School of International Business and Marketing would like to respectfully invite lecturers/researchers/practitioners to come and share your experiences at the SIBM 2023 1^st  seminar:

Title: LOGISTICS MANAGERS’ COMPETENCE AND FIRMS’ LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE: ARE THEY RELATED?

Keynote speakers: 

1. Prof. Shams Rahman, RMIT University, Australia and UEH Research Fellow

2. Prof. Thai Van Vinh, RMIT University, Australia and UEH Research Fellow

3. Mr. Le Tran Nhat Phuong, Vice-General Director, Bee Logistics Corporation

Time: 2pm – 4pm (Vietnam), Thursday 13th April 2023

Location: Room B1-205, 279 Nguyen Tri Phuong St, Ward 5, Dist 10, HCMC

Supply chain and logistics management play a vital role in the national economy of Vietnam in two ways. First, logistics is one of the major expenditures for businesses, thereby affecting and being affected by other economic activities. Secondly, logistics support economic transactions; it is critical for facilitating sales of goods and services. Like any other economic sector, a skilled and competent workforce in the logistics sector contributes greatly to its success. Also, having a skilled and competent workforce is essential in light of increasing external trade opportunities such as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

As the business environment continues to evolve, the supply chain and logistics sector faces numerous challenges. To face these challenges, well-trained, skilled, and competent logistics and supply chain professionals are essential. It is expected that logistics and supply chain professionals with a high level of competence would perform well and contribute to their firms’ logistics performance.

The aim of this seminar is to present Vietnamese industry professionals, scholars and students with preliminary results of a joint study between UEH and RMIT regarding the link between logistics and supply chain competence and firm logistics performance. Implications for students, training institutions, managers and policymakers will also be discussed.  

About the keynote speakers:

1. Prof. Shams Rahman - Professor at the Department of Supply Chain and Logistics, RMIT University, Australia

Prof. Shams Rahman has been recognised among the world’s top 2% of scholars in the discipline in 2021 and 2022. He is a former British Commonwealth scholar who held visiting fellowships at several universities including MIT (Zaragoza Logistics Center), Virginia Tech and University of Exeter.

Professor Rahman is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management and sits on the editorial board of fifteen international journals. He has published over 250 research papers and served as a Guest Editor for several top-ranked journals. Professor Rahman is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and education, and integrated approaches to defining and unravelling supply chain challenges and societal concerns. His current research interest is in supply chain sustainability and disruptive technology, and talent management.

2. Prof. Thai Van Vinh - Professor of Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Prof. Thai Van Vinh was listed in the world’s top 2% of scholars, and ranked 172^th in the list of 23,751 scholars in the discipline of transport and logistics worldwide, according to a recently released bibliometric report by Elsevier.

Professor Thai Van Vinh is Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics and is known internationally for his research in logistics and supply chain management in general and maritime logistics in particular. He has so far published more than 140 international peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and several book chapters, in leading academic journals. His work has been widely cited in academic journals as well as in industry magazines, newspapers, radio etc., both in Australia and Vietnam.

He is the founder of the Australian Maritime Logistics Research Network (AMLRN), established in 2019, connecting maritime academics and industry professionals in Australia and overseas. Prior to joining academia, he worked for various companies in the maritime logistics industry including Asian Pacific Shipping, P&O Nedlloyd Shipping Line, and Vietnam International Container Terminal (VICT).

3. Mr. Le Tran Nhat Phuong - Vice-General Director of Bee Logistics Corporation

Bee Logistics Corporation, founded in 2004, is one of the leading international logistics service providers in Vietnam. In two decades, from a small firm, the company has grown into an internationally recognized logistics firm in the region the with branches and representative offices in Australia and other South East Asian countries, namely Thailand, India, Taiwan, Korea, China, Malaysia. As an ISO 9001 accredited company and a member of FIATA, Vietnam Freight Forwarder Association, WCA China Global, the company offers mostly integrated and modern logistics services: ranging from custom broker, air freight, containerized shipment, break bulk, multi-modal transportation, railway, cross border transportation, door to door, oversized and over-weighted cargo, and value-added services like warehousing, packaging, labelling. Bee Logistics Corporation is one of the few companies in Vietnam that has customs brokerage license accepted in USA as per FMC 's approval.