BVL International Report of the Board 2013

Inspiration, Ideas, Innovation

2013 Report of the Board

At a glance BVL International Profile

Nonprofit association founded in 1978, objective, non-affiliated, does not represent special interests

More than 10,000 members from the top echelons of industry, trade, services and the world of academia

28 chapters in Germany, 300 free events every year

21 student chapters in Germany

12 international chapters: Beijing, Carolinas, Hefei, Istanbul, Izmir, Luxembourg, Moscow, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Tashkent and US Southeast

Around 250 honorary officials

Exchange of expertise and experience

Raises awareness for the importance of logistics and promotes the application and development of supply chain activities

Activities

Events – regional and national, free and fee-based events to spread knowledge and promote networking

Services – publications, research, platforms for know-how transfer and building personal networks

Campus – hands-on knowledge for hands-on solutions, international business and logistics, lifelong learning

Awards – recognition for innovative and inspirational ideas for logistics activities in industry, science and the media

Benefits BVL members ...

have access to updated knowledge bases and

market expertise

facts and figures and

know-how and experience

enabling them to identify and evaluate trends more easily

to assess their standing in the competitive arena

to meet other market participants from both sides of the market

and to expand their personal network

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Inspiration, Ideas, Innovation

2013 was a double anniversary year for BVL International: the association celebrated its 35th birthday, and the International Supply Chain Conference took place in Berlin for the 30th time.

The theme for the year and the slogan for the Conference was “Inspiration, Ideas, Innovation”. This anniversary year deliberately focused on themes connected to the future and which benefit the members, helping them to obtain the information they need, creating platforms on which they can exchange ideas on specialist topics, facilitating interaction with colleagues and providing wide-ranging support within the large BVL network. Thus the members have the opportunity to shape the future of “their BVL” in both a national context and on the international stage.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund Klinkner, President of the Board

Looking back at 2013, what were the highlights of BVL’s activities?

The focus was on content, as content forms the basis for stimuli and ideas, and therefore for the creation of value added for our members. The international study on “Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management” played a particularly important role in this respect. We devoted a great deal of effort to BVL’s focal sectors – chemical logistics, for example – in the form of a study and a forum, as well as to the field of automotive logistics in partnership with the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). In terms of significance for the logistics community, the 30th International Supply Chain Conference was the central event. With regard to the public at large, the key event was Supply Chain Day, a day of action that promotes the image of logistics and supply chain management throughout Germany.

What are the general conditions like for the logistics industry in Germany?

In terms of turnover, the performance of the logistics sector in 2013 was on a par with the record levels of 2012. We expect to see renewed turnover growth of between one and three percent in 2014. This

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all depends on economic developments worldwide, of course.

And what challenges does the sector face?

The biggest challenge is the increasing complexity of economic activity due to uncertainty, risks in the supply chains and market volatility. We are also facing enormous cost pressure driven by customer demands and ever fiercer competition. One promising solution, and this also presents a major challenge, is partnership-based cooperation between companies. BVL’s theme for the year and the motto for the 2014 conference is therefore: Complexity, Costs, Collaboration.

What were the most important developments for you in 2013 as President of the Board?

I am delighted that membership has increased once again from its already high level, with 10,788 logistics experts organised in our association at year-end. Around 250 members do outstanding work on an honorary basis – in the chapters, on the advisory boards and on the Board itself.

It’s terrific to see more and more young people deciding to become members and getting involved in the activities of BVL –

often first as students and then as young professionals. The work of the association is extremely vibrant, and there is a real culture of knowledge transfer and debate.

What goals has BVL set itself for 2014?

The focal point of our strategy is to generate even greater benefits for our members, by developing tailored services and target group-focused communication models. We want to cater to the desire for a more personalised approach and offer new services that allow members to decide for themselves which channels they use to take advantage of these services.

Our constant goal is still to ensure the outstanding quality of all the services we provide, to perhaps surprise members now and again, and, in general terms, to remain a reliable and dependable partner.

This Report is an abridged version of the 2013 Report of the BVL Board and was updated in January 2014. The full German-language version can be downloaded from the Internet in PDF format or is available in printed form from the head office of BVL on request.

