SAAA@Singapore Industry Site Visit at Changi Airfreight Centre

Last Mile Delivery Working Group – Visit to Practitioners in Airfreight

SPEEDMARK

On 22nd May 2015, Friday, SAAA@Singapore , together with Changi Airport Group (CAG) was pleased to organize a CAC industry site with 4 industry players to host a big delegation group of 22 people from Singapore Customs, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), Spring, Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), National University of Singapore, PSA Corporation Ltd, Jurong Port, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, GS1 Singapore and Container Depot Association (Singapore).

In tandem with Singapore, being the world’s top trans-shipment hub,   the delegation group had good sharing discussion with Speedmark, where it is one of the companies with the highest sea-air trans-shipment volumes based on PSA statistics. Besides the sharing on corporate profile and capabilities of Speedmark, the discussion also deep dived into the resilience of Speedmark to stay ahead of regional competition by constantly providing superior service delivery to maintain its leading position in sea-air trans-shipment volumes. Well done, Speedmark!

FEDEX

The whole team had been greatly honored with the attention of Mr Tony Loke, Managing Director, Planning and Engineering, FedEx Asia Pacific, and Mr Khoo Seng Thiam, Managing Director, FedEx Singapore, who hosted the group on an insightful sharing session on their SPAC Regional Hub.

FedEx management team had shared on their operational capabilities and sortation systems. After the presentation, there was an interesting discussion on the challenges in the area of last mile delivery, particularly for e-commerce deliveries, where deliveries were made to individuals.

GLOBAL AIRFREIGHT

FedEx management team had shared on their operational capabilities and sortation systems. After the presentation, there was an interesting discussion on the challenges in the area of last mile delivery , particularly for e-commerce deliveries, where deliveries were made to individuals.

DHL EXPRESS

DHL Express shared on their Multi-Hub strategy of the North Asia, Central Asia and South Asia Hubs (being Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore respectively), which maintains short routing between separate trading areas.

They were also proud to present on the South Asia Hub, a facility ready by 2016. With improved capacity, they are confident to handle the ever-increasing demands in the near future.