Earlier this year I reviewed Supply Chain World North America (Minneapolis), now — while waiting for our flight to Tokyo at Singapore Airport — is a good time to review the conference in Singapore this week.

Whereas I grouped my observations for Minneapolis in the categories the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, for Singapore I choose: the Good, the Better and the Best.

The Good

  • Representation from many countries from within and outside the region: Singapore, New Zealand, India, Dubai, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. (No attendees from Japan where the event was not marketed). The attendees where a reasonable representation of the members: government agencies, academia (including students), manufacturing, logistics, consultancies and other service providers. And most importantly: there was time for networking.
  • Full house for all presentations. The conference registered more then 150 attendees. To put this in perspective: the organizing chapter only has 37 member companies.
  • Many speakers were rated as having interesting and relevant content: reverse logistics, recycling, greening supply chains, collaboration and customer service. Some of these speakers could have improved their ratings by linking their presentations to using SCOR metrics or processes.

The Better

  • Board members and staff (South East Asia chapter) were available during all presentations and breaks. Members had and took the opportunity to talk to their local board members.

The Best

  • Presenters with highly rated content; case studies that addressed the real challenges and benefits of applying SCOR and DCOR in organizations (pharma, automotive, logistics). My personal favorite was the Douglas Pharmaceuticals presentation.