Global Value Chains

Logistics is the key to thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Connectivity, Flows and the management of connectivity and flows

October 20, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

If I had to boil the Fourth Industrial Revolution down to its basics I would say it consist of three things. And these are: Connectivity Flows Management of connectivity and flows Connectivity Connectivity is often synonymous with digital or technological connectivity, and rightfully so as it is a major means and mode of connectivity. Connectivity, in the Fourth Industrial

Data economy, Digitalisation, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics, Logistics Matters, Trade, Trade Facilitation

How do you build a resilient and sustainable economy in the 21st Century? Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

October 18, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

The future ain’t what it used to be. – Yogi Berra Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots, automation, and the Internet of Things (IoT) – the Fourth industrial Revolution – are all tech terms that have moved into the mainstream of our everyday conversations. Unfortunately the talk is usually one of doom and gloom, punctuated by predictions such as: Robots could

Commercial Awareness, Data economy, Digitalisation, Economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Internet of Things, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics Matters, Sustainable Development, Trade

Connectivity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is about relationships

October 6, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

Connectivity is often synonymous with digital or technological connectivity, and rightfully so as it is a major means and mode of connectivity. Connectivity, in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, however is more about relationships. That is to say the relationships “between people-people, people-things, and things-things.” Competitiveness, in our globalized world, be it as an individual or business or nation-state, is increasingly based

Artificial Intelligence, Commercial Awareness, Data economy, Digitalisation, Economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future of Work, Global Value Chains, Internet of Things, Trade

Improving logistics Jamaica's response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution

August 12, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

Improving logistics is critical to economic development especially in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. I am happy to have the privilege of working at Jamaica’s Special Economic Zone Authority on advancing the country’s economic development by transforming Jamaica into a logistics centred economy. In many ways Jamaica’s Logistics Hub Initiative is a direct policy response the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Related

Commercial Awareness, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Value Chains, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics, Logistics Matters

Jamaica’s Special Economic Zones A Logistics Centered Approach to Economic Agility and Global Competitiveness

July 16, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

I teach. And I hope my students learn. I will admit that teaching is not my profession but it is a deeply held passion. Another passion of mine is Jamaica’s development into a logistics centred economy and logistics hub. And being a adjunct lecturer of international logistics on the Post-grad programme at Excelsior Community College, in Kingston Jamaica allows me

Commercial Awareness, Economy, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics, Logistics Matters, Special Economic Zone, Trade

Making education ‘real’ the key to success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Connecting the dots is a marketable skills is this age of disruption

May 28, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

As a teacher I like to stretch my students. I like to push them to their limits so that redefine what is possible and what success means to them. I believe it is my responsibility as an educator to get my students ready to not only thrive but to equipment them with the skills and mindset to be able to

Commercial Awareness, Data economy, Education, Future of Work, Global Value Chains, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics Matters, Skills Training

US aluminium trade sanctions may be blessing in disguise for Jamaica if recognized, if exploited

March 12, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. – Napoleon Hill Trade stats have recently become very sexy thanks in large part to President of the USA, Donald Trump’s recent trade sanctions on aluminium and steel. There is however, more to this action and the trade data than immediately meets the eye. There is opportunity – if recognized, if

Commercial Awareness, commodity, Economy, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Special Economic Zone, Trade

Donald Trump has made the impossible possible with aluminium and steel tariffs The numbers behind trade flows of aluminium and steel have suddenly become all important

March 10, 2018 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

After all, facts are facts, and although we may quote one to another with a chuckle the words of the Wise Statesman, “Lies – damn lies – and statistics,” still there are some easy figures the simplest must understand, and the astutest cannot wriggle out of. – Lord Courtney The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump,has made the

Commercial Awareness, commodity, Global Value Chains, Trade

The Internet of Things: the revolution is here! Innovation in logistics and supply chain management

December 12, 2017 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before – Klaus Schwab The information age or the data economy or the fourth industrial revolution or the Internet of Things, call it what

Commercial Awareness, Data economy, Digitalisation, Economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Value Chains, Logistics, Logistics Matters

Introducing my new e-book: Economic Zones: Special Tools For Development Placing Jamaica's Special Economic Zone Development In Context

October 2, 2017 Ainsley Brown One comment

The wait is over, my first e-book is here. Click here or see below: Now that Jamaica has embarked on its own modern SEZ programme will it be transformational for the Jamaican people and their economy or will it be a spectacular failure? By all indications, and as will be explained in the contents below, the former seems to be true. Jamaica

Commercial Awareness, Economy, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Investment, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics Matters, Special Economic Zone

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