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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…
  • January 21, 2018
  • 4 minute read

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…
  • January 8, 2018
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“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.…
  • December 26, 2017
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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…
  • December 10, 2017
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Rustan Supercenters’ Pardiñas to lead SCMAP in 2019-20

Christine Pardiñas is set to assume the presidency of the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) for a two-year term starting 2019,…
  • December 10, 2017
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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…
  • November 27, 2017
  • 3 minute read

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…
  • November 13, 2017
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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…
  • November 1, 2017
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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…
  • October 15, 2017
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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…
  • September 20, 2017
  • 4 minute read

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…
  • September 5, 2017
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Plugging the Gap

Lost amidst Rodrigo Duterte’s recent State of the Nation Address—well, technically, his colorful off-script remarks—is a call for Philippine businesses to establish more manufacturing…
  • August 8, 2017
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Connected, Disrupted

Many, if not all, things in our lives revolve around technology. For instance, I’m writing this column on a computer. The sentence I just…
  • July 9, 2017
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PPA approves 24% hike in Manila North Harbor cargo-handling tariff

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has approved a 24% increase in cargo-handling tariff at the Manila North Harbor, a decision found “unwarranted” by some…
  • June 27, 2017
  • 4 minute read

From All Over

When you’re playing host to an event, no matter how big or small your audience is, you have to stay on your toes. You…
  • June 13, 2017
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A Fortunate Alignment

For some, the Prosperity for All Summit—the ASEAN Business Advisory Council conference held last April 28—may seem similar to a supply chain conference. The…
  • May 17, 2017
  • 3 minute read

Talk talk

I was in Cebu over a week ago for the SCMAP Visayas chapter’s Sharpening the Supply Chain Practitioners event, a day-long seminar featuring some…
  • May 1, 2017
  • 4 minute read

Consolidation

In logistics, consolidation is the process in which smaller packages with a common destination are combined and shipped together to avail of better rates.…
  • April 18, 2017
  • 3 minute read

Backbone

I wish I remembered the exact quote. It’s a shame I don’t, as I just heard this last night as of this writing, from…
  • April 3, 2017
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Natural Connector

A few years back, at the Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference, Hong Kong’s chief executive C.Y. Leung described his city as a “natural connector”…
  • March 20, 2017
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