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Executive Committees @ Supply Chain Asia
Membership Council 2019/2020 Forum 2019 Executive Committee
Chairman Chairman
Mr Onno Boots, Regional President & CEO, Geodis Vijay Anand, IBM
Core Members Alvin Ea, Haulio
Mr Laurent Simon, Managing Director, Kuehne+Nagel Sundi Aiyer, Accenture
Mr Euan Kenworthy, Executive Director, Russell Reynolds Associates Lin Chee Kin, Singapore Post
Mr Vijay Anand, Vice President, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality, IBM Koh Niak Wu, The Intelligent Warehouse
Mr Radu Palamariu, Managing Director, Morgan Philips Ang Tian Teck, StickySpy
Mr Koh San Joo, Managing Director, iHub Solutions Laurent Simon, Kuehne + Nagel
Mr Jason Goh, CEO, Asia, Yang Kee Logistics Wesley Tham, Economic Development Board
Ms Ingeborg Veelenturf, Senior Director, Logistics, Tapestry Woo Pei Jie, Enterprise Singapore
Mr Roland Chong, Supply Chain Director, Qiagen
Mr Allen Wan, Head of Supply Chain, Diageo Awards 2019 Executive Committee
Mr Koh Jin Kiat, Director, Business Growth, Bombardier Recreational Products Chairman
Mr Peter Woon, Managing Director, Koru Greentech Jaya Moorthi Pillai, Schneider Electric
Institution/Agency Representatives Vijay Anand, IBM
Economic Development Board – Mr Lee Eng Keat, Executive Director, Logistics Koh Jin Kiat, Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP)
Enterprise Singapore – Mr Law Chung Ming, Group Director, Transport & Logistics Ingeborg Veelenturf, Tapestry
Workforce Singapore – Mr Yeo Fujie, Principal Manager, Manufacturing Division Paul Bradley, Caprica International
Singapore University of Social Sciences – Assistant Professor Tan Yan Weng Law Chung Ming, Enterprise Singapore
Republic Polytechnic – Mr Soh Lai Seng, Acting Director Lee Eng Keat, Economic Development Board
Temasek Polytechnic – Ms Cheryl Wee-Teo Ni Ni, Dy Director Allen Wan, Diageo
Ngee Ann Polytechnic – Mr Leow Teck Sim, Course Director Dennis Quek, COI-SCM@RP
Dr Mark Goh, National University of Singapore
Supply Chain Asia president
MESSAGE
(sca)
The three main cores of SCA are connecting
people from various sectors of the industry,
“I
encouraging communication amongst
professionals and creating opportunities t doesn’t get any easier. You only get better at it!”
for collaborations. The four main pillars
of the organisations are memberships, Fourteen years ago, when Supply Chain Asia (SCA) was conceived in an
apartment somewhere in Bangkok, I would have never imagine that we will
events, academy and publication.
be where we are today. In the next two days, we will be hosting our largest
ever Forum, with an inaugural Innovation & Tech Expo that bring together emerging tech
SCA holds various events annually and solutions to showcase to the industry as well as our largest ever Awards celebration
to provide networking and learning with almost 700 guests in attendance!
opportunities for the community. The
organisation also provides training courses SCA was founded on a simple premise – to bring people together to network, share and
in the area of logistics and SCM, equipping learn from each other. Everything that we have done since Day 1 brings us back to this
attendees with skills that are applicable to simple thought. We are exclusive to no one and seek to maintain an open community
the real working scenarios in the industry. platform to benefit everyone. In the midst of conducting our daily affairs, we have been
As for membership, SCA aims to develop misunderstood for many things – that we are aligned to specific companies or being
commercially driven. Far from the truth as we seek only the best for the industry. As
a close-knit community that continues to
such, our role has evolved from a passive player of just collating information and news
better itself by leveraging on SCA’s platform
to an acute observer and activist role with an intent to bring benefits and changes to the
and services. community at large.
SCA publishes a bi-annual magazine that is In the last 24 months, we have deployed initiatives, such as the Supply Chain &
available in April and September. The issue Logistics Innovation Playground (SCLIP), designed and conducted several runs of the
in September coincides with its annual highly popular Industry 4.0 & Supply Chain Transformation Programme and facilitating
Forum and Awards celebrations. the e-Commerce Supply Chain Professional Conversion Programme with support from
Workforce Singapore. Today, we also host the Tech Accelerator Programme (TAP), which is
supported by Enterprise Singapore. TAP’s main objective is to seek out new and emerging
technologies developed by startups and bring them to the level of adoption – whether in
trials, Proof of Concepts or full commercial deployment.
The next few years will be an exciting journey as we aligned our efforts with the Supply Chain
Employees Union (SCEU) of the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) in Singapore. The
formal alliance with SCEU will be signed on 10th September and together with them, we
hope to bring more structured programmes to the supply chain and logistics professionals
Emeritus Council of Advisors
in both the local community in Singapore and beyond. For professionals working and
Dr Robert Yap, YCH Group (Emeritus Chairman) located in Singapore, there will be added protection provided by SCEU through extending
Mr Sundi Aiyer, Accenture the union memberships to those who are paid members of SCA.
Mr Wayne Hunt, AsiaPac Executive Insights
To those who have been supportive of SCA since its inception, I want to extend my
Mr Koh Jin Kiat, Bombardier Recreational Products
heartfelt and sincere thanks for your engagement and friendship. You know who you are
Mr Paul Bradley, Caprica International and without whom, I know I would have never lasted these many years and grown to be
Mr Peter Woon, Koru Greentech where we are today.
Mr Lee Eng Keat, Economic Development Board
Enjoy your networking over the next two days. If you need help, do look out for me or our
Mr Jamal Chamariq, Estee Lauder Companies Young Ambassadors. We stand ready to assist and to ensure that all of you have a fruitful
Mr Onno Boots, Geodis Wilson time with us.
