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Pan Asia Logistics is gearing up for one of the most successful periods in the Company’s history as industry trends, consumer demand, regional progress and internal improvements formulate a perfect platform for the global operator to flourish Writer: Matthew Staff Project Manager: James Mitchell

an Asia Logistics’ role as one of the world’s leading holistic industry providers has long been compounded through the levels of innovation and continuous improvement displayed in the Asia-Pacific region, but recent developments across both internal and external expansions further emphasise the commitment that the Company has to the growth of not just its own business, but those of its key customers.

Combining high levels of German efficiency with an Asian commitment to delivering unparalleled standards of logistics services, the Company’s motto of ‘the pursuit of growth only if service quality remains uncompromised’ has led to relationships being formed with some of the most renowned international organisations; and via a series of recent innovations, Pan Asia Logistics is confident of creating the next generation of global transportation and logistics solutions.

“Our unique selling proposition and what distinguishes Pan Asia Logistics in the market is the understanding of our clients’ needs and requirements,” adds the Company’s Executive Chairman, Christian Bischoff.

“Logistics customers are interested to establish well-designed and efficient warehouse options within the region of Asia. We take advantage of warehouse development experience in Pan Asia Logistics Investments, our Group’s property development subsidiary. The real estate development arm offers a full range of services that handles all phases of industrial real estate development revolving around planning, investing, designing, building, owning, and operating real estate assets.”

Specialising in built-to-suit logistics and logistic-related properties, the Company’s customisable and flexible portfolio is capable of being tailored for any new or prospective client; thus bringing longevity and

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ince its inception in Neunkirchen, Germany, 1937, by Mr. Fritz Schaefer, SSI SCHAEFER has been one of the world’s leading suppliers of a comprehensive range of high-quality storage systems for warehouses, manufacturing plants and commercial offices. Ranked by a US trade publication as the world’s largest material handling system supplier for eight successive years, SSI SCHAEFER employs more than 9,000 people in 50 countries on five continents.

Warehouse management has been honed as part of system upgrades

sustainability to the Pan Asia Logistics model, and this has been reflected in a prolonged period of success in recent years including ongoing involvement with landmark projects including Changi North Way and Tuas Bay Drive Warehouse in Singapore, and the Tanjung Pelepas Warehouse in Malaysia.

“Overall, 2015 was a good year for us, despite the impact the sluggish growth of the global economy had on our industry, and into 2016 we have developed an innovation roadmap for the Company with the objective to identify opportunities and risks, and to refine the Pan Asia Logistics Business Model,” Bischoff states. “We have put in place appropriate systems and processes for operational efficiency in the immediate term and identified technology systems needed for business growth over the medium to long-term.”

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2015 was a good year for us... and into 2016 we have developed an innovation roadmap for the Company with the objective to identify opportunities, risks and to refine the Pan Asia Logistics Business Model

In Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, SSI SCHAEFER has been established for more than 30 years, with a total of 19 sales offices and two manufacturing plants spanning 16 countries. The products manufactured adhere to strict international industry standards such as the FEM 10.02.02, EN15512, AS 4084 and ISO 9001, with original German production technology.

At the turn of the millennium, SSI SCHAEFER acquired three automation manufacturers, who were also systems integrators, complementing SSI SCHAEFER’s already comprehensive range of industrial products.

With its international presence, outstanding customer service, decades of experience, and first-class teamwork, the Company can now provide a one-stop shop convenience with major benefits for its extensive client base when it comes to costeffective solutions, project planning and implementation.

The Company is fully equipped to design, install, integrate, and implement storage solutions for projects of all magnitudes.

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EFFICIENT WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS As a full range supplier of warehouse and logistics systems we support our customers in a comprehensive and straight-forward way. Irrespective of whether you decide in favour of a manual, partially or fully-automated solution. For more than 75 years, we have been designing concepts for all kinds of industries.

We customise every solution to the particular requirements of our clients in a cooperative partnership. Using our many years of experience to your advantage, we will demonstrate how to make your processes more efficient.

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nfolog is an independent software vendor (ISV) known for providing streamlined, omnichannel logistic software solutions with a particular focus on distributors, 3PL/4PL logistics providers and brand owners.

Infolog WMS is a leading best-of-breed warehouse management system. It is an operation-centric system that manages time-critical logistics and distribution operations.

The solution comprises extensive features that are modular by nature, providing users with exceptional flexibility and control over cost and actual needs.

The Company plans to increase its warehouse capacities to four million square feet by 2019

open tenders, client referrals, cross selling and channel partnerships, short and medium-term goals include geographical expansions into the likes of Europe and North America, as well as sector growth into new verticals, deepened product width and a general strengthening of the business’ global agency network.

Increased revenues and profits

In the long-term, this will ultimately impact Pan Asia Logistics’ saturation on a worldwide scale, and will be complemented by plans to increase its warehouse capacities from 1.5 million square feet to four million square feet in 2019, and then to six million three years further on.

