| The 11th Logistics CIO and Supply Chain Technology Forum |
| Day 1 - May 17th |
| 7:30 - 8:45 Registration at the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel |
| 8:45 - 9:00 Chairman's Welcome - Hugh Williams - Managing Director - Hughenden |
| 9:00 PANEL: The Cloud in reality. How can you integrate the cloud into your system? Plus contextualisation for the transportation industry. |
Hear from the real experts on virtualisation on their thoughts on the capabilities and potential of the cloud. Ascertain everything that you need to know about the cloud & virtualisation that will drive your business forward - with specific contextualisation for the transportation and logistics industry.
Jan Van Dooren - CIO - Safmarine
David Vokins - Director Product Delivery, Global Customer Applications - DHL UK
Bassam Fawaz - CIO - Agillity Global Integrated Logistics
Alejandro Vlasich - Exec Vice President IT & IS -Kuehne & Nagel Eastern Europe
Chris Eijk - CIO, Europe - Damco |
| 9:40 Will packaged TMS solutions give you a competitive edge? |
Today, both Oracle and SAP are offering TMS solutions that are integrated with their ERP packages. This presentation will take a closer look at the advantages / disadvantages of packaged solutions versus custom built and specialized products. The intention is not to do a deep dive into the product features, but have a look at factors like TCO, flexibility, maintainability of those solutions.
Dr. Rainer Basten - Head of Transportation & Logistics, Europe - Tata Consultancy Services |
| 10:00 Conquering IT Complexities in Emerging Markets (Eastern Europe) - Hear 4 proven methods from the experts! |
Having a global presence is key to success in today’s global business environment. But branching into new markets presents unique challenges to your IT infrastructure. In this presentation you will: Hear an in-depth case study that will tell you all you need to know about how to deal with vast differences in infrastructure, language and cultural integration via the medium of IT.
See how Kuehne and Nagel fully integrated into the Eastern European market by leveraging their IT platform to drive results after realising that different macroeconomic and commercial approaches require specific regional corporate approaches!
Discover how Kuehne and Nagel having variable service level agreements for technology providers has ensured the best communications infrastructure and lowest running costs for each country in the region that could translate to YOUR business!
Alejandro Vlasich - Exec Vice President IT & IS -Kuehne & Nagel Eastern Europe |
| 10:30 COFFEE AND NETWORKING IN THE INTERACTIVE MEETINGS ZONE |
| 11:00 Streamlining Systems to improved ensure end-to end visibility in the Supply Chain |
In this packed presentation find out how improved visibility in the supply chain will make sure your company moves in the right direction. David Vokins, an expert in end-to-end visibility, tells you all about the strategy deployed by DHL to successfully integrate and manage their software. With the emphasis in what improvement in visibility actually means, and how you can benefit from improvements in: Delivery of in house supply chain management & visibility tools
By harmonizing the IT landscape and streamlining systems within your operations, you can ensure full transparency in your process chain that will benefit both you and your customers Learn why you need to deliver both internally and externally in order for you to achieve precision, accuracy and efficiency of receiving operations and see your customer portfolio grow and productivity increase. Find out how to implement systems for real-time information capturing and distribution that will ensure you can give your customers improved service for guaranteed satisfaction.
David Vokins - Delivery, Global Customer Applications- DHL UK |
| 11:30 UNIQUE PANEL: CIOs and Shippers together provide a variety of perspectives on how to improve visibility in the supply chain |
Discussion between the top executives from each side of the industry on how solutions can be improved and where companies can work together to ensure they key opportunities in a competitive and challenging market are being maximised through the use of innovative technology.
Do shippers want 3PLs to take the lead in terms of technology? What are the mandates for RFID, track and trace and similar technologies?
Is real-time visibility and truly transparent information a reality, and how can this be achieved with so many different parties involved? What is that shippers require from LSPs, and how much more can LSPs and shippers work together to ensure a streamlined system?
Hakan Nilsson – CIO – Geodis Wilson
Jaro Caban - Group Supply Chain Director - Arovit Petcare
Harish Rajan - Principal Consultant - Infosys Technologies
Paul Coubrough - Sr. Director Business Architecture - DHL |
| 12:00 CASE STUDY: DB Schenker smartbox – the story behind the innovation and how you can translate Schenker’s findings for real results in your business |
Smartbox combines innovation with worldwide ocean freght quality. GPS and telematics ensure transparency, control and effiency through the entire logistics chain.
