Wednesday 24/09/2008
11.00 - 12.00
How to overcome Supply Chain complexity by using Information-on-demand services
In general, these players don't have the same level of IT expertise and they need different applications to comply with their role. Nevertheless, re-use of information and collaborative Supply Management can lead to Integrated Visibility and easier compliance with governmental rules and regulations. It is especially important that the users receive relevant and appropriate information, that they can easily assimilate and that enables them to make the right decisions in a more efficient way.
Eric Duchesne, Competence Center Manager - Porthus n.v.
14.00 - 15.00
Sustainability in Logistics
Realizing more sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness through horizontal collaboration between shippers.
Alex Van Breedam, Managing Director - VIL
15.00 - 16.00
Case study Dicogel
How to implement a system controlling both manufacturing and warehousing operations? Dicogel producer of frozen foods decided recently to integrate its job floor requirements in a proven software system. The system had to encompass both the warehouses and the factory. The presentation will lead the audience through the objectives of the project, how it went and what is obtained. Furthermore, the speaker will give some tips and common pitfalls of implementing an WMS and MES system.
Bruno Forret, COO - MESware
16.00 - 17.00
CERP - Voice Recognition
Logistiek aan de snelheid van het geluid. Snelle leveringen zijn cruciaal in de farmaceutische groothandel. Dit mag uiteraard niet ten koste gaan kwaliteit. Met de Zetes 3iVoice oplossing vond CERP de ideale combinatie van een snelle, kwalitatieve en ergonomische oplossing voor de picking.
Catherine Bataille, Business Consultant - Zetes
17.00 - 18.00
Personeelstekort in de logistiek
De logistieke sector is voor België een strategische groeisector: nieuwe bedrijven schieten als paddestoelen uit de grond, bestaande bedrijven breiden steevast uit. Toch kampt de sector met een nijpend personeelstekort. En daar zijn meerdere redenen voor. Logistiek is een fascinerende branche, waar veel kansen en uitdagingen liggen. De sector zoekt immers steeds meer uitdagingen in nieuwe markten, en zet steeds gesofisticeerde activiteiten op. Dit is een troef, die zeker uitgespeeld moet worden om de betere kandidaten op de arbeidsmarkt voor zich te winnen.
Marleen Deleu, Project Manager Logistics - Randstad
Thursday 25/09/2008
11.00 - 12.00
Warehousing conquers the factory
As product mixes expand, and production processes reach their efficiency limits (or get relocated), in-plant logistics emerges as the next area for chasing profits in factories. Getting components from their sourcing location all the way to the assembly line requires a multitude of process steps, that are primarily handling, transportation, sorting, counting and administration. Since the added value from these processes is very small, and their cost impressive, factories will have to start organizing them more efficiently. The speaker will argue that borrowing from the warehousing and distribution centers operational experiences is a first step, but not enough. Analysis tools and theories are needed to support making meaningful decisions, and these tools need to be adapted to the manufacturing environment. The speaker will demonstrate these issues with practical examples from local companies and also indicate future developments that his department will undertake in this area.
Hendrik Van Landeghem, Prof.dr.ir. - Industrial Management, Ghent University
14.00 - 15.00
The IBBT project MULTITR@NS - key toward CO-MODALITY
In the "integrated intelligent logistics chain" the exchange of information about freight enables the creation of ADDED VALUE. Herein ICT plays an important role. In the IBBT research project MULTITR@NS a unique concept was developed and demonstrated in a multimodal logistics environment. By means of a SOA architecture existing ERP and WMS systems share information on the basis of role patterns. Also the use of RFID as IDENTIFIER in a SOA network fits perfectly in this setting. Furthermore the project has performed excellent work about multimodal routing, networks of active RFID and the use of agent technology, on the road towards Co-Modality.
André De Vleeschouwer, Program Manager - IBBT
15.00 - 16.00
Multi-site, multi flow transport planning optimisation at SK Cartomills
SK Cartomills, a subsidiary of the Smurfit Kappa Group, world leader in board packaging and products, operates 4 production and converting sites throughout Belgium. Due to production specialization and production constraints, each site is delivering its production throughout Benelux and France. Through this project, SK Cartomills has deployed a solution enabling it to significantly reduce its transport costs by optimizing the sequencing of transport orders from each site and grouping orders from different sites together. This solution is based on a central organization with a global view on the flows from all the sites but gives each site a certain degree of freedom to adapt the global plan. Both client deliveries and internal flows are taken into account and a pre-optimization of load volumes of all goods for a client is realized. Finally, the cost optimization takes into account the possibility for SK Cartomills’ transport firms to find, in certain cases, return loads from other clients.
Olivier Descamps, Supply Chain Manager - Smurfit Kappa Cartomills
16.00 - 17.00
Turn-around of a 2/3PL Logistics Provider into a Provider of Collaborative Supply Chain Solutions
Solutions to customers who wish to deploy distribution organisations or Supply Chains on the European Continent in a timely and controllable manner. Thanks to the collaborative mode of its solutions, the customers of HL remain in full control of such extended Supply Chains without major investments. HL's solution includes opportunities for cost reduction, web-collaboration and seamless deployment to the benefit of the customer. These opportunities and the BPM methodology implemented by HL will be elaborated by means of a comprehensive case.
Luc Pieters, Sales & Marketing Development - Hessenatie Logistics NV
17.00 - 18.00
Centraal geautomatiseerd opslag- en distributiecentrum Campina België
Een paar jaar geleden besloot Campina om de productie van alle houdbare melk, drinks, koffiemelk en room te centraliseren in Aalter. Campina had in Aalter tot nu toe geen eigen distributiecentrum. De productie stond verspreid bij externen wat samen met het extra transport heel wat organisatie en kosten met zich mee bracht. Toen Campina Aalter de productie fors ging uitbreiden, werd de mogelijkheid voor een eigen opslagruimte onderzocht.
Na een onderzoek, waarin verschillende concepten aan bod kwamen, werd gekozen een volautomatisch hoogbouwmagazijn met kranen en dubbeldiepe opslag te bouwen en zelf uit te baten. Hierbij wordt U een indruk gegeven van het beslissingsproces, het uiteindelijk design en van de realisatie.
André Van der Meulen, Manager Logistics CPE België - Campina