ASCI kickstarts 2022 with a new president and a refreshed vision

The Australasian Supply Chain Institute (ASCI) is kicking off 2022 with a new president and an ambitious vision.

Dr Tom Janoshalmi, ASCI Vice President and Board Director, has been appointed as the new ASCI President and Board Chairman, replacing Alexandra Riha, who announced her resignation as ASCI President in February 2022.

Dr Janoshalmi comes to ASCI with a wealth of expertise and successful career within the digital supply chain sector. He brings over 20 years of experience leading successful digital transformations with Global Fortune 500 companies.

He is the SVP and General Manager of SAP’s Next Generation Cloud Delivery. In this role, he focuses on developing and implementing strategies for high customer impact technology adoption to enable supply chain resilience.

Since joining SAP, he has held several executive leadership positions, including Chief Growth Officer at Digital Business Services, Line of Business general management in Asia Pacific and in the Americas.

He also spent eight years as Supply Chain Manager at Freudenberg Automotive before joining SAP.

On his latest appointment, Dr Janoshalmi said that he is looking forward to begin the year with a refreshed strategy for ASCI.

“I am excited to take ASCI to the next chapter, refresh it and develop it further for the benefit of our sector, corporate members and members,” Dr Janoshalmi said.

“Since the pandemic the way we do business has changed, the supply chain has changed and businesses are facing more pressures than ever before,” he said.

“We are fully committed to supporting the sector and creating a recognised Supply Chain profession – enabling individuals to be recognised registered experts and businesses to build sustainable and profitable supply chains.”

ASCI’s new strategy refresh will be focusing on providing exceptional member experience and professionalising Supply Chain Management.

While the institute finalises its strategy, it said it will revolve around the following four pillars: ASCI Professional Accreditation Scheme; Continuous professional development; Industry advocacy; and Mentorship.

The refreshed vision will further develop ASCI’s professional development programs, innovative learning experiences, mentoring and resources, with supply chain management and best practices at the forefront.

“Refreshing what ASCI means to industry and what we provide to our members and industry is essential to professionalise and support the supply chain sector to become more sustainable and resilient for the future, while promoting best practice, innovation and excellence,” Dr Janoshalmi said.

“Individuals have valuable professional opportunities to be professionally acknowledged and recognised as experts in their field through registration under ASCI’s professional accreditation scheme,” he said.

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