DB Schenker Smartbox allows real time tracking of ontainers with valuable loads. Sensor technology allows parameters such as temperature, humidity, door alarm and vibration to be measured and transmitted with position data provided by GPS. These telematic data are then stored in the customer information system (CIS) and can be accessed by the customer at any time.
Such an innovation creates a new kind of transparency within the transport chain allowing weak points to be identified and fixed, operational processes to be streamlined and data quality to be improved
Christopher Regenhardt – Corporate Manager - DB Schenker Smartbox – DB Schenker
Dr Hemut Faerber - Director - Travel & Transport - GFFT |
| 12:30 LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE INTERACTIVE MEETINGS ZONE |
| 2:00 POWER PRESENTATION - How to adapt to the The CIO-fusionista approach - towards a new successful mindset and way of working…demonstrated in practice |
| Jan Peter de Valk - CIO - DHL Express |
| 2:10 Enterprise transformation: Integration of Agency based consortium into a Network solution. |
A business transformation to align the business operations of multiple agency based consortiums into the mainstream network solution. The endeavour is to define the product features, create common business glossary, standardize business processes and enable the IT tools. Key success factors are skills addressing the People, Process, IT and organizational change management. The approach is to migrate to common operations tools, migration of customers to a more standardized billing structure as well as interfaces.
Paul Coubrough - Sr. Director, Business Architecture - DHL Express |
| 2:30 Maximise co-operation with your suppliers |
- Move away from total reliance on your supplier to & open up the transportation costing module.
- Ensure that your systems are S&OP based, without financials taking over.
- Guarantee that you get performance management based information back from your suppliers – information on delivery & supplier EDI
- Manage your transportation settings in a real way by fully utilizing your transport equipment.
Peter Husted - Senior Director Global Transport – LEGO
Marianne Winther Nielsen - Market Logistic Manager - LEGO |
| 3:00 COFFEE AND NETWORKING IN THE INTERACTIVE MEETINGS ZONE |
| 3:30 CASE STUDY: Offshore Outsourcing: Separating Hype from Reality |
Get the inside knowledge about how vendor sales pitches varied, how they were evaluated and methods for maximizing opportunities for success.
Learn about CEVA's offshore development journey in 3 simple steps:
- Early expectations and what you need from your vendors.
- Critically important - vendor selection - find out how to decide on the software vendor that will work for your needs.
- And all the processes involved for making it happen - see how you can incorporate their experiences into your business plan
Get the inside knowledge about how vendor sales pitches varied, how they were evaluated and methods for maximizing opportunities for success.
Fergus Hoedman - Senior Vice President Global Applications - CEVA Logistics |
| 4:00 Discover how to perfect the art of Global vs. Local (rapid) application development for real improvements in your productivity |
- Deliver a better product to your customers. Get the balance right when it comes to standardisation/globalisation vs flexibility towards each individual customer
- Learn how Damco Europe have designed and delivered a specific application for one of their major global clients with great success and how they are now looking at ways to incorporate this approach for other customers and products globally.
- Leonie Weber will share with you how to approach standardisation/ flexibility towards customers and provide an insight in the application/ functionality they have delivered as well as present their customer's view on this.
Leonie Weber - Chief Process Officer - DAMCO |
| 4:30 How to ensure you implement an ERP platform that will deliver you real results in productivity |
Supply chain best practices in customer services, planning, logistics distribution and manufacturing are not always well enabled by just one ERP Platform. Implementing multiple ERP platforms can only lead to higher efficiencies and lower cost if correctly implemented….one wrong move and your company will suffer.
ERP platform enhancement will be discussed in relation to Arovit’s experience with Order Management, Customer Service, S&OP, Forecasting/Demand & Supply Planning and Warehousing/Distribution activities or processes
Jaro Caban - Group Supply Chain Director – Arovit Petcare
Hugh Williams - Managing Director - Hughenden |
| 5:00 DRINKS AND NETWORKING IN THE INTERACTIVE MEETINGS ZONE |
| Day 2 - May 18th |
| 9:00 IT & Business Alignment Strategies to ensure optimum efficiency and productivity at YOUR company |
Where does the CIO provide the most value to the business - through internal projects or via external activities? How is the role of the CIO changing, and how can you ensure that you are at the forefront of such change?