Significant plans such as these are an indictment of the general need at present to cater for demand, and this is further epitomised by a similar broadening of the Company’s Project Logistics business in the marine,

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To support a variety of industries – such as 3PL, distribution, cold chain operators, ecommerce, retailers and more – Infolog employs different approaches with Infolog Radio Frequency (RF), Infolog Voice, Infolog Augmented Reality (AR) and Infolog Pick-to-Light modules depending on user requirements.

With offices spanning ASEAN regions, Infolog strives to provide the best service, taking on every project and software implementation and offering a unique experience for its clients.

“As an ecommerce business, one of the major challenges is that our business never sleeps. With a business running 24-seven, Infolog has managed to provide a superb support experience at unprecedented levels!”

- Samuel Lim, CEO of Reebonz Ltd

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At Infolog, we believe every client is unique. We carefully tailor our solutions integrated with best technologies to fulfill your requirements.

With offices strategically located around ASEAN region be ready to experience project implementation and response speeds at unprecedented levels!

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The new Volkswagen Regional Distribution Centre will be built in the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia

offshore, oil & gas, energy and construction domains.

Its core remit of heavy lifting and transportation of oversized cargoes, tug and barge services, chartering of heavy lift vessels, aircraft charters, and coordinated turnkey project logistics is also thriving as part of the established Panalogs Projects subsidiary and adds a further string to the ever strengthening Pan Asia Logistics bow.

“Panalogs Projects is growing nicely and steadily, and we have also set up Panalogs TCS, a time critical solutions division under the Pan Asia Logistics umbrella,” Bischoff continues. “TCS has a unique positioning in the niche market and functions in an oligopoly environment since there are no dominant TCS service providers globally.

“TCS generates profit margins that are significantly higher compared to

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Panalogs Projects is growing nicely and steadily, and we have also set up Panalogs TCS, a time critical solutions division under the Pan Asia Logistics umbrella

other freight forwarding services and adding Panalogs TCS to the Pan Asia Logistics product and service portfolio provides solid potential towards the Company’s growth, increased revenues and profits.”

Simultaneous improvements being made across the Company’s supply chain solutions in emerging markets – incorporating areas of ecommerce and logistics centres under the guise of investment subsidiary, Built-To-Suit (BTS) solutions and a dedicated Supply Chain Solutions division – further demonstrates its ability to evolve the brand quickly in line with industry demand, and this continues to have positive ramifications on the contracts ultimately being awarded to Pan Asia Logistics.

“Our two largest key projects currently are the construction of two distribution centres in Malaysia; one for BMW and the other one for Volkswagen,” the Executive Chairman notes. “Our real estate development

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an Asia Logistics, one of the fastest growing logistics solutions providers in Asia-Pacific, prides itself on choosing vCargo Cloud (VCC) as its preferred logistics partner.

Pan Asia Logistics commissioned VCC to provide an e-freight solution that involves capturing data from Pan Asia Logistics’ customers – their shippers – into VCC’s e-freight platform and subsequently into VCC’s TradeNet frontend software.

By capturing the data at source and allowing the data to be reused, VCC’s solutions helped Pan Asia Logistics

avoid having to manually re-enter the data from the source documents, which is both time consuming and error prone. Together with the encapsulation and automation of relevant business processing rules that used to be executed via human intervention, Pan Asia Logistics has been able to save time for their staff in their permit declaration process, eliminating human errors from data re-entry and improving turnaround time for shipments, with better speed and higher accuracy.

smoother and more accurate. And the best part of VCC’s solution? On top of their free, unlimited usage of their TradeNet Frontend software and 24/7 round-the-clock support, they have an experienced team that shows a strong commitment to customer satisfaction and to other complementary services that add value and enhance the declaration workflow, making them the go-to partner for trade declaration and trade facilitation solution any day.

With VCC, Pan Asia Logistics is able to make trade declarations faster,

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Disrupting Asia’s e-Logistics Sector with VCC’s e-Trade Ecosystem vCargo Cloud’s e-Trade Platform connects shippers, freight forwarders and other related businesses in the supply chain so that everyone can both access and provide new services to one another in a secured, extensible and scalable environment.

Plugging easily onto our platform, our customers can discover and access services from others onboard, with little or zero upfront investments and minimal changes to their existing system and workflow. Shippers can automate their document flow, get real-time status on their shipment status and manage their archive documents in the data vault. Forwarders can reduce their headcount costs and time spent in data entry and improve their data accuracy in their shipment orders and other related processes such as permit declaration.

Shippers can also easily discover related services from providers such as insurance companies and banks for insurance and credit facilities. Our platform also integrates domain-specific features and services to serve niche verticals such as B2B and B2C e-commerce and product-specific industries such as food manufacturing and seafood.

With VCC’s e-Trade Platform, it becomes an ecosystem where we connect businesses together so that our customers can tap into a growing pool of services, seamlessly and conveniently, while at the same time creating opportunities for service providers to provide these services in an integrated and scalable manner. With more services, the platform will serve more customers, which will in turn attract more new services, creating a positive spiral and win-win for everyone.

