FAST Logistics Group, the Philippines’ leading third-party logistics (3PL) solutions provider, showcased its integrated logistics solutions for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Misamis Oriental’s Enhanced Business Learning Sessions in Cagayan de Oro City.
Organized by DTI Misamis Oriental through the Cagayan de Oro Negosyo Center, the recent learning session brought together emerging food and beverage and handicraft businesses to discuss strategies for improving operational efficiency, product development, quality management, and business growth.
FAST Business Development Manager for Mindanao Melvin Mendoza presented the company’s scalable logistics solutions, highlighting how integrated transportation, warehousing, cold chain, cross-docking, and value-added services can help MSMEs streamline operations and reach wider markets.
“As businesses grow, managing logistics becomes increasingly complex and can take valuable time and resources away from their core operations. By partnering with logistics experts like FAST, MSMEs can focus on developing their products, improving quality, and growing their businesses while leaving the complexities of transportation, warehousing, and distribution to a trusted logistics partner,” Mendoza said.
“Filipino entrepreneurs should be able to scale their operations more efficiently and reach new markets without having to build and manage an entire logistics infrastructure on their own,” he added.
He also discussed how businesses can optimize transportation based on their products, delivery requirements, and destinations. By combining trucking, roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) shipping, sea freight, and air freight, MSMEs can access more flexible and efficient ways to distribute their products across Mindanao and other parts of the Philippines.
FAST further highlighted solutions designed to make logistics more accessible to growing businesses, including shared logistics for consolidating smaller shipments, flexible warehousing arrangements, forward stocking to position inventory closer to key markets, and end-to-end trade fair logistics support.
Aside from MSME logistics and supply chain management, the Enhanced Business Learning Sessions also featured other topics such as product development and innovation, including product design and packaging; operations and quality management, covering technology upgrading, food safety, and GMP; sustainability and business growth, focusing on project design and green production practices; and executive leadership through one-on-one operations management coaching.
FAST’s participation builds on its continuing partnership with DTI Misamis Oriental to help local enterprises improve market access and strengthen their supply chains.
In January, FAST conducted a solutions roadshow and roundtable discussion with local MSMEs to understand their logistics challenges and identify opportunities for collaboration. The partnership was further formalized through a Memorandum of Agreement in May, covering end-to-end trade fair assistance and forward stocking solutions for local businesses.
FAST has also expanded its regional capabilities with the opening of a new warehouse in Opol, Misamis Oriental, strengthening its capacity to serve businesses in Cagayan de Oro and nearby areas in Northern Mindanao.
