SMa President's 4th AGM Speech - Singapore Manufacturing ...

EDC@SMa continues to work with strategic partners like SPRINGSingapore, Singapore Workforce Development Agency, Workplace Safety andHealth division of the Ministry of Manpower, International Enterprise Singaporeand the Economic Development Board to help our SMEs grow and to be able togo regional and global.GS1 Singapore (Global Standard 1) is the sole representative of EPC global Inc(Electronic Product Code)to implement the EPCglobal system. The conference inMay 2007 reported its first successful implementation of the EPC (ElectronicProduct Code)Information Service (EPC IS) in Asia. Reported were details onhow the real-time data of the goods in the supply chain was successfullycaptured by 13 EPCglobal/RFID Read Points using EPC IS in Hong Kong andChina. The sharing of real time data among trading partners using EPC ISrevolutionises the process of the data exchange to bring huge benefits tooperators within the supply chain. GS1 Singapore also worked with Agri-Foodand Veterinary Authority (AVA), Spring Singapore, Singapore Cold Chain Centreand Singapore Polytechnic to conduct three training courses at SingaporePolytechnic. They have trained a total of 58 personnel currently working in thecold chain industry including retailing, manufacturing, shipping and the airlineindustry.A number of major conferences were rolled out during 2006. These includeMOM-endorsed “Workplace Safety & Health – Prosecution or Sustainability”6