- In the traditional role, the CIO leverages IT to improve performance and business outcomes. Now, the CIO must demonstrate value outside the 'IT norm' - Acting as an an invaluable instrument for building bridges and raising the company profile - with duties extending far beyond IT.
- In this active panel debate, find out what your peers are doing to enhance their role within the company and learn how you can improve your customer relations.
Jan Peter de Valk - CIO - DHL Express
Alejandro Vlasich - Exec VP IT & IS - Kuehne and Nagel
Amit Gupta - Vice President and Global Head - Transportation & Logistics Vertical - HCL Technologies
Jaro Caban - Group Supply Chain Director - Arovit Petcare
Hugh Williams - Managing Director - Hughenden |
| 9:40 Unlocking the electronic business with small partners in the Supply Chain based on global standards |
Unilever established EDI connections with all its major Customers, Suppliers and Logistic Service Providers in order to streamline business processes. EDI is however too cumbersome and expensive for the large number of smaller Unilever business partners.
In this presentation Unilever and the University of Groningen show how XML technology enables those smaller business partners to send and receive the same standard electronic messages as the large partners do.
The technology, eb-Forms, is not dependent on VANs or portals, is easy to install and is free to use.
Learn how eb-Forms not only saves Unilever the cost of call centers and manual order processing, but also how it improves data quality dramatically and shortens throughput time.
Fred Kempkes - SC Interoperability Manager – Unilever
Fred Van Blommestein - Head of Research - University of Groningen |
| 10:10 Dynamically revolutionize your business by maximizing the capabilities of your computer |
- Utilize your most powerful resource for dramatic results - Your computer is not just a data storage device. Utilize what your computer systems can do in terms of planning and dispatching co-ordination. Learn how to manipulate the machine for complex calculations that will save you time and money whilst driving efficiency
- Discover how APM Terminals deploy computers that on a 2-3 minute time window calculate what has happened and cut warehouse costs by 20-30 %. .
- Think outside the norm - think exact location and exact capacity without freezing service and find the best opportunity.
Geert Jan Dirven - CIO - APM Terminals |
| 10:30 COFFEE AND NETWORKING IN THE INTERACTIVE MEETINGS ZONE |
| 11:00 Strategies for the implementation of a crucial IT Security Management System in a global company that will have a big impact on your business. |
Hear from the expert… a comprehensive approach to IT security, covering processes, structure, people and systems. Given the increasing requirements regarding data protection and compliance, this session will give you the ammunition to deal with regulation hurdles.
Silke Lehnhardt - VP Information Management - Lufthansa Cargo AG |
| 11:30 How to finally ensure ROI in major global IT projects |
| Hakan Nilsson – CIO – Geodis Wilson |
| 12:00 Maximise the value of the data you already have - an innovative method to avoid costs and unleash YOUR company’s true potential |
What's the use of detailed data if it is not fully utilized to maximise productivity? Avoid wasting time and money - tale a tip from the professionals!
- Find out why business has changed and discover how to gain a clear focus as to where the root cause of the issue emanates from - for real changes that will drive results!
- Go beyond trend and variance measurements that merely provide an indicator that business has improved or declined
- Q-log will demonstrate the concept that is missing from almost all MIS - the ability to identify operational disruptions! Avoid cost rather than reacting to it
You will see how YOU can implement this system to accurately target the appropriate improvement activity within YOUR client’s E2E value chains
Jim Bedford - Director of IT - Q-Log |
| 12:30 Discover how YOU can reduce your reliance on paper and save 30 % of your costs- get the facts and figures from a case study rolled over 24 countries worldwide by the world’s premier aviation experts! |
- Learn about the fantastic new system that has led to industry savings of US$4.9 billion annually!
- Not only have costs been reduced but the paperless system has led to a reduced cycle time of an average of 24 hours!
- Find out from the man who has directed this worldwide initiative about how electronic documentation allows for online track and trace functionality - leading to greater reliability and accuracy!
Steve Smith - IATA - Project Director - efreight - IATA |
| 1:00 Secure Supply Chains - Identification and anticipation of risks and threats in intercontinental container traffic employing multi layer IT approaches |
This fantastic presentation will provide you with an outlook on a new german research and development project dealing with the improvement of security along container flows using new IT concepts an includes….
- Understanding threats in physical and virtual processes
- Enhancing quality of forecast systems
- Foster business models for stakeholders
Dr Frank Gillert - Professor of Logistics Management – Technical University of Applied Sciences |
| 1:30 LUNCH AND NETWORKING |
