SLACommuniqué2015 | Volume 4| MCI (P) 024/09/2014

Supply Chain Challenge Finals 2015 Jointly organised by SLA and SIM University (UniSIM) with support from SPRING Singapore, the Supply Chain Challenge 2015 that was launched on 06 May 2015 concluded on a high note on 27 July 2015. Check out the winners and their journey on the pages to follow.

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The Qualifying RoundSince the launch of the fourth edition of Supply Chain Finals on 06 May 2015, a total of 79 submissions were received from 273 students across all 5 Polytechnics and ITE College East. The competitors were presented with the challenge of analyzing and proposing solutions to supply chain management case studies, demonstrating the effective use of limited resources and marinating with their innovative ideas to enhance processes and service delivery for the enterprises.

All submissions were extensively assessed and a total of three teams were shortlisted for each of the six mentor-companies.

QUALIFYING TEAMS

Mentor-Company Team Institution

Batamindo Shipping & Warehousing Pte Ltd

Centega Singapore Polytechnic

BatMan Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Jaguar Express Temasek Polytechnic

CWT Integrated Pte Ltd

ExtraOrdinary Singapore Polytechnic

Supernova Republic Polytechnic

Flappy Buddies Republic Polytechnic

Griffin Kinetic Pte Ltd

JSY Singapore Polytechnic

Jetter Singapore Polytechnic

Sure-Can-Make-It Republic Polytechnic

KWE-Kintetsu World Express (S) Pte Ltd

ZHZ Solutions ITE College East

Triple GJ Republic Polytechnic

AyamBrand 45 Temasek Polytechnic

Mandai Link Logistics Pte Ltd

Sologist Singapore Polytechnic

Diaoyudaoshiwomenzhongguode

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

UP Ngee Ann Polytechnic

YCH Group Pte Ltd

Ace Republic Polytechnic

Breakers Singapore Polytechnic

BountyHunter Singapore Polytechnic

The Mentorship The 18 teams honed their analysis and presentation skills to the respective six mentor-companies onsite to vie for a place in the mentorship phase and then to the Finals on 27 July 2015. After a review by the mentor-companies, the six finalist teams were picked and the mentorship phase began…

For a period of six weeks, the six finalist teams fulfilled a practical attachment with their mentors to further review and refine their business solutions submitted earlier during the Qualifying Round. The final executive summary and poster containing the data findings cum recommendations by each of the six final teams then formed the deliverables of the mentorship.

The Boot Camp The finalists had to sacrifice their Saturday morning on 25 July 2015 to make their way to the logistics boot camp at UniSIM where further brainstorming and intense discussions gave rise to their final solutions presented on 27 July 2015.

The Grand Finale The boot camp final presentation was held on the afternoon of 27 July 2015 at UniSIM. Nervous yet excited, were the emotions that best described all finalists when they arrived, backed by their enthusiastic supporters. The finalist teams made impressive presentations to wow both the crowd and the judging panel, comprising Mr Thomas Sim - SLA 1st Deputy Chairman, Mr Alex Qian Qu – UniSIM Deputy Head (Business Programme), Ms Tay Huay Ling – UniSIM Lecturer and Mr Jonathan Lim - Director, SPRING Singapore.

THE FINALISTS

Mentor-Company Team Institution

Batamindo Shipping & Warehousing Pte Ltd

Team Jaguar Express Temasek Polytechnic

CWT Integrated Pte Ltd ExtraOrdinary Singapore Polytechnic

Griffin Kinetic Pte Team Sure-Can-Make-It Republic Polytechnic

KWE-Kintetsu World Express (S) Pte Ltd

AyamBrand 45 Temasek Polytechnic

Mandai Link Logistics Pte Ltd

Sologist Republic Polytechnic

YCH Group Pte Ltd Team ACE Republic Polytechnic

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The Winners and the Awards The awards ceremony commenced with Mr Jonathan Lim – Director (Services and Biomedical), SPRING Singapore presenting mementoes to management representatives of the mentor- companies, Batamindo Shipping & Warehousing Pte Ltd, CWT Integrated Pte Ltd, Griffin Kinetic Pte Ltd, KWE-Kintetsu World Express (S) Pte Ltd, Mandai Link Logistics Pte Ltd and YCH Group Pte Ltd for the critical roles they played in making the challenge a success.

