RFID in Packaging: Meeting the needs of suppliers and retailers (Smart Labels Asia 2004)

 

Mr. Felix Ho is a vice president at Yuen Foong Yu Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. He is responsible for corporate strategy and cross-business-unit coordination at YFY Group. In addition, as part of his responsibility for new business incubation and strategic initiatives, he is also responsible for YFY's RFID/Auto-ID efforts. Prior to joining YFY, Mr. Ho was a management consultant with A.T. Kearney's Strategic IT practice in New York and Cambridge. He had also been involved with various start-ups in Taiwan and the United States. He currently serves as a board director to Formosa Plastics and various YFY Group companies. Mr. Ho received both his SB and MBA degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.

Yuen Foong Yu Group (YFY Group), founded in 1926, is a leading business group in Greater China. Based in Taipei, YFY has over100 affiliates in industries spanning from pulp and paper, financial services, electronic components, agriculture, and bio technology. In 1950, Yuen Foong Yu Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (YFY Paper) was established as the group's first endeavor into manufacturing activities. Today, YFY Paper is one of the largest paper producers in Greater China, and also acts as the core holding company of the YFY Group. In 2003, YFY Group announced plans to formally reorganize into a holding and management company, splitting its holding and investing activities from its operating activities. The plan calls for three spin-offs by 2006: YFY Packaging, the largest corrugated packager in Greater China, YFY Family Care (tissues, towels, and other family care products), the current market leader in household paper in Taiwan and Eastern China, and YFY Paper (fine and coated paper), the dominant printing and writing paper player in Taiwan.

 

Recognizing the growing importance of logistics in many company's bottom lines today, YFY Group strikes to collaborate with its partners throughout the supply chain to improve overall supply chain performance and is actively involved in joint SCM research projects. As the largest packaging supplier in Greater China, where the majority of world's manufacturing is taking place, YFY Group is at the forefront of many industry's supply chains and thus is in a vital position to facilitate the adoption of RFID technology.