Mr Michael Tyler, GlaxoSmithKline
Mr Vijay Anand, IBM
Mr Law Chung Ming, IE Singapore
Mr Laurent Simon, Kuehne + Nagel
Mr Khoo Seng Thiam, SATS
Mr Jonathan Lim, SPRING
Mr Brian Miles, SSI Schaefer
Mr Turloch Mooney, TACT Mr Paul Lim
Mr Tony Lugg, TAPA Founder/President
Supply Chain Asia
Ms Ingeborg Veelenturf, Tapestry
Dr Mark Goh, TLI-AP (NUS)
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2019
Message
Message from
Chairman,
Forum 2019
VIJAY anand
Worldwide Sales & Distribution, VP Travel,
Transportation & Hospitality Asia Pacific,
Greater China, Japan, IBM
W
elcome to the annual Supply Chain We have since come a long way. In the connected world
Asia Forum 2019 and thank you for your today, Supply Chain visibility and collaboration remains high
unwavering support over the last 14 on the agenda for global organisations in order to improve
years. customer experience, reduce costs and boost operational
efficiency. Disruption is everywhere with new technologies,
I am honoured to participate as the Chairman for the third such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics,
consecutive year and would like to take this opportunity Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Internet of Things and very
to thank our core team, specifically Paul Lim (President, soon, 5G.
SCA), Emeritus Board of Advisors and the event organising
committee for their relentless focus and contribution that At the same time, there are uncertainties due to trade tensions.
made this event possible. This year’s event is quite special as As some of you may have noted, the International Monetary
we have combined two key events, the annual SCA Forum Fund advised more work is needed to reduce global trade
and the high-profile SCA Awards. imbalances and issued a recent warning that such conflicts
are weighing on the global economy.
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Moon landing
this year, we pay tribute to the entire team that made this We will be focusing on these new developments and
single greatest achievement in human history possible. disruptive technologies in greater detail under the main theme
NASA had to experiment and engineer new technologies “Digitisation of the Supply Chain World”, with global experts
that required over 7.5 million pounds of thrust to launch the sharing their perspectives and solutions to collaborate and
rocket and payload equivalent to 50 Jumbo 747s into orbit. progress as one industry.
Kudos to the supply chain professionals for the coordination
and innovation in distribution and logistics, as mission critical My team and I look forward to hosting you at SCA Forum 2019,
parts were manufactured and sourced at several locations and we wish you a wonderful time at the event.
and assembled — just in time — with precise and flawless
execution. Remember, there were no mobile phones, fax
machines, emails or personal computers at that time! Chairman, Forum 2019
6 | SCA
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SCA | 7
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8 | SCAExhibition Hall
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Blu (C3) IPOS (C4) SUSS (D3)
BotSync (J4) JABIL (C2) Syrius Robotics (F3)
BYD (G3) JDA (B3) Tourism Authority of Thailand (G2)
CCI-ILSTC (J3) Kerry Logistics (G5) XiaoXin Machines/Goldbell (F2)
Dematic (F1) KMS Solutions (J8) Unabiz (J5)
Dodeca Studios – AR Zone (E2) Locus (C1) Versafleet (D2)
Doog International (H5) Lustre Bijoux (G6) Viatick (G7)
Esker (B5) NTUC - SCEU (C6) Visichain (B6)
Friendly Groups (H1) Parcel Perform (J2) Wine & Chef (J1)
Haulio (C3) Paves (H6) Witron (B1)
Hiverlab -VR Zone (F4) SATO (B4) YCH (E1)
IBM (D1) Singapore Logistics Association (J6) Zhongheng Technologies (H4)
INFOR (H2) Singapore Tourism Board (B2)
IPI Singapore (H3) StickySpy (G4)
SCA | 9Programme
10th September 2019 (Tuesday)
West Ballroom 3 West Ballroom 2 West Ballroom 1 East & Central Ballrooms
0800 Registration Opens
0830-930 Breakfast Talk Breakfast Talk
Opening Ceremony
Opening Address
Mr Paul Lim
Founder/President, Supply Chain Asia
Welcome Address
Mr Vijay Anand
0930-1030 Exhibition Opens
Chairman, Forum 2019
Vice President, Travel, Transportation & Logistics, IBM
Membership Council Chairman Address
Mr Onno Boots
Chairman, Membership Council, Supply Chain Asia;
Regional President & CEO, Geodis
1030-1100 Tea Break Reception @ Banquet Area (Paid Delegates & Sponsors Only)
Plenary Session 1 Plenary Session 2 Plenary Session 3 Tech Forum 1
1100-1200
Hosted by JDA Hosted by WITRON Hosted by Dematic Hosted by IPOS International
Tech Forum 2
Hosted by Zhongheng Technologies
1200-1400 Luncheon Reception @ Banquet Area (Paid Delegates & Sponsors Only)
Tech Forum 3
Hosted by Sepio
Keynote Address 2
1400-1500
Hosted by IBM
1500-1530 Tea Break Reception @ Banquet Area (Paid Delegates & Sponsors Only)
Plenary Session 5
Digitalisation of Procurement - Case Studies and
Plenary Session 4 Plenary Session 6 Tech Forum 4
1530-1630 Learnings
Hosted by Jabil Hosted by Locus Hosted by Esker Singapore
Moderator:
Mr Peter Woon, Managing Director, Koru Greentech
Plenary Session 8
Digitalisation of Supply Chain – The Hidden Plenary Session 9 Tech Forum 5
Plenary Session 7
1630-1730 Implications Hosted by Syrius Hosted by Visichain
Hosted by Infor
Moderator: Robotics
Mr Jaya Moorthi, VP, Logistics, Schneider Electric
Locate the ballrooms from Resorts World Convention Centre Map.
