Australia's Supply Chain and Logistics Association will share local supply chain best practice tenets with its Chinese counterpart
By Anna Game-Lopata | July 17, 2012
Australia’s Supply Chain and Logistics Association (SCLAA) will share
local supply chain best practice tenets with its Chinese counterpart.
A delegation of 20–30 members of the Chinese Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC) will visit our shores October 1-6 to gain insights into the way key Australian sites achieve logistics efficiencies.
Asia’s largest professional supply chain, logistics and procurement management organisation, the GSCC will fund the Chinese delegation, and host a return visit from SCLAA members November 5-12.
SCLAA Director Mark Skipper says the SCLAA is applying for funding from the Victorian and NSW State Governments for its return visit to China, the details of which are still being decided.
Skipper, who will coordinate the Chinese visit, says the
joint initiative between the two supply chain peak bodies was partly prompted by increasing labour rates in China.
“There is a
need to increase distribution centre and warehousing throughput to keep costs under control,” Skipper says.
He says it is hoped both Chinese and Australian companies will gain from the joint visit with new contacts and hopefully business between both sets of companies.
“The Global Supply Chain Council is a partner of the SCLAA and we will be hosting a reciprocal visit later this year, so it is a good opportunity
for networking on both sides.”
In Victoria, the GSCC
delegation will visit the Coles NDC in Somerton, Kmart in
Altona, the Adidas NDC run by Toll Logistics and the Port of Melbourne.
The NSW visit will follow, incorporating Bevchain’s operation at Tooheys Brewery in Auburn, Toll IPEC – Fashion in Homebush, Woolworths Big W in Hoxton and Costa Logistics’ fruit and vegetable operation at Eastern Creek.
The Chinese delegation, which has just completed a similar visit to North Korea, will also participate in two breakfast roundtable discussions during the Australian visit, addressing challenges and trends in the industry on a global level.
SCLAA National Chair David Rogers will be presenting at the Global Supply Chain Council Annual Conference in November and leading the Australian team at the reciprocal site visits.
Formed in 2002, the Global Supply Chain Council’s mission is to be the vital link for supply chain and logistics professionals
A privately owned organisation run by a group of experienced professionals in Asia, the GSCC aims to remain fully independent and neutral.
Its key
objectives
include professional development and
keeping members well-informed and conversant with the latest trends, techniques and technology.