Dr. Yuan-Jye Tesng, Dr. Ching-Jung Ting and Dr. Yuan-Chia Liang

Lead Graduated Students to Visit Singapore.

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National University of Singapore, NUS

Founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is a leading university in the Asia-Pacific region. The NUS mission comprises three thrusts: providing quality education; engaging in high-impact research; and promoting entrepreneurship and industry collaboration.

NUS has 13 faculties and schools, including a music conservatory. Currently, it has four overseas colleges at major entrepreneurial hubs in Silicon Valley, Bio Valley, Shanghai and Stockholm.

http://www.nus.edu.sg/

The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific

The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific (TLI – AP) is a collaborative effort in logistics research and education between the NUS and Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT). The Institute has earned wide industry recognition as one of the best institutes in logistics research and education. TLI-AP focuses on global logistics, information technology, industrial engineering and supply chain management.

http://www.tliap.nus.edu.sg/

ISE Dept, Faculty of Engineering

ITVS Lab

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LTA ERP Centre

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport; LTA plans the long-term transport needs of Singapore and takes care of those who drive as well as those who take public transport.

LTA reviews the traffic conditions on the expressways and roads by the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system which is an electronic system of road pricing based on a pay-as-you-use principle. ERP is designed to be a fair, convenient and reliable system as motorists are charged when they use the road during peak hours.

http://www.lta.gov.sg/

PSA, Singapore Terminals

PSA was formerly the Port of Singapore Authority, a statutory board regulating, developing, operating and promoting the port of Singapore's terminals. In 1996, PSA's regulatory functions were handed over to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. PSA Corporation Limited was subsequently incorporated in 1997 as the corporate successor to the Port of Singapore Authority to manage and operate its terminals and related businesses.

It handles about one-fifth of the world’s total container transshipment throughput. In 2004, PSA Singapore Terminals handled 20.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUS) of containers. PSA operates 4 container terminals and 2 multi-purpose terminals in Singapore, and links shippers to an excellent network of 200 shipping lines with connections to 600 ports in 123 countries.

http://www.singaporepsa.com/

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DHL Express Logistics & Call Response Centre

DHL is an international express and logistics industry, offering air, ocean freight and overland transport. DHL provides warehouses for business to store items, and assist its customers in some service like inventory management and reverse logistics. DHL has built logistics centers and Asia Pacific logistics response call center in Singapore. It is especially responsible for sales of Asia Pacific business, combined with an in-depth understanding of local markets, so that goods can be delivered safely and on time around the world.

http://www.dhl.com.sg/

Vopak Sakra Terminals

Royal Vopak is the world’s largest independent tank terminal operator specializing in the storage and handling of liquid and gaseous chemical and oil products. Vopak aims to be perceived as the most reliable, cost effective provider of bulk liquid logistics service solutions to the chemical and oil industry worldwide. Singapore is a hub terminal which is where large flows of products merge. There are three terminals with a storage capacity of more than 1.4 million cbm in Singapore, and main products of Penjuru and Sakra are chemicals products, of Sebarok is petroleum product. Vopak had started construction by September 2004 on its fourth Singapore terminal at the Banyan, which will be a new integrated oil and chemicals terminal, offer to the industrial factory developed newly and increase the transporting amount abroad.

http://www.vopak.com/