View latest programme outline at https://rebrand.ly/scaf2019.
10 | SCAProgramme
11th September 2019 (Wednesday)
East & Central
West Ballroom 3 West Ballroom 2 West Ballroom 1 Ballrooms
0800 Registration Opens
0800-0930 Breakfast Talk Breakfast Talk
Leadership Summit
Keynote Address
0930-1030 Exhibition Opens
Dr Dee Waddell
Global Managing Director, Travel & Transportation Industries, IBM
1030-1100 Tea Break Reception @ Banquet Area (Paid Delegates & Sponsors Only)
Leadership Summit
Dialogue with Leading Regional and Global Logistics and
Supply Chain Leaders
Moderator:
Mr Vijay Anand, Chairman, Forum 2019
1100-1230 Panellists: Exhibition Opens
Mr Adam Jiang, Founder & CEO, Syrius Robotics
Mr Alvin Ea, Founder/CEO, Haulio
Mr Karl Hoegen, CEO, WITRON America
Mr Michael Lee, Managing Director, Asianet Consultants
Mr Tom Sproat, Sr. Director Network Development, TradeLens/Maersk
Tech Forum 6
Hosted by Unabiz
1200-1400 Luncheon Reception @ Banquet Area (Paid Delegates & Sponsors Only)
Tech Forum 7
Hosted by Parcel
Perform
1400-1700 Ballrooms turnover for Awards & Gala Dinner Night
1700-1830 Awards & Gala Dinner Night Cocktail Reception (Paid Delegates & Sponsors Only)
1830-2200 Awards & Gala Dinner Night (Paid Delegates & Sponsors Only)
Locate the ballrooms from Resorts World Convention Centre Map.
View latest programme outline at https://rebrand.ly/scaf2019.
SCA | 11Speakers
Anand, Vijay
Worldwide Sales & Distribution, VP
Travel, Transportation & Hospitality Kandhadai, Sridhar
Asia Pacific, Greater China, Japan, VP, Supply Chain & Procurement,
IBM Marina Bay Sands
Chairman, Forum 2019 @
Supply Chain Asia
Boots, Onno
President & CEO, Asia Pacific/
Group Board of Management, Khandelwal, Krishna
GEODIS Chief Business Officer, Locus
Chairman, Membership Council @
Supply Chain Asia
Brentjens, Cas Krishnamoorthy, Ramesh
Vice President Solution Consulting, APAC Procurement Director, Philips
Infor
Lai, Kevin
Ea, Alvin Head of Procurement & Supply Chain,
CEO/Founder, Haulio Shell
Lee, Michael
Hoegen, Karl Managing Director,
CEO, Witron America Asianet Consultants
Illindala, Sriharsha Murad, Nathani
VP, Solutions Advisor, Co-Founder & CEO,
JDA Software Sepio Products Private Limited
12 | SCASpeakers
Moorthi, Jaya Sproat, Tom
VP, Logistics, Schneider Electric Senior Director Network
Chairman, Awards 2019 @ Development, TradeLens
Supply Chain Asia
Lim, Paul
Founder/President,
Supply Chain Asia
Veelenturf, Ingeborg
Senior Director, Logistics, Tapestry
Ng, Kee Wee
Vice President, Supply Chain,
Enterprise and Infrastructure
Division, Jabil
Vermetten, Luc
Vice President, Distribution &
Logisticsm APAC, Estee Lauder
Rajan, Rajeev
Senior Vice President, Group
Supply Chain and Projects
(South East Asia and China), YHS
Waddell, Dee (Dr)
Global Managing Director, Travel &
Scott, Todd Transportation Industries, IBM
Vice President, Global Trade,
Blockchain @ IBM
Woon, Peter
Seng, Gerard Managing Director, Koru Greentech
Director, KPMG Chairman, Procurement Council @
Supply Chain Asia
SCA | 13Supply Chain Asia Tech Accelerator Program (TAP) Overview Supply chain and logistics developments in the world have undergone major transformations over the last few years. With constant new technology inventions and ongoing disruptions, the sector has to strive to achieve new ways to meet today’s challenges and reach its potential. Tech Accelerator Program The Supply Chain Asia Tech Accelerator Program (TAP) is an evolution of the Supply Chain & Logistics Innovation Playground (SCLIP) initiative. TAP is designed to support startups and enterprises with less than 5 years of existence in the curation, promotion, showcasing, adoption and implementation of innovation tech solutions impacting the supply chain and logistics industry.
Startup SG – an Enterprise Singapore initiative
Supply Chain Asia (SCA) is an appointed Startup SG Accelerator.
Startup SG Accelerator is a part of the Startup SG programme managed by Enterprise Singapore. Startup SG represents the shared interests
of the startup community and positions Singapore as a leading startup hub. It provides entrepreneurs with a launchpad to connect them to
the global stage, and a platform for access to local support initiatives.
Currently, there are six pillars of support – Startup SG Founder, Startup SG Tech, Startup SG Equity, Startup SG Accelerator, Startup
SG Loan, and Startup SG Talent.
Accelerating Innovation Adoption in Supply Chain
TAP is a platform that is ideal to display and test new logistics and supply chain developments and applications, as well as target innovations
that could be adopted for faster, more flexible, and more ecologically sound logistics and supply chain of the future.
TAP will be unique platform to the industry here in Singapore and Asia, whereby new solutions and technologies from corporations, startups
and even individual professionals can set up their solutions in a controlled operating environment. The vision is to create synergistic networks
for new ideas and accelerate their development from a prototype to actual implementation.
TAP-partners will be able to expand their network through participation in SCA’s curated events.
Through the Community Hub Café, SCA will have a platform that will allow SMEs and companies alike to explore advisory and consulting
services in the adoption of new technologies and innovation.
