Amway, Benz Daimler Chrysler, Alfred Dunhill, Bayer and Haier Honored at the 2007 CHaINA Awards

Nov. 9, 2007 - PRLog -- For the third year in row, the Council presented its CHaINA Awards to celebrate best practices and superior achievements that are enabled by supply chain management in China.

Hosted by Master of Ceremony Warwick John Fahy, over 150 supply chain senior executives gathered to give recognition and compliments to five outstanding winners at a prestigious gala dinner held at the Shanghai Regent Hotel on November 8.

While other awards tend to focus on service providers, the CHaINA Awards are aimed to recognize and applaud the end-users and practitioners of the supply chain profession. All nominations are driven by the leading manufacturers and retailers and the selection process is done in a totally sponsorship-free environment with an independent board of twelve senior supply chain professionals based in China.

The Best Supply Chain IT Solution was given to Seeburger for its recent JIT/JIS supply chain solution implemented at Benz Daimler Chrysler in Beijing. Over 150 suppliers are now live and using the system daily giving the manufacturer a competitive advantage in the China Automotive market and it has forced other OEM's to re-evaluate their SCM solutions.

The Award for China's Supply Chain Executive of the Year went to Dr. Dittmar Nerger, Head of Strategic Sourcing Healthcare at Bayer Healthcare for his years of management leadership and recent sourcing achievements in China.

The award for the Best 3PL Supply Chain Provider was presented to Kerry EAS for its innovative distribution solutions provided to Alfred Dunhill all over in China. Alfred Dunhill first started its business in China through 3rd party sales channel without self-owned shops and has now 39 self-owned stores and 27 wholesale stores all over China in less than 2 years.

The Award for Best Supply Chain Consulting Partner in China was awarded for the first time to IBM Global Business Services for the procurement transformation of Haier Group in Qingdao. Through the partnership with IBM, Haier managed to set up infrastructure for procurement innovation such as strategic sourcing, procurement engineering that paved the way for a dramatic cost reduction and supplier base optimization.

Amway China received the top Supply Chain Operational Excellence Award this year for its outstanding supply chain initiatives in China and abroad that resulted in a 20% logistics cost reduction, successful VMI operations between China and overseas factories and the rationalization of the number of logistics service providers.

The awards ceremony took place during CHaINA ‘07, China’s largest supply chain event that included over 90 multiple concurrent conferences, workshops and an exhibition floor. The event was attended by 400 delegates.

For further information about the CHaINA awards program and the winners, contact the China Supply Chain Council directly at +86 21 51021617, or email info at supplychain.cn

About the Global Supply Chain Council
The Global Supply Chain Council is a fast community reaching more than 50,000 professionals in high-growth markets like China, India and Vietnam. As a neutral and independent professional organization, the Council’s mission is to stimulate the understanding, adoption and use of supply chain management by providing, among others, magazine, directory, newsletters, seminars, workgroups, conferences, resources and other information.

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