Network configuration, facility location and building specifications are key considerations for optimisation of supply chains. South East Asia and India set to be rising stars while Thailand is the leading market for logistics efficiency among five key emerging markets.
The COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years put the spotlight on supply chain networks across the world as supply disruptions became a major issue affecting the flow of trade globally and within regions. Asia’s role in global trade has also changed and with the growing importance in intraregional trade in Asia, corporations are having to reconfigure and build-out their logistics and industrial networks in the region, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s report, ‘The Role of Asia Pacific in Global Supply Chains’.
