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RULES & REGULATIONS

ELIGIBILITY

1. The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society Photography Competition is open to all photographers, worldwide.
2. Employees of The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society are not eligible to enter.
3. Members of the Executive Committee and Advisory Board of The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society are not eligible to enter.

SUBMISSION

1. Each participant is eligible to submit only 1 set of prints (one entry).

2. Each entry should consist of three (3) prints, that must cover three (3) of the following five (5) categories:

Category 1 – People in Logistics
Category 2 – Sea Transport
Category 3 – Road Transport
Category 4 – Air Transport
Category 5 – Storage & Handling

3. If an entrant exceeds any of these limits, all of that entrant’s entries will be disqualified.

4. The set of 3 images can be in colour or monochrome. They can be shot in or out of Singapore.

5. All entries must be submitted in 8R prints (without mounting) together with a CD/DVD (non-returnable)
containing the digital file of the images.

6. At the back of each print, clearly affix the following information:

• Photographer’s name
• NRIC/Passport/Photo ID number
• Address
• Contact number(s)
• Email address
• Subject matter (from the 8 categories listed above)
• Title of entry
• A brief description of where and when the picture was taken

7. The longer side of the digital image must be at least 2,400 pixels in JPEG (JPG) format.

8. All submissions of prints together with official entry form and CD/DVD must be addressed to:

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
Photography Competition
30 Kallang Pudding Road, #04-01A
Valiant Industrial Building
Singapore 349312

9. The submission deadline is 5 November 2010.

10. Images that have previously won prizes in other competitions are not allowed to be submitted for this competition.
11. No photos will be acknowledged or returned. By entering a photo in this Contest, each entrant grants a nonexclusive, transferable, royalty-free, worldwide license to edit, adapt, publish and distribute such photo in a royalty free logistics images collection. The photos will also be used in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest for advertising, marketing and promotional purposes in commerce and in any and all media now known or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, without attribution, compensation, permission or further notification to the entrant, his/her successors or assigns, or any other entity, unless prohibited by law. Except for the foregoing license, the LSCMS does not claim ownership of any copyright in Contest Submissions.

PHOTOGRAPH REQUIREMENTS

Each entry must comply with the following requirements (the “Photograph Requirements”):

1. Photographs must be in physical and digital format. Entrants must submit 1 set of images of min. 8R size (8″ × 10″ or 203 × 254 mm), without backing, as well as one CD of the images (refer to point 7 under ‘SUBMISSION’ for digital file requirements)
2. The photograph need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives, transparencies, or photographic prints are acceptable;
3. All digital files must be in JPEG or .jpg format, and must be at least 2,400 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 2,400 pixels tall (if a vertical image);
4. The photo must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;
5. The photo must not contain brand names or trademarks;
6. The photo must, in its entirety, be a single work of original material taken by the contestant;
7. The photo must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the LSCMS, contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortuous, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
8. The photo must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the LSCMS, contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; and;
9. The photo must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where photo is created.
10. Minor burning, dodging and/or color correction is acceptable. Hand tinting is acceptable, as is cropping. Fish-eye lenses are acceptable. High dynamic range images (HDR) and stitched panoramas are acceptable only if the combined parts are all made around the same time.
11. Any changes to the original Photograph not itemised here are unacceptable and will render the Photograph ineligible for a prize.

JUDGING CRITERIA

1. Judging will be based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):

• Extent to which photo captures the essence of Theme selected (25%);
• Impact and Creativity (50%); and
• Composition, clarity and technical quality (25%)

2. Results of the competition will be posted on the www.lscms.org website.

3. Winners will also be notified by email.

COPYRIGHT

1. Images submitted for this competition must be the ORIGINAL WORK of the participants who must also own the sole copyrights to the pictures.

2. Copyright of any work submitted as an entry to the photographic competition will remain with the photographer. By submitting the photograph to the LSCMS Photographic Competition, the copyright owner gives the LSCMS permission to reproduce, communicate and display the work in public. The LSCMS may also reproduce the work in any publication. The LSCMS reserves the right to edit or crop images for the purposes of promotion and publicity on the internet, events and other formats. All photographers will be acknowledged for their work at all times.

THE LSCMS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

1. The LSCMS is developing and expanding a library collection of logistics images for public use. All entries to the LSCMS Photographic Competition and Exhibition will remain the property of the the LSCMS to be added to the Image Collection. This collection will be ultimately made publicly available online, to allow the community access to our collection of logistics and transportation photographs. Credit will be given to each photographer on the LSCMS image library site.

