- Enrolments open for Training & Education programmes
- Qantas still up for sale
- Increased Demand for Logistics in Vietnam
- Supply Chain Excellence, 16th & 17th July 2007, Bangkok Thailand
- YCH adopts NSRS Training Standard
- 5th ASEAN Ports & Shipping

Enrolments open for Training & Education programmes
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The Logistics Society, working with leading organizations and
institutions has a number of courses and programmes ranging from a
Certificate in Supply Chain Management to an MSc in Strategic Supply
Chain Management validated and awarded by the University of Wales.

For enquiries on course information and intake dates in Singapore,
Australia, Vietnam or Malaysia, please e-mail Edmund at
elee@lscms.org.

Qantas still up for sale
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Australia’s QANTAS Airways indicated yesterday that it would
not back a new takeover offer pitched at the same price as the failed
A$11 billion bid from a consortium including Macquarie Bank.
Meanwhile, Qantas boss Geoff Dixon said that he would remain at the
helm of the national airline despite his support for a failed
takeover of the company and added that he would accelerate existing
management strategies including expanding Qantas budget offshoot
Jetstar.

Qantas has upgraded its profit forecasts three times in the past year
but faces serious competition from the launch of a rival Australian
domestic service from Singapore airlines Tiger Airways.

Increased demand for Logistics in Vietnam
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Asean has agreed to recognise Vietnam as a full market economy and
has not applied paragraph 255 of the report of the working party on
the accession of Vietnam into the World Trade Organisation in
relation to their trade with Vietnam during the 13th Asean Economic
ministers (AEM) Retreat held last week.

In a joint statement issued immediately after the meeting, it stated
that the decision was made by the ministers from Asean member
countries after noting the significant achievements of Vietnam in
economic development and integration into the regional and global
economy. They also called on the dialogue partners of Asean and other
countries to provide early recognition to the full market economy
status of Vietnam.

In a white paper developed by NOL, it was identified that
Vietnam’s Logistics industry is relatively under-developed. The
report suggests that the relative inefficiency of the air and ocean
transportation system, as well as landside infrastructure such as
warehouses and distribution facilities, is hampering the growth of
efficient logistics practices in the country. Logistics outsourcing
is nascent and highly fragmented with around 800 operators, which are
mainly small local operators with limited coverage, service ranges and
IT capabilities.

The Society has been working with its global partners such as the
Australian Logistics Academy to address the skills shortages
identified and companies or individuals who would like to find out
more about the programmes we support in Vietnam can contact Edmund at
elee@lscms.org.

Supply Chain Excellence, 16th & 17th July 2007, Bangkok Thailand
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Marcus Evans, specialists in the research and development of
strategic events for senior business executives conducts events that
provide clients with business information and knowledge which enables
them to sustain a valuable competitive advantage and makes a positive
contribution to their success. One such event is a two day conference
to held in Bangkok on the 16th & 17th of July.

Some of the things a participant will be able to take away from this
event are:
- Building an Effective Supply Chain Strategy for Competitive
Advantage
- Managing the Enterprise Supply/Value Chain Behaviour
- Configuring the Supply Chain for High Performance
- Improving Visibility through Collaborative Demand Planning
Utilizing Contemporary Approaches for Effectively Managing
Inventories

To find out more about this event and other Society endorsed events
conducted by Marcus Evans, please log on to
http://www.marcusevans.com/events/CFEventinfo.asp?EventID=12510

YCH adopts NSRS Training Standard
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Leading Singapore headquartered, Logistics & Supply Chain solution
company, YCH Group has signed up to train their warehouse personnel
in National Skills Recognition System (NSRS) courses in a specially
designed training centre located at their Tuas facility in Singapore.

This strategic move not only means that employees will get
hand’s on training on the procedures and systems used by the
company but also that its staff will get a Nationally recognized
qualification awarded by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency.
NSRS is a national framework for establishing work performance
standards, identifying job competencies and certifying skills
acquisition. The system provides for the development of national
skills standards that stipulate work performance and the
establishment of training and assessment centres to train and assess
the competence of the workforce to further maintain the
island’s position as a Regional Logistics Hub.

5th Asean Port & Shipping Conference
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The ASEAN Ports and Shipping Exhibition and Conference is the largest
annual Container Ports, Shipping and Transport Logistics Exhibition
and Conference in the ASEAN region and one of the largest throughout
Asia.

Johor Port Authority, the Port of Tanjung Pelepas and Johor Port
Berhad will bring this international containerised transport and
logistics Exhibition and Conference event to Malaysia by hosting the
5th ASEAN Ports and Shipping 2007 Malaysia Exhibition and Conference
at the new state-of-the-art Persada Johor International Convention
Centre on 12th & 13th June 2007.

This major annual containerised transport Exhibition and Conference
will consist of a two days Conference Programme featuring 30
world-class business leaders analysing latest global transport and
logistics trends attended by a gathering of more than 350 senior
executive delegates from over 25 countries comprising some of the
world's leading shipping lines, shippers, cargo owners, importers /
exporters, freight forwarders, logistics companies, ports, terminal
operating companies, port equipment and services suppliers. There
will be a concurrent two day Exhibition of 70 international companies
and sponsors showcasing transport related products and services.

More information on this event can be found on by logging on to
http://www.transportevents.com.