Logistics Manager Conference Programme

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Learn from industry leaders in the case study-led Logistics Manager Conference. The Conference was a huge success at Logistics Link Live in June with standing-room only in most sessions as professionals from well-respected organisations showed how their operations have excelled.

All sessions are FREE - please take a look at the programme below to plan your day at the Show

Tuesday 9th October 2012

11:00 - 11:30

RFID – The Time Is Right

This informative presentation with live demonstrations and case studies, clearly presents how RFID can be used successfully in Warehouse and Logistics applications. With detailed comparisons of Auto ID Technologies: Barcode, 2D Code and RFID, this seminar will cover all of the key factors which need to be considered for any Auto ID project, giving visitors live first-hand experience of RFID in action. There is even a chance to win a bottle of Champagne in our RFID ‘Chip and Win’ Raffle.

Inotec Barcode Security Limited

Innovation in the Supply Chain: The Ambidextrous Context

The Supply Chain tends to be an abundant source of continuous improvement.  It is argued, that the mindset and approaches akin to delivering such incremental innovations, although vital to the success of the Supply Chain, tend to hinder the efforts required to deliver more radical 'game changing' innovation.  By understanding the ambidextrous context, we can identify structured and creative approaches that will help bring these tensions into balance in order to make 'game change' innovation a deliberate practice in the Supply Chain, as opposed to a much welcomed accident.

12:30 - 13:00

The Future: Supply Chain 2020

·What does the supply chain of the future look like in 5-10 years time?
·Re-think your supply chain - adapting and changing to cope with extreme volatility, uncertainty and complexity?
·How are commodity pressures impacting our supply chains and logistics? How efficient can we be?
·How is the growth of emerging economies creating shifts in sourcing and manufacturing?
·The impact of social networks and big data on the supply chain network, and how to harness and use this data
·Gaining board level acceptance and managing talent

Professor Alan Braithwaite, Chairman, LCP Consulting and Visiting Professor, Cranfield School of Management  

13.30 - 14.00

Improve cash flow, delivery accuracy and customer service with ePOD

Adoption of ePOD is one the increase as companies running their own delivery operation look for ways to cut the costs caused by missing or incomplete deliveries. The benefits of ePOD extend across the business, improving cash-flow and customer service by ensuring greater accuracy and reducing disputes. Pay as you go options from OBS logistics make these solutions more affordable for smaller and mid-sized organisations. In this session we will share our experience of helping our clients to access the multiple benefits of using ePOD either as a stand-alone system, or as part of an integrated transport management system to increase visibility across the supply chain with real-time information.

15.00 - 16.00

National Skills Academy for Logistics Open Meeting

NSAL National skills Academy for Logistics board members have co-ordinated their board meeting to take place on the first day of Logistics Link North. Following the formal matters the board will hold an open meeting at 3pm in the Conference theatre to brief on the academy products, chairman Simon Harpur will lead a questions session in the open board meeting. Employer focused engagement showcase, take a full look at the National Skills academy on their stand in the Show hall.

Wednesday 10 October 2012

10:00 - 10:30    

Food retail deliveries you can rely on

Sandy Hallyburton, Co-operative Supply Chain Primary Logistics

10:45 - 11.15

Imagine trying to stage the Olympics without Logistics

· What’s involved in the Logistics for staging the games
· Challenges in the Logistics for staging the games
· What did we do for London 2012
· Critical Success Factors – are they any different to other Logistics challenges?

Mick Wright, Head of Logistics, London 2012

12:15 - 12:45 Improve cash flow, delivery accuracy and customer service with ePOD

Adoption of ePOD is one the increase as companies running their own delivery operation look for ways to cut the costs caused by missing or incomplete deliveries. The benefits of ePOD extend across the business, improving cash-flow and customer service by ensuring greater accuracy and reducing disputes. Pay as you go options from OBS logistics make these solutions more affordable for smaller and mid-sized organisations. In this session we will share our experience of helping our clients to access the multiple benefits of using ePOD either as a stand-alone system, or as part of an integrated transport management system to increase visibility across the supply chain with real-time information.

13.00 - 13.30

Making Strategy Pay

Often controversial, Kevin will share an insight into a methodology developed in collaboration with a former FTSE 100 CEO which addresses the divide of business strategy and day to day operations.  Too often these are disconnected leading to all sorts of problems resulting in poor business performance.

In these difficult times this is exactly the session that senior operations management need to attend in order to align “business led thinking with actual doing”.   Kevin will share the key steps of the  Making Strategy Pay©  methodology, and then provide some examples of how it has been applied in practice.  Click On Logistics are present on Stand 2 over the two days.

Kevin Zwolinski, Managing Director, Click On Logistics Ltd

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