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ADDRESS BY THE PROGRAMME MANAGER
I am once again honoured to invite you to PROLOG's III International Supply Chain Conference, which will take place already on 14 February 2019 in Tallinn, at the Swissotel.
Through the speakers' testimonials, we will shed light on global trends, learn what lessons can be drawn from them, and how to apply the knowledge gained to planning your own activities. The theme of the 2019 PROLOG Supply Chain Conference is planning.
The Jewish proverb says that when man makes plans, God laughs. This should mean that everything that is to come is predetermined by God and there is no point in planning. On the other hand, it has been said that a poor plan is better than no plan at all. I favour the latter argument. Through the conference and the planning workshop the same week, we will help you to make better plans and thus achieve better results.
If you are faced with a situation where your company is unable to meet a delivery time promise to a customer, the problem may be in the planning and you should attend PROLOG's Supply Chain Conference.
As with previous PROLOG conferences, we have set ourselves the goal of having at least half of the programme made up of international speakers. At previous conferences we have introduced you to Hyperloop, shared experiences from Amazon, IBM and Ericsson. For this, conference visitors have given us a high satisfaction percentage of 98%.
As always, PROLOG conferences end with an evening banquet, which we do not plan to end, because God would laugh at us.
Check out the detailed programme and packages and register yourself and your team now!
See you at PROLOG III International Supply Chain Conference to make better plans together in a changing business environment.
Peep Tomingas
Estonian Supply Chain Management Association PROLOG CEO and Conference Programme Manager
PROLOG Supply chain conference 14.02.2019 / Swissotel Tallinn
Tõnis Hintsov, Chairman of the PROLOG Board, and Peep Tomingas, CEO of PROLOG
Tõnis Hintsov has worked as a logistics service provider in senior positions at Schenker, Kaubaekspress and Trans World Shipping.
He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Transport at Tallinn University of Technology and is a founding member of the Estonian Supply Chain Management Association PROLOG and since 2011 also the Chairman of the PROLOG Board. Tõnis's main areas of expertise are logistics management, transport and distribution logistics, process development, logistics outsourcing, activity-based costing in logistics and transport information systems.
Peep Tomingas started his supply chain management career in 1997 as logistics manager at Ericsson Eesti AS. From 2002 until August 2015, he worked for ABB as Supply Chain Manager for the Baltics.
Peep is currently a private entrepreneur consulting companies on supply chain management. Peep is also CEO of PROLOG, the Estonian Supply Chain Management Association. Peeb's main areas of expertise are supply chain management, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.
Cracia identifies global trends in economics and technology and builds on them to create a profile of the skills and knowledge needed for future supply chain management. From his presentation, we will learn what we will need in supply chain management in the future, and where and how to get the knowledge we need.
Bernard Gracia has been developing purchasing and procurement managers and providing training opportunities for decades. He was involved in the launch of one of the world's first post-graduate programmes in purchasing management (MAI - Master Industrial Purchasing for the Bordeaux Business School). In 1990, together with leading European companies, he founded the European Institute of Purchasing Management - EIPM. As Director of EIPM, he launched Europe's first MBA programme specialising in purchasing and the first European Purchasing Managers' Round Table. Bernard's training and research activities focus on corporate purchasing strategies, the purchasing organisation and value creation through purchasing.
So far, air transport has been used as the fastest mode of transport. However, competing modes of transport are becoming faster. Mikä Seppäla, Head of Sales and Operations Finland and the Baltics at Lufthansa Cargo, one of the world's largest airlines, discusses the future role of air transport in supply chains. The presentation will help us to reflect on whether air transport is just a way of correcting mistakes in planning or whether using an airplane is a conscious choice.
mika Seppälä has a long career with Lufthansa Cargo Finland and the Baltic region in various management positions. At the beginning of his career, he gained practical experience in air cargo handling and aircraft management. After completing Lufthansa's management training programme, Mika's career progressed through various management positions, from Quality Manager for the Nordic countries to Head of Sales and Operations for Lufthansa Cargo Finland and the Baltics. In recent years, Mika has also volunteered with LOGY, the Finnish Purchasing and Logistics Association, in various management positions.
Lahtinen's presentation will tell the story of his planning experience at his construction company DEN Group, where he acts as strategic manager for the supply chain. The DEN Group offers a full-service real estate solution that includes the design, construction, leasing and lifecycle services for homes and multifunctional spaces. The presentation will include examples of how digitalisation is contributing to collaborative opportunities in the supply chain, how to build supply chains when expanding to foreign countries, and a range of other practical examples of a house builder's international logistics in a construction project.
heikki Lahtinen works as the Strategic Supply Chain Manager for DEN Group, a construction company. As a consultant, he is actively involved in supply chain and logistics development projects, as well as an active contributor to economic and social development. He is also well known for his various roles in universities and development organisations such as the LIMOWA logistics cluster. Heikki has helped many companies, organisations and individuals to succeed, while gaining experience from these projects himself.
