By Ana Rose Ochoa, SCMAP Past President
Today we repeat last year’s guest columnist, another SCMAP past president. Ana Rose Ochoa, or Ochie, as she is popularly called, was president in 2004. She is also one of the longest serving directors, starting in 1994 up to 2009 when she retired from Johnson & Johnson. With the fourth run this year of the Salute to Supply Chain Excellence competition, we again tap Ochie to be our guest columnist. SSCE had been a project of SCMAP for years, but failed to take off. Until Ochie brought the project to fruition in 2011 – Ed Sanchez, Executive Director
SCMAP 2014 Salute to Supply Chain Excellence Awards
The 2014 Salute to Supply Chain Excellence (SSCE) Awards had its kick-off activity last April 24 during the SCMAP General Membership Meeting held at the Hampton Room of the Astoria Plaza Hotel in Pasig City. This year’s search, now on its fourth run, is special as it coincides with the 25th year anniversary of SCMAP. This recognition program is a venue to promote supply chain management as a strategic contributor to member companies’ growth and profitability as well as to identify and share leadership and innovation in supply chain management practice.
The SSCE Committee introduced exciting changes in this year’s search with five award categories at stake:
Supply Chain Performance Excellence – The award recognizes an SCMAP member organization that demonstrates excellence in the operation of that supply chain. Supply Chain Performance Excellence Category entries shall focus on the company’s total SC operations using a simplified version of the Philippine Quality Awards (PQA) criteria called the Philippine Quality Challenge (PQC) framework. It has seven criteria categories that include Management, Planning, Customer Focus, Measurement and Data Management. Workforce Focus, Operations Focus, and Business Results.
Supply Chain Service Provider of the Year – This award recognizes an SC service provider that drives supply chain excellence through collaborative frameworks, by developing and delivering supply chain improvement projects, products, solutions and services resulting in improved business performance for their principal or client.
Green Supply Chain Award – This category rewards those companies which have demonstrated unparalleled performance in environmental supply chain planning and execution and how they have transformed the green agenda into a business opportunity to drive profitability and deliver value in their company or for their principal.
Supply Chain Sourcing Excellence Award -This award recognizes best-in-class strategic sourcing, where businesses have been able to realize substantial cost savings and generate value for the enterprise through innovative and effective supplier relationship management, successful risk management techniques and consistent ethical practice.
Supply Chain Skills Award – This recognizes a company who has manifested efforts towards developing the definitive skill set through inspiring leadership, innovative training, or proactive recruitment techniques, as well as successful change management across the workforce.
Another innovation in this year’s search is the People’s Choice Award, where attendees to the 2014 Annual Conference may cast their vote for the best AVP of the selected finalists for each category.
The search is open to all SCMAP members in good standing. Projects or initiatives started or implemented from Jan. 1, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2013 are qualified for submission as entries. Companies that intend to join the search shall be called to an SSCE Search briefing scheduled on May 9 for the mechanics and other requirements. Entries shall be accepted from June 9-28 and selected finalists shall then go through a site visit and oral presentation before the panel of judges that include supply chain practitioners and consultants, academe members and an SCMAP member of good standing .
Winners shall be awarded on September 19, during the SCMAP 2014 Annual Conference to be held at the EDSA Shangrila Plaza Hotel . Prizes include an SCMAP trophy for each category; SCMAP-sponsored annual membership fee (2015); a P10,000 cash prize and a full-page article on the Supply Chain Philippines magazine. The People’s Choice awards shall win P5,000 and a certificate of Recognition. The best reward, however, is the distinction of being proclaimed as the best in the supply chain industry in the 25th year of SCMAP.
The winners shall present their entries during the SCMAP General Membership meeting on October 16, an opportunity to leverage their expertise to create and sustain the future growth and competitiveness of member companies.
Address inquiries and comments to Ed Sanchez at tel. 671-8670, fax 671-4793, cell 0918-914-1689, or email secretariat@scmap.org. For more information please go to SCMAP website www.scmap.org.