TAP Showcase and Promotion Platforms
SCA will provide various platforms to showcase and promote startups that sign up to become a TAP-partner, including:
Industry Showcases & Initiatives SCA Community Hub Café
TAP partners will be able to work closely with A 4,000 sq. ft. exclusive platform set up at the Trade
SCA to explore various industry initiatives and set Association Hub, a former JTC HQ located at Jurong
up of showcases. These initiatives and showcases Town Hall Road. TAP-partners can participate to host
will provide a platform for startups to engage in live regular talks as well as promote their services during
implementation and promote their services and special events hosted at the Community Hub Café.
solutionsServices provided by TAP - Showcase of emerging technologies, such as AR/VR, robotics, autonomous technologies, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence - Incubation (including ideation support) for startups - Accelerating adoption, proof of concept (POC), trials and pilots for solutions and startups hosted at Supply Chain Tech Accelerator TAP-Partners Framework All TAP-partners are expected to sign a minimum of 3-month agreement for SCA to promote its solutions and services to its network. The partnership agreement is free for all selected startups. Solutions showcase @ Community Hub Café - A nominal fee will be charged for selected solutions Collaborative Projects - SCA will curate, design and deploy collaborative projects incorporating emerging technologies from TAP-partners - A nominal fee will only be charged upon successful implementation of project Investment and Incubation - Mentoring and coaching support relating to the marketing and promoting of solutions and industry applications - Advisory and consulting support relating to adoption challenges - Improved valuation and/or revenue expansion potential - A nominal fee will only be charged upon successful fund raising
Criteria for Participation of TAP
SMEs & Commercial Organisations
SMEs and Commercial organisations
open for collaborative projects can
also sign up to become a TAP-
Startups User. Companies that sign up as Value-Added Activities
A startup is defined as a new TAP-User will secure special access Through the Community Hub
business entity that is less to solutions that are curated and Café, TAP partners and users
than 5 years incorporation. participate in regular events and will be invited to regular talks
For showcasing of solutions at talks. and dialogues to share their use
the Community Hub Café, the
cases, identify challenges and
startups’ solutions must be at
promote the benefits.
the POC or pilot stage.
To register, please contact admin@scasia.org.2019
Supply Chain Asia
Awards
& Gala Dinner
11th September 2019
Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
18 | SCAAwards Brief
Into its fourteenth year, the Supply Chain Asia (SCA) Awards continues to keep its prestige and value through recognition of
individuals as well as corporation contributions to the growth and development of the industry.
This year’s awards celebration is held together with its annual Forum and expected to draw record attendance to the event.
Various traditional awards have also been included in this year’s recognition ceremony.
Individual Recognition Awards
SCA offers a platform to recognise individual contributions to their companies and communities. Individuals are nominated by
industry professionals, community members and SCA Awards committee members.
Corporate Awards
SCA offers two core awards for corporations involved in the provision of supply chain and logistics services:
• Recognition Awards.
These are awards accorded to companies who have been successfully developed, crafted or deployed innovative and
transformative projects. The nominations of recognition awards are selected from industry professionals and community members
of SCA. Awardees are selected by SCA editorial team as well as its Awards Committee members.
• Competing Awards.
To qualify for these awards, companies will need to pass through a nomination and selection process, acceptance of the
nomination and finally voted to win by a Panel of Judges as well as SCA Awards Committee members. The nomination and
selection process are held from January-April. Nominated companies need to accept their nominations before they can compete to
win the award.
Overall Supply Chain Partner of the Year
The Overall Supply Chain Partner of the Year are open to ALL CORPORATE FINALISTS who meet the following criteria:
• Presence during the Awards celebration
• Strong leadership team (or at least visible leaders with strong profile in the industry)
• Has a regional presence (in at least five countries in Asia)
• Provides supply chain and logistics related services and solutions with focus on adoption and intensive use of technology
The final list of 10 companies will be voted by the Awards Committee and Panel of Judges and presented for live voting during the
Awards Night.
SCA | 19Message from
Chairman,
Awards 2019
Jaya Moorthi Pillai
Vice President, EAJ Logistics, Schneider Electric Asia Pte Ltd
R
egardless of the industry, awards celebrations trade bodies, private and public sector, carefully assembled
gather together a unique blend of talent that various categories of awards to honour these winners. The
are courageous, achievement oriented, ones task was not easy. How do we ensure we have ample coverage
with growth and innovative mindset and more across all domains and yet make sure we dwell deep enough
importantly, possess a deep sense of pride in what to make a wise decision?
they do. It is a necessary event in any industry to assemble
the collective leadership of the various companies together In recognising the need for technology enabled transformation,
to honour and share the accomplishments of their peers. In we introduced four new categories under the umbrella of
this pursuit, we endeavour to uncover silent achievers for the Emerging Technologies, Innovation and Transformation. We
greater good of creating a strong professional bond across. would like the Awards to reflect the current landscape as well
as distinctively encourage a fusion of new wave of companies
There is a tsunami of change, uncertainty and unpredictability with entrenched ones.
in the supply chain ecosystem. To internalise, adapt, change
and let alone thrive in this challenging environment requires It has been a fulfilling experience for me to be part of the
strategic mindset, relevant competencies, distinctive Awards team and enjoy the experience of debates and
leadership and the boldness to execute. Beyond this, strategic calibration of how the Awards should be organised and kept
collaborations within and across industries are a competitive relevant. This further reinforces my strong believe that SCA
edge if one is successful in creating a sound value proposition. executes its humble aspiration to bring professionals across
Traditional boundaries are not respected in the face of rapid the industry very seriously. Additionally, Paul has worked
technological change. New generation of leaders brings tirelessly with other like-minded individuals to host numerous
unfettered desire to change, alter the norms and take risk. other events throughout the year. In the capacity of Chairman
This ignites the energy in the supply chain and forces present of Shippers Council as well as President of this Awards, I have
in leaders to embrace this as a potent catalyst. The speed of witnessed the enthusiasm. This is a truly an honour for the
technological advances requires a very different leadership industry itself.
