APUG Conference in Hong Kong, hosted by CLP Power Hong Kong Limited

July 30, 2010 – A very successful APUG Conference was held in Hong Kong on the 13th and 14th of July. More than 30 participants from 18 APUG Utility companies attended this event hosted by CLP Power, to discuss common topics of interest and for new initiatives to commence in 2011 - 2012.

Topics discussed are summarized below:

APUG SMS: The APUG Supplier Management System has reached over 1,000 suppliers and is continuing to grow very strongly.

APUG Structure: A new management team for APUG is to be implemented with a Chairman and representatives from Asia, Australia and New Zealand cluster with Achilles as a non-voting member. The new management is to be in place by October 2010.

Factory assessments: An update was given to the progress of audits conducted and reports were in preparation prior to review by factories. There are currently four grading elements in each reports: Major Non-Conformance, Minor Non-Conformance, Observation and Positive Element and factories will be given opportunity to submit a corrective action plan which will be followed up in three months. Certain members had indicated that Factory Assessment is now embedded in their tendering process. 

Chinese suppliers: Buyers from some other Achilles systems also want some Chinese suppliers to be assessed, and the Hong Kong office will start to manage a process for them to join various systems and to be audited.

Sourcing proposal: The Sourcing proposal for APUG is also of interest to other Achilles systems, with particular reference to Chinese and other Asian suppliers, as above.

 

 

 

 

About CLP - CLP Power Hong Kong Limited is the largest electric utility in Hong Kong serving the business and domestic community in Kowloon, the New Territories, Lantau and most of the outlying islands. Operating a vertically integrated electricity generation, transmission and distribution business, CLP Power provides a highly reliable supply of electricity and excellent customer services to over 5.7 million people in its supply area.

CLP Power is a subsidiary of CLP Holdings which also invests in energy businesses in Chinese Mainland, Australia, India and Southeast Asia. It is the largest external investor in the Chinese Mainland electricity industry, and a leading international private sector power company in the Asia Pacific region with a diversified portfolio of power generation from gas, coal, renewables and nuclear.

About Asia Pacific Utilities Group - A community of 27 utility companies across the Asia Pacific region from Greater China Area, Southeast Asia, India and Oceania. Formed in 2001 member organisations had been collaborating in various aspects of utility procurement including: joint supplier registration and pre-qualification, joint benchmarking and performance sharing, joint supplier sourcing, collaboration of supply chain activities, corporate responsibility and on-site factory assessments.

About Achilles - Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Achilles is one the world's leading managers of supplier information. Achilles' range of web-based services: identify, qualify, evaluate and monitor suppliers on behalf of buyers worldwide. Achilles builds unique communities spanning a wide range of industry sectors, so that organisations can manage their supply chain effectively, reduce risk and increase data quality and consistency.

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