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Ninja Van
Ninja Van is a Singaporean logistics company. Founded in 2014, the company engages in last mile logistics and package delivery. Ninja Van has sorting warehouses across Southeast Asia, in Singapore, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. It works with e-commerce firms including Alibaba Group's Lazada, GoTo's Tokopedia for Indonesia, and Sea Group's Shopee. It uses vehicle routing problem algorithms to improve delivery routes. History Ninja Van was founded in 2014 by Singaporeans Lai Chang Wen, Shaun Chong, and Boxian Tan. The firm runs on a hub-and-spoke model, compared to other companies like GOGOX and Lalamove that use a point-to-point model. In 2019, it delivered an average of one million parcels a day around the ASEAN region. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore in 2020, Ninja Van saw a three-fold increase in parcel volume in Singapore. In Malaysia, it saw a two-fold increase in shipment volume growth, driven by the growth in social-com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopee
Shopee Pte. Ltd. (Shopee) is a Singaporean multinational technology company that specialises in e-commerce. The company was launched in Singapore in 2015, before it expanded abroad. , Shopee is considered the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia with 343 million monthly visitors. It also serves consumers and sellers across countries in East Asia (Taiwan), Latin America, and Europe (Poland) who wish to purchase and sell their goods online. Shopee is a subsidiary of Sea Limited. History In February 2015, Shopee launched in Singapore as a social-first, mobile-centric marketplace where users can browse, shop and sell products. The asset-light platform is integrated with logistical and payment support, and claims to make online shopping easy and secure for both buyers and sellers. The app-based platform launched a website to compete with other e-commerce companies such as Coupang, Lazada, Tokopedia and AliExpress. To differentiate itself, Shopee offers online shoppi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logistics Companies Of Singapore
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics may include tangible goods such as materials, equipment, and supplies, as well as food and other consumable items. In military science, logistics is concerned with maintaining army supply lines while disrupting those of the enemy, since an armed force without resources and transportation is defenseless. Military logistics was already practiced in the ancient world and as the modern military has a significant need for logistics solutions, advanced implementations have been developed. In military logistics, logistics officers manage how and when to move resources to the places they are needed. Logistics management is the part of supply chain management and supply chain engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grab (company)
Grab Holdings Inc., commonly known as Grab, is a Singaporean multinational technology company. It is the developer of the ''Grab'' super-app, which provides users with transportation, food delivery and digital payments services via a mobile app. Grab currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It is Southeast Asia's first decacorn, and the biggest technology startup in the region. Founded by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling in 2012 as the ''MyTeksi'' app based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it expanded the next year as ''GrabTaxi''. It has since expanded into other services, following the super-app model. In 2014, it moved its headquarters to Singapore and rebranded as "Grab". History Founding and expansion The idea of creating a taxi-booking mobile app for Southeast Asia, similar to those being pioneered in the US, first came from Anthony Tan (, ''Chen Bingyao'') while he was at Harvard Business School. Motiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DPDgroup
DPDgroup (legally GeoPost SA) is an international parcel delivery service for sorter compatible parcels based in Issy les Moulineaux, France. Until 2015 DPD stood for Dynamic Parcel Distribution. Its brands are DPD, Colissimo, Chronopost, Seur and BRT. The company is based in France and operates mainly in the express road-based market. DPDgroup services are available in Europe, Asia, South Africa, India, Brazil and several other countries in the world, either directly or through partnerships. DPDgroup is owned by La Poste, the international delivery network operated by the French state-owned postal service. In 2020, DPDgroup delivered 1.9 billion parcels worldwide and achieved revenues of €11 billion. History Le Groupe La Poste In the 1980s, Le Groupe La Poste originated its express transport activities with the creation of Chronopost in 1985. In 1999, Le Groupe La Poste created GeoPost to consolidate its express transport and parcel delivery businesses. In the 2000s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Financial Times