Associate Professor Lee Pui Mun – Dean, UniSIM School of Business proceeded to give away tokens of appreciation to the judging panel - Mr Thomas Sim, Mr Alex Qian Qu, Ms Tay Huay Ling and Mr Jonathan Lim.

Adding to the hype before the announcement of the winners, the novelty prize was given to Temasek Polytechnic for having collected the most numbers of badges from the participating exhibitors.

As tension heightened, the verdict was finally broadcasted.

Participating Companies:

Addicon Logistics Management (S) Pte LtdAdvant Logistics Pte LtdBatamindo Shipping & Warehousing Pte LtdCEVA Logistics Singapore Pte LtdCWT Integrated Pte LtdGlobal Projects Services Pte LtdGriffin Kinetic Pte LtdHonan Insurance Group (Asia) Pte LtdKeppel Logistics Pte Ltd

KWE-Kintetsu World Express (S) Pte LtdMandai Link Logistics Pte LtdOctopus Group Holdings Pte LtdPacific Integrated Logistics Pte Ltd

Rhenus Logistics Pte LtdSankyu (Singapore) Pte LtdSFS Global Logistics Pte LtdSingapore Oxygen Air Liquide Pte Ltd

ST Logistics Pte LtdWorldgate Express Lines Pte Ltd

YCH Group Pte Ltd

Winner Mentor-Company Team Institution

ChampionYCH Group Pte Ltd

Team ACE Republic Polytechnic

First runner-upGriffin Kinetic Pte Ltd

Team Sure-Can-Make-It

Republic Polytechnic

Second runner-up

Batamindo Shipping & Warehousing Pte Ltd

Team Jaguar Express

Temasek Polytechnic

All winners received their prizes from Mr Law Chung Ming – Group Director, China Group of IE Singapore who graced the event as Guest of Honour, together with Mr Stanley Lim – SLA Chairman. Team Ace from Republic Polytechnic

emerged victorious as the champion and clinched the top prize of $4,000 together with a trophy. First runner-up with a cash prize of $2,000 went to Team Sure-Can-Make-It from Republic Polytechnic, while second runner-up with a cash prize of $1,000 was awarded to Team Jaguar Express from Temasek Polytechnic.

The busloads of supporters, students from the polytechnics toured the Networking & Career Fair while the judging panel deliberated on the aggregate scores. 20 industry partners participated at the fair showcasing their companies’ capabilities and human resource prospects. As in the inaugural fair, the main objective of this third in the series is to educate and spread awareness of internship, as well as career opportunities in the logistics & supply chain industry.

The students too, gained insight into a career in the logistics industry. They were seen interacting with the exhibitors while collecting the official SCC badges. As a novelty, the institution which collected the most badges would win a novelty prize, together with the winners of SCC 2015.

The Networking & Career Fair

Congratulations to the winners and all finalist teams!

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ENGAGING LOCAL COMMUNITIES …..

Annual Industry Forum 2015With a theme “Navigating into Aviation Future”, the Annual Industry Forum 2015, organized by SAAA@Singapore was held at Singapore Aviation Academy on 4 August 2015. The comprehensive forum was well attended by industry professionals including Mr Stanley Lim – Chairman and Ms Ng Soo Hwa – Executive Director.

Opening of Hong Kong Trade Development Council Singapore BranchThe Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) held a reception in Singapore on 17 August 2015 to mark the opening of its Singapore Branch Office. More than 400 guests from Hong Kong and Singapore attended the reception; amongst them were

New Guidelines TR39:2015 for Freight Container Equipment Interchange

The Manufacturing Standards Committee (MSC) under the purview of the Singapore Standards Council (SSC), together with SPRING Singapore and Singapore Manufacturing Federation Standards Development Organisation (SMF-SDO) launched Technical Reference TR39:2015 for freight container equipment interchange receipt on 14 August 2015 at M Hotel Singapore. More than 120 industry players including logistics service providers, shippers, container depot operators

and hauliers attended.

The development of the new standard is supported by members in the Logistics Technical Committee under MSC. The committee comprises industry stakeholders namely Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Container Depot Association of

Singapore, Singapore Transport Association, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and SLA.

TR39 aims to address a commonplace problem faced by the stakeholders in the container supply chain where there is a lack of industry-wide documentation of containers’ conditions, often resulting in disputes amongst parties involved. It provides a set of consensus guidelines to properly document and report the conditions of the containers at each interchange point. Implementation of the standard is expected to enhance containers’ traceability, minimise disputes over damage accountability and reduce supply chain downtime, giving rise to increased productivity.

