Siam City Cement PCL : SCCC Triumphs at CIP Supply Management Awards 2017 Asia with 3 Awards

To prestigious recognition of a success in Procurement and Supply chain Management and Development , Ms. Panittra Silanon - Head of Group Procurement representative of Siam City Cement Public Company Limited or INSEE recently honored 3 "CIPS Supply Management Awards 2017 Asia" in an international procurement conference "ProcureCon Asia 2017" which held during 11-13 July 2017. The cream of the procurement profession from many leading companies and government organizations across Asia gathered for this Awards ceremony in Singapore to celebrate the best of the best.

The category of the Procurement and Supply Chain Awards received are:

1. Overall Winner - CIPS Procurement and Supply Chain Team of the Year (The highest award received which selected from all winners of each category)
2. Best People Development Initiative
3. Most Innovative Use of Technology

CIPS Supply Management Awards in international awards from CIPS (Charter Institute of Procurement and Supply) who is the largest procurement professional body in the world. This CIPS Supply Management Awards is organized annually in many regions i.e Europe, Australia, Middle East, Asia and UK in order to promote procurement best practice and the interests of all purchasing professionals to the wider business community and government . Respected as a benchmark for excellence, winning such a highly respected Award is the most prestigious recognition an organisation or individual in the procurement and supply chain profession can receive.

There are totally 7 awards which categories as follows:

• Team categories: 5 awards on Procurement and Supply Chain Management
  • Best People Development Initiative
  • Best Cross Functional Team Project
  • Best Process Improvement Initiative
  • Most Supplier Relationship Management
  • Most Innovation Use of Technology

• Individual categories: 2awards
  • CIPS Procurement and Supply Chain Management Professional of the Year
  • CIPS Young Procurement and Supply Chain Management of the Year

SCCC Procurement always gives high priority on people development to become professional procurement in international standard as this organization strongly believes that people are the most valuable asset of the company. Procurement Academy was established to drive training, Self-learning from real practices and coaching, Knowledge and best practice sharing. It has increased skills and continuously build expertise of Procurement staffs, reduced staff turnover, raised the profile of procurement, support business expansion to international, and constantly contributed to SCCC business benefit

In addition, new ERP and e-procurement system (i.e e-auction, Cloud collaboration platform, Business Intelligence, etc) are implemented to enhance the Procure-to-Pay operational excellence throughout the organization, increase supplier collaboration and communication , improve supplier management efficiency, support transparency and company commitment in the good corporate governance as well as maintain the business operational excellence of INSEE Group.