SPECIAL OCT ‘21 EDITION
2023 ASCL Awards Committee resilient industry. Innovations in technology, systems and projects are advancing at pace and the care of our people and environment is in the forefront. Congratulations to all the ASCLA winners, High Commendation recipients & finalists for your amazing efforts and contribution. We would like to thank our media partner, Import Export TV for their fabulous coverage of the night, providing interviews and a sleek highlights reel that really captured the joy and atmosphere.
Cathy-Anne Jones 2023 ASCLA Committee Chair What an amazing turnout for the #ASCLA2023 Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards! This year saw a return to Sydney after 2 previous Awards in Melbourne. Over 470 seats were filled on the night, making it the largest ASCLA to date. The event was held at the elegant Fullerton Hotel housed in the refurbished GPO building at No. 1 Martin Place. This year was humorously hosted by comedic MC, Sam McCool. The awards attracted the who’s who of Australian Supply Chain with keynote provide by MD and CEO Australia Post, Paul Graham, who gave us an update on Australia Post and supply chain challenges, and emphasized the importance of mental health and supporting workers across our industry. An important aspect of the awards and a foundation for SCLAA, is to provide events that facilitate networking, collaboration & the sharing of ideas. This year we listened to feedback and provided more time in the night to network while celebrating the winners and highly commended. The buzz in the room was great as colleagues and contacts caught up in between celebrations. The ASCLA’s are continuing to be a key event on the Supply Chain calendar and offer recognition and encouragement for those in the industry in increasingly competitive categories. It was a pleasure to recognise those who have achieved much over the past year in what has proven to be a
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It was an honour to represent the leadership team at SCLAA and to Chair this event committee. I appreciate the support of the Board and SCLAA Chair, Sue Tomic for their faith in me, and the ASCLA team in bringing this event to you in 2023. My sincere thanks goes to the ASCLA inner circle Chief Judge Nigel Edwards, Partnership Manager Megan White, Fran De Klerk, Sam Varrano, Victorian Director Rakesh Bandipelli, Mary Soliman, Ishan Galapathy, Papillion Gordon and the many other volunteers and helpers on the night. Thanks to the ASCLA committee for your hard work in making these awards so memorable. I am surrounded by passionate supply chain professionals who give their time and efforts all year round to make SCLAA such a great association and the ASCLA’s such a growing success. If this sounds like something that you would like to be involved in for 2024, please reach out to the Association – we would love to welcome you as part of the SCLAA committees. Once again we had great support from industry and my appreciation and thanks goes to the event sponsors this year, Platinum sponsor Malec Transport; Gold sponsors Gamma Solutions, Import Export TV, Interroll, Americold, CoRsafe, NTI and Blue Yonder. Silver sponsor TMX and Bronze sponsors HDL and WiseTech Global. This year saw individual Award sponsors Collins, Biggers and Paisley, Biarri, LMA, Intermodal Australia and Akolade. ASCLA sponsorships assists us greatly in producing such a high calibre event and positions those sponsors as front and centre in supporting innovation and excellence in the industry. Whilst we are still on a high from this year, we are already looking ahead to the next ASCLA’s in 2024. Will it be in Sydney? Will we have an even bigger and more competitive Awards event? Stay tuned!
2023 ASCLA Committee Members
