Advancing Technology while lowering down the cost: Fact or

Advancing Technology while lowering
down the cost: Fact or Fiction
ASITEP held their General Membership Meeting (GMM) alongside
their Christmas party last Dec. 5, 2012, at Bellevue Hotel, Alabang. Having
the theme, “Advancing Technology while Lowering Down the Cost: Fact or Fiction,” the presentations were indeed very informative as well as enlightening.
Upon registration, the first 100 attendees received the ASITEP shirts as the event’s give-away item. In addition, to encourage networking among the members, a small activity was prepared. This also served as a
chance for everyone to be entitled to join the major raffle draw.
ASITEP members are asked to fill out the activity form by getting signatures from other members,
which would then entitle them to join the major raffle draw.
To officially start the event, the ASITEP Chairman, Mr. Francis Capili (Moog), delivered his opening remarks,
followed by the SEIPI Industry Updates, which was delivered by Mr. Art Rayo (Analog).
Mr. Jeric Ferrer then delivered a very interactive presentation on Open Source Technologies. This was followed by Ricoh’s vendor presentation on “Smarter Office Within your Reach” presented by Mr. Narcelino Lim,
Global Major Acct. & MDS Grp. Rep. Second to the last vendor presentation was TRT Global’s topic on
“Making the Complex Simple – Reducing Operational Risk and Driving Down Expenditure,” delivered by TRT’s
CEO, Mr. Dominic Romanelli.
Delivering the last vendor presentation was one of SEIPI’s newest members, Fritz & Macziol, with their topic
on “Data Deduplication” presented by Mr. Ronald Kwok, IT Architect.
(L to R): Francis Capili, Moog Control; Art Rayo, Analog Devices;
Jeric Ferrer, Pricon Microelectronics; Narcelino Lim, Ricoh; Dominic Romanelli, TRT Global
and Ronald Kwok, Fritz & Macziol
With the first half being allotted to technical presentations, the audience was really able to unwind and relax on
the second part as it was wholly dedicated to the Christmas party and abundant raffle draws. To entertain the
crowd, the band played contemporary songs with some of the ASITEP BODs even singing along with them.
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(First row): The Music Band and some ASITEP BODs jamming with the band namely Francis Capili singing Eric Clapton’s
Wonderful Tonight, (Second row) Jeric Ferrer’s rendition of U2’s With or Without You, Lito Nepomuceno’s version of
Eraserhead, Ang Huling El Bimbo; and Jun Tayco singing an OPM song.
Indeed, the event would not have been complete without the usual raffle draws. The prizes ranged from Marks &
Spencer goodies, iPad sleeves, laptop bags, cellphones, speakers, hard drives, North Face bag, and of course, the
major raffle prize – an iPad Mini!
Raffle Draws: Pool of Prizes
Some of the23raffle draw winners
Before the major raffle prize was awarded, the ASITEP BODs were awarded plaques of appreciation by SEIPI
to honor their never ending support, passion and commitment to the betterment of the committee.
(L to R): ASITEP BODs ‘12 - Francis Capili, Moog Controls; Jeric Ferrer, Pricon Microelectronics;
Lito Nepomuceno, TDK; Art Rayo, Analog Devices, Cora dela Cruz, Acbel Polytech;
Kei Superable, Globe Business in behalf of Mr. Gilbert Virtucio; Jun Tayco, Emerson Network;
HGST in behalf of Ms. Jona Paguio and Mr. Jovic Dianco, Amkor in behalf of Gina Acuña
Ending the party with a bang, the major raffle prize - an iPad Mini - was raffled off and awarded to the winner, Mr. Patrick James Medina, representing Pricon.
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ASPA: Christmas in November
“It is never too early to share the joy of Christmas” – ASPA holds
true to this account as they celebrate their Christmas party last Nov. 29, 2012
at Bellevue Hotel, Alabang.
Wanting to celebrate the season with those who need it the most, ASPA decided to visit Elsie Gatches, which
serves as the only government center for the mentally challenged persons. It provides care and rehabilitation to abandoned, neglected, children with special needs, such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, visual
and hearing impairment, mental retardation, autism and other related illnesses. The center was established on February 3, 1964. It has 14 cottages that can accommodate up to 470 clients at a given time
(EGV, 2010). However, they are currently catering to 603 clients.
