San Miguel Corp.’s subsidiary, San Miguel Yamamura Asia Corporation (SMYAC) has chosen CTSI Logistics for the second year in a row to handle its internal and external warehousing operations.

"Our second year with SMYAC is a testament to the efficiency and hard work put in by our people in handling warehousing operations for SMC’s two factories: the Metal Closure and Lithography plant and Rightpak International Corp.,” said Leo Karamihan, CTSI Logistics Operations manager

A subsidiary of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation, SMYAC is the most technologically advanced glass bottle manufacturing plant in the Philippines under partnership with Yamamura of Japan. SMYAC caters to clients like Kraft, California Manufacturing Corp., and Unilever.

To better serve SMYAC, CTSI is now hiring 50 additional warehouse personnel to augment the existing staff assigned to the project. The SMYAC facility in Cavite has approximately 80,000 square-feet of floor space.

Apart from new recruits, CTSI will also deploy its WMS (Warehouse Management System) to monitor inventory movement, locations and for report generation.

With a newly operational - but not yet formally launched - Distribution Center in Bicutan, CTSI has, this time around, been awarded a larger portion of SMYAC’s logistics pie.

“This means more business and more productivity,” says Karamihan, who spearheaded the logistics division’s growth from a 14-member operations team to 114 this year, a laudable eight-fold increase.

“The growth of our operations can be attributed to fundamental qualities inherent in our organization: reliable management support, our firm dedication to customer service and the strength of our IT and logistics competencies. The rest is just hard work,” says Karamihan.

On related developments, Avon Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. awarded the management of its regional procurement hub for raw materials to CTSI logistics last August 2005. The hub supports Avon’s factories throughout the Asia Pacific region.

This move is part of Avon’s effort to maintain global competitiveness.

Under the Avon project, CTSI is tasked to manage Avon’s supply chain needs like demand planning, order replenishment, inbound logistics, customs clearing, warehouse and inventory management and delivery to other Avon factories in Malaysia, Australia, Vietnam Indonesia and India.

CTSI’s existing partnership with the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PHILEXPORT) in turn, will allow Avon to import raw materials tax and duty free, subject to re-processing and export.

CTSI Logistics will also provide Avon with their Warehouse Management Solution, known as CTSITr@x as a value-added service.

Like many enterprises adapting to changes in the global business environment, Avon has embarked on outsourcing its non-core competencies to maximize resources and maintain a high level of competitiveness. CTSI Logistics’ endeavor with Avon showcases its strength in providing integrated supply chain solutions, thus helping partner-companies streamline their processes, reduce costs and increase their income.