...History of Singapore How Singapore Came to Develop Its High Tech Industry Other than location the only resource that could be a basis for the economic development and prosperity of Singapore is its labor force, more specifically the training of its labor force. Singapore could not hope to compete upon the basis of the cheapness of its labor; it had to create technical skills that are unavailable elsewhere in the Third World. The local industry was limited to trade and did not have the capability of creating export industry. Singapore, under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, sought to bring in foreign industry. But, with much of the Third World trying to do the same thing it was not an easy task. One of the first goals was to make potential employers aware of the relative incorruptibility of the Singaporean bureaucracy. In much of the world laws are arbitrary and subject to change by the government. Corporations do not want to risk investing millions of dollars in facilities in an area where various elements of the government can take part or all of it at any time. The laws in Singapore might not be exactly to the liking of foreign companies but they would be fairly enforced. This proved to be a highly attractive feature of Singapore. The tax system was also attractive to foreign companies, often giving lower tax rates for foreign investment than for local residents. One of the keys to Singaporean development was the upgrading of infrastructure, streets, roads, an airport...
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...FINAL REPORT VINAMILK OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Subject: BUS 359 – Operations and Supply Chain Management Instructors: Mr. Le Vinh Quang Mr. Kieu Manh Kha Mr. Phillips Reginald Group 2: Le Anh Linh | 1132300231 | Tran Thi Ngan Giang | 1132300194 | Tran Thi Kieu Diem | 1132300175 | Giap Thi Kim Dung | 113230018 | Huynh Mai Anh Thu | 1132300332 | Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tran | 1132300351 | Table of contents: I. Introduction: 1 II. Overview about Vinamilk supply chain management: 2 III. Supply chain management: 4 1. Material resources: 4 2. Manufactures: 6 3. Production process of Vinamilk products. 9 4. The stage of the distribution output. 11 5. Logistics 13 IV. Problems and solutions for Vinamilk supply chain management: 13 1. Distribution issue: 13 2. Logistics issue: 15 3. Input materials issue: 17 V. Conclusion: 18 VI. References: 19 I. Introduction: * Company profile: Full name: Viet Nam Milk Joint Stock Company Brief name: VINAMILK International trading name: Vietnam dairy products Joint- Stock company. * Vision: Become the Vietnam symbol about the nutritional and health service of human life. * Mission: Bringing to the community the best nutrition, the best quality with the respect, love and his responsibility for human life and social status * Core value: ...
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