To graciously welcome ASPA, the children generously offered a song and dance number to the tune of Justin
Bieber’s “Baby.” The distribution of some goods (i.e toiletries, sacks of rice) from SEIPI-ASPA as well some
additional donations from other SEIPI members ensued after. Before the program officially came to a close,
words of encouragement were spoken by ASPA’s chairperson, Ms. Martel De Guzman.
The outreach ended with a facility tour of the cottages where some of the chosen clients reside in.
(L to R): Martel De Guzman, ASPA Chairperson delivering the opening remarks
and the SEIPI-ASPA volunteers distributing the goodies
SEIPI-ASPA volunteers visiting the chosen cottages at Elsie Gatches
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After the outreach activity, ASPA then celebrated their Christmas party at Bellevue Hotel, Alabang. Having Polka Dots as their theme, some of the attendees
showed up with their fancy outfits. Grabbing the Best in Attire award was Ms.
Cecille Abiad (Amkor), with her pink polka dots cover up.
For the rest of the day, the ASPA members enjoy various games ranging from
Christmas tongue twisters, the marshmalCandidates for the Best in Attire
low game, and the dice game with lots of
Contest (Bagging the award was
raffle draws happening in between.
Ms. Cecille Abiad, 2nd from the left)
First row: The ASPA BODs ’12 and some ASPA members playing the Christmas tongue twisters game.
Second row: Some volunteers playing the marshmallow game
Third row: One of the games the members enjoy playing the most – the dice game
Fourth row: The ASPA members forming a circle for the exchange gift portion
Indeed, ASPA’s Christmas in November was a combination
of selfless giving and pure fun. It is definitely a day
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not just for the benefit of the members, but also for one of the marginalized sectors of our society.
ASITEP GMM: Business
Continuity and Resiliency
ASITEP held their Sept. GMM last Sept. 19, 2012 at Alabang Country Club.
Before the lineup of technical presentations, the new set of ASITEP BODs FY
’12-’13 was officially introduced. This was followed by a series of four (4) interesting and timely learning sessions.
Mr. Willy Jose, formerly from Acbel, delivered his presentation on Life After Retirement and shared some insights into his personal experience about his first year of retirement: its reality, challenges as well as the
pleasure it brings.
The Business Continuity Simulation presentation by Moog’s Mr. Francis Capili was divided into three (3) imperative phases, namely, the Preparedness Review, Technical Simulation, and Actual Coordinated Simulation. Before he delved deep into the three abovementioned categories, Mr. Capili first offered an overview of
the leading causes of operational disruptions such as: severe weather, power outages, floods, and others
(fire, earthquakes, chemical spills, various IT-related interruptions). Other than this, he also gave a background on the need to simulate and the tools necessary for simulation.
Following the aforementioned topic was Globe’s Mr. Gilbert Virtucio’s presentation on Telco Tools for Business Continuity. As a background on his topic, Mr. Virtucio claimed that the recovery of critical business functions was typically made easier with the use of technology. With this, his presentation described several telco
tools that customers can use to help them in their business continuity needs such as: Rapid Information Dissemination, Text Broadcasting using TxtConnect, Remote Access to Enterprise Applications, Globe Tattoo
Broadband, Data Center Services for Disaster Recovery, and Cloud Computing. To conclude his presentation, he mentioned that “in today’s environment, businesses need to be prepared for events that were previously considered fortuitous or acts of God. It is from this need that business continuity came about. Using a
structured methodology, a company can determine its critical business functions and map out its recovery
plans accordingly. As such, there are telco tools available that can help a company achieve its business continuity objectives.”
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(1): Willy Jose accepts his Certificate of Appreciation after his sharing on Life After Retirement
- Francis Capili (Chairperson), Willy Jose and Jun Tayco (ASITEP BOD)
(2): Francis Capili delivers his presentation on Business Continuity Simulation
(3): Francis Capili with Jona Paguio (HGST) awarding the Certificate of Appreciation to
Gilbert Virtucio (Globe) after his talk on Telco Tools for Business Continuity
The last vendor presentation was delivered by Fritz & Macziol’s IT Architect, Mr. Ronald Kwok, whose presentation topic focuses on Business Resilience & Continuity – ‘A good offense is the best defence.’ He started
by defining business resilience and continuity as well as answering some key questions related to the said
topic. In summary, some of the discussion highlights included the following:
1. Financial consequences of incidents can be significant, but business resilience and continuity is not just
an IT issue. There are many external drivers and interest groups for a sound business and continuity
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plan (i.e investors, media, banks, insurers, etc.).
2. Aspects and objectives of business resilience and continuity include high availability, continuous operations,
and disaster recovery.