Mr Gerry Tan – SLA Honorary Secretary and the SLA Secretariat team. The upgrading of the HKTDC’s presence in Singapore from a Representative Office to Branch Office aims to strengthen support for Hong Kong small and medium-sized enterprises entering ASEAN markets. Besides closer connectivity between economies in the region, HKTDC is looking for investment opportunities relating to the Central Government’s One Belt, One Road Initiative, with long term plans to strengthen business, financial and physical connectivity within Asia.

SLA supported the Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards (SEAA) 2015. The presentation ceremony was held in conjunction with the Singapore Environment Council’s (SEC) 20th Anniversary at Shangri-La Singapore on 26 August 2015, graced by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for Environment and Water Resources.

The overall winner of the SEAA was the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), bagging the SEC-CDL Outstanding Singapore Environmental Achievement Award. MPA is also the joint winner with Nanyang Technological University for the SEC-Lee Foundation Singapore Environmental Achievement Award (Public Sector).

Aviation Open House 2015Organised by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the 4th Aviation Open House was held at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre from 13 to 15 August 2015. Declared open by Mrs Josephine Teo - Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport on 13 August 2015, the event brought the aviation community together to promote and showcase exciting careers within the fraternity. In the midst were representatives from leading aviation companies and educational institutions.

Aviation Community Reception 2015The Aviation Community Reception 2015, a platform for networking, sharing of ideas and charting the future of Singapore Aviation was organised by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on 24 July 2015 at Victoria Theatre. SLA was represented by Mr Gerry Tan – Honorary Secretary / Chairman of Air Cargo Committee and Ms Ng Soo Hwa – Executive Director. Mrs Josephine Teo – Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport was the Guest of Honour. A mural entitled “Singapore Aviation through the Years” was produced by Glenn Phua from Pathlight School’s Artist Development Programme and commissioned by CAAS. Mrs Teo, together with Glenn and leaders from the Singapore aviation industry, helped piece the mural together. This collaborative effort, which also involved nearly 300 other industry guests, celebrates the event theme this year: One Community, One Passion. A presentation on CAAS’ key plans was delivered by Mr Daniel Ng – Director, Aviation Industry Division, CAAS.

An on-site recruitment fair was also held in partnership with the Employment and Employability Institute.

SLA participated as one of the supporting organisations and was present at the exhibition to promote logistics as a career. In addition, Ms Wendy Lim – SLA Honorary Deputy Treasurer presented “Career in Logistics” at the career talk, together with two of her management trainees from Pacific Integrated logistics Pte Ltd on 13 August 2015. The event attracted a large turnout of industry players as well as school children.

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Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards 2015

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MEMBERSHIP UPDATESWelcome ALL New Members ...

ORDINARY MEMBER

Member-Company Accredited Representative Alternate

01 July 2015

Hong Fong Logistic Pte Ltd Mr Tan Soo BengDirector

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01 August 2015

PTC Delivery2Home Pte Ltd Mr Poh Kay LeongGeneral Manager & Executive Director

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ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Member-Company Accredited Representative

01 July 2015

Linde Material Handling Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Ms Kim LiongHead of Sales & Marketing Singapore

Goodrich Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Mr NirajRegional Manager

Sea Power Logistics Pte Ltd Ms Koh Wei LingDirector

Hong Li Marine Construction & Distribution Pte Ltd

Mr Tan Soo BengDirector

Shui Xing International Pte Ltd Ms Grace KhooGeneral Manager

01 August 2015

Rulewave Logistics Singapore Pte Ltd Mr SwetsGeneral Manager

Company Name New Company Name

Yang Kee Marine & Offshore Pte Ltd

Yang Kee Project Logistics Pte Ltd

Altus Logistics Pte Ltd Altus Oil & Gas Services Pte Ltd

Hong Li Marine Construction & Distribution Hong Li Logistics Pte Ltd

Change of Accredited Representative and Alternate Member-Company Accredited Representative Alternate

Agility Logistics Solutions Pte Ltd Mr Franc Maurici Vice President - Asia Pacific Chemical Sector

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Batamindo Shipping & Warehousing Pte Ltd Mr Thomas CheeGeneral Manager

Mr Sam Yu Assistant General Manager

Energy Logistics Pte Ltd Ms Vivian Ong Finance Manager

Mr Philippe Glraud Managing Director

Trans Global Projects (Singapore) Pte Ltd Mr Mark Offley Regional Managing Director

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Winstar Logistic Pte Ltd Mr Matthew Chan Kwok BunDirector

Ms Janet Chew Sales & Customer Service Manager

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Member-Get-Member Scheme(Eligible for Accredited Representative and Alternate of existing SLA Ordinary Member only.)

