2009 Ascl Award Winners 11908

For Immediate Release

November 2009

Media Release 2009 ASCL Award winners announced at Eureka Tower The

Supply

Chain

&

Logistics

Association

of

Australia

(SCLAA)

announced the winners of the 2009 Australian Supply Chain and Logistics Awards on Thursday the 12th of November at the Eureka Tower. The awards evening was sponsored by GS1 Australia and SupplyChain Review and minor sponsors AIMM Industrial Training, Australia’s Best, College of Warehousing, IPA, SSI Schaefer and SkyWire. With an extremely high and diverse number of entries in every category this year the judging was even more difficult for 2009, with the winners and high commendations standing out as exceptional submissions. 2009 ASCL FUTURE LEADERS AWARD The purpose of this award is to provide incentive and recognition to young professionals who are both currently working in and wish to continue their career path within the Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Industry.

WINNER: JODIE COLLIE, COLINS FOOD GROUP Jodie Collie is a shining example of the competence, flair and enthusiasm increasingly common amongst our industry's Future Leader's today. Over the past 12 to 24 months at Collins Food Group in Brisbane, Jodie has become increasingly relied on in her role as Group Purchasing Officer both on operational and strategic levels. Jodie has an infectiously positive personality that spills over

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into every part of her professional life. She has developed a reputation amongst her clients and colleagues as a ‘can do’ – ‘go to’ person when any operational hiccup is experienced in servicing fresh food businesses all over Queensland. More recently during the Queensland floods this year, Jodie (in the absence of her State Manager and CEO who were both interstate) single handily propped up the operations of Collins Food Group by thinking quickly on her feet and developing numerous supply chain strategies to continue to service those clients in rural Queensland most isolated by the floods. Jodie is an example to her clients, peers and supervisors of what a positive and determined attitude can have on any supply chain in any situation.

HIGH COMMENDATION: MATTHEW KELLYTHORN, MRS CROCKET’S KITCHEN The finalists were Greg Layt, Polar Fresh, Peter Callister, Queensland Health, Georgina Vuksanovic, Mrs Crocket’s Kitchen and Matthew Kellythorn, Mrs Crocket’s Kitchen. 2009 ASCL T&L INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARD This

prestigious

award

recognises

and

acknowledges

the

outstanding

achievements and contribution by an individual currently working within the Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Industry.

WINNER: BILL POTTER, NQX COLLEGE Bill Potter is NQX's National Learning & Development Manager. Bill's goal for the NQX College is to provide NQX Freight Systems with the capability to establish the safest work environment possible by offering the most experienced employees at NQX with qualifications as National Trainers & Assessors. Bill's concept will also allow experienced workers at NQX with the capability to manage the development of skills and knowledge in all regional depots across Australia; 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. Bill has been a strong supporter of the changing culture in T&L to recognise training as a critical part of the future to ensure the long-term sustainability of our industry.

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HIGH COMMENDATION:

DIRK WAGENSVELD, JJ RICHARDS & SONS

The finalists were Andrew Stewart, Intelog Business & Healthcare Performance Group, Linda Lyons, Queensland Health, TLWAG and Dirk Wagensveld, JJ Richards & Sons. 2009 ASCL STORAGE & HANDLING OF MATERIALS AWARD For significant achievements in the techniques and technology of materials storage and handling at any stage of the Supply Chain. The trophy was first awarded in 1980 and is dedicated to Dexion’s Founder, Demetrius Comino, OBE. WINNER:

CORPORATE EXPRESS AUSTRALIA

Corporate Express Australia Limited is one of Australia’s leading suppliers of business essentials throughout Australia and New Zealand. Corporate Express’s new National Regional Distribution Centre (NRDC) at Erskine Park, New South Wales is their flagship distribution centre for the business. The NRDC has already attracted significant interest within the local FMCG industry.

The NRDC is

43,000 m2 of warehouse and office accommodation and has been designed to facilitate fully-operational business units to work seamlessly under one roof. The new NRDC has provided their operations innovative storage & handling improvements including a state of the art Warehouse Management System, a Mobile Carts and Batch Picking Solution, high quality Materials Handling and Storage Solutions, a Carton Live Storage with Rhino Rollers and Carton Erectors amongst numerous other benefits.

The finalists were Coles Limited, Coca Cola Amatil, Western Star, Volkswagen and Robotic Automation. 2009 ASCL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AWARD

For significant achievement in the use of communications, information management, technology and e-business in any aspect of Supply Chain and Logistics management, with particular regard to the added value produced by the achievement. The trophy was first awarded in 1994 and is dedicated to the late Len Smith FAIMM.