PRIZES

1. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third positions as follows:

• First Prize: $1000 (one thousand Singapore Dollars)
• Second Prize: $500 (five hundred Singapore Dollars)
• Third Prize: $200 (two hundred Singapore Dollars)

ORGANISER’S RIGHTS

1. The decision of the judges is final. No correspondence will be entertained.
2. The organisers reserve the right to reproduce an image for publication, on an Internet website and/or display in
media without payment on any fees to the photographer.
3. An entry may be rejected when the judging committee, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not
conform to rules and regulations

ACCEPTANCE OF RULES & REGULATIONS

1. Submission of entries signifies acceptance of the rules and regulations of the competition.

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List of Reports

European Supply Chain Horizontal Collaboration Report – January 2010
North American Logistics Technology Report – Feb 2010
European Logistics Technology Report – Feb 2010
European Hi-Tech and Electronics Supply Chain State of the Industry Report – Feb 2010
Medical Devices Supply Chain Report (Worldwide) – March 2010
Pharma and Healthcare Supply Chain Report (Worldwide) – March 2010
Marketing Supply Chain Solutions to Healthcare (Worldwide) – March 2010
North American 3PL Market Report – March 2010
IT in the Trucking Industry and Private Fleets Report (North America) – May 2010
North American Sustainable Supply Chain Report – June 2010

China’s logistics sector once focused on moving products from factories within China to the ocean ports for export to developed markets. Now the emphasis is just as much on moving goods within the domestic market to reach increasingly prosperous consumers, located all over this huge country. In particular, the residents of second- and third-tier cities in central, western and northeastern China are driving a new wave of domestic consumer demand.

Although logistics in China is the backbone of the supply chain, the industry itself remains complex, inefficient and fragmented, with the top 20 companies sharing just 7 percent of the total domestic logistics market.

Despite these issues, the domestic contract logistics industry grew at 18 percent during 2008 according to Transport Intelligence, who also predict that by 2013 China’s contract logistics industry will overtake Japan’s to become the largest in Asia Pacific.

Change and consolidation

For quite some time, one of the biggest questions to consider when outsourcing logistics in China to a Third-Party Logistics service provider (3PL) was whether to work with a local Chinese 3PL or an multi-national 3PL. Each category had their respective strengths and the options were reasonably clear.

Local Chinese 3PL companies had the on-the-ground knowledge, local connections and operated on a lower cost basis, whereas international 3PLs such as Exel Logistics (now DHL), TNT and UPS offered management expertise and sophisticated technology solutions, together with international best practice and sector specific expertise.

Today, the differences between these categories of logistics providers are becoming increasingly blurred – multinationals have extended their expertise and geographic reach in China, while local service providers have gained more international exposure and experience.

In recent years, a few privately owned Chinese 3PLs such as Guangzhou’s PG Logistics Group (PGL) and BEST Logistics Technology, headquartered in Hangzhou have grown to become nationwide service providers.

However, PGL and BEST are the exception rather than the rule. In the fragmented China logistics industry, servicing nationwide domestic distribution requirements typically involves several third party providers – in some cases shippers are using more than 20 different companies to distribute their goods throughout China.

Following China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2005, foreign logistics companies were able to establish “wholly owned foreign enterprises” (WFOEs) for the first time. Some foreign 3PLs bought out of their existing joint venture (JV) arrangements, while others acquired their JV partner, as TNT did in 2006 when it acquired Hoau Logistics. More recently, in May 2009 Toll Holdings reached an agreement with China Merchants Group to acquire the remaining 49 percent shares in its joint venture – Shenzhen-based ST-Anda Logistics.

Clearly, this kind of consolidation among service providers will continue, in order for the industry to become more efficient and to meet the market demands. More local Chinese companies will group together to form stronger regional and national networks and we can expect more formal mergers between local Chinese companies. Meanwhile, the international 3PLs will continue to seek acquisitions as a means of expanding their network within China.

Government support

At the same time as these market-led factors are driving improvements in the China logistics industry, in March 2009 the State Council issued the “Plan for the Restructure and Revitalization of the Logistics Industry”.The plan is significant because it recognizes that logistics is a significant component of China’s overall economic prosperity, is an industry in its own right and is in need of modernization.

Writing in the International Freight Weekly, Lee Perkins of China Intelligence Online explained that while specific details have not been finalized “the proposed legislation aims to transform a regionally fragmented, under-agglomerated domestic industry into globally competitive, international logistics firms; to increase the role and scope of 3PLs; to achieve 10 percent growth in added value in the industry; and to substantively reduce logistics costs as a percentage of GDP in line with developed nations like the US”.

A shortage of skilled logistics personnel is consistently identified as one of the greatest challenges for businesses in China and the plan recognizes the importance of training and developing local expertise. To achieve results quickly, the government emphasizes the need for more skills training and certification, which will require increased cooperation with overseas research institutes and education providers offering international standard training courses.