Cleveron has become one of the flagships of innovation in Estonia, operating in a very fast growing field. Cleveron's ever-expanding global reach is testament to its success in this field, with its parcel vending solutions being adopted by the world's largest retail and logistics companies. Andres Sampka manages Cleveron's supply chain and is responsible for ensuring that collaboration with suppliers contributes to the creation of new innovative products and pushes back the company's rapid development. Andres will talk about how he has put strategic sourcing theories into practice, how planning is done at Cleveron, and the collaboration between development and the supply chain. He will also give an overview of managing teams in a growing organisation, using Cleveron as an example.
andres works at Cleveron as a Supply Chain Manager, where his management responsibilities include product design, manufacturing, purchasing and sourcing, and quality management. During the last 10 years, he has worked as a business consultant at Ernst & Young, gained LEAN management experience at Toyota Motor Europe and experienced the kitchen side of the electronics industry at Bosch & Siemens Group.
The presentations will talk about how to create a supply chain management strategy that is linked to other functions of the business - manufacturing, sales, financial management, etc. Such a strategy will increase the organisation's ability to reduce waste, improve predictability in the supply chain, and create more value for the customer. The presentation will provide examples of tactics and key actions to design and implement a strategy.
Dr Muddassir Ahmed, Ph.D, is a professional supply chain management expert with 14 years of experience in industry. Originally from Pakistan, he studied both in Sweden at Chalmers University and in the UK at Lancaster University, where he also completed his PhD. He has worked in various multinational companies in Sweden and the United Kingdom in the field of procurement. He is currently based in Dubai, where he is Regional Planning Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Bridgestone.
Muddassir Ahmed is a supply chain management strategist. He is a frequent speaker at supply chain and procurement management conferences and an active poster on LinkedIn groups. He is the founder of the supply chain platform scmdojo.com, whose motto is "Supply chain knowledge and solutions for all".
sCMDOJO was created with the aim of enabling supply chain professionals and supply chain stakeholders to solve the problems they face. The aim of each of its presentations is to provide listeners/readers with new insights to help them make decisions for continuous improvement of supply chains in their companies.
With the help of an EAS grant, the level of digitalisation and automation of industrial enterprises in Estonia will be audited. Based on the first audits, Indrek Sabul from Columbus Estonia summarises the main shortcomings of the digital audits in Estonian industrial companies. Sabul's presentation also includes advice on how companies can address the shortcomings identified.
Indrek has been involved in supply chain management for over 15 years. For the last five years, he has focused on driving digitalisation in Estonian manufacturing and logistics companies. He has developed a digitalisation methodology that focuses on conducting digital diagnostics, creating digital visions and development plans and implementing these plans. Indrek is one of Estonia's most highly regarded business consultants.
The Statistical Office is undergoing a revolutionary overhaul. Their plan is to connect the business software of companies with the data collection of Statistics Finland. In his presentation, Andres Kukke will discuss how to develop trust-based cooperation between businesses and Statistics Estonia to collect real-time data and share operational statistical information that will enable better management decisions.
Andres has more than 20 years of experience in the field of data management, implementing business analytics projects at Infovara OÜ and currently working as Deputy Director General for Technology at Statistics Estonia. Andres has experience in more than 60 business analytics projects and analytical capabilities in Estonian companies. In addition, Andres has been leading a business analytics course at EBS for several years and has been a lecturer on the subject in many EBS development programmes. Andres is passionate about finding patterns and models in data and creating competitive advantages for companies through analytical capabilities.
Amazon is talked about as an online store with unlimited possibilities for shoppers. Less is said about Amazon as a global sales channel, where sellers can be both individuals and companies offering their own products. Amazon can also act as a middleman, helping manufacturers to market their products. Mihkel talks about how to use Amazon's marketplace and analytics to grow your business and sell globally. He will show how to plan the supply chain for buying and selling on Amazon, how to find products that are in demand and how to organise the manufacturing and packaging of these products in Asia. He will also answer the toughest questions: how to ensure the quality of the product you sell, the reliability of delivery and customer satisfaction, if you never touch the product you sell.
Mihkel has been selling on Amazon for 3 years and is the founder of Amazon's Digital Merchant agency. During this time, he has made more than 3 million USD in sales on Amazon by building both personal and multi-client Amazon stores, the best of which has a combined monthly turnover of more than 150 000 USD. Mihkel has sold more than 50 different products in seven different Amazon marketplaces and helped more than 100 customers in total.
Let's sum up the day.
PROLOG Reception - a festive reception with wine and snacks. Reception host, PROLOG Board Chairman Tõnis Hintsov
18:00 - ... Networking continues
Gallery PROLOG Annual Conference 2019
