EVENTUPDATE
March and April were busy months for Supply Chain Council lunch workgroups, with Executives from
Maersk Logistics, Bosch, Delphi and FedEx speaking to lunch workgroups on the latest developments
and issues they are facing.
The inside view An electronic approach
on Maersk Logistics to collaboration
Steffen Schiottz-Christensen, Thomas Fendt, Purchasing Engineer ,
Earthquake
Managing Director, Maersk Logistics Bosch (China) Investment
Swine flu
“One of the biggest challenges,” said Steffen Schiottz-Chris- Thomas Fendt of Bosch China spoke at a workgroup geared Supplier bankruptcy
tensen, “is getting Chinese consumers to spend.” At a March 3PL for IT vendors, system integrators and end-users to network and
Lunch, he talked about some of the issues facing Maersk Logis- discuss ideas on how to advance supply chain, IT solutions for
Ship piracy
tics in China including a drop in exports, a reduction in freight the China market. The focus of Fendt’s discussion was Bosch’s
Internet breakdown
volumes and some of their restructur- collaboration with Software-as-
ing challenges. He was appointed as a-Service (SaaS) provider, Sup-
Strikes
CEO and Managing Director of Maersk plyOn which was rolled out in
Typhoon
Logistics / Damco North Asia in 2008. Chinese plants starting in 2007.
Maersk Logistics currently employs ap- SupplyOn’s solution has helped Product recall
proximately 3,000 associates with an Bosch to reduce paper, create
additional 2,000 people engaged in greater efficiency and stan-
Fake parts
Maersk Logistics Joint Ventures. There dardize and eliminate parallel
Coup d'etat
is also opportunity at the moment, not- processes. This has helped to
ed Schiottz-Christensen. “It is a safe bet increase transparency and reli-
Warehouse pilferage
to start considering M&A activity, if you ability in Bosch’s supply chain in
Commodity prices
have the money.” China.
Exchange rates
Delphi goes
on a lean
The human
face of
diet FedEx
Dr. Jeffrey Richards, Kuan-Thye Sean,
Logistics Director, Managing Director
Delphi Asia Pacific Human Resources
Service, China &
Dr. Jeffrey Richards is cur- APAC HR Services
rently the Logistics Director Center, FedEx Ex-
for Delphi Asia Pacific. He press
They can all knock out your supply chains.
has complete logistics re-
sponsibility for more than 30 To an audience of 3PL professionals, Kuan-Thye Sean talked
manufacturing locations and 40 warehouses located throughout about the establishment of FedEx’s Human Resource Service Cen-
Are you prepared?
the region. Delphi centrally sources and manages all logistics ter (HRSC) in Wuhan along with its challenges and best practices.
activities in addition to designing and implementation their own She also gave an overview of some the issues the company faced
lean logistics network. At the Council’s lean workgroup, Richards in integrating employees from FedEx’s Joint Venture with DTW.
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spoke about how Delphi has revolutionized their supply chain by First joining FedEx twelve years ago as Personnel Manager for
implementing lean strategies which have resulted in a reduction of Singapore & Indonesia, she relocated to Shanghai in July 2006 as on June 17 in Shanghai to find out...
logistics costs as a percentage of sales to 0.48%. These chang- part of the merger and acquisition team to launch FedEx domestic
es included shifting the supply chain from push to pull, employing service in China. She led close to 80 HR professionals to set up
electronic tools to facilitate collaboration across the supply chain FedEx’s first HR Services Center in Asia and ensured a smooth
and implementing fixed transportation scheduling. transition of close to 2,300 new hires located across 63 cities
in China.
Summit 2009
48 MAY/JUNE 2009
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