An afternoon where seven knowledge partners each tackle one concrete bottleneck in supply chain and production. No trend talks, no room with a projector and a jug of water. You go home with two sessions, a keynote and drinks with people who make the same decisions you do.
Each knowledge partner tackles one concrete bottleneck in 50 minutes. No presentation, but working on your own case with a small group of peers.
The story behind the new distribution centre in Ridderkerk: scaling up without handing over your chain, and why technology alone is not enough.
A place where things actually get made. We close with drinks and a room full of people who make the same decisions you do.
That is why we screen every registration. It is not a hurdle we hide, it is the reason the conversations over drinks are actually worth having.
✓ you decide on supply chain, production or operations within your organisation
✓ you need to make a decision this year on automation, planning or chain integration
✓ you would rather spend an afternoon working on your own case than listening to presentations
✓ you want to spar with peers who face the same trade-offs
× you are coming to sell your own services to the room
× you are looking for a general introduction to supply chain
× your role carries no strategic responsibility in these sectors. If your role does not fit, we refund your ticket in full
At 16:00 he closes the afternoon, right before the networking drinks.
Michiel van Veen tells the story behind the factory in Ridderkerk: how to scale up without handing over your own chain.
Pick two sessions below. You will instantly see what your afternoon looks like. After buying your ticket you confirm that same choice.
You work on your own inventory norms: how to tie demand forecasting and service levels together without letting your working capital derail.
You take home an approach for setting up a freight tender that does produce comparable bids, across all modalities.
You look at the step from separate channel management to a unified order view, and what that means for your existing WMS and ERP.
You determine which step in automation fits your volume, and which investment you should hold off on for now.
You work on visibility of shipments, costs and lead times, and on what you can actually adjust with that insight.
You explore how to exchange orders, invoices and shipments through one network instead of separate integrations per partner.
You map out which repetitive work in Exact, Visma or Salesforce to automate first, and what that delivers.
Explore the seven sessions above and put your afternoon together. Your choice appears here.
Early Bird €35, regular €50. Directly via Eventbrite, at the bottom of this page. You can cancel up to seven days in advance.
After your purchase you receive an e-mail to confirm your two sessions. Full is full, so choosing early means more choice.
Seven partners each host a working session on 1 October. Here they are, and here is what they are good at.
Slimstock helps over 1,700 companies worldwide with inventory optimisation and supply chain planning. With the AI-driven platform Slim4, retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers forecast their demand and reduce inventory costs and waste.
More about SlimstockFreightender is a cloud platform for freight procurement. Shippers and logistics service providers use it to run freight tenders and spot requests across all modalities, keeping a grip on rates and carrier agreements.
More about FreightenderHardis Supply Chain helps organisations improve their logistics processes with smart software for warehouse and order management. Discover how Hardis WMS and Hardis OMS contribute to more grip and efficiency, and experience at the event how these solutions strengthen your supply chain together.
More about Hardis Supply ChainDematic designs and builds automated warehouses and distribution centres, from conveyor systems and shuttles to the software that runs it all. The company is part of KION Group.
More about DematicZencargo is a digital freight forwarder. Shippers manage their sea freight, air freight and road transport with real-time visibility of shipments, costs and lead times.
More about ZencargoElemica connects manufacturers, suppliers and logistics partners in one digital supply chain network. Orders, invoices and shipments are exchanged in real time, without manual retyping.
More about ElemicaVionA automates administrative and repetitive processes with smart technology, in systems such as Exact, Visma and Salesforce. Companies save time and money on work that is still done manually today.
More about VionAAn afternoon about innovation does not belong in a hotel conference room. Spark Design & Innovation on Benjamin Franklinstraat is a design agency that has been inventing and building products since 1992, from medical equipment to The Ocean Cleanup’s barrier. The studio sits in an industrial monument from 1947: large daylit spaces, an in-house prototyping workshop and 30+ designers and engineers at work. That is why the workshops here run differently than at a conference.
The seven knowledge partners hosting a working session on 1 October:
After buying your ticket you receive an e-mail with a link to confirm two sessions, one in round 1 and one in round 2. Full is full: fully booked workshops automatically disappear from the list, so choosing early means more choice.
We screen every registration on role and organisation. If your role does not fit, we let you know and refund your ticket in full.
Yes, as long as there are seats and the role fits. Everyone buys their own ticket, because the workshop choice is personal and capacity per session is limited.
At 16:00 Michiel van Veen of Quooker speaks, at 16:45 we close plenary and from 17:00 there are networking drinks until 18:00.
An Early Bird ticket costs €35, a regular ticket €50. You can cancel up to seven days before the event for a full refund.
Spark Design & Innovation, Benjamin Franklinstraat 515 in Rotterdam. Free parking is available and doors open at 13:00, with coffee.
120 seats, seven working sessions, a keynote and drinks. You pick your two sessions right after purchase.
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