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SCMAP

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Belt and Road Anxieties

On the surface, China’s Belt and Road Initiative is incredibly ambitious: a large infrastructure program cutting across the regional superpower and beyond, fostering trade…
  • May 17, 2019
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Lingering Reminders

I write this column on the morning of April 23, less than 24 hours after Luzon was hit by an earthquake that shook both…
  • April 30, 2019
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Unified

Now, forgive me for my simplistic understanding of these concepts. While I work with the supply chain sector I am approaching this from the…
  • April 14, 2019
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What Will You Do Next?

Perhaps some of us with a career in supply chain are still wary about what the future has in store for us. With new…
  • April 1, 2019
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Bridging the Gap

In the past few months we’ve been pondering the question of developing new talent in supply chain. I’ve been hearing complaints all over: companies…
  • March 16, 2019
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Build the ecosystem

One of the questions raised during the recently concluded 10th Philippine Ports and Shipping 2019 seemed easier to answer than it actually is: why…
  • March 3, 2019
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Ponder This

If there’s one point we were happy to see reiterated at our Supply Chain Outlook event over a week ago, it was the bigger…
  • February 17, 2019
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Knock-on Effects

The Philippine economy performed below expectations in 2018. Gross domestic product grew by only 6.2% in the past year, slower than the government’s target…
  • February 2, 2019
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Back on the Cold Chain

These past few weeks I’ve seen many posts on social media about farmers up in the north having to throw away their harvest—truckloads of…
  • January 20, 2019
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Curay is new SCMAP executive director

The Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines’ (SCMAP) has a new executive director in Corazon Curay. Curay replaces Norman Adriano, who has stepped…
  • January 8, 2019
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Liberating

My girlfriend has always been interested in art. She’s been following illustrators and painters on social media, and we’ve gone to a handful of…
  • January 6, 2019
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The Full Picture

During the pre-conference meetings for the recently concluded Logistics Services Philippines Conference I realized what some would call a “bug”, but what I’d call…
  • December 25, 2018
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Gov’t, private groups sign ‘10 Commitments of PH Logistics Services Sector’

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Transportation (DOTr) and various cargo transportation organizations have agreed to collaborate on finding solutions to…
  • December 10, 2018
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Newly elected SCMAP officers to be inducted Feb

The incoming board of directors of the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) for 2019 to 2020, led by Christine Pardiñas as…
  • December 10, 2018
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Ten Commitments

Last week, at the first Logistics Services Philippines Conference, various stakeholders across the supply chain—government agencies and industry associations, including SCMAP —reaffirmed their commitment…
  • December 10, 2018
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The Hong Kong Template

HONG KONG — “The world is here because Hong Kong is Asia’s most connected city.”   Those were the confident words of Hong Kong’s…
  • November 25, 2018
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As Strong As Its Weakest Link

HONG KONG — I have been flying to Hong Kong regularly for the past five years, but only now am I able to fully…
  • November 11, 2018
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Classrooms for Supply Chain

Arguably, this new generation of supply chain managers have it a bit lucky. In a way, they are exposed to the horizontal nature of…
  • October 28, 2018
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“How Do You Make Supply Chain Cool?”

Magsaysay Shipping and Logistics CEO Ian Claxton posed this question at the 2018 SCMAP Supply Chain Conference two weeks back. The question was on…
  • October 14, 2018
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Moving the Needle

The most prestigious event in Philippine supply chain is happening once again: the SCMAP Supply Chain Conference returns tomorrow and the day after, October…
  • October 1, 2018
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