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Think Like A Supply Chain Manager

The Philippines’ headline inflation rate for August was at 6.4%, the highest in almost ten years, shattering expectations from monetary agencies of a more…
  • September 20, 2018
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Formation of multisectoral group in PH eyed to press for lower shipping rates

The convening of a big group of domestic shipping lines, stakeholders, and consumers is being eyed to push the Philippine government to address the…
  • September 8, 2018
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Reactionary

Two weekends ago was a busy one for SCMAP. Two of us flew to Cebu for the Visayas chapter’s third Sharpening the Supply Chain…
  • September 3, 2018
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The Right Time

  Why is now the right time for us at SCMAP to establish a chapter in Mindanao?   To be honest, the time has…
  • August 19, 2018
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SCMAP to form Mindanao chapter in October

  The Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) looks set to finally establish a chapter in Mindanao by October this year in…
  • August 12, 2018
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60th

  The headline figure is encouraging: the Philippines has jumped from 71st place to 60th in the latest Logistics Performance Index, a biannual survey…
  • August 7, 2018
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Marshals

  Whenever I wrote about supply chain—whether it be for this column, for SCMAP’s magazine Supply Chain Philippines, or elsewhere—I lately tend to avoid…
  • July 25, 2018
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Understanding the Surge

  One thing we ought to understand when thinking of surge periods across the supply chain is that, for the most part, these spikes…
  • July 8, 2018
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One Less Headache

  Finally, the government signed into law the Ease of Doing Business Law, if we’re to use its short name. After years of pushing…
  • July 3, 2018
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Capacity and Capability

  Over the weekend I had my car’s gas tank filled up. Upon noticing that a liter is now at roughly P57, I immediately…
  • June 11, 2018
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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…
  • May 27, 2018
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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…
  • May 15, 2018
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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…
  • April 30, 2018
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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…
  • April 14, 2018
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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.…
  • April 2, 2018
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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…
  • March 19, 2018
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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…
  • March 5, 2018
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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…
  • February 18, 2018
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A Redefinition

  Last year we at SCMAP came up with a new battle cry: “Connect. Engage. Move.”   We challenged ourselves to connect with more…
  • February 4, 2018
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SCMAP targets 7 supply chain ‘pain points’ that curb growth

The Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) is creating collaboration groups to address seven identified supply chain “pain points” that hinder the…
  • January 30, 2018
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