The Shipper's Voice - How to be a better shipper seminars

Multimodal 2010 Shippers Voice Seminars

Multimodal 2010 will feature a large number of interactive and educational seminars, masterclasses and surgeries brought to you yet again by the Shipper's Voice.

Shipper’s Voice Seminars

"Collaboration – the key to value creation in supply chain management?"

  • · increased efficiencies
  • · cost savings
  • · new logistics solutions

Collaboration can help

  • · you reduce empty running
  • · lower carbon emissions
  • · cut transport costs
  • · reduce congestion
  • · enable modal shift
  • · encourage sustainable distribution networks and partnerships
  • · improve warehouse utilisation
  • · enhance customer service
  • · give SMEs the critical mass to compete
  • · mitigate waste issues
  • · facilitate WEEE efficiencies
  • · help companies find most-suitable partners

according to The European Logistics Users Providers & Enablers Group

By combining elements of one’s supply chain with those of others, greater efficiencies, cost savings and more opportunities for using alternative logistics solutions might be realised. Naturally the path to a successful collaboration is littered with obstacles: data sharing, trust, communication, sharing of assets such as equipment or IT, common policies and business cultures, finding close matches between different supply chains, and managing and sustaining the collaboration.

But how willing and able are shippers and supply chain managers to explore such opportunities? And what lessons have we already learnt?

The Shipper’s Insight Seminar days, run by the Shipper’s Voice at Multimodal, will explore the benefits of collaboration and what it can do for you.

These free-to-attend interactive knowledge forums will help you learn from the experts.

Supply Chain insight seminars will run during the three-day Multimodal exhibition. The drop in master class sessions will feature panels of up to five industry experts and be followed by pre-bookable one to one surgeries.

The panels will be made up of shippers, forwarders, transport providers and leading associations.

Day One - Tuesday 27th April

Shipper insight and market intelligence - a precursor to collaborative strategies

13.30 to 15.00 - Session One

An economic overview

  • Chairman - Dr Andrew Traill, Shipper's Voice

The illusionary effect of economic statistics on freight transport

  • Mike Garratt, MDS Transmodal
  • Ben Hackett, Hackett Associates

The key market drivers affecting air freight in the next 12 months

  • Ulrich Ogiermann, Chairman, TIACA and CEO, Cargolux

Followed by a Panal discussion reflecting on the possible impact of the market trends and forecasts on colloborative strategies among the key stakeholders in the supply chain.

15.30 to 16.30 - Session Two

Tackling new legal issues affecting and influencing collaboration

  • Nigel Kotani, partner, LLC Law

The changes to trade under the modernised Customs' Code

  • Peter MacSwiney, Chairman, ASM  

 

Day Two - Wednesday 28th April

Collaboration - the key to value creation in supply chain management?

10.30 to 12.00 - Session One

Results of a Collaboration survey and techniques for collaboration

Panel:

Chair Dr Andrew Traill, Shipper's Voice

  • John Manners-Bell, CEO, Transport Intelligence
  • Philip Damas, Director – Drewry Supply Chain Advisors and Director – Liner Shipping at Drewry
  • Clyde Buntrock - Head of Business Solutions, Allport
  • Graham Wall, Group Commercial Director PD Ports
  • Ulrich Ogiermann, Chairman, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), and CEO, Cargolux 

12.30 to 13.30 - Session Two 

Expanding viable Multimodal options through supply chain collaboration

Panelists include:

  • Detlef Golletz, Transport Coordinator, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
  • Peter Ward, Freight by Water
  • Peder Winther, Samskip
  • Maggie Simpson, Rail Freight Group 

14.30 to 15.30 - Session Three

Collaboration for Business Benefit and Sustainability - Practical examples with the European Logistics Users Providers and Enablers Group (Elupeg). 

Panelists include:

  • Alan Waller, ELUPEG and shipper members of ELUPEG

16.00 to 17.00 - Session Four

Techniques for collaboration, including the 4PL model and financial implications and practice to enable more efficient collaborative projects.

Panelists include:

  • Philip Lavin, Sales and Marketing Director, EZD Global
  • Des Ponsonby, Managing Director, Corporate Solutions Logistics
  • James M. Levett, MD, Principal of VoIPcare Technology.

 

Day Three – Thursday 29th April

The collaboration shop window

10.30 to 11.00 - Session One 

Rail interoperability study  and results: collaboration in the Great Rail Freight Axis,

  • M. Amoros, Secretary General, Ferrmed

11.00 to 11.30 - Session Two 

Staff Outsourcing - a route to competitive advantage

  • Andy Howard, Director, The Logistics Network

Call for Papers - If you are interested in participating as a seminar speaker at Multimodal 2010 contact Emma Murray at emma@meantimecomms.com 

 
Shippers Voice Multimodal 2009 Seminars

Trade Extensions Briefings

The Trade Extensions Multimodal 2010 Briefings Programme

  • Decarbonising of Logistics
  • An Introduction to Trade Extensions and Optimisation
  • The European Freight Market
  • Case Study: Optimising Tender Benefits
  • Supply Chain Optimisation (in the real world)

Speaker Panel Includes:

  • Craig Bunker, Key3 Partners
  • Joe Critchley and Garry Mansell, Trade Extensions
  • Professor Alan McKinnon, Heriot-Watt University
  • Philip Winterhalder, Kellogg's

Decarbonising of Logistics:

Professor Alan McKinnon of Heriot-Watt University will share with you the latest thinking in how manufacturers and retailers are today minimising the impact their logistics operations have on the environment and will discuss future initiatives and trends.

An Introduction to Trade Extensions and Optimisation: 

In this session Trade Extensions will explain how they help major manufacturers, retailers and the public sector achieve optimised procurement in their major sourcing projects - no-matter how large and complex the requirements.

The European Freight Market:

Joe Critchley, VP of Business Development, Trade Extensions will share the procurement tactics and techniques being used by major organisations in the market today. He will highlight how European freight rates and their underlying drivers have been evolving over the last twelve months.

Case Study - Optimising Tender Benefits:

Philip Winterhalder of Kellogg's will describe how sophisticated optimising techniques were used in their recent pan-European tender to address a number of key strategic objectives.

Supplier selection in today's economic climate:

In this session Craig Bunker of Key3 Partners will share with you some insights to use when examining the operational, financial and technical ability of transport companies, especially if you are seeking those that will be here for the long term.

Supply Chain Optimisation (in the real world):

By attending this seminar you will learn how powerful new techniques are enabling organisations to truly optimise their complex real-life supply chains for the first time.

© All Rights Reserved.