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Emmanuel Bautista (BS Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1986) is taking LF Logistics and its supply chain operation to the next level.
LF Logistics offers warehousing solutions for the more than 400 brand owners that use its services. It provides everything from transport and distribution centre management to freight forwarding and omnichannel services, delivering around 100 million units of consumer products a day.
The company has 235 warehouses worldwide and employs close to 8,000 workers. In 2016, it completed the construction of its World Gateway warehouse in Singapore – the largest automated and customs bonded warehouse in the country. The facility uses several technologies including LED motion sensor lights, energy conserving material handling equipment, and automated storage and retrieval systems. It is also focused on sustainability, with green-certified cranes, conveyors and pallet shuttles.
Alongside the company’s overarching strategy to forge the supply chain of the future, is a vision to become the most operation-centric logistics service provider in Asia. LF Logistics constantly experiments with new technologies it believes will become mainstream in the industry. It is on the verge of rolling out an advanced tracking system that can monitor the productivity of workers using radio-frequency identification (RFID). Plus, it’s looking into the use of automated driving vehicles in its warehouses to minimise dependency on manual driving.
Along with its strong internal workforce, the company ensures it extends its support externally by giving back to the community. Through the Li & Fung Foundation, the company supports blood donation, outreach programs and cancer awareness campaigns. Further, Noel says the organisation finds ways to contribute to its communities in areas that are integrated into its everyday business.
Noel mentions LF Logistics’ program to enhance vendor relationships, especially with trucking companies, which are crucial to its business. “In the market, we’re involved with trucking companies that tend to be relatively small, privately owned, and not quite as established as LF Logistics,” Noel says. “But we encourage them to do well in their business so we can help each other. By being a partner of LF Logistics, they get a lot of incentives, such as discounts on the price of fuel and insurance premiums, as well as access to vendor financing programs at very competitive rates.
Over the next three years, the company has plans to transform its transportation business. Noel highlights that transportation services have great expansion potential within its portfolio and the company is going to capitalise on that by employing various elements such as technology, new business models and increased business development.
In addition, LF Logistics aims to unleash the power of ecommerce. “Ecommerce is a phenomenon that has grown so quickly in the northern region of Asia and LF Logistics is a prime player in that space,” Noel explains. “In north Asia, we are the provider of choice for all footwear and apparel companies that require ecommerce logistic services. We would like to replicate, if not to build on, that success in other parts of Asia.
With all these plans on the horizon, the supply chain of the future is set to become better than ever.

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