3. Typical IT business recovery metrics to watch: Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Recovery Point Objective
(RPO), Network Recovery Objective (NRO).
4. Continuity Planning is the logical first step to develop and support a business resilience strategy aligned to
your specific risk tolerance and business requirements.
5. New breed of systems – Built-in expertise, Simplified Experience, Integration by Design
To spice up the event, minor and major items were raffled off with the help of our generous sponsors (i.e Globe,
DTSI, and Fritz & Macziol) who donated exciting raffle prizes such as USBs, Bags, a Samsung ES90 Digital
Camera, Olympus VG-110, and the Coby Touchscreen internet tablet. Will all these, the attendees definitely had
a day filled with interesting and informative presentations coupled with a chance to bring home thrilling prizes.
Francis Capili, SEIPI-ASITEP (Left) and Ronald Kwok, One of the lucky raffle draw winners receiving this prize
FUM (3rd from the Left) together with the rest of Fritz
& Macziol (FUM) Team.
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ASLM November General
Membership Meeting
ASLM held their General Membership Meeting last November 22, 2012 at Palms
Country Club, Alabang. After the welcome remarks, ASLM’s chairperson,
Ms. Malou Ronquillo of EMS Components, delivered the ASLM and
BOC updates as well as the survey results for the Training Needs
and Batangas Port.
After which came the series of learning sessions focusing mainly on Brokerage & Customs Clearance and Incoterms by Airlift Asia Inc. (AAI) and the LCL Services
by Royal Cargo.
container. She ended her presentation with the Royal
Cargo LCL Solution with a revised on dock deconsolidation process, customer advantages and benefits, and
the rates to apply.
Royal Cargo’s Ms. Virginia Jamila, VP – Sales & Marketing started the technical presentation on LCL Services. As an introduction, she enumerated the challenges of inbound LCL customers such as: cost of deconsolidation/warehousing charges are very high, consignees do not have negotiating leverage, suppliers at
origin receive rebates from consolidators, public bonded
warehouses are slow in the stripping of the cargo, and
public bonded warehouses operate within unsecured
environments. She also illustrated the existing process,
which is the Off Dock Deconsolidation Process, which
starts on the vessel’s arrival at the Port of Manila followed by the processing (transfer payment at BOC, carrier and port charges payment, and discharging), then
the x-ray, direct transfer of FCL from POM to Public
Bonded WH, and lastly, CBW will do the stripping of
Following Royal Cargo’s presentation and providing a
detailed discussion on the topic on Brokerage & Customs Clearance as well as Incoterms was Mr. Dino
Navarra, Sales and Marketing Head, AAI. His course
content included the following: Import Customs Clearance Workflow (Air Freight, Sea Freight), Incoterms
2010 (Introduction to Incoterms, The International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Introducing Incoterms
2010, How to Use Incoterms 2010, Incoterms 2010
Rule Classification (Rules for any mode/s of transportation, Rules for sea and inland waterway transport, and
Incoterms 2010 tips).
To serve as a souvenir of the event, the ASLM members took a group photo after the delivery of the closing
remarks.
(R to L): Virginia
Jamila accepts the
Certificate of
Appreciation from
Lani Gorgonia
(former ASLM
BOD) and Malou
Ronquillo
(L to R):
Dino Navarra
accepting his
Certificate of
Appreciation from
Lani Gorgonia
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The SEIPI-ASLM’s November GMM at Palms Country Club, Alabang
ON Semiconductor
Welcomes ASPM Members
ON Semiconductor opened their doors to ASPM members during
the latter’s October 19, 2012 meeting at ON Semiconductor, Cavite. Mr. Sunil
Banwari, GM, ON Semiconductor, delivered his opening remarks welcoming
all ASPM members in the latter’s October General Membership Meeting.
Veronica Magsino, PEZA delivering her
presentation on PEZA’s Integrity Pledge
First in the lineup of presentations was Ms. Ma. Veronica Magsino’s talk
revolving around PEZA’s Integrity Pledge. This is line with PEZA’s oath
to champion the crusade against corruption by signing into the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippins (ECCP) and Makati Business Club led Integrity Initiative project (ECCP, 2012). In addition, it had
been reported that DG De Lima claims that by signing the Integrity
Pledge, they are stressing their special economic zones as premier
models on how the Philippines deal with investors in the country
(ECCP, 2012). As such, the Integrity Pledge is a formal and definite
demonstration of allegiance by companies and organization that they
will abide by ethical business practices and espouse a national campaign against corruption (ECCP, 2012).
