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Extraordinary Times
Sep. 28 | “Extraordinary times call for extraordinary vision” is the slogan we’ve adopted for this year’s SCMAP Supply Chain Conference – or, at least, a reimagined version of it, seeing that we’re still not allowed to have public gatherings and...
A Chance to Rebuild
Sep. 14 | I have spent the past six months holed up in a flat alongside EDSA, and so I’ve had a somewhat closer view of how things along Metro Manila’s major artery has changed. At the beginning of the lockdowns, of course, EDSA was empty, a stark image...
Communication Let Me Down
Aug. 31 | Arguably, more than any other, supply chain is about the movement of information. Yes, the goods are important, but it’s information that allows businesses to make decisions about what to produce more of when, what to deliver where, and to whom the...
The Long Haul
Aug. 17 | We expected the performance of our economy to drop significantly. What else can you expect when the government shuts down a big chunk of the economy for an indeterminate period of time, in the name of preventing a pandemic from taking hold in the country? And...
Follow the Customer
Aug. 4 | While planning the most recent edition of SCMAP Live, our online event series, it emerged that the most important consideration for logistics providers, in particular, to dip their feet into the growing e-commerce market is to consider what their customers...
Silver Bullet
Jul. 20 | I met with my doctor over the weekend. It was a long-delayed appointment; she had some tests for me to do in March, and you all know what happened in that month. We got around to talking about all that happened in the past four months: of how hopeless...
Three Things
Jul. 4 | First thing: I have been drinking this yogurt drink since I was a kid, and now that I’m an adult in charge of my own groceries, I always make sure I’m well-stocked. Not in recent months, though; I have not been able to see this drink in my nearest...
Perfect Time
Jun. 21 | It has become clear that we are all in this for the long run. We may find, say, a vaccine that will definitively prevent the spread of COVID-19. Efforts continue apace, and already I’ve seen some reports speculating on who should be prioritized...
Pre-COVID or under new normal, challenges the same for logistics industry
Jun. 14 | Image courtesy of khunaspix at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The new normal will bring the same challenges to the logistics industry, according to the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP). “All the logistics challenges we are experiencing...