Our Solutions and Services e-Trade/e-freight Platform connecting shippers, forwarders and service providers for seamless connectivity of data and provision/consumption of services.

Industry-specific solutions providing back-end logistics functions and connectivity for logistics, freight forwarding and cross-border trades.

End-to-end permit declaration service for responsive and accurate customs clearance.

Customs Clearance system with complete front-end and back-end solution for trade facilitation.

Other related e-government solutions including taxation system and business registration system.

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oGri Group is a consortium of global flooring specialists with 25 years of experience in the design, construction and upgrading of high performance concrete floors. CoGri is regarded as the leading provider of concrete floor solutions for the logistics and retail sectors. By applying cuttingedge design solutions and the latest technology, we help clients to maximise warehouse efficiency, increase storage density and reduce operating costs.

Through early collaboration with clients, CoGri can deliver exceptional value and ensure that your new warehouse developments and upgrades are a success.

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subsidiary is building the BMW Parts Distribution Centre in Senai, Malaysia with a land size of 1,130,211 square feet and this project is valued at SGD 70 million and divided into two phases.

“The new Volkswagen Regional Distribution Centre will be built in the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia and although this warehouse has a land size of only 796,500 square feet, its warehouse size will have 1,140,900 square feet making this development the largest warehouse building Pan Asia Logistics has completed up to this date with a value of SGD 90 million.”

Expansion and growth

To facilitate such strong external development, internal refinements have been a key feature of the Company’s strategic plans in recent years, investing heavily into its own technological landscape and IT infrastructure while upgrading and investing extensively into fully

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Globalisation has changed the competition landscape and customer expectations have risen, so to stay on top of the competition, Pan Asia Logistics needs to keep reinventing itself and innovate

automated warehouse equipment to bring enhanced efficiencies into daily operations.

Freight management, warehouse management and financial management have all been honed as part of system upgrades; firstly optimising labour efforts and ultimately improving the levels of productivity and innovation that emanate their way through the Company at all levels of the business hierarchy.

Bischoff adds: “We have also enhanced processes through the implementation of process management & controlling as a cross function, a strategic movement throughout the organisation and across all divisions.

“Globalisation has changed the competition landscape and customer expectations have risen, so to stay on top of the competition, Pan Asia Logistics needs to keep re-inventing itself and innovate, while keeping its operational processes focused

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to deliver consistent high service standards to its customers. We recognise that the Company’s assets – systems, capital and people – are amalgamated into numerous internal supply chains summing up to become the productive organisation.”

The latter of these three assets is arguably the most pivotal in any organisation, and Pan Asia Logistics’ commitment to employee enrichment and development is precisely what you’d expect from a Company in such ascendency.

“With our continuous expansion and growth, we are constantly looking for the future leaders at Pan Asia Logistics,” Bischoff continues. “The power of our people is one of the greatest factors in the success of our Company and in the process of meeting our objectives. Empowerment means that employees experience taking responsibility and participate in decision-making and problem solving.

“Over the past two years, Pan Asia Logistics had expanded significantly – increasing its staff strength – and each employee is encouraged to maintain a better work-life balance through diverse after-work classes as well.”

The centre of gravity will remain in Asia

Pan Asia Logistics has very much been riding a wave of industry enthusiasm over the past decade in Asia, having witnessed rapid growth in the continent’s importance to the global economy. The global transportation services industry is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of more than six percent between 2014 and 2019, and for that reason and many more; Pan Asia Logistics’ “centre of gravity will remain in Asia”.

“The APAC logistics industry has a positive outlook which translates to higher demand for the logistics services sector. There are several broad trends associated with Asia’s rapid growth and development that

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have been driving its transport and logistics (T&L) sector,” Bischoff explains. “First, intra-Asian trade has boomed as manufacturing supply chains have spread and deepened across the region.

“A significant export growth is also expected from the electronics equipment industry and ASEAN countries are also focusing on high or low-tech/value manufacturing

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that require more spacious, singletenant facilities desired near their final product destinations. That is when customised solutions are beginning to gain traction.”

Seemingly playing into Pan Asia Logistics’ hands, the global economic development of emerging markets in conjunction with the unparalleled scope that the Company enjoys within its flexible portfolio is sure to reap

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“Customised solutions are beginning to gain traction”

rewards across the board, while also allowing for inevitable sector-specific fluctuations or shortfalls such as those seen in the oil & gas sector of late.

It’s not unreasonable to suggest that a vast portion of the logistics industry’s growth over the coming years can be expected to come from Asia, and while there are inevitably challenges to curtail within this exciting period, no companies are better equipped to weather storms and capitalise on opportunity in equal measure, as Pan Asia Logistics.

Structural upgrades and improvements will be applied, the world’s industry elite will continue to turn to the Company for its own concerted migrations into the region and, as Bischoff affirms, “I would very much like to look back and let you know that these years formed one of the most successful periods in our history”.

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Pan Asia Logistics Head office: Pan Asia Logistics Centre 21 Changi North Way Singapore 498774 E: info.singapore@panalogs.com T: +65 6846 0660 | F: +65 67480660 www.panasialogs.com

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