to question the norms, encourage a sense of curiosity and
creativity, and enable a fusion of talent. On behalf of the Awards committee, I would like to share my
heartiest congratulations to all the nominees, winners and
SCA Awards 2019 aims to recognise such leaders and everyone else for taking time and effort to be present for this
companies that make a difference to the industry, provide the prestigious and memorable event.
vision and the drive to alter our paths to success. The awards
committee, made up of respected leaders in the academia, Chairman, Awards 2019
20 | SCAChairperson
Awards 2019 Committee Members & Judges
Committee Members
Mr Jaya Moorthi Pillai Mr Vijay Anand Mr Koh Jin Kiat Ms Ingeborg Mr Paul Bradley
Vice President, Vice President, Director, Business Veelenturf Chairman & CEO,
Logistics, Schneider Transportation & Growth, Bombardier Senior Director, Caprica International
Electric Logistics, IBM Recreational Products Logistics, Tapestry
Mr Law Chung Ming Mr Lee Eng Keat Mr Allen Wan Mr Dennis Quek Dr Mark Goh
Group Director, Executive Director, Head of Supply Chain, Director, Centre of Director (Industry
Logistics & Transport, Economic Diageo Innovation - Supply Reserch), The Logistics
Enterprise Singapore Development Board Chain Management, Institute Asia Pacific
Republic Polytechnic
Judges
Mr Roland Chong Mr Sebastian Chua Mr Lucas Tan Mr Foo Choo Yen
Global Senior Director, Head of Procurement, Director, Business Development, Course Manager,
Head of Supply Health & Promotion Board Zuellig Pharma Temasek Polytechnic
Chain Global Process
Management, QIAGEN
Mr Kevin Cheong Mr Tan Boon Hao Ms Elliyani Mohamad Ali
Director, Global Transportation, Senior Manager, Lead Editor,
Molex Asia Transportation, 3M Supply Chain Asia
SCA | 21Individual Recognition Awards
2019 SCA offers a platform to recognise individual contributions to their companies and communities.
Individuals are nominated by industry professionals, community members and SCA Awards
committee members.The following are the various individual recognition awards presented by SCA:
INDIVIDUAL
Award Description How to Qualify
Individuals must be nominated by immediate supervisor
Logistics Equipment Operator of the Year For logistics equipment operator
and validated for contribution.
Professionals who have shown high potential in their
Young Professional of the Year For young professionals below 35 years old individual contributions to both their organisation and
community.
Nominated individuals must have contributed to their
Reserved for executives involved in the provision of
Supply Chain Executive of the Year organisation’s growth and must be actively involved in
logistics and supply chain services
community services (in personal or professional capacity).
Nominated individuals must have contributed to their
For cargo owners and supply chain professionals involved
Supply Chain Professionals of the Year organisation’s growth and must be actively involved in
in manufacturing and distribution
community services (in personal or professional capacity).
Nominated individuals must show commitment, passion
For trainers, professors or educators in the supply chain/
Supply Chain Educator of the Year and participate actively in the industry development
logistics sector
programmes relating to education and training.
Nominated individuals must have contributed to industry
For senior professionals with volunteering experience in
Most Inspiring Professional of the Year development work as a volunteer in associations and
industry work
non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
For individuals outside the Supply Chain & Logistics Nominated individual must have contributed to the supply
Industry Partner of the Year industry who makes contributions to its growth and chain and logistics sector through participation in various
development industry initiatives and activities.
Honorary Fellowship Award is accorded to senior
professionals who have contributed extensively to either
For senior professionals with more than 25 years of
Honorary Fellows their organisation or industry growth and developments.
experience
Individuals accorded this award must have spent at least
15 years in senior management positions.
This award is accorded to senior professionals in
various governmental and non-commercial capacities
For senior executives working in governmental and
Visionary of the Year and have contributed extensively to industry growth and
non-commercial organisations
developments. Individuals accorded this award must have
spent at least 12 years in senior management positions.
Nominated individuals must have contributed to their
For senior female senior executives involved in supply
Supply Chain Woman of the Year organisation’s growth and must be actively involved in
chain and logistics management
community services (in personal or professional capacity).
Nominated individuals must show that they have
SME CEO of the Year For CEOs (or equivalent) of country-based SME LSPs contributed effectively to their organisation’s growth and
success in the industry.
Nominated individuals must show that they have
Supply Chain CEO of the Year For CEOs (or equivalent) of MNC LSPs contributed effectively to their organisation’s growth and
success in the industry.
For the highest ranking supply chain executives based Nominated individuals must show that they have
Chief Supply Chain Officer of the Year in Asia Pacific region and working for cargo owners or contributed effectively to their organisation’s growth and
manufacturers success in the industry.
Nominated individuals must be a senior supply chain/
Hall of Fame For the highest ranking regional senior executives in LSPs logistics professionals with a distinguished careers in the
supply chain and logistics industry.
22 | SCAIndividual Recognition Awards
Ross Mccullough
Hall of Fame
President, Asia Pacific, UPS
As the President of UPS Asia Pacific region, Ross leads over 14,000 employees and oversees all UPS operations in the nearly 40
countries and territories, including UPS’s package delivery, freight forwarding, contract logistics and distribution services. Ross’s
vision for UPS’s Asia Pacific region is based on a continued commitment to growth through providing greater access to UPS,
innovation that creates value for the customer and a firm belief that empowering the right talent with the right tools will cement
UPS’s position as a global logistics leader.
