TraceTech Keynote presentations: Free for all to attend

TraceTech, a two day conference and exhibition to inform and educate Supply Chain, transport and Logistics managers, about the benefits of improved traceability and how to apply it to your business will be held on Tuesday the 23rd & Wednesday the 24^th of October at Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, Sydney. 

All keynote presentations during TraceTech are FREE for all to attend. 

Keynote presentation one

Why Traceability is the key to Unlocking Value and Gaining Competitive Advantage in your Supply Chain? Presented by Nicholas Tsougas to be held on Tuesday 23 October at 10.00 am. 

Nicholas Tsougas is currently the Director, Insight Program (Federal Sector) at Oracle Corporation. Nick has over 27 years of experience with U.S. Department of Defense, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies, as well as several years consulting to these organisations. Nick most recently was a Principal at SRA Corporation and the Lead Technical Advisor for emerging Technologies for the U.S. DOD Logistics AIT Office. 

Nicholas and his team have successfully performed a wide variety of projects including: Strategic planning, business process reengineering, Joint Operations, DOD Policy and Regulations for AIT, Standardisation of data across AISs, software asset management, database & system development, financial analysis, Automated Data Capture (ADC), Electronic Product Code (EPC) passive RFID, RFID Architecture, passive and active RFID- Policy and applications/ implementations in the Supply Chain, Satellite tracking, DOD Wireless issues, acquisition policy & planning, Program Management, facilitation of cross functional teams, functionality assessments, web site development, budget/Logistics/contracts and Supply Chain Management. 

Keynote presentation two

Track and Trace in Consumer Electronics: Improving Traceability to deliver Competitive Advantage. Presented by Peter Djurichkovic on Tuesday 23 October at 2.00 pm. 

Peter Djurichkovic is the National Logistics System Manager, Canon Australia and will be presenting a case-study on the implementation of the Global Control Tower solution for Supply Chain visibility and event-management solution for their transportation and Logistics operations. Peter will provide insights into Canon’s business case for implementing this solution designed to streamline distribution performance, providing end-to-end collaboration across Canon’s distribution network and, most importantly, an enhanced service for their customers.  

Peter has over 20 years experience in Supply Chain roles including production planning, purchasing & inventory manager and warehouse manager. 

Keynote presentation three

Information flows across the Supply Chain: Presented by Brett Campbell on Wednesday 24 October at 2.00 pm. 

Brett Campbell, Partner Consulting, Deloitte Touche Tomatsu. Brett has over 20 years of experience in operations performance improvement, including 13 years of senior operations management, and 7 years of Supply Chain strategic consulting and operational design in mining, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and FMCG industries throughout Australia, Europe and Asia. Brett leads Deloitte’s Australian Supply Chain Management Practice. 

Brett’s expertise spans the complete value chain of organisations, ranging from Supply Chain strategy, optimisation, operations excellence, product innovation and lifecycle management, and sourcing and procurement. 

For further information on how you can register to attend TraceTech log on to www.tracetech.com.au

$710,000 spent on overseas workers

THE skills shortage has forced New South Wales rail body Railcorp to spend $710,000 recruiting about 40 senior managers from overseas over the past four years.

The State Government-owned corporation pays the school fees of the recruits’ children, as well as their medical and personnel effects insurance as part of a recruitment package, ABC radio reported yesterday.

Each package, which Railcorp said is worth about $21,000, also covers the cost of airfares and short-term accommodation.

Railcorp spokesman Scott McIntyre defended the practice, saying the corporation needs to offer a generous package to lure highly-skilled staff to the corporation.

“There were people that were better qualified in international circumstances,” he said.

“In some cases, there weren’t people that could be recruited from Australia in particular positions, such as your signal and electrical engineers, where there is a worldwide shortage, particularly for those that have rail experience.”

McIntyre said less than 0.5% of 14,000 Railcorp employees in the past three years have been foreigners.

The New South Wales secretary of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union Nick Lewocki said the practice highlights the lack of a long-term strategy in Railcorp to address the skills shortage.

“Why is taxpayers money being expended this way instead of expended on developing skills of young engineers coming out of university and existing managers that should be trained up and put through training programs to meet that skills requirement?” he said.

Published on www.supplychainlogisticsnews.net

Transport & Logistics industry needs 5,000 workers

The transport and logistics industry will need another 5,000 additional workers every year for the next four years, Victoria’s Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation has warned.

Jacinta Allan says the 5,000 people will be required for transport and warehousing jobs, sales, marketing and customer service.

“As the State’s transport and logistics industry continues to expand, it is creating unprecedented job opportunities,” she says.

