08:00 Coffee And Registration

08:50 Chair’s Opening Address

STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE PLANNING OF OPERATIONAL RESOURCES

09:00 Outsourcing Of The Finnish Army’s Depot Level Maintenance Through Strategic Partnership

• A clear understanding of the maintenance requirements of physical assets
• Understanding the outsourcing risks and addressing them within the agreements
• Teething problems experienced during the operational use of the services of the partner

Colonel Raimo Petasnoro
Chief of Logistics, Army Materiel Command
Finland Army Materiel Command

09:30 Interconnection Of Information Systems For The Efficient Planning And Use Of Operational Resources

• Total asset visibility to support the logistic decisions of military leaders
• Combination of features from ERP with geographical information systems
• Support of logistic processes with state of the art technology like RFID

Michael Renk
Director of Defence Solutions
Siemens IT Services & Solutions

10:00 Modernising Air Force Logistics IT Systems - A Case Study

• How requirements were defined
• How selection process was carried out
• Why Miro's GOLDesp system was selected and benefits expected

Senior representative
Royal Saudi Air Force

10:30 Networking Refreshments

COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES

11:00 Nation-To-Nation Cooperation In Combined Logistics To Drive Efficiency And Maximise Operational Capabilities

• Uncovering the key challenges and potential benefits for allied militaries: how do you establish the trust and best work with each other?
• Developing a logistics interoperability plan around commands, systems, transportation and support and understanding that not all logistics activities need to be interoperable
• Looking to the future: how will allied partnerships evolve?

Bruno Cantin
Head of Logistics Defence Planning and Policy Division
NATO

11:30 Czech Ministry Of Defence: Establishing A Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre To Increase Interoperability Between Defence Organisations, Allies, NGOs And PVOs

• Logistics challenges, national requirements and constraints
• Improving national cooperation and coordination of multinational logistics through the establishment of Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre (MLCC)
• MLCC's mission and expected deliverables to improve logistics cooperation

Brigadier General Libor Krejcar
Director Logistics Division
Czech Ministry of Defence

Colonel Roman Dufek
Chief of Movement and Transportation and Logistics Information Services, Mulitnational Logistics Centre
Czech Ministry of Defence

12:00 Panel Discussion: Examining The Various Approaches For Contractor Support And The Pros And Cons Of Outsourcing

• Risk assessment when outsourcing
• Evaluating the different approaches for managing contractors e.g. prime contractor, 3PL or freight forwarders and how they should evolve alongside changing threats
• Deciding how much to outsource or in-source: can decentralising decision-making and execution ensure greater flexibility?

Panelists:

Moderator:

Jeffery Holmes
Director
PRTM Management Consultants

12:45 Lunch

A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO PROCESS OPTIMISATION

13:45 Determining The Implications Of SCOR On End-To-End Supply Chains

• Exploring what SCOR is all about
• Who is utilising it? How? Why?
• Examining how the SCOR model can apply to defence initiatives

Douglas Kent
Director for Europe
Supply Chain Council

14:15 Panel Discussion: Developing Key Metrics To Quantifying Supply Chain Performance

• Performance measurement metrics: how do you measure the before and after?
• What are the efficient savings on the operational overheads by enhancing visibility in your end-to-end logistics and supply chain?
• Identifying areas for continuous improvement

Moderator:

Shane Targett
CEO
Giode

Panelists:

15:00 Networking Refreshments

15:30 Closing Plenary: Evaluating The Current Trends And The Future Of The Defence Supply Chain

• The requirements for joint logistics and multinational/coalition logistics: what does this mean for suppliers and industry players?
• Today’s environmental concerns and the far reaching implications on the supply chain: how it has changed the supply chain requirements from procurement to delivery modes
• Analysing future threats: what are the logistical challenges and the solutions necessary?

Moderator:

Shane Targett
CEO
Giode

Panelists:

16:15 Chair’s Summary And Close Of Day 2