Like many senior UPS leadership, Ross began his career at UPS while completing his undergraduate studies as a part-time
employee. Since joining the company in 1984, Ross counts a number of ground-breaking ‘firsts’ at UPS, which have contributed
to successful product, portfolio and geographic expansions throughout the business. In 1996, he headed UPS’s first ever
e-commerce function. This was followed by post-acquisition integration and relationship development for Mail Boxes Etc. in the
UPS Europe Region, which paved the way for the company’s successful and growing retail strategy in Europe, and integrating
UPS’s supply chain solutions under one marketing portfolio, positioning UPS as one of the first end-to-end global logistics
integrators.
In his prior role as Vice President for Corporate Strategy, Ross led the creation and launch of a new strategic planning process,
together with the development of a comprehensive global vision and strategy communications platform. A growth champion, Ross
has leveraged his experience with global merger and acquisition projects to oversee key initiatives, including significant strategic
investments, and established relationships with leading transportation companies in the region. In 2018, UPS strengthened reach
and connectivity for Asian businesses; rolling out transit time improvements impacting over 500 trade lanes, and added seven
new Boeing 747-8s to service intercontinental trade routes.
Ross has contributed to discussions around changing trade in Asia and the impact of technology on businesses at regional
events, including the 2017 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit and The Economist Innovation Summit 2018.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology from Eastern Illinois University, and earned an MBA in International Business
from Emory University. When Ross is not working on his next first, he is most likely to be found spending time with his wife, son
and daughter.
SCA | 23Individual Recognition Awards
Somchainuk Engtrakul
Honorary Fellow
Chairman, Friendly Group Logistics
(former Perm Sec, MOF, Thailand)
Formerly the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance in Thailand, Somchainuk Engtrakul, also known as “Thai’s Trouble-
shooter”, certainly lives up to his reputation as a successful civil servant-turned-entrepreneur. Now holding various board
directorships and Chairman positions in various public entities in Thailand, Somchainuk has always been in pursuit of progress
and development for the many facets of businesses that he has been involved in.
In his early years as Director-General of Customs and Excise in the Ministry of Finance from 1980s to 2000, he was responsible
for driving the logistics infrastructure and development in the local economy, pushing various initiatives that level up the Thai
logistics infrastructure to support warehousing and transportation.
Somchainuk holds various Chairmanship and board memberships, including Chairmanship of Dhipaya Insurance PCL, Major
Cineplex Group Ltd, Energy Absolute Ltd, Siam Piwat Co Ltd, and Vejthani PCL.
He is also the chairman of his own logistics company called Friendly Groups Logistics and his personal business extends to
beauty care (BB Clinic), Hotels and Hospitality (Le Monte Khao Yai), as well as movie studios and automotive distribution and
repairs. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Upsala College, US, as well as Bachelor of Laws and an Honorary Doctor
of Philosophy in Public Administration from Sripatum University, Thailand.
He has received various royal decoration, including Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White
Elephant, Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, Knight Grand Cross (First Class)
of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant and Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of
Thailand.
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Tan Puay Hin
Honorary Fellow
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Logistics Association
Tan Puay Hin joined Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) as the Chief Executive in January 2018, after retiring from
PSA International Pte Ltd.
He was the Senior Advisor (Group Port Design & Connectivity) prior to his retirement. Before that, he was the
Regional Chief Executive Officer for South East Asia of PSA international Pte Ltd. He had the overall responsibility and
accountability for PSA Group’s portfolio of operating terminals in ASEAN region, including PSA Singapore Container
Terminals, the flagship terminal of PSA Group.
He played a key role in Singapore Terminal’s transformation into the model of efficiency and service excellence that
it is known for today. Under his leadership and guidance over the years, Puay Hin has nurtured a team of leaders
that now operates PSA’s terminals worldwide with the same work philosophy and culture of service excellence.
Puay Hin is serving on the board of Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) and he is also a Governing Council Member of the
Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) and a member of the Maritime Industry Advisory Committee of Singapore Maritime
Academy (SMA).Apart from these, he is a Council Member of theWorkplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) and chairs
the Logistics & Transport Committee of WSHC.
SCA | 25Individual Recognition Awards
Thuy Mai
Honorary Fellow
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DiCentral
Thuy Mai is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of DiCentral. Mai is responsible for DiCentral’s overall
management, direction, and strategy. His primary responsibilities include, directing and leveraging the
investments in human capital and technology to scale the company’s supply chain integration platform across
multiple industries globally. The company has built a cohesive team of over 700 global employees across 11
countries over the last two decades to deliver scalable solutions that enable their customers to resolve complex
and evolving supply chain integration challenges.
He consistently encourages his team to grow as individuals and champion B2B integration and the role it plays
in automating the clients’ supply chains, thereby creating efficiencies that reduce their operational costs and
provide opportunities for growth. From a career perspective, he seeks to push the envelope on technological
innovations that enable a competitive edge for his clients.
On the personal side, he aspires to take care of his health, which, in turn, provides the energy, mental capacity
and enthusiasm necessary to inspire others to do great things.
26 | SCAIndividual Recognition Awards
John Huang
Honorary Fellow
Executive Chairman, CTW Logistics
John Huang, chairman of CTW Logistics Corporation, is integral in strategy formulation for the company and shaping of internal
culture and external relations of the company. Under his leadership, CTW becomes a leading 3PL service provider in Taiwan.