The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikkei, with core editorial offices across Britain, the United States and continental Europe. In July 2015, Pearson sold the publication to Nikkei for £844 million (US$1.32 billion) after owning it since 1957. In 2019, it reported one million paying subscriptions, three-quarters of which were digital subscriptions. The newspaper has a prominent focus on financial journalism and economic analysis over generalist reporting, drawing both criticism and acclaim. The daily sponsors an annual book award and publishes a " Person of the Year" feature. The paper was founded in January 1888 as the ''London Financial Guide'' before rebranding a month later as the ''Financial Times''. It was first circulated around metropolitan London by James Sherid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Initial Public Offering
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges. Through this process, colloquially known as ''floating'', or ''going public'', a privately held company is transformed into a public company. Initial public offerings can be used to raise new equity capital for companies, to monetize the investments of private shareholders such as company founders or private equity investors, and to enable easy trading of existing holdings or future capital raising by becoming publicly traded. After the IPO, shares are traded freely in the open market at what is known as the free float. Stock exchanges stipulate a minimum free float both in absolute terms (the total value as determined by the share price multiplied by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first case in :Singapore was confirmed on 23 January 2020. Early cases were primarily imported until local transmission began to develop in February and March. In late March and April, COVID-19 clusters were detected at multiple migrant worker dormitories, which soon contributed to an overwhelming proportion of new cases in the country. To stem the tide of infections, strict circuit breaker lockdown measures were implemented from 7 April to 1 June 2020, after which restrictions have been gradually lifted as conditions permitted. A mass vaccination campaign was launched, and has been successful in achieving a very high vaccination rate, with more than 96% of the eligible populace having completed their vaccination regimen as of June 2022. Various measures have been taken to mass test the population for the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parcel (consignment)
A parcel is an individual consignment of cargo for shipment. Is the unit used in the daily practice for sending and receiving all kinds of cargo. It may have all shapes and sizes. The size can range from an actual mail parcel to 100 boxes of wine, with a top limit, for example, of 4 million barrels cargo of oil large enough to fill a supertanker. Parcel sizes Each product has particular parcel size in which may be transported in the most economical way. This is expressed as ''parcel size distribution''. Thus, the ''parcel size distribution'' size for coal it's completely different from the size used for ore, for grain or for sugar. For sea Bulk transport there are given some typical parcel sizes. For coal is between 20,000 and 160,000 tons, but for the majority of cargoes parcel sizes lie between 150,000 and 60,000 tons. Iron ore is transported especially in parcel sizes of 150,000 tons, while with grain sizes are between 60,000 and 25,000 tons. When transporting sugar the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalamove
Lalamove is an Asia-based technology company that provides delivery services by connecting users with delivery drivers on its mobile and web apps. The company operates in cities across Asia and Latin America connecting over 7 million users with more than 700,000 delivery drivers. Lalamove services are currently available in Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Cebu, Bangkok, Pattaya, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta, Dhaka, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City. Lalamove expanded their services in India in 2018 but later got banned by Indian government in 2020 during the series of Chinese app bans in India. History The company was founded in Hong Kong in December 2013 by Shing Chow Shing-yuk. Originally called Easyvan, the company was renamed Lalamove in 2014. The company quickly expanded to new markets reaching Singapore in 2014 and Bangkok and Taipei in 2015. By 2018 Lalamove was present in 11 cities across Southeast Asia and also commenced operations in In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GOGOX
GOGOX, previously GoGoVan, is an on-demand ride sharing service based in Asia, which focuses on transportation of freight and goods in urban areas. Steven Lam Hoi-yuen, Nick Tang Kuen-wai and Reeve Kwan Chun-man co-founded the service in 2013. The service was initially launched in Hong Kong, before expanding its services. It operates in five countries in Asia, including Hong Kong, Singapore, mainland China, Taiwan, South Korea and India. History Steve Lam Hoi-yuen, Nick Tang Kuen-wai and Reeve Kwan Chun-man co-founded GoGoVan in Hong Kong in the summer of 2013. The startup planned on providing an alternative solution for people in Hong Kong who required a van after the founders were working on a small lunchbox delivery service. The co-founders had previously worked in the delivery market while studying in California and when returning to Hong Kong they realized it was quite difficult and time-consuming to organize van transport in the city. In Hong Kong where the service was laun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
