised for Singapore’s tropical climate. In addition the sizes that they carry are also mainly Asian sizes. For ASOS, their Jeans sizes are specified according to UK size guide, unlike Zalora.sg who uses the American size guide which Singaporeans are more familiarized with. The product-mix length is reasonable. Competitors such as ASOS also have around three hundred brands. There are not much repeated brands within these major online retailers. Zalora.sg also has a significant mix of local brands amongst its international brands. (b) Shipping One of Zalora.sg competitive advantage is their zero-dollar shipping charges. This may be attributed by their in-house logistics facility in Ubi plus the fact that Singapore is a very small country with first class...
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...identify my weakness and my strong points. In the first section, I will be discussing about the employment market of the Oil & Gas Industry in Singapore, and my targeted position of a junior trader – middle distillates. The changes in Singapore labor market will be briefly discussed, and there will be several factors being brought to attention in order to clearly notify what are the changes of the labor market in Singapore in general. Next, a reflection will be done based on my current career path, and my choice of career advancement. I will be levying on various sources of input, from the seminar activities, assessments, and psychometric tests that has been carried out. Lastly, I will reflect on the improvements to be made for a smooth and successful career advancement in the future. PART 1 Singapore is one of the most sought after places to work in Asia. Over the years, Singapore has attracted millions of foreigners into the Singapore labor market. However, it has been significant changes over the past years; today, Singapore is an advanced country with great financial services, an important and strategic port, and a trading hub. It has been shown that the labor market in Singapore has changed from a manufacturing based environment, to a more service oriented based environment. Tourism in Singapore has greatly increased since the opening of 2 casinos,...
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...guidelines for the application of total quality management and Lean in the port activities in Singapore, through its maritime port authority. As this is the scope of the paper, an analysis is also carried out to identify the areas that the maritime port authority of Singapore has applied these measures, the impact of these methods as well as recommendation of aspects that can be leaned in order to improve both port activities and sustainability. Secondary data sources is the main methodological method used in this paper, and various pieces of information have been retrieved from these sources to indicate and support claims made in this paper In addition, this paper is targeted towards administrators and scholars responsible for a wide range of public-sector services, including those provided to citizens and those provided to internal customers both in the logistics and supply chain industry such as ports authorities, and as a business process improvement measure. Introduction: The economic development in Asia, and in particularly in the south eastern Asian region, has gained increasing attention globally. This has in term had a huge impact on the growth of its logistics market. Although the logistics infrastructure currently available in Asia is not as advanced when compared to those found in the US and Western counterparts, it can be generally agreed that the potential for logistics development is great. In addition, since there...
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...Executive Summary FJ Benjamin is a Singapore based fashion and lifestyle company. The company distributes major clothing brands and accessories, and is one of the leading fashion distributors in Singapore. Their success is derived from their ability to secure distribution rights from major brands. FJ Benjamin introduced it very own house label, Raoul, in 2002. Raoul was created to increase the company‟s portfolio as well as to diversify away from distribution risk. Raoul contributes a large percentage of FJ Benjamin‟s annual revenue. With intensive competition in the fashion industry, Raoul must have it own identity in order to differentiate itself from the competitor. Analyses have been undertaken to determine what necessary strategies to be implemented to enhance the brand image so as to increase profits. Strategies are recommended by taking advantage of Raoul‟s strengths and building on their weaknesses in order to take advantage of the available opportunities in the market and to defend it from threats. Studies of the internal and external environment had been conducted to be able to work with Raoul‟s core competencies to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors. This report concludes that Raoul needs to make adjustments on its marketing strategies, and maintain some of its current strategies, in order to be more competitive in the fashion market. Hence, it is proposed that (1) Raoul focus on a single-market strategy and focus on the local market as well as to create...
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...University Institute of International Studies, Bangkok Thailand. Master Degree Program in Business Administration Minor: General Management I.I.S. Business Environment in Singapore MASTER DEGREE TERM PAPER 2015 BY, MARK ETHELBERT CHIJIOKE 2/10/2015 Abstract Mark Ethelbert Chijioke Business Environment in Singapore, 51 pages, 1 appendix Ramkhamheang University Institute of international studies Master of Business Administration Instructors: Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba. Ramkhamheang University (IIS) Topic: Term paper Subject: Managing in Global Business Organization. Topic: Term paper Research focus Business Environment in Singapore The main reasons for this term paper research alone, Is because this is my final semester in master of business administration and I belief by doing it all alone the knowledge and the research I gather will help me so much in my final year project and might be useful for academic researcher and journal for organization and individual wanting to make Singapore a second home of base and work. 1. My research was to find out which kinds of experience European companies are having in Singapore. In addition, the task was to determine the main advantages and disadvantages of doing business in Singapore and which kinds of cultural difficulties European companies encounter in Singapore and how they can eliminate them. 1. In the theoretical part of study the first issue will be to find out the advantages and disadvantages of Singaporean business environment...