Receive NTUC vouchers worth $100

for every successful application that you propose for admission as a new member.

Change of Company Name

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TRAINING NEWS

SLA participated in the Career & Life in Logistics and Supply Chain Sector II held on 29 July 2015. Organised by Caliberlink, some 50 PMEs (Professionals, Managers & Executives) attended and gained fresh career insights on the SkillsFuture initiatives and received useful tips on how they could carve out their careers in this growing sector.

Some of SLA member-companies namely, CEVA Logistics Singapore Pte Ltd, Menlo Worldwide Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, ST Logistics Pte Ltd and YCH Group Pte Ltd were present at the event to share the exciting careers in logistics with the PMEs. SLA Secretariat team too was at hand to provide details on the Association and the dynamic industry as well as the list of comprehensive training programmes offered by SLA’s training arm, The Logistics Academy Pte Ltd. PMEs found the session insightful and here’s their thoughts …

Industry Highlight Event for Logistics and Supply ChainOrganized by the Career Services Division of WDA, the first Industry Highlight Event for Logistics and Supply Chain held on 27 August 2015 at Tampines North Community Centre was a success. The event was targeted at the rank and file profile and some 100 ranging from new entrants to mature job seekers were

present. Mr Daniel Chew – a lecturer of The Logistics Academy (TLA) represented the Association gave a talk and covered various topics on nature of jobs in logistics, career pathway, courses available for upgrading and enhanced career progression. Interested candidates had the opportunity to participate in the spot interviews with five SLA member-companies namely, Keppel Logistics, Richland Logistics Services, Schenker Singapore, Yamato Transport and CEVA Logistics Singapore. SLA Secretariat team was present to provide guidance on the list of comprehensive training programmes offered by TLA.

- Helmi Rasidi

The event re-affirmed the belief that logistics is an industry that will remain relevant and

provide career growth opportunity. “

”Speaker was insightful and her views

were refreshing.“ ”- Komala Valli

I am more informed on SkillsFuture.- Ng Huan Geok“ ”

Career & Life in Logistics & Supply Chain Sector II

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“The port visit is fantastic! The PSA guide is so good with his introduction on the history and future of port facilities. The view from the top of PSA Building overlooking the present and new port infrastructures is impressive. From this trip, we have a clearer and closer look on the quay and yard cranes as well as understand how the cranes work. The sight of different types of containers at the port and the various vessels berthed alongside the port is also amazing. It is an unforgettable trip and I would like to visit again if there is another chance.” - Mr Richard Tan, Assistant Manager for Logistics, Casio Singapore Pte Ltd

PSA Port Tour The second port tour organized by The Logistics Academy (TLA) this year, 13 participants from the Diploma in International Freight Management 34th and 35th intakes entered the port premise for the first time on 22 July 2015. Led by Mr Bryan Tay, the Principal Lecturer, the visit was organized for the Seafreight Forwarding Operations (SFFO) module. The tour started at PSA Pasir Panjang Terminal Gate 4. Participants were treated to a ride, giving them a glimpse of the round-the-clock vast port operations as well as the upcoming developments and future expanse of the container port. To many of them, the tour was an eye-opener which very much complemented the classroom lectures. Here’s what they say …

The annual Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Awards recognise organisations and individuals who have contributed to achieving excellence in workplace safety and health. Presented by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council and supported by the Ministry of Manpower, the national awards include various categories to recognise supervisors, WSH officers and companies with innovative WSH solutions and excellent WSH performance.

A new category for Logistics and Transport sector has been added to the WSH Innovation Awards 2016. The WSH Innovation Awards for Logistics and Transport Sector aims to recognise work teams

in the sector which have come up with innovative solutions that improve safety and health standards in the workplace.

This award is presented by the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) and organised by the Singapore Logistics Association (SLA), and is open for both SLA members and non-members in the Logistics and Transport sector.

Interested applicants can keep a look out for more WSH bulletins on the guidelines and application form which will be open from January 2016 onwards.

Workplace Safety and Health Innovations Awards 2016 for Logistics & Transport Sector