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Supply Chains in Southeast Asia

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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected supply chains across Australia and Southeast Asia? How do we ensure the stable flow of goods in an age of rising geoeconomic uncertainty? 

In recent decades Southeast Asia has emerged as a key player in global supply chains, with Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand becoming major hubs of manufacturing. Yet the region has also been challenged by a confluence of disruptions which have destabilised supply chains.

Rising costs to both air and sea freight have also meant island nations like Australia are not immune from these dynamics. In an age of increasing uncertainty, targeted government measures and innovative logistics solutions may prove essential to help businesses adapt to a new international trading environment.

Throughout this project Asia Society Australia looks at the ‘new normal’ look like for exporters looking to secure the movement of essential supplies and consumer goods across South East Asia.


This program is presented in partnership with the Global Victoria Trade Alliance program.

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The State of Supply Chains in Australia
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The State of Supply Chains in Australia

Hermione Parsons and Vinh Thai explain how the logistics industry is coping amid the pandemic.
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Reimagining Supply Chains in the Age of Geoeconomics

As the pandemic reveals how critical supply chains are to global trade, our panel of experts explore geoeconomics and emerging supply chains in Southeast Asia.
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Disrupted Supply Chains

Australian experts explain how the planet is all connected, and how to soften the worst bumps in the supply chain.
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Trade Alliance | Resilient Supply Chains
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Trade Alliance | Resilient Supply Chains

An expert panel outlines what a "new normal" may look like for exporters looking to secure the movement of essential supplies and consumer goods across South East Asia.
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Supply Chains and the International Trade Order: Policy Tools for Uncertain Times
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Supply Chains and the International Trade Order: Policy Tools for Uncertain Times

Global supply chain experts explore how exporters can use multilateral frameworks to minimize risk and engage with emerging markets across ASEAN to secure resilient trade.
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The Future of the Supply Chain Workforce
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The Future of the Supply Chain Workforce

Hermione Parsons, Belinda Flynn, Roberto Perez-Franco, and James Scullin discuss ways of strengthening the logistics manpower capabilities in an increasingly unstable trading environment.
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Hermione Parsons

 

Hermione Parsons, Asia Society Supply Chain Fellow and CEO, Australian Logistics Council

Dr Hermione Parsons is the CEO of the Australian Logistics Council and the former founder and Director of Supply Chains and Logistics R&D centres at Deakin and Victoria Universities. Previously, she was strategic planner at the Port of Melbourne Corporation, the Victorian Government (economic development and infrastructure) and Advisor to the Freight Group of the VicTrack Board.

Hermione has executive management experience in public and private sector organisations with responsibility for multimodal freight logistics, freight transport infrastructure planning, competition and regulation, and industry-government relations. Areas of expertise include end-to-end supply chain strategy, managing supply chain complexity, and problem-solving freight logistics in metropolitan, regional and international markets (Australia and South East Asia).

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Vinh Thai, Asia Society Australia Supply Chain Fellow and Associate Professor at the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, RMIT University

Dr Vinh Thai is an associate professor at the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain of RMIT University. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics and is known internationally for his research in logistics and supply chain management in general and maritime logistics in particular.  

He has so far published more than 140 international peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and several book chapters, in leading academic journals

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ANALYSIS

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    From COVID to Containers: Managing the New Supply Chain Disruptions

    Pandemic global trade disruptions reveal the cracks in our supply chains, writes Dr Vinh Thai.
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    report

    Supporting Trade in a New Era of Supply Chain Turbulence

    The continuing disruptions of global supply chains still requires a thorough rethink to reduce impediments to world trade, writes Dr Vinh Thai.
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    Election Policy Brief | Securing Australia’s Supply Chains

    What are the major parties planning to do, and what must they do, to secure supply chains in a post-COVID world?
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