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E-SCM Developments in Hong Kong. Opening address by Mrs. Carrie Yau Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting. E-Supply Chain Management (e-SCM). E-SCM means the use of IT to conduct business with partners and customers along supply chains concrete benefits: - Exposure
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E-SCM Developments in Hong Kong Opening address by Mrs. Carrie Yau Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting
E-Supply Chain Management (e-SCM) • E-SCM means • the use of IT to conduct business with partners and customers along supply chains • concrete benefits: • - Exposure • - Efficiency • - Enhancement • - Ensuring • - Expansion 2
E-Supply Chain Management (e-SCM) • Hong Kong has : • - strong service culture • - world-class business environment • - great potential to be a key enabler in the global e-supply chain • We need: • - advanced infrastructure • - clear strategy • - dynamic business sector 3
Where Hong Kong stands - • 60% PC penetration rate • 50% Internet penetration rate • Broadband network reaches all commercial buildings and over 95% of households • One third of our households use broadband service • Nearly 40% of our businesses use Internet in their operation
Where Hong Kong stands - • Over 2.6 million Internet accounts • Internet services among cheapest in the world at less than • $1.6 per hour for dial-up • $200 per month for unlimited broadband usage • External connectivity: 900 Gbps
Where Hong Kong stands - • 86% of people aged 15 or above use e-business services • 85% of our population have mobile phones • One of the first in Asia to introduce GPRS • Over 8.5 million e-payment smart cards in circulation. • Over 600, 000 citizens are online banking service users
Clear Government strategy • Digital21 IT Strategy positioning HK as a leading digital city - Enhancing our e-business environment - Building E-government - Developing our IT workforce - Building a digitally inclusive society - Exploiting enabling technologies
Legal infrastructure • Electronic Transactions Ordinance to provide legal framework for electronic transactions • Legal recognition for electronic records and digital signatures • Review to provide the most up-to-date legal framework
Public key infrastructure • Public key infrastructure established • Four recognised certification authorities • The world’s first to issue mobile digital certificates for community-wide adoption • Wireless stock trading, banking and betting
E-government developments • Clear E-government strategy • Over 70% of public services have provided e-option • Electronic Service Delivery Scheme • Amongst the top in the world in terms of E-government development
Electronic Tendering System • One of the world’s first web-based electronic tendering systems • Issue tenders and receive bids securely via the Internet • Leading Asia in terms of online procurement 11
Dynamic business sector • Large businesses: develop portals for online trading and logistics services • Small businesses: - Small food shops receive take-away orders online - Vegetable wholesalers receive purchase orders and issue payment requisitions online - photo shops receive photo images and orders online
E-entrepot for online services • Excellent connectivity with the Mainland and the rest of the world • Edge in providing business support services • E-entrepot for online services along the global supply chains H.K.
E-logistics development • Electronic submission of trade-related documents • Paperless submission of air, sea and rail cargo manifests • Studying a similar system for road cargo
Wireless SCM • Exchange and share information over wireless devices • Free supply chain operation from traditional barriers • Advanced mobile telecommunications network • Third generation of mobile service at door-step
Government Funding Support • SME Development Fund • Over $21 million disbursed to drive adoption of IT by SMEs