Following PEZA’s lead, it is expected that approximately 2,700 PEZA locators in the country, which currently
employs more than 800,000 Filipinos to individually sign the Integrity Pledge within the year 2012 (ECCP,
2012).
Subsequent to PEZA’s talk on Integrity Pledge was MK Slider’s supplier technical presentation. Ms. Deduyo’s
Solvency presentation follows afterwhich. Focusing on Solvency Risk Analysis, Ms. Deduyo started with the basics by first discussing the definition of terms of the following: asset, liabilities, equity, working capital, net income, sales, and cash flow from operating activities. This was then followed by a discussion on the definitions of
the Altman Z score, Quick Ratio, Current Ratio, Debt-Equity Ratio, and the Debt-Asset Ratio. She proceeded
afterwards with a detailed explanation of the Supplier Tiering Tool, Cypress Solvency Review Process, and the
Solvency Score Computation.
Delivering the final presentation was Transprocure’s Mr. Mark Mojares, who gave updates on ASPM and Transprocure’s Group Buying Project.
(L to R): Representative from the MK Slider; Shirley Deduyo, Cypress and Mark Mojares, Transprocure
Before the event officially came to a
close, the ASPM members enjoyed
the raffle items being given away as
well as a parting group shot, which
served as a memento for the said
occasion.
The SEIPI-ASPM’s
October GMM at
On Semiconductor, Cavite
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SEIPI Golf Fellowship @ Clark
The SEIPI golfers surely had fun at the SEIPI Golf Fellowship @ Clark held last
July 26, 2012 at FA Korea C.C Fontana Golf Club Inc. in Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga.
The tee-off started at 12:30 and the last golfers finished their round at 6pm. The golf aficionados took a quick
drive to the “The London Pub” at the Mimosa Leisure Estate for the fun-filled Awarding Ceremony and Dinner.
Thanks to the very supportive and gracious
ladies, Rissa Golloso of PLDT Alpha and
Nina Posadas of Meralco, who hosted the
dinner and raffle prizes.
The tourney could not have been possible
without the support of our Hole Sponsors:
 Bert Lina - Air 2100
 Dennis Ibarra - Enfinity Philippines
 Dingo Bonifacio - Remec Broadband
 Jun Valerio - GMV Materials
 Luis Harder – Wings Technology
 Rudy Fulo - LGC Logistics
 Tristan Dumlao - Linde Philippines
Further thanks go to Boy Castaneda, and
Viboy Genuino & Ana Sabularse.
Winners:
OVERALL CHAMPION: Rudy Fulo
CLASS A:
Champion - Siegfried Ramos
Runner-up - Victor Rachel
CLASS B:
Champion - Ferdie Barcenio
Runner-up - Eaton Ong
CLASS C:
Champion - Alex dela Cruz
Runner-up - Marvin Jovero
GUEST:
Champion - Dante Briones
FUN HOLES:
Longest Drive - Dennis Ibarra
Nearest to the Pin - Marcel Thenu
Some golf aficionados during the golf fellowship
The SEIPI Golfers
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“Second Time Around”
@ Midlands
The rescheduled golf fellowship finally pushed thru last 22 November 2012 at the
Tagaytay Midlands.
Bagging the trophies were:
Overall Champion
Abe Avena, Cross-Link Electric
Class A
Champion
Fernando Pizarro, Cross-Link Electric
Runner Up
Dennis Roque, Globe Business
Class B
Champion
Joey Palma, GCSS, Inc.
Runner Up
Francisco Ferrer, PEZA/EMS
Class C
Champion
Mel Adriano, American Resources
Runner Up
Marvin Jovero, MERALCO
Guest Division
Champion
Camilo Fernandez, Elitech
Runner Up
Novel Lee, Elitech
Ladies Division
Vivian Mawis, Romma Electronics
Fun Holes:
Nearest to the Pin Dennis Ibarra, Enfinity
Longest Drive
Raul Montealto, Cross-Link Electric
Most Accurate Drive Hector Ivan Chan, M2 Fabrication
Hole sponsors who generously made it a success were:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Dennis Ibarra, Enfinity Philippines
Dingo Bonifacio, Remec Broadband
Luis Harder, Wings Technology
Tristan Dumlao, Linde Philippines
Freddie Pacho, Pricon Microelectronics
A big thank you for your continued support and for your generosity!
The SEIPI Golfers
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