The government’s support for greater 3PL outsourcing and consolidation will effectively encourage the industry’s own drive for consolidation. In the long term we can expect to see larger logistics companies with broader ranges of services and greater geographic reach, which will also reduce cross-boundary barriers resulting in more efficient and competitive companies.

For the customer these changes can only be good news. The service levels of the industry should come up, costs should come down and therefore customers will get better value. These are encouraging developments, which we will watch with great anticipation.

Mark Millar

Logistics industry veteran Mark Millar is Managing Director of M Power Associates – a specialist provider of industry-specific Marketing, Consulting and Education services that empower superior performance and enhance competitive advantage. Mark has recently been appointed as President of the China Chapter of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society and will lead the expansion of LSCMS China in promoting the professional development of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the China market. Mark was named as one of the “2009 Providers Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine and can be contacted at mark@markmillar.com

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Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards – 2008 Winners

The Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards was held at the JW Marriott Shanghai on 20 November 2008. More than 270 supply chain and logistics professionals attended the event. The winners for the awards are listed below:

The Green Supply Chain Award – DHL

• The Supply Chain Security Award – UPS
• Global 3PL of the Year – Kuehne + Nagel
• Asian 3PL of the Year – YCH
• Air Cargo Terminal of the Year – HACTL
• Container Terminal of the Year – PSA Singapore Terminals
• Air Cargo Carrier of the Year – Emirates SkyCargo
• Shipping Line of the Year – APL
• The Supply Chain Software Award -Oracle
• Supply Chain Integrator of the Year – FEDEX
• The Education & Training Award – The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society
• Airfreight Forwarder of the Year – DHL
• Seafreight Forwarder of the Year – Schenker
• The Supply Chain Innovation Award – Agility

Supply Chain Manager of the Year Awards

• Operations – Mr Michael C K Cheng, Director, Business Development, CEVA Logistics
• Technology – Ms Pat Chua, Global Procurement Director, MSD Technology
• Procurement – Mr Bjoern Budolph Johansen, Director, Tools, Vestas Wind Technology

Visionary of the Year Award

• Dr Fu Yu Ning, Chairman, China Merchants

The Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards 2008 held at JW Marriott in Shanghai on 20th November 2008, and Peter Raven, Vice-Principal of The Turning Point Education Group was in Shanghai to receive the award on the Society’s behalf. The Turning Point is the official training partner of the Society in Singapore.

More information can be found on the SCALA Awards 2008 website.

The restructuring of the company’s delivery business, will see all of its US ground hubs closing, dramatically slashing the number of stations from 412 to 103.

On top of some 5,400 jobs already cut since the beginning of this year, a further 9,500 US-based workers will find themselves jobless as the restructuring continues.

DHL Express global chief executive John Mullen said while the company had been progressively restructuring its US operations, the bleak market forced it to make “a difficult decision”.

“Given the current background of unprecedented uncertainty and risk in the global economy, we feel that it is critical and prudent to take additional measures to combat what we believe will be an extremely challenging 2009, and to do this ahead of time,” Mr Mullen said.

“Losses in US express revenue and volume were unsustainable. More had to be done to protect the interests of our customers and employees around the globe as well as our shareholders.

“It is the right move for our US express operations given the current economic climate and for the long run…we decided to focus on what we do best as a company, and that’s international shipping,” he said.

Here to stay, still

Despite the withdrawal, the company said it would remain committed to the US market as a continued US presence was essential to its entire global express network.

Nearly half of its top 200 business partners are based in the US, with US trade lanes representing half of its global volume.

“We are here to stay,” Mr Mullen said.

The remaining restructuring process will cost the company an additional $1.9 billion, bringing the total costs to $3.9 billion over two years.

By cutting its US domestic operating costs by 80 per cent to less than $1 billion, the company wants to keep losses from the market at $900 million, with the losses expected to taper down to $400 million by the end of 2009.

Stronger focus on international services

DHL’s operation overhaul will see the company dropping out of the US market race with UPS and FedEX the two key players set to take up almost 80 per cent of the market operations.

However, the company said the restructure would make its US international express service “extremely competitive”, with improved transit times.

The restructure is not expected to have impact on other US-based services such as global forwarding and freight, supply chain and customer information services.All international shipments into the US will still be delivered, while 99 per cent of the outbound shipments will be picked up.

Deutsche Post CEO Frank Appel said at a press conference in Bonn that stronger actions were needed to protect its delivery business from the economic storm.

“By taking a realistic view and defining clear actions towards reducing costs, I am confident we are now on the right track to secure the group’s long-term growth,” he said.

Deutsche Post posted results for the first nine months of the year. Its underlying earnings before tax from continuing operations slightly rose 1.3 per cent to 1.6 billion euros, with revenue in the period increasing by 2.3 per cent to 40.5 billion euros.

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