Supply Chain Challenge++ (SCC++) is a case competition open to full-time polytechnic and ITE students.

Organised by the Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) and Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), SCC++ is designed to be a platform for students to experience the logistics industry and try their hands at tackling real-life supply chain issues.

Finalist teams get to be mentored by logistics professionals from a Mentor Partner for a period of five weeks – applying their logistics knowledge to understand a real-life challenge faced by the Mentor Partner and propose a feasible solution.

In addition to the student component of the challenge, this year’s SCC++ will provide an opportunity for start-ups and SMEs to apply their solutions to address these real-life challenges. This multi-party collaboration seeks to accelerate innovation thinking and foster partnerships through the use of technology and geospatial sciences. The Technology Track is supported by GeoWorks, Singapore’s GeoSpatial Industry Centre.

For more details of the SCC++ Industry Track, please visit www.GeoWorks.sg/Challenges.

Lasting from April to July, SCC++ will see various activities that provide opportunities for participants to interact with logistics professionals, hear their stories and find out about the career opportunities available in the industry.

SCC++ Official Launch: 26 April 2019

• Introduction to mentor companies

Finals: 24 July 2019

• The finalist teams will showcase their recommendations to the public and a panel of judges, where the champion, first runner-up and the second runner-up will be chosen.

Singapore Logistics Association (Co-Organiser)

Established since 1973, the Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) aims to represent the Singapore logistics industry and advance professionalism and excellence to promote high standards in industry practices.

Its growing membership of more than 590 business entities today offers a diverse scope of logistics activities spanning international freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution operations, container depot operations, transport services, postal parcels, relocations and move management specialists, as well as other logistics ancillary support services.

As a trade association, SLA seeks to fulfil its objectives in close collaboration and engagement with logistics companies and professionals, institutions and academia, industry organisations and partners, government agencies, as well as international organisations and businesses. For more information, please visit www.sla.org.sg

The incorporation of its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Logistics Academy, in 2010 marked a step forward in SLA’s commitment towards providing quality thttp://www.tla.edu.sg/raining and lifelong learning for the logistics workforce.

For more information, please visit www.tla.edu.sg

Singapore University of Social Sciences

SUSS is a national university of Singapore that is continually providing inclusive lifelong learning and applied education opportunities with strong social emphasis that transcends disciplinary focus. Our mission is to champion lifelong education to develop future thinkers and leaders to their fullest potential through our 3H’s education philosophy – ‘Head’ for professional competency with applied knowledge, ‘Head’ for social awareness of the needs of the society, and ‘Habit’ for passion towards lifelong learning.

We offer more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programmes, available in full-and part-time study modes which are flexible, modular and multi-faceted in learning experience to cater to both fresh school leavers and adult learners. We also launched a broad range of continuing education and training modular courses for the professional skills and knowledge upgrading of our workforce.

Our programmes and courses are made available through our five school:

• School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences,
• School of Business,
• S R Nathan School of Human Development,
• School of Law, and
• School of Science and Technology.

To date, over 30,000 graduates have chosen $USS as their university of choice. Each year, over 15,000 students are pursuing their part-and full-time studies with us.

For more information on SUSS, please visit www.suss.edu.sg.

GeoWorks

GeoWorks is Singapore’s geospatial industry centre, operated by the Singapore Land Authority, that brings geospatial companies, business enterprises and the government together, in order to expand business opportunities and grow a vibrant geospatial ecosystem.

GeoWorks aims to promote and proliferate the use of geospatial information and technology to support sectoral digitalisation and to elevate the geospatial industry for Smart Cities. The focus is to help create solutions using location and map-based technologies to enhance business opportunities and productivity, and provide geospatial solutions for the Singapore public and businesses.

For more details of GeoWorks, please visit www.geoworks.sg.

Janio Technologies Pte Ltd

Janio Technologies Pte Ltd is a technology enabled logistics solutions provider based in Singapore. Founded in early 2018, Janio Technologies has grown from a team of four founders to over thirty staff within a year, expanding its market coverage to over twelve different international lanes throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Janio Technologies primarily serves e-commerce companies, providing an end-to-end shipping solution for its clients. Within a short span of time, the company has increased its shipping volume from tens to thousands of parcels per day. The company continues to strive towards its long term goal of being a gateway to Southeast Asia for all the world’s e-commerce companies, by developing innovative products and services that simplifies logistics in the region.

Find out more at the company website at: https://www.janio.asia

Sin Chew Woodpaq Pte Ltd

Established since the 1970s, Sin Chew Woodpaq has grown from strength to strength from a small wooden crate manufacturer into a logistics specialist over the years, expanding our capabilities along the way to suit the ever-changing business environment.

Today we are one of the leading providers of project logistics services, building on our key competencies in Customized Wooden Crating, Heavy Machinery Moving and Packing, Heavy Lifting and Transportation, Warehousing and Material Treatment. We have worked across a wide spectrum of industries and through each and every of our projects we uphold our values of Professionalism, Excellence, Service Quality and Focus on Safety.

For more information, please visit our website at www.sin-chew.com.sg.

Shalom International Movers Pte Ltd

In 1982, Shalom Movers was formed to breathe new life into the logistic industry (moving sector), to give peace of mind and to be the name you can trust for moving and storage requirements.

Though with the progress of technology, the moving industry was relatively untouched by it, yet by embracing change and growing with disruptive innovation, the role of Shalom Movers has evolved to encompass other areas of moving, forwarding, shipping, logistics, E-commerce Logistics and much more.

Shalom Movers started from a humble beginning with only one van and one man delivery. Over the span of 37 years, today Shalom Movers houses over 100 mobile assets and more than 100 employees to serve the residential, commercial, international move segments and offers short to long term storage facilities.

For more information, please refer to the website: www.shalom.com.sg

VersaFleet™

VersaFleet is a Transport Management Software-as-a-Service (TMS SaaS) that automates supply chains with route optimisation, electronic Proof-Of-Delivery (ePOD), instant notifications and real-time job-status tracking. Designed for the everyman, VersaFleet powers thousands of transporters worldwide, automating operations one successful delivery at a time.

VersaFleet has been in the market for 7 years and has been automating logistics operations across multiple industry verticals in ASEAN region. Some of our customers include Fortune 500 brands like Philips, Canon, Amazon and Johnson & Johnson.

For more information, please visit https://versafleet.co/

Yang Kee Logistics Pte Ltd

Established in 1990 and with its headquarters in Singapore, Yang Kee Logistics was founded with only a fleet of two trucks as a trucking company, and is today, an end-to-end global supply chain logistics partner with a global presence in 11 countries.

As our customers’ needs evolve with times, so have our services and infrastructure. We also invest in many state-of-the-art facilities, taking into consideration the size and complexity of our clients’ logistics needs. Today, with over 4 million square feet of logistics facilities globally, we are one of the top logistics and warehousing companies in Singapore. Yang Kee provides services such as international freight forwarding, warehouse management, dangerous goods storage, as well as trucking and distribution and specialised project logistics for our customers. Steering our company is a global team of over 1250 Yang Kee network and employees, equipped with in-depth expertise and experience in a wide range of industries, including the chemical, consumer and retail, oil & gas, industrial, food and healthcare logistics industries.

For more information, please refer to the website : www.yangkee.com