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Thursday, 17 August, 2006
The official newsletter of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Society.

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- Society Endorses and Chairs SCM Conferences
- Enrolments open for BBA and MSc in Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- MAERSK launches world's largest container ship
- ALA Diploma Programmes in Vietnam
- Warehouse Management Course

Society endorses and chairs SCM Conferences

The Logistics Society will be endorsing, presenting and / or chairing two
events in the coming weeks. Society President, Raymon Krishnan will be chairing
and presenting at a Warehousing, Logistics & Distribution Conference on 24th -
25th August and the Society is an endorsing organisation for SCM Logistics World
2006 to be held from 16 - 19 October.

Members of the Society who are interested to find out about discounts available
to them can contact us at +65.62225280 or e-mail Edmund Lee at
elee@lscms.org

Enrolments open for BBA and MSc in Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Enrolments for intakes into the BBA in Logistics & Supply Chain Management
and MSc in Strategic Supply Chain Management offered through the Society are
open in Singapore. An information session for these programmes will be conducted
by the SCCIOB (Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Institute of Business) on the 29th of August at 7:30pm and interested candidates for these programmes are invited to attend.

Please contact Leonard at +65.6222.6580 or e-mail Edmund atelee@lscms.org for more information.

If you require assistance or wish to provide feedback, please contact Simon Tan at 6222 5280.

ALA Diploma Programmes in Vietnam

Enrollments for the Australian Logistics Academy, Diploma and Advanced Diploma programmes are open for Vietnam. Being a pioneer in offering internationally recognised qualifications in Supply Chain Management worldiwde, the ALA is working with a local partner to support the courses with lecturers from Australia and the region.

In a seminar to launch the programme held at the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry earlier this month, Mrs. Stephanie McKern, Executive Director of the ALA was quoted when interviewed by Vietnam Shipper "We are extremely proud to be working with Logisticians in Vietnam and in particular with our Approved Training Provider for Vietnam - NTM Networks. We have ALA students enrolling from over 12 countries and based on industry demand, we are pleased to add Vietnam to that growing list."

Students enrolling in Vietnam not only get to attend lectures by industry professionals who are academically qualified but also receive printed course materials that are supported by ALA's on-line 'Learning Room'. Students therefore get input from four areas, namely their lecturers, each other, the course materials and on-line. As a value add, ALA programmes lead to academic pathways with some of the world's leading University's and tertiary institutions and students gain significant exemptions or entry to Bachelor or Masters Degrees.

Anyone interested in finding out about ALA courses in Vietnam or the
region more can log on to the ALA website at
http://www.aust-logistics.com or e-mail Edmund at elee@lscms.org

MAERSK launches world's largest container ship

A CHRISTENING ceremony was recently held for the world's largest
containership, the 11,000-TEU Emma Maersk.

The newbuild was constructed at the Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark
for the AP Moller-Maersk Group, where she was named after former
company head Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller's late wife, Emma, who passed
away last year.

Following delivery and sea-trials, the Emma Maersk is expected to
begin service in the next several weeks.

The mega vessel boasts a 14-cylinder diesel engine and 110,000 BHP.
Emma is also covered with special silicone paint on her hull to
reduce drag, which in turn is expected to help her reduce fuel
consumption by some 1,200 tonnes per year.

Warehouse Management Course

Logisticians in Singapore and the region are invited to attend a
3-day course on Warehouse Management from 19th - 21st September.

Participants are given the option to sit for an exam at the end of
the session and this gives one subject exemption in the Australian
Logistics Academy Diploma programmes.

Please contact Leonard at +65.6222 5280 for more details.