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With over 400 delegates from across the region ECR Singapore
hosted the 13 th ECR Asia Pacific Conference in May 2012. The
theme this year was Touching Lives and Improving Value.
“Touching lives and improving value is an extension of the Vision
of ECR AP. We want to improve consumer satisfaction
while reducing total cost, inventory and environmental impact in
Asia. We want to make a difference in our consumer’s lives
through our leverage of scale as an industry.” -said Alex von
Behr former Co-chair of ECR AP
“ECR AP has three basic objectives – understanding future
trends, sharing industry best practices and networking between
manufacturers and retailers in Asia. This Conference is an important
means of meeting these objectives. A time to listen, a time
to share, a time to inspire and be inspired.” Anthony Rose Co -
chair ECR AP
We had a rich agenda for the participants including our opening
session from the Global COO of Unilever and the Asia CEO of
Walmart; CEOs’ Panel session and learning's around 5 different
topics:
Customer Value from Paul Galagher Diageo, Claude Ringuet
SAP and Dr Ahn Jae-Myung RetailTech.
Consumer Trends from Seah Kian Peng NTUC FairPrice and
Lies Ellison-Davis Kantar Retail Asia, Patrick Medley IBM, Terence
Foo Accenture.
Sustainability from Paul Prendergast Accenture, Nigel Bagley
Unilever, Rene T. o P&G.
Supply Chain from Ampy Cheung-Aswin Unilever, Toby Black
Chep, Denny Yang Metro China.
ECR Projects from Ian Williamson Accenture, Alfons Van-
Woerkom Unilever, Jeffrey Jotie Diageo, Lawrence Low, Chris
Cave Jones IBM.
ECR AP would like to say Thanks for all of the sponsors , for the
co-organiser ECR Singapore and for everybody who attended in
How did you see the conference
“Very good venue, content, organisation and ,as always a pleasure
to meet so many business colleagues in the same place. Congratulations
to ECR Singapore for the strong attendance and all
those involved in putting this together. Both CHEP guests and
ourselves enjoyed the event very much.” Nigel Branch (Chep)
“The conference exceeded expectations in many ways but we
need to focus on continuous improvement. To that end, I look
forward to our driving hard to better attract increased retailer
participation and attendance in Hong Kong. I think we are seeing
that the difference between good and GREAT is working
WITH our retail partners!” Pat Conklin (P&G)
“It is a very comprehensive and fruitful conference to meet industry
players and see the uptrends from the exhibitions. It is a
mega event that the industry should not be missed out.”
Heidi Ho (ECR HK)
“The Conference just gets better and better each time. The quality
of the presenters and content was a step up again this year “
James Layard (BT)
“As diamond sponsor for this event, SAP was delighted with the
caliber of attendees and speakers. The industry perspectives and
content were well communicated and insightful. As the leading
provider of software business solutions to the industry, it was a
valuable event for SAP to participate in and we will certainly
continue our involvement moving forward”.
Claude Ringuet (SAP)
“ The Conference gave members of ECR AP the chance to hear
and learn about the future direction of the FMCG industry in
Asia Pacific from the leaders themselves, provoking much discussion
and debate, as well as to explore specific aspects of the
ECR AP collaborative agenda in more detail, listening and engaging
with experts in their respective fields.”
Alex von Behr (Unilever)
the conference. And we would like to invite you to Hong Kong to
our next host country of the ECR AP Conference in 2014.
Conference related materials can be downloaded from : http://
www.ecr-all.org/content/category/detail/13939
EFFECTIVE CONSUMER
RESPONSE IS IM-
PORTANT IN REDUCING
WASTAGE
Minister of State for National
Development and Manpower
Tan Chuan-Jin has stressed
the importance of Efficient
Consumer Response (ECR) towards raising productivity, by reducing
wastage throughout the supply chain.
He was speaking at the opening of the 13th Efficient Consumer Response
Asia-Pacific Conference and Exhibition.
Mr Tan cited the example of implementing Cold Chain Management
Standards to help lengthen the shelf life of perishable products.
Adoption of the standards have enabled suppliers to save more than
S$260,000 per year. The lower operating costs has, in turn, benefitted
consumers in the form of lower prices.
Speaking after the opening ceremony, NTUC FairPrice CEO Seah
Kian Peng stressed the need for increased efficiency, especially in
the face of manpower constraints.
"In the current context, it's becoming even more important because
manpower is indeed, a constraint and if we don't try to adopt some
of these best practices, it will impact operations," he said.
"But if we do, and we're able to up the productivity, become more
efficient, we can actually keep costs down, and these costs can eventually
be passed down to consumers." source: channelnewsasia.com
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