On April 7, the Department of Trade and Industry presented the first draft of the National Logistics Master Plan to stakeholders. Led by the…
April 18, 2016
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Further Down the Line
One of the three pillars of the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines is “educate”. The thrust is to arm those in the…
April 5, 2016
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Our Vision Is Clear
By HENRIK BATALLONES, SCMAP Director For the past few years the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines has written a column on PortCalls,…
March 14, 2016
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Mall Logistics
For today’s guest columnist we welcome back Norman H. Adriano. Norman has been in supply chain management for more than 25 years. An Industrial…
10 electronics makers ‘seriously studying’ shift to Batangas port
About 10 members of the Semiconductors and Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc. (SEIPI) are said to be “seriously considering” shifting to Batangas port…
PH haulers to jack up rates after failing to stop Manila daytime truck ban
PHILIPPINE truckers will be increasing their rates as a consequence of the longer truck turnaround and waiting time arising from the Manila truck ban.…
March 4, 2014
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Top 1000 Corporations
BusinessWorld released in late December its Top 1000 Corporations in the Philippines for Year 2012. Eighteen SCMAP member companies made it to the…
January 29, 2014
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Testing Waters on the Philippines’ Logistics Resilience
Today we have a repeat guest columnist from the ranks of the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP). Arnel Gamboa is the incumbent…
January 2, 2014
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Best-in-Class Distribution Model
Today we have another guest columnist from the ranks of SCMAP. Arnel Gamboa is the incumbent president of Supply Chain Management Association of the…
Supply chain managers say PH daytime truck ban hurts business
A TOTAL daytime truck ban lasting 16 hours that is due to take effect from this Friday to Dec. 20 is bad for most…
December 11, 2013
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Truck ban
This is an urgent call for action to participants in the supply chain who will be affected by the proposed Daytime Truck Ban. …
November 10, 2013
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What Economic Prosperity?
I would like to apologize to Ana Rose Ochoa for the omission of her name in the last issue (October 7, 2013) as author…
October 23, 2013
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Philips Electronics, J&J (Phils) Top SCMAP SSCE Search
SCMAP’s Salute to Supply Chain Excellence (SSCE) Awards winners were announced last September 13, during Day 2 of its Annual Conference and Exhibit held…
October 8, 2013
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Execution – Delivering the 3PL Promise
For today’s guest columnist we welcome back Norman H. Adriano. He is another past president of the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines…
September 23, 2013
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Supply Chain Conference Last Call
On September 12 and 13 SCMAP reels off its biggest conference yet. The conference theme is “Supply Chain Philippines and Beyond: Gearing Towards ASEAN…
September 11, 2013
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Cebu Chapter
Last August 17, 2013 marked another milestone in SCMAP history. The long-standing mandate to establish a chapter outside of NCR was finally achieved after…
August 28, 2013
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A 3PL’s Value Proposition
Our guest columnist is Norman H. Adriano. He is another past president of the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines(1995-96, DMAP days). An…
August 13, 2013
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Honor Roll
Over the 23-year history of DMAP / SCMAP, various individuals from member companies have stood up to carry the torch for DMAP / SCMAP.…
July 1, 2013
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Earthquakes
Following the solemnity of President Gabby Patag’s wake and funeral, SCMAP members and other organizations in the logistics industry were jolted by a series…
June 17, 2013
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Development of Supply Chain Knowledge
Two issues ago we featured advocacy work undertaken by SCMAP in its first twenty years of existence (1990 to 2010). The advocacy work dealt…
