TRACING THE LOGIC OF LOGISTICS

The FORUM-Institute for Management (FRG) is organizing the International Forum on Logistics 2006 at the Hilton in Zurich on 9th and 10th February 2006. The Heidelberg based specialist on leadership and management education has assembled nineteen eminent speakers encompassing experts from business and the academe, from the private and the public sectors.

Accordingly, the International Forum on Logistics 2006 will offer a venue for stakeholders to trace the logic of global trends and strategies in logistics, while offering insights into on-the-ground-developments in business and the latest academic research.

At the strategy and policy levels thematic foci include a panel discussion on utilizing the full potential of inter-organizational value-added networks in the automotive sector. The panel includes such experts as Prof. Dr. Ingrid Göpfert (Philipps-University Marburg), who present her findings on global value-added networks in the automotive industry; or
Mr. Frank O. Blochmann (TX Logistik AG) and Dr. Jens Möller (Exel Automotive) as entrepreneurs with years of international experience. Other strategy highlights include Mr. Kieran Ring’s (The Global Institute of Logistics) presentation on the future potential of third-party logistics providers, and Dr. Gerald Miersch’s (Directorate-General of the EU-Commission on Competition, Unit D-3) contribution on the interaction of EU competition laws and mergers and acquisitions as success strategies in global logistics.

At the practical level insights will be provided through the presentation of a case study on value creation through SCM excellence at Vibracoustic, by Mr. Reinhard Schütz (Vibracoustic Europe) and Dr. Michael Debuschewitz (ZLU GmbH), and the presentation of. Dr. Sebastian Jürgens (Stinnes AG) on strategies enhancing global competitiveness in the transportation and logistics sectors.

By staging this conference, the FORUM-Institute for Management provides an exchange of ideas and experience, and it helps define the approaches shaping successful logistics in the future. Participants will be aided in securing and locking in the advantage of knowledge and know-how, in a market marked by increasing importance and a breath-taking pace of change.

Contact:

FORUM-Institute for Management
Vangerowstrasse 18
D-69115 Heidelberg
Ulrich Wellershaus
Phone +49 (0) 6221 - 500 552
u.wellershaus@forum-institut.de
www.forum-institut.de

Forum-Institute for management stands for hands-on and established knowledge transfer since 25 years. Forum-Institute for management is a daughter of Springer Science & Business Media, a globally leading supplier of scientific and technical literature.


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