She says the industry’s growth and technological development means a skilled workforce is more crucial than ever.

“Today’s transport and logistics industry is a modern professional sector that uses complex technologies to meet the changing demands of the domestic economy and international trade,” she says.

“As with the broader Victorian industry, the freight industry is increasingly reliant on a highly-skilled workforce and this challenge offers the opportunity for great career paths.”

Published  on www.supplychainreview.com.au

Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards 2007

22 November 2007 Bauhinia Room Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Hong Kong

The Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards 2007 is an evolvement of the highly successful Asia Logistics Awards to a new level that reflects continuous changes in the global and regional logistics industry. The fundamental object of the Awards – to recognise and applaud key players in the logistics industry in Asia – remains the same, but new categories and criteria have been developed; and changes have been made to the selection process to improve the event and ensure it continues to properly reflect ongoing developments in the regional logistics sector. Balloting for the nomination of finalists in the Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards is complete and finalists have been selected after an audited count of the ballot. All finalists are currently have being contacted by Supply Chain Asia staff and asked to submit short statements on why they believe they should be selected as outright winner in the category for which they have been selected. The next stage in the process is to pass these submissions to a panel of independent judges, details of whom will be announced in the November issue of Supply Chain Asia magazine.

Consolidation to continue in $US3.43 trillion global logistics market

Friday, 7 September 2007 MERGERS and acquisitions are set to continue in the expanding logistics services sector, estimated to grow to $US590 billion by 2010 from $US440 billion this year, the chief executive and president of global integrated logistics company Agility told an airfreight conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Agility chief executive and president Essa Al-Saleh. Essa Al-Saleh said much of the growth will be organic but there will also be a great deal of activity in mergers and acquisitions as consolidation continues. He picked out China and India as having great potential for growth in terms of demand for logistics services in the next five years. “Research shows that India and China combined have 40 percent of the world’s population but account for only 7 percent of global GDP, so there is scope for significant economic growth as their industry and trade develops,” Al-Saleh said. “We see many opportunities in Asia in the years ahead.”

SCLAA NSW INAUGURAL EVENT

Friday the 28^th of September represents a most significant milestone for the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia in Sydney as it will be the inaugural event for the SCLAA NSW. 

This function is also an excellent opportunity for the industry to show their support for the largest association for professionals and practitioners in this country.  

SCLAA NSW have identified a fresh new venue, a healthy breakfast, lakeside views and conveniently located to the M3 and M4 motorways with lots of free car parking.  Steve MacPherson, National President and David Doherty CEO of the SCLAA will co-host the function. 

Two prestigious events for this breakfast meeting have been planned. Prof. John Gattorna, author of Living Supply Chains, will be the guest speaker for the morning and will speak about ‘people powering contemporary high-performance supply chains’. His presentation will provide a suggested approach, and demonstrate with best and worst practice, examples from around the world.  

Also the new SCL Job Board for the SCLAA will be officially launched which has been designed in conjunction with SupplyChainJobz, to provide the industry with one-point-of-call when looking for, or placing jobs, across Australia.   

SCLAA NSW is a division of what was once known as the Logistics Association of Australia in VIC, SA, QLD and WA which was re-named to the SCLAA in November 2006. The SCLAA is run for Members by Members. 

What?                SCLAA NSW Launch including a presentation from Prof. John Gattorna and the official launch of the new SCL Job Board.

When?               Friday 28th September

Where?              Lake Room, Waterview Convention Centre, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush

Time?                7.00 am arrival for a 7.30 am commencement  

Breakfast included in all prices Book your place today by contacting nsw@sclaa.com.au or c/College of Warehousing Office on 02 9847 8794.

SCLAA partners with SupplyChainJobz

The Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) has become the inaugural association partner of www.supplychainjobz.com. 

According to Steve MacPherson, National President of the SCLAA, partnering with SupplyChainJobz is a continuation of the association’s commitment to resolving the skills shortage in the industry and providing Members with the highest level of services available. 

“Developing the SCLAA job board is a crucial addition to our website so that our Members have access to a broad range of jobs available at all levels within the industry covering professionals and practitioners respectively,” 

“The SCLAA job board will be made available to the entire SCL industry so that they have one point of call when searching for jobs,” 

According to Neil McFarlane, Commercial Manager, SupplyChainJobz, having the SCLAA as a partner is a significant opportunity for all SCL professionals and practitioners in Australia. 

“The SCLAA is the largest and leading industry association for professionals and practitioners in Australia and should be the main point of call for anyone looking for SCL jobs,” 

Both the SCLAA and SupplyChainJobz are looking forward to the SCL industry logging on to www.sclaa.com.au today.