Supply Chain Angels Partners with MakeIt to Transform Fashion Supply Chains

SINGAPORE, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Supply Chain Angels (SCAngels), the corporate venture arm of YCH Group, has announced a strategic partnership with MakeIt, a pioneering B2B fashion supply chain tech platform. This collaboration aims to streamline operations in the fashion industry by integrating innovative technologies that redefine efficiency, transparency, and sustainability across the supply chain.

A Game-Changer for the Fashion Supply Chain

MakeIt introduces a groundbreaking platform designed to address critical challenges in the fashion supply chain. By combining a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) with an intelligent sourcing platform, MakeIt enables factories to digitise operations, significantly reducing defect rates while boosting productivity.

The sourcing platform further transforms the industry by directly connecting fashion brands with factories in ASEAN. This direct connection simplifies procurement, reduces lead times, and enables quicker responses to fast-changing market trends. Fashion brands will be able to leverage MakeIt's technology to meet consumer demands with agility and efficiency.

Driving Innovation and Efficiency

By digitising and integrating operations, MakeIt's platform enhances the end-to-end supply chain process, delivering unparalleled benefits:

• Operational Efficiency: Factories optimise workflows using the MES, improving output quality, quantity, and profitability.
• Supply Chain Visibility: Brands gain real-time insights into production and sourcing, enabling smarter decision-making.
• Sustainability: By reducing inefficiencies, MakeIt supports more sustainable supply chain practices.

Strategic Synergy for ASEAN

Partnering with SCAngels allows MakeIt to leverage YCH Group's extensive logistics network across ASEAN. Together, they aim to create a seamless supply chain ecosystem, enabling ASEAN fashion manufacturers to build efficient supply chains and logistics. This partnership represents a significant step towards modernising the fashion supply chain in the region.

Leadership Insights

Mr Anantha Nayak, Co-Founder of MakeIt, stated: "MakeIt's platform is built to address inefficiencies in the fashion supply chain. Partnering with Supply Chain Angels propels us closer to our vision. By combining technology with logistics expertise, we are making the fashion supply chain more efficient, sustainable, and profitable."

Mr Isaac Chua, Partner of SC Angels and Head of Corporate Investment at YCH Group commented: "Investing in MakeIt reflects our commitment to innovation and efficiency in supply chain management. This partnership strengthens our ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions that meet the evolving needs of the fashion industry while supporting the digital transformation of supply chains across ASEAN."

For media inquiries, please contact: 

Cecil Chua  
Head of Corporate Communications, YCH Group  
Email: cecil.chua@ych.com  

About YCH Group

YCH Group is Singapore's leading homegrown, end-to-end supply chain solutions partner to some of the world's largest companies and favourite brands across more than 100 cities in the Asia Pacific region. YCH focuses on boosting productivity and sustainability for its customers with its proprietary best-in-class suite of award-winning solutions across industries such as fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, chemical and healthcare, cold chain logistics, and e-Commerce. A strong proponent of innovation, YCH is recognised for its 7PLâ„¢ approach in seamlessly integrating supply chain strategy with execution. 

About Supply Chain Angels

Supply Chain Angels (SC Angels) is the corporate venture arm of YCH Group. SC Angels invests in start-ups that are synergistic and complementary to YCH Group's supply chain and logistics business with the aim of "Creating Unicorns in the Supply Chain." SC Angels deploys funds into high-growth technology enterprises and technology start-ups that are at the forefront of delivering innovative, disruptive solutions in their industries with investment mandate, including but not limited to, start-ups that have high growth potential with a technology focus in areas such as the "Uberisation" of Logistics, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, Big Data, Robotics and FinTech.

About MakeIt

MakeIt is a B2B fashion supply chain tech platform operated by The Fashion Bond Pte Ltd. It combines a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) with an intelligent sourcing platform, connecting brands directly with factories and digitising operations to create faster, more efficient, and sustainable supply chains.

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Supply Chain Angels Partners with MakeIt to Transform Fashion Supply Chains

Youth leadership program reaches milestone in mentoring next generation of the Internet community across Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) today celebrates a decade of preparing the next generation of youth leaders to help shape the future of the Internet across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Since its launch in 2016, more than 359 participants from 32 economies have successfully completed the academy, building a growing network of future policymakers, technical experts, academics, civil society leaders, and Internet governance leaders.

The milestone was commemorated during a special anniversary ceremony held at the 10^th APIGA in Busan, South Korea on 24 July 2026.

"The Internet's future depends on the next generation of leaders who will help ensure it remains secure, stable, and accessible for everyone," said Sally Costerton, ICANN's Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement. "For the past 10 years, APIGA has equipped young leaders across Asia Pacific with the knowledge and practical experience to become active contributors within the global Internet community."

APIGA is an annual five-day workshop focusing on Internet governance and Internet-related topics. The program is co-hosted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Korea Internet & Security Agency, together with regional Internet organizations such as the Asia Pacific Network Information Center, DotAsia, and the Internet Society.

Through an immersive, interactive curriculum, participants gain practical knowledge of how the Internet works and the bottom-up consensus-building model of Internet governance that has helped shape the Internet. Most importantly, the program empowers participants to contribute meaningfully to Internet governance discussions at the local, regional, and global levels.

Building on APIGA's success, the program expanded in 2024 with the launch of local APIGAs, bringing Internet governance education closer to communities across the region. Designed around the same immersive and hands-on style of learning, local APIGAs offer shorter, locally tailored programs that address local issues and may be delivered in the local language. In just two years, local APIGAs have expanded to ten economies, extending opportunities for youth engagement and strengthening regional engagement in Internet governance.

As APIGA enters its second decade, the program remains focused on preparing the next generation to help continue to shape an open, secure, stable, and globally interoperable Internet.

APIGA is part of ICANN's broader commitment to develop future Internet leaders through youth engagement initiatives. These efforts include NextGen@ICANN, which introduces university students and early-career professionals to ICANN Public Meetings and the multistakeholder model of Internet governance.

To learn more about APIGA, visit www.apiga.asia.

About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

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APIGA Celebrates 10 Years of Developing the Next Generation of Internet Leaders