XVC Logistics, Inc. president and chief executive officer Corazon Curay has been reelected president of the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) for 2016, following recent official induction rites.
Curay will be assisted in her work by Unilab’s Nestor Felicio, who has been voted president-elect. This year SCMAP opted to appoint a president-elect, who will eventually become the next president, to ensure program continuity.
Board members include Rustan Supercenters’ Christine Pardinas (secretary); Fast Cargo Logistics’ Manuel Onrejas, Jr. (secretary and chairman of the finance committee); Unilever Philippines, Inc.’s German Martizano (auditor); and Norman Adriano (executive director).
Directors for this year are Mark Philip Comandante, Zuellig Pharma; Henrik Batallones, SSI Schaefer Systems, Inc.; George Yumul, ABM Global; Dina Pilapil, LF Philippines, Inc.; and Dario Arive, Jr, URC Flour.
Vice chairs of the various committees are Arnel Gamboa, research and policy; Clarissa Castillo, training; Elsie Oafallas, finance; Anghelita Santor and Cliff Eala, transport; Henrik Batallones, marketing and communications; Maximo Yap, membership; Pierre Carlo Curay, academe; and Ana Rose Ochoa, Roselie Manlangit, and Anita Camangon, events.
Curay, in a speech at the SCMAP Supply Chain Outlook and Induction of Officers on February 19, said the organization is expanding its membership in Mindanao and North Luzon through the Cagayan de Oro and Metro Angeles chapters. Felicio, in a separate interview with PortCalls on the sidelines of the event, said SCMAP targets not only large companies but small and medium enterprises as well so as to better represent the industry.
The organization is involved in several projects and partnerships in line with its three pillars—advocate, communicate, and educate.
SCMAP, together with the Department of Trade and Industry, is crafting the first National Logistics Plan, which is scheduled to be launched in the second half of this year.
SCMAP’s Center for Research and Policy, in partnership with REID Foundation and Fountainhead Technologies, won the bid to oversee and implement a World Bank project to develop and expand linkages among members of the private and public sectors.
SCMAP is also working with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to establish warehouse staff competencies for eventual certification which will be recognized and accepted internationally. Felicio said SCMAP member Fast Logistics has volunteered to be part of the pilot of the warehouse certification program.
The organization is likewise partnering with the University of the Philippines-College of Engineering and its National Engineering Center to come up with a supply chain course relevant to the times.
A continuing project is the SCMAP Supply Chain Mornings, half-day courses on different supply chain and logistics topics.
Meanwhile, the group underscored the need for a better infrastructure system in the country. Felicio said the economy is growing, but the infrastructure “is not catching up,” resulting in lost opportunities “because of inefficiencies in our transport infrastructure, logistics infrastructure” that are “costing business a lot.”
He added that the government must not only meet current demand but has to reduce the backlog and anticipate future growth.
