The Logistics industry is still chasing the holy grail of total redundancy in the supply chain with overall, seamless and transparent information transfer. This session will go through the basics of where we are today and how much of a way we still have to go

• Get a general overview of the best attempts so far at incorporating AutoID, RFID, Telecom and Location into a total supply chain solution.
• Identify the key technological and business processes as well as development and cost barriers affecting the adoption of integrated fleet management
• Discuss the current market trends and specific challenges customers are facing with existing systems in the market place.
• Analyse the types of capabilities customers are demanding today and how much they are willing to invest to achieve seamless logistics

Anil Valsan, Research Manager, Automotive & Transportation Practice, Frost & Sullivan

Get an insight on Thermo King’s real customer case studies from the pharmaceutical and logistics market.

• Learn how Thermo King fulfils its pharmaceutical customers' stringent temperature management needs
• A look at how temperature monitoring can become an integral part of logistics operational planning and increase its value proposition

Gayatri Chaturvedi, Business Director - Telematics & Financial solutions, Thermo King Europe

Raymond Haesakkers, Branch Manager, Bakker Barendrecht Transport BV

This session will discuss solution to achieve interoperability and integration between mixed FMS fleets, container and trailer tracking systems and the rest of the supply chain

• Discuss ways to implement IT environment unity in the big players across different European countries
• Get an update on the MSI Group work on standardising the supply chain communication protocol and language
• Transportation companies do not have the time or knowledge to integrate systems – hear what can be done to enable systems that require little or no in-house expertise from the user
• 4PL platform: How to encourage user organizations to innovate using the combined capabilities of existing mobile hardware and software based 3PL platform access
• How far away are we from developing a communication standard so that service providers can work with any ERPs
• Re-install or re-use hardware? How to integrate sub-contracted vehicles pre-fitted sensors and devices with internal management processes and data requirements

Moderator: Magnus Andersson, Telematics Group Researcher, Viktoria Institute

Dirk Staelens, Chief Product Innovation Officer - VP Customer Service, Transics International NV

Dr Per Olof Arnäs, Logistics and IT, TRB Sweden  & Chairman, Mobile Stationary Interface Group

Gines Hernandez Rosique, CEO, TDI, Tecnicas de Ingenieria s.l.

Juan Francisco Ortuño Antón, Technical Director, TDI, Tecnicas de Ingenieria s.l.

Antonio López, CEO, Push The Button

• The Challenges Associated with Trailer Fleet Management such as Communications networks and charges
• How to integrate RF Technologies with Communications Technologies exploring RF hardware solutions, fit for purpose communications technologies and easy to use role based software solutions
• A look at proven trailer fleet management solutions and how to remove the cost associated with manual trailer location and managing both asset and load security effectively

Simon Woodward, Business Development Manager, DHL Exel Supply Chain

John Morrison, Product Manager, Secureseal Systems Ltd

A look at the latest connectivity options – multiple standards architectures and choices

• How far away are we from a service that can switch between different wireless and cellular networks across Europe and provide a seamless service?
• GPRS, Wi-Fi, 3G etc. Analysis of these communication protocols and how applications can still survive despite interruptions to connectivity or poor coverage across downtime regions
• Will Wi-Max or wireless Broadband be the deal breaker for the seamless supply chain dream, will this be rolled out across Europe? What kind of infrastructure will it require and what change will this imply for the parties involved?
• Different technologies and different providers for each, means separate accounts and separate bills for fleet managers. Will this result in an unattractive situation for customers?

Moderator: Dr. Jörg Schäfer, Senior Manager, Accenture GmbH

Fredric Liljestrom, Business Manager Automotive, Telenor

Ulrich Dietz, Senior Technology Manager, Vodafone GROUP R&D

Dr. Henry Wild, CEO, Softwired AG

More then 50% of the European HGV Fleet has CANbus onboard. Discussion on how this source of vehicle information through FMS interfaces can prove beneficial to customers

• FMS / CANbus integration defined.
• Find out how customers can benefit from reduced maintenance, safer driving, and reduced fuel costs through integration of CANbus data and how this type of integration can be achieved
• Opportunites in other commercial vehicle segments to utilise CANbus data, such as trailers, vans, minibuses, buses and offroad equipment

Tijay Tjiook, CEO, Squarell

• An insight of the market demands on secured transports
• Understand the role of specific IT tools and electronic equipment to establish Schenker's protect product
• Learn from real operational experiences when dealing with special secured main hauls, terminal handling and collection/distribution

Rob Bekking, Head of Product & Strategy Development, PM Land Transport, Schenker AG

Find out what solutions are being adopted and the role of other enabling technologies in the asset security industry.