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Contents Interview with the President of the Board ................................................................... 3

Strategy Analysis and forecast ........................................................................................................ 5 Internationalisation ........................................................................................................... 6 Sector focus: chemicals, trade, IT/telecommunication .............................................. 8 Innovation ........................................................................................................................... 9 QualiďŹ cation ...................................................................................................................... 10

Retrospective ...................................................................................... 12 30th International Supply Chain Conference ............................................................. 13 German Award for SCM / Supply Chain Sustainability Award ............................... 15 Forum Automotive Logistics .......................................................................................... 16 Forum Chemical Logistics and study on chemical logistics .................................... 17 Theme forums – spare parts logistics and cost-cutting .......................................... 18 Supply Chain Day / transport logistic .......................................................................... 19 From the chapters ............................................................................................................ 20

BVL Members / Association bodies ...................................................................................... 22 Distinctions / Head office ............................................................................................... 23

Board ................................................................................................................................... 24 International chapter chairpersons .............................................................................. 25 Representatives of BVL International .......................................................................... 26

2014 dates / Publishing details ....................................................... 27

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Analysis and forecast

Complexity proves the biggest current challenge The survey findings for the BVL Logistics Indicator and the mood at the 30th International Supply Chain Conference suggest that 2014 will be another successful logistics year following the stable side-step in 2013. At the same time, the many uncertainties and imponderabilities which the sector has lived with for some time now are converging to create a high level of complexity.

This is a challenge that logistics and supply chain management must face in the coming years.

The international study on “Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management” prepared on behalf of BVL in 2013 concluded that the logistics landscape is characterised by increased market volatility, rising customer expectations and increasing cost pressures. 85 percent of the respondents in the study name the complexity resulting from these factors as the major challenge.

Evaluation of 60 executive interviews and 1,757 completed questionnaires identified the following key trends: ■

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Ongoing expansion of networks with horizontal and vertical alliances Increased complexity driven by customer expectations, cost pressure and market volatility Increased use of modern technologies, particularly at the interface of IT and logistics Targeted and above all active response to regulations and risks Shortage of new recruits and skilled personnel in SCM and logistics Inadequate infrastructure

The November survey for the Logistics Indicator of BVL confirmed the mood at the 30th International Supply Chain Conference in October: the logistics sector ended 2013 with a great deal of momentum and carried this momentum over into 2014.

Around 95 percent of logistics service providers and 85 percent of logistics managers in industry and trade forecast an

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Companies constantly have to be in a position to provide increasingly sophisticated product options, a wider range of packaging designs and ever more intelligent logistics solutions. The customer wants it all: a high standard of service, expert logistics, new products, and above all low costs.

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Prof. Robert Handfield, North Carolina State University, head of the study

unchanged, positive or even improved business trend for the first quarter. The turnover estimate of around 230 billion euros in the logistics sector in Germany for the year just ended appears realistic. Around 2.85 million people are currently employed in logistics, equally divided between logistics service providers and the logistics departments of companies in industry and

trade. These figures show that the performance of the German logistics industry in 2013 was at least on a par with that of the record year which preceded it. It is fair to assume that we will see further growth in turnover of between one and three percent in 2014.

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Strategy

Internationalisation

The logistics community is connected worldwide During the past five years, the internationalisation of the network has been one of the strategic projects of BVL, and a great deal of progress has been made in this area to date. The international chapters and representatives around the world make up “BVL International”. The increasing number of members outside Germany, the BVL presence at international trade fairs, and the visits of foreign delegations to the International Supply Chain Conference in Berlin underline the success of BVL’s worldwide activities and the positive response to this international strategy.

Moscow Toronto

Amsterdam Luxembourg Zug

Katowice Budapest Istanbul

Carolinas

Ulan Bator Tashkent

Izmir

US Southeast

Beijing Tokyo

Hefei

Shanghai Hong Kong

Dubai

Mexico City

Singapore Guayaquil

São Paulo Johannesburg

Representatives

The work of the various BVL bodies is becoming more international every year. All in all, 40 logistics experts are currently at the helm of the international chapters on an honorary basis or act as “BVL Representatives”, always in close contact and cooperation with their colleagues in Germany – at the Chapter Management Meeting, for example, or at discussion sessions during the International Supply Chain Conference.

