Singapore - The business case for creating a regional instead of global supply chain is getting stronger in today's economic climate, says Damien Tan, general manager for TNT Express Singapore. He explains why and what this means for supply chains and manufacturers in Asia in this video:
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The future of supply chains
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
[Video] DHL optimistic on the recovery of cargo
Singapore – Herbert Vongpusanachai, county manager of DHL Express said DHL’s recent addition of a Boeing 747 to its Asia Pacific trade route is testament to the company’s optimism on the recovery of the cargo industry.
Learn more about DHL Express Singapore’s view on the air cargo industry in the Asia Pacific region and Singapore's potential as a trading hub.
Learn more about DHL Express Singapore’s view on the air cargo industry in the Asia Pacific region and Singapore's potential as a trading hub.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Plane eats cargo
JAL's appetite for cargo: a case of human error or has dwindling freight volume literally prompt an airplane into ingesting a baggage container?
Earlier this week, A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane sucked up a large metal baggage container, with one of its engines, as the plane prepared to depart from Los Angeles International Airport.
The incident took place on Monday, just as JAL flight 61 heading to Narita, Japan was leaving one of the airport's gates at the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Media sources have suggested that during the unfortunate event, the baggage cart was either parked or driven too close to the aircraft, when the vacuum created by the engines preparing for take-off sucked the baggage cart into the left outboard engine housing.
Fortunately, all 245 passengers and 18 crew members on board made a lucky escape due to a quick thinking pilot in charge. The plane was duly grounded and towed to a hangar for investigation by The Federal Aviation Administration.
Could this be another big blunder by baggage handlers, frequently flamed for luggage that go missing on flights, or did poor volumes really prompt the airliner into a sporadic action.
Earlier this week, A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane sucked up a large metal baggage container, with one of its engines, as the plane prepared to depart from Los Angeles International Airport.
The incident took place on Monday, just as JAL flight 61 heading to Narita, Japan was leaving one of the airport's gates at the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Media sources have suggested that during the unfortunate event, the baggage cart was either parked or driven too close to the aircraft, when the vacuum created by the engines preparing for take-off sucked the baggage cart into the left outboard engine housing.
Fortunately, all 245 passengers and 18 crew members on board made a lucky escape due to a quick thinking pilot in charge. The plane was duly grounded and towed to a hangar for investigation by The Federal Aviation Administration.
Could this be another big blunder by baggage handlers, frequently flamed for luggage that go missing on flights, or did poor volumes really prompt the airliner into a sporadic action.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tweet tweet
The more Internet-savvy of you out there will realise ProcurementAsia has its own twitter account, and are part of the 136 (and counting) that we correspond with on the micro-blogging site.
"Tweet...what?" Unfortunately, apart from PR companies or those that are active in the social media space, that's the normal response I get when I try to tell my esteemed purchasing colleagues about it.
Twitter, explained by Wikipedia, is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers).
What does this mean to you? Well let's see. ProcurementAsia is now in contact with 136 purchasing and supply chain professionals across the world, who update on their Twitter about their lives, their jobs and what's going on in the supply chain space where they are at. I've essentially met and chatted with over a hundred buyers and supply chain folk, most of who I would have otherwise never get the chance to.
What's more, our followers get live updates when we're at conferences, price and market trends and the news when it breaks. In fact, more and more visitors to the ProcurementAsia website (www.procurement-online.com) are redirected from Twitter. It's a great place to bounce your thoughts out to the purchasing and supply chain world, and have them respond quickly, in 140 characters back to you.
But don't just take my word for it. Try also UPS, whose account (@thomasatups) helps frazzled Twitter clients find or track their parcels; Kingfisher (@flykingfisher) which uses Twitter to reach out to their customers; @ariba and @Oracle which extend their spend management helpline, new products and tips to the twitterverse; oh and of course, the very helpful groups of supply chain experts at @SupplyChainNtwk and @PurchasingPros.
See the number of likeminded purchasing and supply chain individuals you might be missing out on meeting? It's not too late. Get on over to http://twitter.com and start your 140 character updates.
Oh, and don't forget to follow us. We're at http://twitter.com/procurementasia
Happy tweeting!
"Tweet...what?" Unfortunately, apart from PR companies or those that are active in the social media space, that's the normal response I get when I try to tell my esteemed purchasing colleagues about it.
Twitter, explained by Wikipedia, is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers).
What does this mean to you? Well let's see. ProcurementAsia is now in contact with 136 purchasing and supply chain professionals across the world, who update on their Twitter about their lives, their jobs and what's going on in the supply chain space where they are at. I've essentially met and chatted with over a hundred buyers and supply chain folk, most of who I would have otherwise never get the chance to.
What's more, our followers get live updates when we're at conferences, price and market trends and the news when it breaks. In fact, more and more visitors to the ProcurementAsia website (www.procurement-online.com) are redirected from Twitter. It's a great place to bounce your thoughts out to the purchasing and supply chain world, and have them respond quickly, in 140 characters back to you.
But don't just take my word for it. Try also UPS, whose account (@thomasatups) helps frazzled Twitter clients find or track their parcels; Kingfisher (@flykingfisher) which uses Twitter to reach out to their customers; @ariba and @Oracle which extend their spend management helpline, new products and tips to the twitterverse; oh and of course, the very helpful groups of supply chain experts at @SupplyChainNtwk and @PurchasingPros.
See the number of likeminded purchasing and supply chain individuals you might be missing out on meeting? It's not too late. Get on over to http://twitter.com and start your 140 character updates.
Oh, and don't forget to follow us. We're at http://twitter.com/procurementasia
Happy tweeting!
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