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Quality Review Board (QRB) Members Mr Karmjit Singh Chief Operating Officer Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) Chairman The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Singapore Chairman Qualification Review Board, CPL Programme  Ms Tan Beng Tee Director (IMC) Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore   Mr Koh Soo Keong President SembCorp Logistics (S) Pte Ltd  Mr Steve Dearnley President, Asia/Pacific Bax Global Logistics Pte Ltd  Mr CK Lee Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Exel Singapore Pte Ltd   Mr Michael Drake Regional Director Global Account Management, Asia TNT Express Worldwide Pte Ltd  Professor Tae Hoon Oum UPS Foundation Chair in Transport and Logistics Sauder School of Business The University of British Columbia, Canada  Professor Oh Kyoung Kwon Professor of Logistics and Transportation Asia Pacific School of Logistics Inha University, Korea  Mr Goh Yong Chew Executive Director Seagate Technologies

Chairman's Message

Increasingly driven by information technology and capabilities enhancement, the logistics industry in Singapore has evolved to move beyond the widespread perception of mere warehousing operations and trucking.

This means that while the freight or transport personnel moves the goods, professional logisticians must be equipped with critical IT and supply chain management skills and knowledge so that they will be able to plan and coordinate the movement and storage of goods using information.

To take logistics professionalism to greater heights, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Singapore, in collaboration with International Enterprise Singapore, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and other education and training institutions have developed the Certified Professional Logistician (CPL) programme.

The programme recognises logistics professionals who have made significant contribution in the field of logistics and supply chain management. It emphasises continuing improvement of knowledge and skills in the field, IT and financial logistics. Used as a measurement of logistics and supply chain management competence, it will give due recognition and accreditation to experts in this field.

The first professional certification for logistics in Asia, the CPL programme was completed in 2001 with 36 successful graduands. To date, four programmes have been conducted and a total of over 100 executives are qualified under the CPL certification. CPL holders can also be considered for exemption from some of the subjects of the Master's of Science (Logistics) programme offered by the Nanyang Technological University.

The logistics industry – manufacturers, third party logistics service providers (3PLs), integrators, international forwarders and transport companies – has increasingly recognised the CPL programme.

I strongly encourage every professional in this field to seek CPL certification. It promises to be rewarding as it will increase your marketability at the personal level, putting you in good stead for the challenges ahead in the New Economy.

MR KARMJIT SINGH
Chairman, CILT Singapore
Chairman, CPL Qualification Review Board (QRB)