Agenda 2024, DAY 2
Registration, networking and refreshments
Welcome to day two
Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media
Seeing through automotive supply chain blind spots
Achieving full visibility and control across inbound and vehicle logistics is one of the industry’s most sought-after objectives. Learn about the advanced systems, connected devices and data protocols that are making it a reality for manufacturers, as well as gaps they still face.
As ongoing supply chain disruptions have shown, having a clear line of sight from tier-N suppliers to OEM to final customers is essential if organisations are to effectivity respond to changing circumstances in real-time, with minimum disturbance to their processes. As supply chain networks become more complex, companies need to work across functions and across multiple enterprises whilst ensuring costs don’t spiral and delivery dates are met, on time every time.
Whilst technology and automation play their part in a digital transformation strategy, challenges involved in successfully digitising the whole supply chain – and blind spots will remain. Whether it is the availability and quality of data, an inability or unwillingness by some partners to share information, or a lack of software, hardware or skills, automotive manufacturers and their logistics partners need to tackle the issues together.
Attend this session to hear from supply chain experts who will outline the key steps OEMs, suppliers and logistics can take to use technology to deliver greater agility, traceability and visibility, from inbound logistics, packaging to vehicle logistics. They will explore how common data protocols combined with advanced manufacturing and transport management systems, control towers and AI to provide stakeholders even greater line of sight across the supply chain whilst being prepared for blind spots.
Thorsten Sommer
Head of Information Processes Logistics
Volkswagen Group
Agnieszka Kubiak
Senior Vice President Logistics
Brose Group
Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media
Co-creative supply chains: from siloed to enterprise collaboration
Automotive manufacturers are digitalising end-to-end vehicle development and product lifecycle management. This session, hear how JLR and others are creating master datasets that ensure supply chain and logistics stakeholders can interact with and influence key processes, including engineering, materials and vehicle launch.
As automotive OEMs and suppliers speed up launches of new models and technology, including EVs and software-defined vehicles, sourcing and material requirements are increasing across development phases, leading to greater complexity across the supply chain, from logistics to aftermarket. For many manufacturers, vehicle engineering data remains siloed across departments with often unintelligible semantics, and limited visibility across suppliers and logistics providers. But there is huge potential in joining up this information in fully digitalised product and operations management and promoting greater optimisation and co-creativity across the enterprise and supply chain.
In this session, learn how major OEMs like JLR are building this connected collaboration across product and supply chain planning, and helping to ensure that employees, suppliers and systems share master datasets that are updated in real time, including bill of materials, logistics, supplier and quality requirements. Understand the IT systems, data clouds and planning processes that can simplify operations, reduce cost and errors, and encourage greater innovation. And explore the potential to leverage greater data analytics and artificial intelligence in engineering and logistics planning cycles that include full product datasets and input from across the supply chain.
Paulina Chmielarz
Industrial Operations Digital and Innovation Director
JLR
Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media
Networking, refreshments and exhibition visit
Bringing innovations to life: Developing digital solutions for strategic supply chain objectives, from traceability to reducing emissions
Learn how automotive manufacturers are working in agile teams to develop and implement digital products that support end-to-end logistics management, including a case study from tier-1 supplier Schaeffler’s transport eco system.
Finding the optimum transport route and inventory levels requires a myriad of permutations and combinations across many suppliers, touchpoints and legacy systems, which will always be a challenge for OEMs, suppliers and logistics providers. With disparate sets of data in every corner of every organisation, bringing it all together and turning data into a decision-making tool can bring benefits to all stakeholders.
That is why manufacturers such as Schaeffler are increasingly working in agile, digital supply chain teams who map out strategic objectives, and build agile solutions and products to test and roll out. In this session, learn more about how the tier-1 supplier has developed a transport eco system that manages end-to-end processes, from ordering, executing and monitoring, to billing and auditing, to tracking and reducing CO2 emissions. Learn how the company planned its strategy, develop minimal viable products before working with IT teams to develop and implement the tool at scale.
Join a wider panel of supply chain and digital experts who will showcase and discuss key strategies for development and implementing digital tools in automotive logistics planning and execution, including for managing transport routes, optimising inventory, meeting sustainability targets, and reducing costs.
Learn more about the approach to systems, as well as ensuring effective data sharing and an alignment of people with the right skills in the right positions.
Tammo Hilgerloh
Head of Supply Chain Digitalisation
Schaeffler Technologies
Trre Wong
Senior Manager Global Supply Chain Digitalization
Kautex Textron
Moderator: Riad Mannan
Content Producer
Automotive Logistics
Preparing for a digital future: Leadership, strategy and implementation within production and logistics
In an era defined by rapid technological advancements, staying ahead demands proactive leadership, strategic foresight, and impeccable execution. This session will explore the fundamental shifts needed in leadership thinking and organisations to develop a successful digital transformation journey, from digitalising truck transport and vehicle logistics, and adapting change management across stakeholders.
As supply chain networks become increasingly complex, leaders face mounting pressures for enhanced transparency, resilience, and predictability. It's imperative for supply chain leaders to conceptualise, develop, and align plans for change, establish implementation stages, and continuously review and refine strategies.
Join us for insights from a vice-president at Bosch as we delve into the critical role of leadership in preparing for a digital future, and understand how supply chain, IT and data organisations are evolving across manufacturers and suppliers. We also have a vice-president from Toyota Motor Europe providing a practical demonstration of leadership focused on vehicle logistics – with concrete examples of digitalisation and what it means for the shopfloor and the production system, highlighting Toyota’s new Mega Hub Kolin and implementation of eCMR.
