Your gateway to China’s emerging opportunities
By Michael A. Levans, Chief Editor -- Logistics Management, 10/1/2006
As more logistics professionals attempt to improve their companies’ networks in China, they’re getting hit with a containerload of facts, figures, and advice on how to solve one of the most complicated logistics puzzles the market has ever faced.
Even though they’re being bombarded with information, readers are telling LM that they still need to know more about managing logistics in China. To respond to that growing need, we’ve launched a new channel on logisticsmgmt.com, called China/Emerging Markets. This valuable information resource, updated daily, is devoted to putting the onslaught of China-related information into context.
The channel offers a daily news feed aimed at helping shippers keep up with logistics developments in the region. It also plays host to a series of columns and features written by logistics and supply chain analysts who have their feet on the ground and their minds fixed on solving the China puzzle. Our friends at Accenture, Deloitte & Touche, Transport Intelligence, Jon Monroe Consulting, and ARC Advisory Group, among others, will be our expert contributors.
The new channel also offers a Q&A section that will be hosted by The Nicobar Group, a consultancy that helps manufacturers establish supply chains in China. Shippers can send their questions about China logistics operations to chinaquestions-lm@nicobargroup.com.
Through news, features, columns, and webcasts, we’re doing our best to give shippers a deeper understanding of the obstacles they’ll be facing in China and help them find the right solutions.
But we know this won’t be easy. As John Kerr points out in this month’s Special Report, China’s huge bureaucracy makes it tricky for foreign investors to set up manufacturing or logistics operations. “Government sets the terms and makes the rules,” he states. “Government officials at every level must be courted, accommodated, and, more often than not, bribed.”
Yet despite such political twists and turns, China’s growth prospects remain staggering. By 2020, China is expected to overtake Japan as the world’s second-largest economy. No surprise, then, that China’s logistics-services market is now the world’s third-largest, with a growth rate of more than 22 percent a year.
But first things first: Required reading this month is “River of Opportunity” (Page 43) and Kerr’s “3PLs find bright spots in China” (Page 67A). Next, listen to our “Meeting the China Challenge” webcast, available on demand. And while you’re there, be sure to visit China/Emerging Markets, located on the left-hand navigation bar.
If you already do business in China—or are currently considering it—you’ll find that Logistics Management is the place to go for meaningful information that’s targeted to your needs.
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