At the Chairpersons Meeting in Berlin in October, the focus was on the exchange of experience between honorary officials working outside Germany.

The number of international chapters rose from nine to twelve in 2013 following the founding of new chapters in Luxembourg and the USA. The chapters each staged be-

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tween two and nine events in 2013, adding up to a total of 35 BVL get-togethers and gatherings. The chapters cooperate with companies but also and increasingly with institutions and organisations like foreign trade chambers, logistics initiatives, universities or trade fairs. The events staged by the international chapters were attended by around 2,400 participants in all. The goals of the International Projects unit for 2014 include the planning of further valuable logistics events to raise the worldwide profile of BVL and its chapters. BVL International always emphasises the benefits of the themes it addresses and the advantages of the overall network, aiming to recruit new members from among the employees of respected companies in industry, trade and the service sector.

Chapters

BVL founded three new international chapters in 2013: the Luxembourg, Carolinas and US Southeast Chapters, taking the total to twelve. The global network is also supported by the activities of 15 BVL Representatives.

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Now let’s keep the momentum running.

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Lawrence R. Basel, Vice President, Accounting Principals Inc., and Chairperson of BVL’s Carolinas Chapter

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At a glance International chapters

The network continues to grow BVL’s Luxembourg Chapter was founded on May 13, 2013 during the Logistics Business Forum in Luxembourg. Luxembourg’s Economics Minister Etienne Schneider was on hand to wish the close cooperation between the “Cluster for Logistics Luxembourg” and BVL every success. The BVL members unanimously elected the first Chairpersons – Alain Krecké, Senior Manager, Cluster for Logistics, and Thomas Mayer, Global Logistics and Supply Chain Manager at IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A., Echternach, Luxembourg.

The chapter will work closely with the Saar/ Rhine-Palatinate Chapter on the other side of the border.

The “Carolinas Chapter”, the first international BVL chapter in the USA, was founded on August 12, 2013 at the Volvo Trucks company in Greensboro, North Carolina. Prof.

Robert Handfield from NC State University and Lawrence R. Basel, Vice President, Accounting Principals Inc. were unanimously elected Chairpersons. The keynote speakers at the opening event were Robert Handfield, who presented the findings of the new BVL study “Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management”, and Jan Lundegard, President of Volvo Parts North America. Prof. Stefan Wolff, member of the BVL Board, and Prof. Thomas Wimmer, Chairman of the BVL Executive Board, presented BVL and outlined its activities.

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The some 100 attendees praised the quality of the event and in particular the focus on specialised logistics topics.

The second chapter in the USA was founded in Atlanta in the state of Georgia under the name “US Southeast” on November 1, 2013. In true American style, the founding event took place right before a home game of the local “Atlanta Hawks” basketball team in the setting of the Philips Arena in the immediate vicinity of the CNN World News Center. Steven Markham, BLG Logistics Group Atlanta, was elected Chapter Chairperson, with Josip Tomasevic, AGCO Holding (the holding company for, among others, Fendt, Massey Fergusson etc.), and Philip Heinrichsdorff, BMW, Spartanburg Plant, being elected Chapter Vice Chairs.

It is not just the number of international chapters that is growing but also the number of BVL Representatives. Depending on their working field and personal interests, each BVL Representative supports the association in his or her own particular way and acts as a contact for logistics and supply chain managers in the locality or region. The team of BVL Representatives was recently joined by Jan Brachmann, General Manager at Seifert Polska in Katowice, and Dennis Fanelsa, Vice President of BASF East Asia in Hong Kong.

BVL currently has a network of twelve international chapters, which generally operate along the same lines as their counterparts in Germany. Coordinated by their chairpersons, the chapters invite the members of the logistics community in their locality or region to events and gatherings. They also build contacts with other institutions or educational establishments. The international chapters are based in Beijing, Hefei and Shanghai in China, Istanbul and Izmir in Turkey, Moscow, São Paulo, Singapore and Tashkent, and were joined in 2013 by the “Carolinas” and “US Southeast” Chapters in the USA and the Luxembourg Chapter.