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...Logistics Name Course Institution Professor Date Abstract Logistics management implies to the process of controlling the movement of goods from the manufactures to the ultimate consumers. Activities in logistics management involves management of transportation inside a company as well as outside it, the handling of materials, management of inventory, warehousing, fulfillment of orders, the management of fleet and supply and demand planning (Commonwealth, 2007). Additionally it involves customer service, sourcing, production arrangement, packaging and procurement. There are three levels of planning and implementation that logistics management form part they include; tactical, operational and strategic level. Basically logistics management encompasses the process of amalgamation that ensures coordination between all activities that involve transportation and merging transport activities with other activities in business for instance marketing, information technology, manufacturing and finance. In this case it may be understood that logistics management is constituted in the control of supply chain processes of goods. These processes involves the arrangement, execution and control in an effective and efficient way product storage and services aimed at meeting expectations from customers (John and Langley, 2002). Activities of online logistics for instance operations that involve sourcing, international transportation as well as...
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...Contents 02 08 10 12 16 20 24 30 54 02 10 Milestones Group Financial Highlights At a Glance Chairman’s Message Board of Directors Senior Management Organisational Structure Group Structure Corporate Information Corporate Directory Corporate Governance Key Dynamics & Risk Management Corporate Social Responsibility Highlights 25 1.0% Grassroots 26 27 30 47 54 64 0.3% Education 56.1% Corporate Giving in FY2012 86 76 Social Services Operating & Financial Review Fare Revenue ($m) 68 72 CEO's Message Company Overview & Background Group Performance Value Added & Economic Value Added Analysis SMRT and Our Shareholders SMRT Trains & SMRT Light Rail SMRT Buses SMRT Automotive Services SMRT Taxis SMRT Investments (Properties & Media) SMRT International & SMRT Engineering 749.6 9.4 213.1 800.5 10.1 76 220.4 82 84 527.1 569.9 86 92 96 FY2011 Train Bus FY2012 LRT 98 100 102 Financial Report 105 190 191 193 203 Financial Contents Group Properties & Interested Person Transactions Shareholding Statistics Notice of Annual General Meeting Proxy Form SMRT Corporation Ltd Annual Report 2012 1 Milestones 1987 Singapore’s first Mass Rapid Transit system (MRT) opens for service Train service from Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh commences Train service from Novena to Outram Park commences 1988 Train service from Tiong Bahru to Clementi commences Train service from Jurong East to Lakeside commences Train service from...
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...Introduction This report focuses on Malaysia. Some of the key issues that I would like to highlight in this forum are: the influence of globalization on International Business Trade for Malaysia, the roles of ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) policies for ASEAN trade collaboration and competition, the macro environmental factors that international business should focus upon before launching market expansion, the roles of government in supporting international trade such as Foreign Direct Investment, how government should assist their businesses in competing in global arena either by protectionism or subsidizing, why has International Franchising strategy has work and what are the industries that have utilized this strategy for expansion successfully and why international business executive should pay attention to cultural influence in business negotiation process particularly Malaysia. Influence of globalization Globalization is taking significant role in many nations around the world. All products and services are strongly linked to each other. For example, different parts of computer can be manufacture in different location and assemble in China to save cost. Both developed and developing countries such as Malaysia are cautious of its benefits not only socioeconomically but also geopolitically. Realizing this, Malaysia has started to take initiative in globalization approach in the 21st century. For example, the export of Thai rice and sugar to Malaysia, telecommunication...
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...12 Board of Directors 14 Group President and CEO’s Message 18 Management Team 20 Liner Review 23 Logistics Review 26 Source of our Strength 28 Dedicated People 29 Financial Wherewithal 30 Sound Investments 31 Superior Technology 32 Recognised Brands 33 Sustainable Operations 34 Community Spirit 36 Corporate Data 37 Corporate Governance and Summary Financial Statements & Sound NOL Group has a healthy balance sheet plus fully committed financing for investments. In the midst of an industry downturn, the Group is positioned for future growth. Leaner… A group-wide Efficiency Leadership Programme is accelerating the drive to streamline operations and improve our cost base. 2 Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 3 & Cleaner NOL is committed to sound environmental stewardship in all its activities. Trade must be environmentally sustainable or it can’t grow to meet the needs of the global economy. Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 5 The Most Honoured Names in Global Trade Best Logistics Service Provider – Sea Freight Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards Ship Operator of the Year Lloyd’s List Best Shipping Line, Asia-Europe Trade Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards Innovation IT of the Year Containerisation International Supply Chain Best Partnership SCM Logistics Liner Owner / Operator of the Year Seatrade Asia Environmental Protection Award Seatrade...
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