Speakers:
Paul Ryan, VP Supply Chain DHL
Paul de Jong, Logistics Development Director Unilever
John Toogood, Real Estate Consultant, Iron Mountain
René Buck, CEO of Buck Consultants International
The right location decisions are critical for corporate success. Especially for production and distribution operations this is true. Operational hick-ups and/or correcting mistakes is very expensive. The location decisions for distribution and manufacturing operations are heavily dependent on the supply chain configuration of a company. But supply chains are changing faces: more flexible, more tailored per product, more adaptable, more customer oriented.
Taken these changes into account, how can companies make the right location decision for new distribution centres and production plants? Which cost factors to calculate? How to measure the quality of the business environment. And last but not least, how can risk factors be included in a comparison of locations?
René Buck, founder and CEO of Buck Consultants International, Paul Ryan, VP Supply Chain DHL and Paul de Jong, Logistics Development Director Unilever, will share their experiences and lessons learned in two short presentations, before an interactive panel discussion moderated by John Toogood, Iron Mountain and the audience.
Programme:
8.00 – 8.30 Registration/breakfast
8.30 – 8.35 Opening
8.35 – 9.00 Changing Supply Chains and the Perfect Location Decision
9.30 – 10.00 Interactive discussion moderated by John Toogood, Real Estate Consultant, Iron Mountain