“COVID-19 has reinforced the already important role that buildings play in ensuring and protecting public health,” said Dave Gitlin, president and CEO of Carrier. “As people return to work, hotels greet guests, schools welcome back students, and stores reopen, indoor air quality and safe buildings are of paramount importance. For the economy to successfully recover, people need to trust in the safety of the buildings they are entering. New technologies like microscopic filtration systems and touchless building controls have gone from nice-to-have conveniences to must-have protections. The Carrier Healthy Buildings Programme can help enable healthier and safer indoor environments as we get back to our new normal.” … [Read more...] about Carrier Global redoubles efforts to deliver safety and sustainability amid pandemic
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What the future holds for logistics industry?
Kizuna’s ready-to-serve space in Long An uses BlueScope’s Lysaght steel solution with COLORBOND steel Activate technology Mapletree Bac Ninh Logistics Centre consists of three Grade A single-storey warehouse blocks applying BlueScope Lysaght steel solution with COLORBOND steel According to Le Duy Hiep, chairman of the Vietnam Logistics Business Association, previously, warehouses were of a smaller scale. The current trend is that enterprises team up or top players in the industry invest in large-scale warehouses integrated with multiple functions to form logistics centres. … [Read more...] about What the future holds for logistics industry?
VIMC sets ambitious targets for 2020-2022
The group will focus on investment in inland container depots and goods distribution centres with a scale of 10-30 hectares in Lach Huyen, Hanoi, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City, Hau Giang and Dong Nai while boosting cooperation with international partners, striving to become the supplier of best “Door to Door” solutions, and develop “global supply chains”. … [Read more...] about VIMC sets ambitious targets for 2020-2022
More business leaders embrace digital technologies
‘Supply Chain Digitisation: A Shift from Driving Efficiency to Building Resilience’, done by TM Insight, an Asia Pacific consulting company, found that digitisation of supply chains has emerged as one of the key priorities to not only achieve operational efficiencies and meet rising demand, but also to future-proof businesses. … [Read more...] about More business leaders embrace digital technologies
Visualising success in factories of the future
While only 6 per cent of manufacturers today are very confident in their systems and capabilities for end-to-end visibility, the factory of the future will connect all its data seamlessly, and it will extend those connections across the whole supply chain. This will enable actionable insights and much faster decision-making, as it eliminates a huge amount of variability that manufacturing businesses have to deal with today. … [Read more...] about Visualising success in factories of the future