The Future is Already Here

  “Infrastructure must come before industry.”   I am most likely paraphrasing, but that was the message from Undersecretary Ma. Catalina Cabral of the…

Is Supply Chain for Big Business Only?

  When we start this year’s Supply Chain Immersion this Thursday, we won’t be gathering at a pier and boarding a ship. It will…

In the Last Mile, Gaps Remain

  Judging from the record attendance at our recently-concluded General Membership Meeting last week, many in supply chain are paying attention to the rise…

The Potential of Halal Logistics

  In our last column I posed whether Mindanao could benefit from the development of a logistics corridor similar to what was done in…

Does Mindanao Need its Own Clark?

  This year’s Supply Chain Immersion will be considerably different from previous years, as we won’t be riding a ship to our destination city.…

Making Sense of the Last Mile

  Early this week one of my colleagues at the SCMAP Secretariat bought a phone charging pad online. She had it delivered to our…

Forty-five Days

  Two weeks ago, Pantaleon Alvarez, Speaker of the House of Representatives, is looking to force Philippine airlines to transfer all their domestic flights…

The Real Estate Element

  One of the topics discussed during the second Sharpening the Supply Chain Practitioners event held two Fridays ago in Cebu City is the…

A Redefinition

  Last year we at SCMAP came up with a new battle cry: “Connect. Engage. Move.”   We challenged ourselves to connect with more…

Plastic in the Supply Chain

  Arguably, the advent of plastics has enabled modern supply chains. New packaging materials has allowed products – especially perishables – to go further…

The Master Plan

  Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has this thing he calls “the master plan”. It outlines just what you should be doing in the two…

“Eventful” Is An Understatement

  Since it’s not always that this column is published on Christmas day itself, let me begin by wishing you a happy day ahead.…

Almost cashless in Hong Kong

In 1997, after years of planning and coordination between various public transport bodies, the Hong Kong government unveiled the Octopus card, a contactless card…

The Infrastructure We Truly Need

  HONG KONG—It’s been a year since I renewed my driver’s license, and like most of you, I still have yet to get my…

Integration Non-Stop

  Today marks the beginning of the 31st ASEAN Leaders’ Summit, marking fifty years since the founding of the regional community, and the culmination…

Why Enter Logistics?

  The Lucio Tan group is the next conglomerate looking to grow their presence in the logistics industry. While it already operates several companies…

A question of scale

Two years ago I wrote, for our magazine Supply Chain Philippines, an article looking at how the entry of foreign retail brands into the…

Stop, Collaborate and Listen

“Where can we slot him in?”   I’ve heard this question many times over the past few months, in the many meetings, emails and…

Changes are Afoot

To me, September means two things: the annual SCMAP Supply Chain Conference, and the “Apple Special Event”, as they call it these days, when…

Signal

I have just finished writing an article for the upcoming issue of Supply Chain Philippines, SCMAP’s magazine —it will drop just in time for…