The subsequent panel discussion will enable you to engage with these supply chain and leadership experts as they discuss the transformative power of effective leadership in embracing the digital era - and share real-world examples.
Jean-Christophe Deville
Vice President of Supply Chain
Toyota Motor Europe
Juliana Raidt
Head of Data Privacy and Information Security
Bosch
Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media
Lunch, networking and exhibition visit
Data that matters: investing in supply chain insights to gain competitive advantages for carmakers and customers
To fully implement a digitised supply chain, breaking down data silos can create more visibility and transparency, turning real-time data into actionable insights and creating true value within the supply chain eco-system.
When it comes to managing the supply chain, automotive manufacturers are striving to improve visibility at all stages, including real-time updates and accurate estimated arrival and delivery times for partners and customers. But what is the value and advantage of real-time information, and who requires what data and ETA, and how often? What is the return on investment, whether in supply chain planning, inbound or vehicle logistics?
In this session, digital and logistics leaders will share how they are turning supply chain data into a competitive advantage, whether in anticipating and responding to potential disruption, or in providing suppliers and customers the most accurate, actionable information. Learn about the true value of secure, transparent and sovereign data exchange and visibility – in operational, monetary and brand terms.
Experts will explore how this value is reflected across operations, whether for inbound and supplier visibility, across the vehicle logistics chain right up to final customer handover, and in building data clouds and lakes to train predictive models and digital twins. Understand more about defining the investment and ROI in the processes, standards, tools and systems that will deliver the data that matters most.
John Torres
Lead Senior Data Scientist
Mercedes-Benz AG
Eric Ramatchandirane
Supply Chain Management IT Solutions Manager
Autoliv
Werner Reuss
Manufacturing Solutions Executive
InterSystems
Moderator: Riad Mannan
Content Producer
Automotive Logistics
Understanding the environmental, social and governance aspects of your digital supply chains and how to improve them
A digital supply chain can positively impact sustainability goals and optimise logistics networks. Learn how automotive manufacturers are using data analytics, simulations and connected systems to reduce emissions and ensure social responsibility throughout the supply chain.
From sourcing materials across many regions, energy sources in manufacturing, to transporting inbound and outbound freight, the potential environmental and social impact of the automotive supply chain cannot be underestimated. Within local, national and international networks, how can stakeholders understand the risks and rewards within a digital supply chain, alongside adherence to ESG compliance and verification regimes?
Central to this is developing a collaborative strategy encompassing how stakeholders could redesign their supply chains and business models to better leverage such opportunities and avoid threats.
Hear from stakeholders as they discuss digital strategies and the use of technology to improve energy efficiency, optimise logistics resources and ensure material sourcing and validation, including the role that AI and big data which will play a key part in ensuring digital supply chains are more sustainable in the long run.
Networking, refreshments and exhibition visit
Potent partnerships: how collaboration can drive supply chain digitalisation
Collaborating for success in supply chain management may seem an obvious step, but it is harder to achieve than it sounds, especially when given the drive for competitive advantage. Building long-lasting relationships can bring about significant improvements in product development, logistics management and reduced costs.
Developing a collaborative mindset where teams and organisations are empowered to have a single vision and solve problems together is an essential element of any supply chain strategy. Forward thinking organisations are developing collaboration techniques which go hand in hand with their digital strategy, opening up new levels of corporation, trust and transparency.
Collaboration within organisations (among IT, data and supply chain functions, for example) and between organisations (amongst OEMs and suppliers) can bring forth challenges which need to be overcome. Issues concerning unautomated processes, silos, security, increased complexity in global networks and communication and trust all provide barriers; but they also present opportunities to improve the system as a whole.
In this session, experts will discuss the key steps that can be taken to bring about effective collaboration and talk about how trust can be built, visions can be aligned, and automation can be widespread.
Aleksej Kruekov
General Manager Overseas Service EMEA
CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology)
Birgit Fuchs
Vice President Supply Chain Automotive
Infineon Technologies
Moderator: Riad Mannan
Content Producer
Automotive Logistics
Roadmap to 2030: Using digital solutions to manage uncertainty and transformation in Europe’s automotive supply chains
With rising uncertainty in the market and suppliers, and growing trade and compliance complexities, Europe’s automotive supply chain leaders face a volatile outlook. But through digital transformation, they can radically improve visibility, better anticipate disruption, be more predictive and maintain a competitive edge. Our final session will explore best practice and opportunities.
The European automotive supply chain is seeing rapid change, with new technology, competitive pressures, increasing regulations and risks, from supplier stability to geopolitical dangers. Those manufacturers and providers who can manage and mitigate these changes will have an advantage, and digital and supply chain leaders are exploring the tools and systems that will help them most.
In this final session of Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Digital Strategies Europe, digital and supply chain leaders will explore the major technologies, investment and skills needed to help the industry to keep ahead of competition and meet wider goals, including for sustainability and compliance. Leaders will identify risks, manage complexity and share their vision to improve performance, increase resiliency and support customers.
Experts will discuss the range of best practice and tools that can help them achieve this, from digital supplier mapping and compliance, to using artificial intelligence to identify and act on risk with the right change and consequence management, and ultimately how to develop a connected and sustainable supply chain ecosystem.
Attend this closing session as we envision a future that ensures OEMs, suppliers, logistics and technology providers should prepare.
Marion Gillich
Head of Supplier Risk Management
Daimler Truck AG
Simon Inskip
Director of Supply Chain Digital and Innovation
JLR
Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media
Closing remarks and key takeaways
Networking and drinks reception
Finish the conference with networking with fellow digital supply chain leaders overs drinks and snacks.
Close of conference