CTW was founded in 1974 as a container trucking company. In the historical perspective, it was the era between two times of
Energy Crisis (1973-1974 and 1982-1983) in which Taiwan was in its economic boom (with GDP growth of 14 per cent), and this
provided an excellent opportunity for CTW’s growth. In the 2000s, CTW expanded its business focus from transportation into
warehousing and total logistics solutions. By adopting world-leading WMS and German Dematic AS/RS, and also adopting
self-developed TMS, Dock Door Management System (CTW’s transportation partners make reservations for dock door usages),
CTW seized the Taiwan economic growth momentum and semiconductors/ electronics industry development to build up its
market share and gradually thrived to become a leading third-party logistics service provider in Taiwan. CTW especially dedicates
to logistics service for semiconductor-related parts, special gases, chemicals, dangerous goods, electronics devices, precise
machines, and fashion goods.
Facing the US-China trade war and severe global competition, CTW keeps the competitive advantage by adopting robotics
automation system, big data application and IoT technology, as well as innovative services, such as the regional Control Tower,
and the Logi-Intelligence platform to track and trace cross-country shipments. The change in pace is faster than ever and CTW
needs to act responsively and effectively. This requires different ways of thinking and doing things. John Huang is leading CTW
across this transformation.
CTW welcomes its 45th anniversary in 2019, and looks ahead to the next 15 years. To achieve this long-term vision, CTW treasures
employees, and expects them to carry on the sustainability of the company. CTW regularly organises the internal and external
trainings to strengthen the employees’ logistics knowledge and skills, as well as to increase their awareness of safety, security
risks and the changes in regulation compliance. CTW management team consciously cultivates the friendly working environment
and encourage employees to engage in decision-making to retain the outstanding performers.
John Huang is also passionate about the public welfare. CTW’s educational foundation, founded in 1998, will keep its mission
to devote in public welfare for the local neighbouring communities and Taiwanese society. Echoing CTW’s business philosophy:
Repay the society; Repay the earth. Care for humanity; Care for peace, CTW’s educational foundation acts to express the
appreciation for the homeland.
SCA | 27Individual Recognition Awards
Alan Hsu
Honorary Fellow
Chairman, Trade-Van Information Services
Alan Hsu is the Chairman of Trade-Van Information Services Co., which is a leading corporation of cloud value-added services
in Taiwan to provide integrated services that meet customer needs and complete the infrastructure of application service
development in cloud with specialty on advanced technology capabilities and innovative services in the field of information
technology. The company has served clients in areas, such as customs clearance, retail supply chain, tax filing, land administration
services, insurance, and information security. In addition, also works with governments for projects. These ubiquitous services
have brought significant convenience to masses and makes the company a top cloud value-added service provider in Taiwan.
With Alan’s leadership and all outstanding efforts by all the employees, Trade-Van was granted with the Management Excellence
Award of the 25th National Quality Award in 2018. Also, the company was awarded 2018 Customer Service Excellence Award by
TCCDA, 2018 Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Report Awards by TCSA, and 2018 WITSA Global IT Excellence Awards — Digital
Opportunity Award. Alan was granted with 15th National Brand YuShan Award excellent enterprise and 14th ROC Top 10 Enterprise
Golden Torch Award — Annual Top 10 Manager.
With excellent ability of leadership, operations and management, Alan is also is the Chairman of the Global Blockchain Strategy
and Application Development Association, the Vice Chairman of Pan Asian E-Commerce Alliance, the Executive Director of
Information Service Industry Association of R.O.C., the Consultant of Customs Association of R.O.C., the Director of Digital Taiwan
Roundtable, and the Editorial Board of Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance: The Taiwan Banker
28 | SCAIndividual Recognition Awards
Adrian Cai
Chief SC Officer of the Year
Supply Director, Sichuan SwellFun
Adrian Cai has more than 20 years of experience in supply chain management across a myriad of industries spanning different
countries within Asia Pacific. He has worked in a range of supply functional areas in consumer packaged goods, logistics
outsourcing, startups and consulting. The topic areas include supply and procurement strategy development, supply chain
transformation, network optimisation and e-commerce technologies. He is a graduate of the National University of Singapore,
earning his degree in Business Administration and majoring in Logistics. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in Systems
Analysis with the same institution.
Adrian’s roles over the recent 10 years were all within Diageo. Over this time, he has undertaken no less than five roles in
the regional headquarters and markets where he held executive management capacities looking after key supply installations
and functions. He successfully delivered the supply chain enablers for Diageo to increase market shares and profits for their
international spirits businesses in the Greater China region. This covers Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2016, he was
seconded to Swellfun/Shui Jing Fang (SJF). This is a business where Diageo currently holds 63.14 per cent of their shareholding.
SJF is a Chinese White Spirit (Baijiu) brand playing in China. The entire Baijiu category accounts for about a third of the world’s
spirits volume drunk and more than a quarter sales volume. This is another strategically important category for Diageo. Adrian
took charge of the SJF Baijiu production facility in Chengdu taking care of the end-to-end supply chain; from procurement, liquid
production, packaging, logistic to customer service. Besides running the SJF supply operations of more than 800 employees, he
also developed and executed the supply transformation strategies around quality and service level assurances. All these have
created a sustainable supply chain platform which has enabled the past sales volume to grow at an extraordinary three-year
CAGR of circa 50 per cent.
Adrian recently assumed the Supply Strategy Director role of SJF. In this position, he is accountable for developing the future
Supply Chain blueprint and delivering the strategic projects under it. The spectrum of these projects centres around scaling up
the supply chain capabilities of people, systems, capacity and infrastructure in order to meet the future growth of the business.
Prior to Diageo, Adrian has held supply and systems consulting positions with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Deloitte. He was
also with third-party logistics providers like DHL and CJ logistics, where he implemented outsourced logistics solutions for MNCs
like Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, Samsung and Philips.
