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Monday, 19 November 2018

Principles, Ideas and Discussion on Transit-Oriented Development

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TOD is the key to more efficient, sustainable, and equitable communities because it prioritizes the “3Cs”: compact, coordinated and connecte...

Survey on Defined Benefit Pension Plan & Insurer's Outlook On Investment Returns

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1. A defined benefit pension plan is a type of pension plan in which an employer/sponsor promises a specified pension payment, lump-sum (or ...
Monday, 12 November 2018

[U.S. China Trade War] Opportunity for Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia is seeing a boom in foreign direct investment as the intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China prompts companies to s...
Monday, 5 November 2018

Product Spotlight - Bio Plastics - Part 3 - Plastic Spectrum and Biodegradability

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Generally, “bioplastic” are made from renewable resources such as corn, sugars, potatoes, etc. There are four types of degradable plastics ...
Sunday, 28 October 2018

Product Spotlight - Bio Plastics - Part 2 - Summary of Advantages and Disadvantages

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Products made from bioplastic look, behave and feel like conventional clear plastic products. The use of bioplastics has become increasingly...
Monday, 22 October 2018

Product Spotlight - Bio Plastics - Part 1 - Harmonised Standards For Bioplastics

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1. Standardisation is an effort of industrial stakeholders to define criteria for the description of products and services. The idea is to e...
Monday, 8 October 2018

Product Spotlight - Thin-wall injection molding

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1. Thin wall injection molding is a specialized form of conventional injection molding that focuses on mass-producing plastic parts that are...
Monday, 1 October 2018

Overall Equipment Effectiveness

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1. OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is the gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity. Simply put – it identifies the perce...
Sunday, 23 September 2018

OEE, OOE, AND TEEP

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1. OEE is measured by combining a machine’s performance, availability, and quality.  In this way, OEE helps you to identify potential losses...
Monday, 17 September 2018

Income Tax (Exemption) (No. 11) Order 2006 [P.U.(A) 112/2006] Income Tax Act, 1967 AND Income Tax Act, 1967 (PART IX) EXEMPTIONS, REMISSION AND OTHER RELIEF

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Sunday, 9 September 2018

Understanding Manufacturing Productivity, Difficulties in Measuring, & Productivity vs Efficiency

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1. Productivity is defined as outputs ÷ inputs. Productivity increases when the same quantity of inputs results in more outputs, or when you...
Monday, 3 September 2018

[U.S. China Trade War] Trump & FDI

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1. Trump is hurting American firms that have outsourced to China in the hope of bringing manufacturing back to the US. Beijing has to give U...
Monday, 27 August 2018

Licensed Manufacturer Warehouse (LMW/ GPB)

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1. Gudang Pengilangan Berlesen (GPB) merupakan gudang yang dilesenkan di bawah seksyen 65/65A Akta Kastam 1967 untuk menjalankan aktiviti p...
Monday, 20 August 2018

Reinvestment Allowance and Accelerated Capital Allowance (ACA)

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1. With effect from the year of assessment 2009, a company or a person has to be in operation for not less than 36 months to be eligible for...
Saturday, 11 August 2018

Raw & Manufactured Materials: 2018 Overview

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1. The production of many key raw materials has declined recently, while others are finding opportunities through new production processes a...
Sunday, 5 August 2018

Dubai Investment Development Agency

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1. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, issued a law establishing th...
Monday, 23 July 2018

Self-Employed and Pension Scheme

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1. New research from Prudential shows that self-employed workers are heading towards a pension saving crisis as they cannot afford to save f...
Monday, 16 July 2018

Product Spotlight - Ethylene bis stearamide (EBS)

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1. Ethylene bis stearamide (EBS) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2NHC(O)C17H35)2. It is a waxy white solid and is also found as p...
Monday, 9 July 2018

Product Spotlight - Starlinger recycling technology

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Austrian recycling equipment manufacturer - Starlinger recycling technology
Sunday, 1 July 2018

[U.S. China Trade War] Ripple Effect

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1. President Donald Trump's trade saber-rattling and protectionist economic policies are discouraging the flow of overseas money into jo...
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