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Not just because it seems impossible to get Chairman & CEO consensus on when you’re actually in one — or indeed on what the term YCH Group (Founding Chairman) actually means (Japan has been in something called a ‘growth recession’ for MR PAUL WILLIAM BRADLEY the best part of the past two decades) — but because of the psychological President, Arshiya International Limited (Vice Chairman) effect they have on people. Looming large as a giant spectre over the event, the idea of recession had MR MAHENDRA AGARWAL Managing Director & CEO, GATI two noticeable effects on our November industry Awards show in Shanghai: we drew a slightly (only slightly) smaller crowd than normal; and never in MR DAVID CHEW the history of the event have people attending — often competitors — been Managing Director, SC Asia Consulting Pte Ltd nicer to one another. DR KRIZZ CHANTJIRAPORN An industry friend who likes to say he’s more cynical than myself says President, Thai Logistics and Production Society this is because people are experiencing a type of fear born from ‘recession- MR ALLEN FUKADA uncertainty’ and realise they might need each other soon. I like to think of Business Development, Supply Chain Management, IBM Asia it in terms of a we’re all in the one troubled boat and is there any way we can ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MARK GOH help each other out of it sort of attitude. Apropos to this, since that event I’ve Director, Industry Reasearch, The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific had conversations with more than a few industry professionals lamenting a lack of good examples of partnering among supply chain players — a valid MR HARRY LAGAD point at any time, and surely more so in the current environment. President, Integrated Supply Chain, Brightstar Corp. While having to wait longer to get paid for your work is certainly a MR RICHARD LORETTO concrete real experience, it is clear that a lot of the effects of recession Executive Director, Strategy, AVON begin in fear of uncertainty. This means effects can be limited by good MR MARK MILLAR partnering relationships, which are built on transparency and therefore Vice President, International Relations, Supply Chain Asia raise levels of confidence and reduce uncertainty in recession industries or recession economies. MR TURLOCH MOONEY Managing Director, Editorial Several contributors to this issue of Supply Chain Asia Magazine raise SC Asia Publications the idea of improved partnering in one form or another. As part of his advice on how procurement professionals can develop a meaningful response to Mr peter l. o’brien Head, Asia Pacific Supply Chain Practice, changing and challenging economic times, Gerry Mattios notes several Russell Reynolds Associates times that there is an opportunity now for deeper and more effective collaboration between supply chain business partners. In our cover story, MR MICHAEL PROFFITT Strategic Advisor/Consultant, Dubai Logistics City which looks at the China and Asia supply chain operations of one of the world’s largest sustainable energy companies, Bjorn Johansen talks about MR VIVEK SOOD the value his company is placing on good partnerships with key suppliers. Managing Director, Global Supply Chain Group And in this issue’s Opinion column, Barry Elliott muses on whether ‘Ethical MR MARK WETTASINGHE Supply Chain Management’ is more than simply a necessary PR exercise, Vice President, Value Added/Tech & Engr Services, DHL and talks about moves by brand owners to communicate better with suppliers in order to limit a host of supply chain risks. Ideas and methods MANAGEMENT TEAM for more transparency and trust in business relationships are discussed, & SUPPORT TEAM as well as how improved and mutual auditing agreements can help create good business partnerships. PUBLISHER SC ASIA PUblications PTE ltd The good thing about recessions is that they eventually go away. When [email protected] they pass, they sometimes leave something worthwhile behind, leading MANAGING DIRECTOR, EDITORIAL some to even consider them a necessary part of economic life — a kind TURLOCH MOONEY of corrective economic hangover after a party. The lesson left behind this [email protected] time could be a reminder of the increasing importance of confidence in both MANAGING DIRECTOR, COMMERCIAL economic cycles and business exchanges, and how good partnering initiatives FRANK PAUL [email protected] can help to keep things real. CONTRIBUTORS SAM CHAMBERS, Barry ELLIOTT, DR JOHN Gattorna, FREDERIC GOMER, MASANORI KIKUCHI, PAUL LIM, Gerry Mattios, PALOMA MINTER, JEFFREY RUSSELL, KATHERINE SZETO DESIGN & PRODUCTION Turloch Mooney DESIGN WORKZ PRINTING Editor-in-Chief, Supply Chain Asia Magazine REGENT PRINTING (S) PTE LTD Managing Director, Editorial SC Asia Publications DAPLC 25189 APL_210x279 p_OK 15/12/08 19:45 Page 1 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K HTS DAPLC25189_Supply Chain Asia 1 Size: 210mmWx297mmH (PDF email) DYR CC249212 DL-MAC8 Osx 15.12.2008 CC693 Composite president’sADDRESS Gearing up for Bigger Challenges in 2009 Happy New Year. With the global economic crisis bringing news of retrenchment closer movers and shakers providing perspectives on what’s happening to many people, we can certainly feel too downtrodden to recognise in the industry today from a regional and global standpoint. We will a new year has started. While solutions to current difficulties may also host our regular forum discussions complemented by plenary now seem far away, you can be sure this crisis will blow over and now roundtables; a special workshop with Dr John Gattorna, and our may be the best time for us to put our houses in order. Young Professionals Forum targeted at the young and aspiring talent The same goes for Supply Chain Asia. With a community joining the industry today. structure, we may not be as badly affected by the crisis as some Over the course of 2009 we also plan to host more half-day others, but we still feel the hurt of our members who are. In this seminars and workshops across the region to bring our community environment, to ensure members of the community continue to members closer together. Penang (Malaysia), Bangkok, Hong Kong, support each other, we will be increasing the number of face-to-face Shanghai, Mumbai and Chennai are some of the cities in which we meetings we are organising for this year. plan to hold events. And if our planning goes well, we may even The first big event of the year will be ourSupply Chain Careers 2009 host a Supply Chain Asia Dialogue in the US at the end of the year to event.