SCA | 29Individual Recognition Awards
Jens Drewes
SC CEO of the Year
President, South Asia Pacific, Kuehne + Nagel
Jens Drewes is the President of Kuehne + Nagel for South Asia Pacific. Supported by more than 8,000 specialists dedicated to
providing customers with best-in-class logistics services from Asia and the Indian subcontinent through to Oceania, Jens drives
the vision and strategy for the 17 countries under his remit. His career with Kuehne + Nagel started in 1997 when he joined the
project logistics team in Japan. Since then, he has held various leadership and executive management positions within the
company across Asia Pacific.
In 2016, Jens Drewes was appointed President for the South Asia Pacific region. Prior to this role, Jens Drewes was President of
North Asia Pacific for Kuehne + Nagel where he was responsible for operations in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. He also
served as Managing Director, Central & North China for Kuehne + Nagel from 2008 to 2013. He started his career with Kuehne +
Nagel in as Project Manager & Assistant General Manager for Import Department in March 1997, before becoming the General
Manager for Victoria, Australia.
With more than 20 years of experience in the logistics industry across Asia Pacific, his areas of expertise include service delivery
excellence, digital transformation, management and global delivery of engagements. Previously, he has worked in Hannover,
Germany.
30 | SCAIndividual Recognition Awards
Anthony Heng
SME CEO of the Year
Executive Director, Commonwealth Kokubu Logistics
Anthony Heng, Executive Director for Commonwealth Kokubu Logistics Pte Ltd, brings along over 28 years of cold chain logistics
and food manufacturing management and business startup experience in the Asia Pacific region. His prior appointments include
Head of Cold Chain for YCH Group, Country GM for YCH Thailand, Head of Operations for AQ Logistics in Kyushu, Japan, Regional
Vice President — Operations for HAVI Logistics in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and General Manager for HAVI Food Services
Singapore & Malaysia.
His work has taken him to well over 100 logistics facility throughout Japan, Europe, USA and Asia Pacific. He is currently managing
a purposed built 27,000m² integrated food manufacturing with temperature-controlled logistics facility equipped with a -28°C
AS/RS freezer and helming the business of Commonwealth Kokubu Logistics Pte Ltd. Over his course of work, he has successfully
established several cold chain logistics business startups in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan.
Armed with the survival instinct of having to fend for himself and to take care of his aging parents, he started working part-time while
pursuing his degree in Food Science and Nutrition from National University of Malaysia. After graduating with 2nd Class Upper
with Honors, he continued to work with Sunshine Bakeries rising over the ranks from being an apprentice to production executive
managing plant bakeries and retail bread cafes Monique’s and Tasty Bake in Kuala Lumpur. His work attitude did not go unnoticed
and he was selected to join Sunshine Bakeries Singapore in 1990 to commission the newly startup bread and bun automated lines.
At the tender age of 24, he packed his bag and moved to Singapore and took on the responsibility of Assistant Production Manager
commissioning the newly set-up 5,000 loaves an hour bread line and 12,000 pieces an hour hamburger bun line.
SCA | 31Individual Recognition Awards
Margaret Toh
SC Woman of the Year
Chief Operating Officer, YCH Group
Margaret Toh has been with YCH Group for more than 25 years with a rich cross-functional experience including HR, business
development, new market startups and regional management. Her depth of knowledge in supply chain management along with
human capital expertise sees her successfully driving collaboration with business leaders in the region.
In her leadership role in YCH Group, she assumed the responsibility of maintaining strong business pipelines, driving
bottom line while taking care of region development for sustainable growth and driving YCH’s vision of building
The Logistics Superhighway™.
Margaret played a pivotal role in pioneering YCH’s internationalisation plan, which started with Malaysia and till date, YCH is
strategically located in 16 countries across the Asia Pacific region. She was also the point person for YCH’s emerging market
development in India, and YCH had since grew its presence operating in more than 40 locations in the country.
When asked what drives her at YCH, Margaret attributed it to the sense of achievement from focusing on her strength. She felt
fortunate to be in an environment where there are opportunity to multitask and focus on individual strengths while working
together as a team to grow the business.
32 | SCAIndividual Recognition Awards
Kenneth Lim
Visionary of the Year
Chief Technology Officer,
Maritime Port Authority
As a secondee from GovTech to Maritime Port Authority (MPA), Kenneth takes on the role of Chief Technology Officer to lead
the digitalisation effort of maritime sector as part of sea transport Industry Transformation Map (ITM). Kenneth continues to
contribute to the supply chain ecosystem in his role in MPA through the following:
• Execute the digitalisation effort of maritime sector through three strategies - deepening maritime R&D capabilities, nurturing
the technology ecosystem, provide enabling environment such as the living lab.
• Manage the Maritime Innovation and Technology programme (MINT) to catalyse the research and technology projects in the
maritime sector.
• Establish the startup programme PIER71 (Port Innovation Ecosystem Re-Imagined@Block 71) to grow the maritime startup
community and address the industry challenge statements through smart port challenges.
• Establish the R&D maritime transformation programme in collaboration with Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) and National
Research Foundation (NRF) to deepen the maritime R&D capabilities, setting up centre of excellence in NUS (C4NGP), NTU
(MESD) and SP (CEMS).
• Advocate and implement digitalisation programmes with industry and government agencies such as Industry digitalisation
programme (IDP), an electronic bill of lading using blockchain technology to integrate maritime and logistics value chains.
Kenneth has been actively contributing to the supply chain ecosystem throughout his career. Kenneth started his career in PSA
implementing the Container Integrated Terminal Operations Systems (CITOS) and became the pioneering team in the Logistics
System department. Kenneth’s other roles in his career includes CrimsonLogic Vice President (Trade & Logistics /Technology
Development), Senior Vice President in Energy Market Company and Cluster Director (Finance, Land Management & Transport) in
IDA/GovTech. Kenneth also contributed actively in the Logistics Standards bodies and was Chairman of Singapore EDI Committee
and Head of Singapore Delegate to UN/CEFACT and AFACT before.
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