As reported in the Financial Times, FedEX is considering acquiring TNT to take advantage of the Dutch company's European parcel business amidst global economic struggles. Talks of a potential TNT acquisition by either FedEx or United Parcel Service have been prevalent for years, hampered only by the European group's struggling postal division. The potential move by FedEx, whose market capitalization is USD$22.8 billion, comes as the company is attempting to expand its international operations. TNT has a market capitalization of USD$11.3 billion.

The 2008 Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards will take place at the JW Marriott Hotel in Shanghai’s majestic People’s Square on November 20. Balloting for the Awards is now open and will close on 31st July 2008.

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This year, we will be launching 3 new awards – Supply Chain Innovation of the Year, Supply Chain Integrator of the Year and the Education and Training Award. Please click here for selection criteria.

For all the other awards, please click here to view the selection criteria.

Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards adopt a nomination system to select top 4-5 nominees which are then forwarded to a group of selected judges to conduct the final voting to select the winner. To view our selection process, click here.

You can nominate your company for the award online by clicking here. Voting closes on 31 July 2008.

Those keen in sponsoring for the Awards can email Frank Paul at frank.paul@supplychainasia.com. Click here to view the list of sponsors.

The Young Professionals Forum will be held in conjunction with Supply Chain Asia Forum 2008 on 10th July 2008. YP Forum is targeted at graduating students as well as young working professionals who wants to network and learn from the senior professionals and veterans in the industry.

The event will feature two special keynote speeches, one of which will be by the Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports (MCYS), Mr Teo Ser Luck. Mr Teo is also the Senior Parliamentary of the Ministry of Transport. The other will keynote speech will be led by Dr Robert Yap, Chairman and CEO of YCH Group.

Supply Chain Asia Forum 2008 will be held in at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore from 8-10 July 2008. The event is expected to attract more than 300 delegates from various parts of the industry as well as Asia and globally. Supply Chain Asia Forum adopts an open sharing and discussion platforms and encourages networking and collaboration through an informal and non-commercial style structure. We look forward to welcome many past participants as well as new ones to join us this year and further the vision of our community to COLLABORATE FOR SUCCESS!

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Who's Who of Supply Chain in Asia seeks to promote the profile of individual professionals in our industry. We have created a listing of these professionals and veterans in our website as well as publish the FIRST EDITION Directory in 2007. We aim to continue our effort in listing professionals so as to facilitate networking amongst all the professionals in our fields. We target to publish the physical directory b-annually, with the SECOND EDITION targeted in 2009. Listing in the directory is free. However, to be listed, you need to meet the minimum criteria of holding at least a manager’s position and work at least 8 years in the industry. To be listed, simply download the APPLICATION FORM and email to us at who@supplychainasia.com.

What motivates an employee to join, stay with or leave a company? What do companies in the logistics industry have to offer in order to be able to attract and retain talent in today’s tight labour market?

Europhia Consulting and Supply Chain Asia are conducting an International Career Motivation Survey to answer these questions.

The career motivation survey forms the first module of an international survey series around different HR-related topics, which are currently discussed within the logistics and supply chain industry. The series will consist of six modules with the following themes:

• Career Motivation
• What makes a good employer?
• Young talents’ opinion about the industry
• Women in logistics
• Salary, financial and non-financial benefits
• Work-life balance

The objective of this global initiative is to analyse logistics and supply chain professionals’ opinions and preferences and to identify potential improvements of HR management practices around the world. In today’s labour market it is all about ‘employerbility’; companies have to become active in order to be recognised as an ‘employer of choice’. The way companies are perceived by candidates and (young) talent, looking for their first/next career step, is crucial in a tight labour market as talents decide for the best employers in the market.

Click here to participate now and be part of a global initiative that will provide important insights and knowledge in the area of Logistics HR to the sector! It will only take 5-7 minutes of your time.

Supply Chain Asia Academy will be launching our first program scheduled from 20-22 February 2008. The 3-days, intensive residential-styled program will be held in Singapore. Targeted at new and young executives aspiring to understand the entire spectrum of Supply Chain applications across the industry in Asia, we also put together a team of working professionals to train executives and provide a highly interactive learning environment. In addition, there will be an on site programming as a local distribution facility at YCH Distripark to enhance the experiential learning that will form a core offering of Supply Chain Asia Academy program. Click here to download the brochure. Class participation is limited to a maximum of 25 students and participants will be registered on a first-come-first-served basis.