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WINNER: GED HALSTEAD, CLIFFORD HALLAM HEALTHCARE CH2 (Clifford Hallam Healthcare) is Australia’s largest, national wholesaler and distributor of medical and surgical products, pharmaceuticals, and equipment. CH2’s goal, under Chief Information Officer Ged Halstead’s direction, was to eliminate error-prone manual processes by automating all warehouse functions. Some of the business benefits of this initiative have included a 95% inventory accuracy, reduced inventory holdings by 15 to 20%, increased pick rate accuracy to more than 96% and reduced labor costs by 3x the initial estimate. Ged has over 20 years experience implementing ERP systems for a broad range of industries internationally and has 10 years experience in the healthcare industry delivering solutions for global leading brands in medical devices companies, medical services companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand. 2009 ASCL TRAINING, EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT AWARD For significant achievement in any aspect of training, education, or the development of people which is relevant to Supply Chain and Logistics. The trophy was first awarded in 2002 and is dedicated to the late Professor Peter Gilmour. WINNER:

POLAR FRESH COLD CHAIN SERVICES

Polar Fresh Cold Chain Services Parkinson started operating in February 2009 as a third party logistics company for Confectionery, Chilled and Frozen goods for Coles. Since operation started in February 2009 Polar Fresh Parkinson has been labeled the best ‘Go Live’ the Coles network has seen. One of the primary contributions to this success was the quality of training provided to existing staff and new staff. This comprehensive program included an extensive one-day induction process followed by a 2 to 3 week program that gave all employees a detailed understanding of all the operational aspects to Polar Fresh’s business. Comprehensive ongoing training for all staff during their ‘establishing phase’ was also undertaken (and still is) and included Training Team Members, Certificate III in Transport and Logistics, Team Manager Development Training, Frontline Management Training, School Based Traineeships and Women Moving Forward amongst numerous other innovative training programs for staff.

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HIGH COMMENDATION: NQX COLLEGE The finalists were Direct Couriers, TDT Victoria, NQX College, Mrs Crocket’s Kitchen and Project Professionals Group. 2009 ASCL MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS AWARD For

significant

achievement

in

any

aspect

of

Logistics

associated

with

manufacturing, with particular regard to the effect on cost and efficiency of the total manufacturing process and the integrated Supply Chain. The trophy was first awarded in 1963 and is dedicated to the late Mr.W. (Bill) Cribben. HIGH COMMENDATION: WINNER:

ROBOTIC AUTOMATION

COCA-COLA AMATIL PROJECT JUPITER

Coca Cola Amatil's (CCA) Project Jupiter has consolidated order fulfillment and distribution through 2 new world class Distribution Centres (DC). Commissioned in Sep 08, CCA's new 55,000 pallet capacity automated high-bay DC at its production plant in Northmead (NSW) handles all large quantity order for retailers and high volume customers. The new Eastern Creek facility is designed to optimise the efficiency of order fulfillment and distribution for their NSW Route Trade. Project Jupiter has greatly simplified CCA's supply chain & logistics network as well as their manufacturing operations in NSW. This re-modeling project has eliminated the inefficient trans-shipment of stock between locations and improved the overall sustainability of their manufacturing operations. 2009 ASCL ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD For significant achievement in any area of environmental concern, including traffic

congestion,

packaging

or

waste

disposal,

recycling

and

energy

consumption. The trophy was first awarded in 1966 and is dedicated to Mr Ken Pike.

WINNER:

CORPORATE EXPRESS AUSTRALIA

Corporate Express Australia Limited is one of Australia’s leading suppliers of business essentials throughout Australia and New Zealand. Corporate Express’s new National Regional Distribution Centre (NRDC) at Erskine Park, New South Wales is their flagship distribution centre for the business. The NRDC has already

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attracted significant interest within the local FMCG industry.

The NRDC is

43,000 m2 of warehouse and office accommodation and has been designed to facilitate

fully-operational business units

to work seamlessly under one

roof. Since the distribution centre came into operation in September 2008 it has seen a 20 per cent uplift in productivity. The distribution centre was designed to incorporate best practice Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) systems and is used by the Green Building Council of Australia under the Green Star – Industrial PILOT project to help create green standards for industrial buildings. It is considered a leading example of sustainable development for the industrial sector in Australia. 2009 ASCL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AWARD HIGH COMMENDATION:

BARMINCO

LIMITED

&

SUPPLY

CHAIN

SERVICES AUSTRALIA WINNER:

QUEENSLAND HEALTH

Queensland Health’s (QH) Northern Area Supply Services (NASS) has used a hub and spoke service delivery model to improve the quality and efficiency of services delivered across the Northern and Central Area Health Services of QH. The nature of their achievement was that in a very short time frame Queensland Health has moved from a disparate, non standardised supply process across 40 sites to a single supply chain approach.

NASS have managed to significantly

alter the methods of this very large and geographically spread organisation. Some of the many benefits to QH have included a bulk purchasing and SOA savings of $1.19 million per year, and time savings from use of an automatic order system of 523hrs per week across the northern area of QLD.

The

achievements of NASS have been progressed as one of the critical components of end-to-end supply chain reform, which addresses information and control systems as enabling requirements. The finalists were Northern Area Supply Services, Barminco Limited & Supply Chain Services Australia, and Australian Air Express.

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