GS1 Upcoming Events/Activities

Certificate in Cold Chain Management Training Course - 17 to 20 Aug 2010 (7th Batch)

we are pleased to send you our update on the Certificate in Cold Chain Management Course for Milk & Dairy Products and Chilled Pork that will be scheduled from 17 to 20 August 2010 (Modules 1 to 9). In collaboration with Singapore Cold Chain Centre together with Food Innovation & Resource Centre, Singapore Polytechnic, this training course is funded by WDA and endorsed by AVA and SPRING Singapore, and will be conducted at Singapore Polytechnic premises.

Please refer to attached for details of the training programme (Modules 1 to 9).

Highlight of Training Program

In view of the recent food poisoning cases, we have increased the HACCP Section from 3 hours to 6 hours; with 3 hours on Principles of HACCP and 3 hours on Implementation & Case Studies of HACCP. We have combined some of the sections which are common in Cold Chain Management in respect to Milk & Dairy and Chilled Pork. The course is now more stream line and the scope has been widened.

The course fee is S$660.00 + 7% GST (that is, S$706.20 per trainee, inclusive of 7% GST).

The fee includes course materials plus copies of Singapore Standard CP95: 2002 (Cold Chain Management of Milk & Dairy Products) and Singapore Standard SS552: 2009 (Cold Chain Management of Chilled Pork).

Please complete the attached Registration Form and fax to 6826 3070, by 10 August 2010.

This course, Certificate in Cold Chain Management, had been approved for funding under Skills Development Fund (SDF) and Skills Redevelopment Programme (SRP), for eligible trainees. Total classroom hours is 22 hours. Please access to

Course Reference : CRS-N-0017997

For eligible trainees:

- SDF assistance (with effect from 1 April 2007):

(A) S$242.00 for workers aged 40 & above, and holding 'A' level qualifications & below;

(B) S$154.00 for workers other than in (A).

- Absentee Payroll under SRP funding (with effect from 1 April 2008):

i) 90% of hourly basic salary (capped at S$4.50 per trainee-hour, i.e. capped at total of S$99.00) for workers aged 40 & above, and holding 'A' level qualifications & below;

ii) 80% of hourly basic salary (capped at S$4.00 per trainee-hour, i.e. capped at total of S$88.00) for workers other than in (i).

Please note there will be a Test, right after each module.

Trainees must achieve at least 75% attendance (Modules 1 to 8) and sit for all prescribed tests (Modules 1 to 8) required by the course so as to be eligible for the SDF assistance and SRP funding. Date of Field Visit for Module 9 will be advised in due course.

The organizer reserves the right to cancel or change the dates of the above training course due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you, and we look forward to your participation.

Please email to Nancy Quek at sanc@gs1.org.sg or call 6826 3082 if you need further assistance.

ECR Singapore CEO Forum 2010 - 26 August 2010

GS1 Singapore, Secretariat of Efficient Consumer Response Council of Singapore (ECR Singapore) brings you the ECR Singapore CEO Forum 2010. This year, the Forum will touch on topics such as new ways of working together, improving customer services with retailers, enhancing the framework of collaboration in the supply chain, and enabling supply chain visibility using EPCIS. This Forum will provide vital information to senior decision makers on the state of ECR activities in Singapore and future direction of the FMCG industries.

The speakers at this Forum include Mr Ashok Charan, Associate Professor of NUS on mining Loyalty Card Data and Mr Miklos Viragh, Head of Retail Measurement Services, AC Nielsen Singapore to share with us the latest trend in Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industry.

ECR Singapore CEO Forum 2010

Date : 26 Aug 2010 (Thursday)

Time : 9:00am to 1:00pm

Venue : SPRING Auditorium (Podium Block)

Level 3 SPRING SIngapore Building

2 Bukit Merah Central

You and your colleagues are invited to register for this event. The Registration Fee is S$42.80 per participant (inclusive of 7% GST) for ECR Singapore partners. Due to the limited capacity of 150 seats, paricipants will be registered on a first-come-first-served basis. Kindly complete and submit your duly completed registration form to Ms Nancy Quek at fax no (65) 68263 070 or email : sanc@gs1.org.sg. In order to secure your seats to the CEO Forum, please submit your registration by 16 August 2010.

More details on the CEO Forum, please click here.

For further queries, please feel free to contact us at Tel: (65) 6826 3082