| dc.description.abstract | The Yap Chwee Hock Distribution Park (YCH DistriPark) in Tuas, Singapore
started as a passenger transportation company in the 195Os, changed its business
to cargo transportation in the 197Os, and is today offering ‘total logistics’.
Information technology (IT) has played a significant role in the business process
reengineering at YCH in transforming the company to its current status as a
regional leader in offering total logistics. Total logistics at YCH starts with
operating a group of central distribution centres or warehouses with storage
systems tailored for each client’s products, handling chemicals for DuPont,
electronics for AIWA, medical products for Roche and so on. It then adds a
package of services like container haulage, international sea/air freight
forwarding, inventory control, etc. Three major IT applications devised by YCH,
namely the Warehouse Management System, Freight Management System, and
the Logistics Management System are integrated with the country’s electronic
data interchange networks TRADENET and PORTNET in providing total
logistics. In 1992, YCH won the National Computer Award in the Local
Enterprise category, in recognition of achieving superior business performance
through strategic application of IT. | |
