It's your last chance to enter the Mercury Awards with the deadline approaching on September 1.
Entries are pouring in for the Mercury awards highlighting the leading position of the event in the logistics industry.
"The calibre of entries this year is higher than ever," says Logistics Magazine editor Anna Game-Lopata. "Judges will have their work cut out for them to select finalists.
"The likes of Costa Logistics Maersk Logistics, Paperless Warehousing, Robotic Automation and Coca-Cola Amatil are all strong contendors this year."
The Mercury Awards panel of judges comprise three independent industry experts.
Marcel Sieira has worked in Supply Chain for the last 12 years. He joined GS1 Australian in 2003 to assist the organisation grow the Professional Services offering by identifying the organisation’s member requirements and developing new services in the areas of identification and automatic data capture, data synchronisation, electronic messaging and EPC/RFID.
Sieira is also responsible for driving the growth of GS1net, GS1 Australia data synchronisation service. This responsibility includes driving adoption in sectors such as Grocery and Liquor, Healthcare, Automotive Aftermarket and Hardware as well as identifying developing new business opportunities and further system capabilities.
As General Manager of Sales and Business Development, Sieira is part of GS1 Australia's Senior Executive Team, assisting to develop and execute GS1 Australia's business strategy.
Based in NSW, Phil Lumsden has been in the logistics industry for over 32 years and has been employed by DHL Global Forwarding for a similar period.
Currently the NSW Manager for Global Forwarding, Phil Lumsden is responsible for the successful integration in NSW of the two forwarding operations of the former Exel and Danzas Air and Ocean business units.
He’s experienced in all areas of the supply chain, including international forwarding management, warehousing and local distribution.
Lumsden’s capabilities include, management responsibility for profit and loss since 1985, capability and capacity to implement structural reform to maintain the competitiveness of the business area under direct reporting, change management and project management.
A Sales & Marketing graduate, Lumsden has been a customs broker since 1978 and responsible for air and ocean freight forwarding since 1982.
Various management functions performed include divisional management experience from 1985 and state management responsibility since 1989.
Lumsden has also managed warehousing and transport operations in South Australia between 1989 and 1992. He was NSW Manager between1992 — 2000 covering all areas of our services offered in the state. Between 2000- 2006, Lumsden was South Pacific Manager for Logistics Management Services.
Rob O’Byrne has more than 25 years of operational logistics management and consulting experience. Clients include many national and multi-national Top 500 companies both in Australia and overseas, and industries as diverse as pharmaceutical, healthcare, automotive, mining and FMCG.
His specialist areas of expertise are Cost to ServeTM, outsourcing, supply chain strategy and sales and operations planning.
O’Byrne has an MSc in Logistics Management from Cranfield University in the UK. Born and educated in Jersey (UK/Channel Islands), Rob O’Byrne trained as an explosives Engineer. This “first career” spanned 18 years and was focussed very much in the Logistics area.
Following completion of a Master of Science degree in Logistics Management initially in logistics management education and training at Britain’s Cranfield University (UK), O’Byrne embarked on his second career, which involved the planning, delivery and management of a range of postgraduate Logistics courses aimed at middle to senior management.
Rob O’Byrne says this training role exposed him to the challenges of consulting, inspiring a third career change in 1993, when he joined a well-known Australian management-consulting firm with the aim of establishing a Sydney practice.
This was carried out with great success and O’Byrne began building a reputation as a no nonsense consultant delivering results to his customers. He established his own consulting company, Logistics Bureau with business partner Maurice Sinclair.
Judges base their decisions on the quality of projects submittes according to the following set of criteria:
- Real world challenges
- Practitioner experience
- Skills
- Best practice
- Results
“We’re proud to have such a prestigious group on board,” says Anna Game-Lopata. “But there's still time for interested companies to highlight their supply chain expertise.”
"The deadline for entries in September 1. Get in now!"
Download the entry form
Or call Anna Game-lopata 0n 02 9422 2645
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