Public Seminar on High Performance Manufacturing and Supply Chain Excellence

Organized by Center for supply chain management and logistics, Li & Fung Institute of Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong and co-organized by MEIIA, a public seminar on "Hign Performance Manufacturing and Supply Chain Excellence" was held at PolyU room Y416 on Jan 26, 2007. The seminar attracted over 65 audiences with a "FULL HOUSE" situation.

The MC - Prof. Jeff Yeung, Director of Supply Chain Management Research Center,  Li & Fung Instituteof Supply Chain
Management and Logistics, CUHK,  officiated the seminar at 2:20 pm. Dr. Waiman Cheung - Director, Li & Fung Institute of Supply Chain Management and Logistics, CUHK, delivered a welcome remarks, and Mr. Benny Lam - Chairman of MEIIA also delivered an opening speech with introduction of MEIIA.  

 The first talked - High Performance Manufacturing: Comparison of USA, Europe and Asia, was delivered by Prof. Barbara Flynn, Indiana University, she shared with audiences the latest finding from the  High Performance Manufacturing project and compared the best practices and performance among different countries.

The second talk - Supply Chain Integration in China, was delivered by Prof. Xiande Zhao, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He discussed the different types of supply chain integration (SCIs) and the factors that influence SCIs. These factors include power, trust and relationship commitment. He showed the audiences the current status of SCIs and the impacts of SCIs on firm performance based the survey results of over 600 companies  in Hong Kong and Mainland Chinaand the empirical evidence for the impacts of SCLs. He also demonstrated how companies can achieve competitive advances through SCIs using some local cases.  

A coffee break was arrangeed after two talks, this was also a good networking time for participants.

The third talk - Cross Company Re-engineering for Supply Chain Collaboration of Polo, Luen Thai, & Ruentex,   was delivered by Dr. John Romagna, Senior Vice President, Luen Thai Group. He briefly summarized an effort in cross company reengineering to achieve “supply chain integration”, among Polo Ralph Lauren, one of the world’s most successful brands, Luen Thai, on of the world’s largest garment manufacturer’s, and Ruentex, on the world’s most sophisticated woven fabric suppliers. Enabling conditions, process, and outcomes/status were discussed.                                            

Lastly, a panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Waiman Cheung with the three speakers, Prof. Jeff Yeung, Mr. Benny Lam  and Mr. Daniel T.Olson, SVP & Chief Executive Officer, Merix Asia Ltd.

This was an interactive session for exchanging views and opinions between academic researchers and industry practitioners.The panellists discussed how to apply global best practices in Hong Kong and address problems and challenges facing manufacturing companiesin the PRD. Participants raised questions and also share their views actively.

The seminar sucessfully ended by 6:00 pm. A networking dinner followed at the Fous Seas Restaurant, 14/F., Li Ka Shing Tower, PolyU.

Mr. Benny Lam, Mr. Daniel T. Olson, Prof. Waiman Cheung, Dr. John Romagna, Prof. Barbara Flynn, Prof. Xiande Zhao, Prof. Jeff Yeung (from left to right)

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