According to www.logisticsmanager.com, The Walt Disney Company, Unilever, Google, SC Johnson Asia Pacific, Coty, Nissan Motor Corporation, ePLDT, APAC Reverse Logistics Innovation Alliance, ResMed, The Estée Lauder Companies, Country Foods, and ITS Thailand have joined the judging panel for the Supply Chain Excellence Awards APAC 2026.
Judging Panel Reflects Regional Supply Chain Leadership
The expanded panel comprises 12 senior practitioners from multinational enterprises and regional industry bodies, including Chandranath Chakraborty, head of strategic sourcing and procurement, APAC, The Walt Disney Company; Sharad Singla, associate procurement director, global resilience programme, Unilever; and Amit Garg, head of APAC supply chain planning and operations, Google. Other members include Amritpal Singh Bedi, APAC manufacturing director, SC Johnson Asia Pacific; Michael Lecomte, senior supply chain director ISEA & MENA, Coty; and Naren Sooriyaprabha, director – general manager – strategy, chief performance officer office, Nissan Motor Corporation. The panel also features Rai Antonio de Jesus, VP and head of procurement, ePLDT; Raymon Krishnan, steering committee member, APAC Reverse Logistics Innovation Alliance; Terry Tan, chief executive officer, Country Foods; Tongkarn Kaewchalermtong, president, ITS Thailand; Vijay Telekicherla, senior director, global supply chain planning excellence and network planning, ResMed; and Wennie Wong, senior director, customer supply chain Asia-Pacific, The Estée Lauder Companies. All judges hold current operational roles across procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain planning in the Asia Pacific region.
Awards Timeline and Venue Anchored in Singapore
Entries for the Supply Chain Excellence Awards APAC 2026 close on 14 August 2026. The awards ceremony will be held on 1 December 2026 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore. This marks the second edition of the APAC awards, following the inaugural event in 2025. The ceremony is scheduled the night before IntraLogisteX Singapore, a dedicated warehousing, logistics, fulfilment, and automation exhibition running from 2–3 December at Singapore EXPO. Both events are organised by Akabo Media, publisher of Logistics Manager.
Global Programme Enters 30th Year Amid Regional Expansion
The Supply Chain Excellence Awards programme is now in its 30th year globally. Regional editions are currently held in the UK, USA, Middle East & Africa, and APAC. The APAC edition recognises projects across 12 categories: sustainability, resilience, digital transformation, robotics, sourcing and procurement, warehouse initiative, supply chain operations, transport innovation, reverse logistics, and sector-specific awards for food and drink, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, retail, and e-commerce. According to the report, the awards are open to all organisations operating across the Asia Pacific region and aim to support benchmarking against peers and international recognition.
Context: APAC Supply Chain Recognition Landscape
The 2026 APAC panel expansion follows a broader trend of supply chain professionalisation in the region. In 2025, the inaugural APAC awards received submissions from over 87 organisations across 14 countries, including Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, India, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong — according to publicly reported figures from Akabo Media’s post-event summary. Industry data from the 2024 APICS Supply Chain Index shows APAC-based firms increased average annual investment in supply chain technology by 22% year-on-year, with robotics and digital twin adoption rising fastest in food & beverage and healthcare verticals. For supply chain professionals, participation in such awards offers third-party validation of operational maturity — particularly valuable when bidding for contracts requiring ISO 28000 or ESG compliance documentation.
Source: www.logisticsmanager.com
Compiled from international media by the SCI.AI editorial team.
