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Delivery of the Future II

From AI to B2B to B2B2C to D2C to customer-centric...
28 Nov 2024
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Delivery of the Future II

The question is not IF change will happen, but how to prepare yourself and your business as best you can.  Our “new normal” is not static: to develop supply chain excellence that is global, resilient and sustainable we must be aware and we must be informed which is why F&L ran a one-day workshop with member DHL to look with experts behind the newly updated Trend Radar. What do we need to know? The Trend Radar is a recognised benchmark. 

  • Location: interactive experience, DHL Innovation Centre, Troisdorf (18 minutes from Cologne/Bonn airport / mainline train station).  Private F&L meeting.  
  • [Additional: factory tour nearby, Wed 27 Nov 14:30 – 17:00.  Fully booked].


Agenda
Thursday, 28 Nov 2024

  • What does the Trend Radar 7.0 tell us?  Dr Klaus Dohrmann, VP Global Head of Innovation & Trend Research DHL
  • Deep dive: AI in Logistics Jordan Toy, Innovation Manager
  • Guided visits around innovation centre with a special focus on sustainability, IoT, AI, vision suite & robotics topics with Christina Pakusch, Yosra Daoud, Eric Martinez & Benjamin Schwalm
  • Deep dive: IoT, Christopher Fuss, Global Head DHL SmartSolutions IoT
  • Deep dive: Supply Chain Diversification including Procurement Strategies, Dr Klaus Dohrmann

 


F&L is a neutral, not-for-profit members’ forum for senior business leaders who wish to put facts around key issues and to collaborate for mutual benefit to improve the performance of supply chains and logistics. Recent F&L dialogue has focused on volatile trade and geopolitical impacts, energy transition and the changing regulatory environment.  On top of these multiplying priorities, we must understand how the market for every business is being changed by customer expectations, the journey to meet them, and how our peers, customers, suppliers and ecosystems are changing around us. 

Delivery of the Future


Thurs, 17 Oct 2024 (agenda)

[Ask if you would like slides].  “Not another workshop on ideation”.  Why are we are a sector so slow on innovation?  Through this workshop, we addressed the challenges in innovation execution in an environment where this month’s KPIs are always at the top of the agenda.  How can we overcome the insane risk aversion with entrepreneurship?

A focused leadership team is progressing this topic within F&L.  Please ask.  

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Wed, 17 April 2024 (agenda)

[Ask if you would like slides].  F&L asked recognised supply chain leaders and academics from Electrolux, P&G, Unilever, EY, Barry Callebaut & H-Farm to build our understanding and awareness of structural change transforming supply chain / logistics, and to re-frame continuous discussions on data & digitalisation across the sector.

09:30 From AI to B2B to B2B2C to D2C to Customer-Centric….. the World has CHANGED

  • When the “impossible” becomes the “necessity”
  • Why waste time talking about the future?   Structural change is faster than we can see.

Supply chain leadership today

  • Mindset / boundaries / rules of the game change fast / innovation & cost trap & creating non-conflicting KPIs 

Two sides of the same coin: digital transformation & operational excellence 

  • Pushing our operating model to the limits: enhancing efficiency and customer value while maintaining operational agility

If we face dramatic change, what do future leaders expect & why might they join your company?

  • Trade-offs & future leaders’ expectations 
  • Looking inside: table discussions on future visions given required transformation
    • Key messages from each table to take away

Coming out on top: how does a winning business look?

  • Looking outside: ations to build a futureproof ability to innovate & execute
  • Illustration through live case studies:
    • Complete interoperability and a single source of truth for all supply chain data, benefiting all parties involved 
    • AI forecasting: Swiss retailer transforming warehouse labour planning  
    • Paperless supply chain including eCMR & eBL 
    • Demo: create your own premium ChatGPT model, train it with additional information and ask it questions

Key actions & initiatives

  • To accelerate change, and attract key development partners

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