• How can GeoFencing technology be used more creatively for security?
• How can customers keep an eye on goods if they leave the geo-fence area or enter rocky terrain areas? A look at drop/hook monitoring as a solution.
• How to yield the benefits of RFID/GPS hybrid solution to provide increased accuracy, reliability and visibility
• A look at TAPA organisation requirements, specifically truck security requirements (TSR) and it’s potential impact
• Partnership needed to create supply chain-wide security
• Reactivity: how to ensure the goods are back

Moderator: Stefan Reidy, CEO, Arviem AG

Willem Duijf, Strategic Director, GE Equipment Services - Asset Intelligence business

Rob Bekking, Head of Product & Strategy Development, PM Land Transport, Schenker AG

Tim Lyons, European Alliance Manager, Eurowatch

• What do customers/shippers want to know and why?
• How to optimize the value chain by supporting pro-activity and managing exceptions
• Get a case study on how TNT manages the IT, data integrity and subcontractors partnership involved in fluid supply chains
• Analysis of the impact of RFID, GPRS, SMS and other technologies on TNT's business

Jos Kagenaar, Director Business Development, TNT Innight

Knowing the condition and location of the asset does not in itself create value. It is essential that not only the right data gets to the right people, but also that it is presented in the correct way so that it may be used intelligently.

• How to attribute further value and transform raw data into useful information that it is in the specific format to be used by internal operations e.g. accounts, planning, dispatch etc
• Getting the human machine interface right and implementing the best development strategies so that systems do not become overly complex and are user-friendly
• Educating the users so that full benefits of data and analysis can be deployed within operations

Karim Jawad, Business Development - Sensor & Actuator Solutions EBO Benelux IMT, IBM

In order to guarantee that critical data can be viewed and used at different parts of the organisation you need to ensure that each system has the right interface to handle and interpret data correctly.

• With different hardware systems each operating on their own software, find out how to build a flexible interface which can deal with each database and allow data exchange
• Do large scale ERP systems, such as SAP, require more intense integration strategies to guarantee synchrony?
• Everyday more and more applications are moving to the web… should you be focussing your efforts on perfecting internet based solutions? Would portal solutions eliminate data integration issues?
• What open platforms are available for distributed data sharing models?

Andreas Janetzko, Business Development Director, UPS SCS

Currently fleet management data is wasted when solely used at its primary level... This session explores how to take the next step and integrate it throughout the supply chain members.

• How would real time fleet management data provide increasing value from integration with back end systems?
• How to integrate real time fleet management data with planning, accounting and dispatching backend systems?
• How can cooperation between VDO and ORACLE push the market to adopte an open platform for sourcing real time fleet management data (tachograph, telematics, sensors) and distributing into ERP and Transportation Management systems?

Guido Burger, Senior Business Development Manager, Oracle

Dragan Kostevski, Sales Manager, Continental Automotive GmbH

Reaching a real integration across own entities and 3rd parties along the supply chain is a strain on all parties as it involves many individual changes to reach the collaborative goal. Consequently it is of utmost importance that the targeted business and operations model ensure of all parties involved.

• Which business and operations models are best designed to achieve synchronized motivation across all partners and enables early involvement, buy in and sustainable motivation and how to get there fast
• How to integrate and communicate with shipper, 3PL and others in the partner network
• How to build-in criteria that automatically transfers the necessary and specific information required by specific partners into the fleet management system?
• How long would this type of extensive integration take and at what cost to whom?

Dr. André Lindner, Vice President Supplier & Inventory Management, Kuehne + Nagel

Managing the reverse flow of goods can be one of the most costly processes for logistics companies, especially without the right infrastructure in place. This session will look at the main area of growth Recycling (WEEE and others), MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul), Warranty and the issues to be ironed out

• Hear what the ideal scenario is for supply chains to work in reverse efficiently
• Learn from trends in the market that will affect how critical reverse logistics can be and how suppliers operate
• Low frequency, process intensive, high speed requirement: How to reduce Reverse logistics costs by leveraging your partners network
• How to find and select an outsourced transporter that will work with those condition and so little planning
• Find out what specific services your customers are ready to pay for: Customer service, maintenance, recycling …how to insure the warehouse is able to provide the needed services
• Discuss key tips to integrate the reverse and forward flows more fluidly

Jos Kagenaar, Director Business Development, TNT Innight

Drazen Nikolic, Senior Executive, Accenture GmbH

Andreas Janetzko, Business Development Director, UPS SCS

Downtime is a huge cost for customers, a system which can monitor and communicate problems in advance can give customers the time to re-route, re-plan and re-schedule deliveries. Find out how you can improve this process by developing a remote diagnostics system into your logistics solution

• An insight into Daimler FleetBoard's development in engine fault code monitoring and how customers are actively using this information today
• Understand how this data can be integrated into management processes in order to derive the necessary reaction across the supply chain
• Find out what's on the radar for remote diagnostics and what needs to happen in order for this to become a serious proposition for the logistics industry

Daniel Stadach, Business Development Director, Daimler FleetBoard GmbH

Are we in pursuit of a supply chain utopia that is unachievable? What baby steps can we take to make a leap towards the seamless dream?

• What are the market growth and technological deployment projections for the next 5 years and will this bring the supply chain operations closer together?
• So what standards initiatives are in the pipe-line, what will it take for them to take off and where will that leave you and your solution?
• Are alliances between telematics fleet management service providers and logistics solutions providers the way forward?

Moderator: Dr. Jörg Schäfer, Senior Manager, Accenture GmbH

Andreas Janetzko, Business Development Director, UPS SCS

Guido Burger, Senior Business Development Manager, Oracle

Dr. André Lindner, Vice President Supplier & Inventory Management, Kuehne + Nagel

Karim Jawad, Business Development - Sensor & Actuator Solutions EBO Benelux IMT, IBM