BVL Representatives Alongside the international chapters, there are BVL Representatives around the world who serve as a point of contact for people interested in the association. Depending on their working field and main areas of activity, the BVL Representatives support the “logistics cause” in different ways – from arranging contacts and providing assistance finding internships to the organisation of delegation trips to the International Supply Chain Conference.

All in all, there are 15 BVL Representatives in the association network worldwide – from Burlington in Canada all the way to Johannesburg in South Africa.

Services The worldwide network is coordinated by the International Projects unit at BVL head office and provides organisational assistance, materials for activities at the various locations, and information on the work of BVL. The English-language services are being expanded step by step – both on the Internet and in the form of a newsletter. The team provides support for delegations and arranges contacts between chapters, BVL Representatives, members in general or logistics training institutions.

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Strategy

Sector focus

Systematic development of sector-specific expertise

Studies, specialist articles and new event formats like the Forum Chemical Logistics are the building blocks in the BVL strategy geared towards providing information for logistics-intensive sectors, creating platforms and developing new networks. BVL has continued to develop its sector expertise and focused in 2013 on the chemical industry, the trade sector and IT/telecommunications.

Three teams at head office led by Managing Director Uwe Peters have been systematically working on the creation and provision of suitable services for these three focal sectors and have been able to draw on the groundwork laid in previous years. The first study on “IT in Logistics” was published back in 2012. Special-topic tracks at the International Supply Chain Conference were dedicated to chemical logistics for the first time in 2012, while the trade sector has been a regular topic of presentations and discussions at the conference for a number of years now. Last but not least, IT has long been a relevant though often peripheral topic when it comes to logistics matters.

The goal of BVL is to provide experts from the focal sectors with interesting information and to create platforms for in-depth discussion. The association has always promoted cross-sector exchange on new issues in logistics and supply chain management.

BVL publishes the findings of its international study “Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management” as a key source of basic information. Another interesting reference study for logistics experts in all sectors is the “TOP 100” study, which was published once again in 2013 with the focus on the European logistics market. The

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Authors: Stefana Karevska and Christoph Kilger

recent sector-specific publications of BVL on the chemical industry, trade and IT are: ■

Study on Chemical Logistics Importance, Structures, Dynamics Published by Thomas Krupp, Carsten Suntrop, Christian Kille, Uwe Veres-Homm and Lina Heeg Articles in the conference volume for the 30th International Supply Chain Conference – Inspiration, Ideas, Innovation Published by Thomas Wimmer and Sabine Hucke ■ Focus on Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Scenario-based identification of external threat potentials in the medicine supply chain; Authors: Andreas Aschenbrücker, Michael Löscher and Mischa Seiter ■

Focus on Trade Retail operations: why and how retailers benefit from an integrative supply chain management strategy; Authors: Alexander H. Hübner, Heinrich Kuhn, Michael G. Sternbeck

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Focus on Electrical Engineering An approach towards mastering the evolutionary and revolutionary development of the electronics industry sector;

Big Data for Logistics Using knowledge effectively Author: Michael Benz

A study is currently being compiled for the trade sector. Following a tendering process, BVL commissioned a consortium made up of the HTW University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, the 4flow AG company and the German Retail Federation (HDE) to conduct the study. The Study on Success Factors in Trade Logistics, published by Stephan Seeck, Marco Bötel, Wendelin Groß and Maja Herrmansdörfer, is scheduled for publication in the spring of 2014.

Following the success of the Forum Automotive Logistics, a Forum Chemical Logistics was staged for the first time in 2013 and was extremely popular with both participants and exhibitors. The Cost-Cutting Forum, an event with cross-sector appeal, took place for the second time, and the similarly interdisciplinary Forum Spare Parts Logistics has been writing its own success story for many years now.

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Innovation

More important for growth than ongoing globalisation BVL’s goal for 2013 was to provide inspiration for innovations in logistics, and this was also reflected in the motto chosen by the association for the 30th International Supply Chain Conference. A survey conducted in the summer showed that logistics has recognised the importance of innovation and is now geared up to promote new ideas more systematically. There is still a great deal to do, however.

Almost all polled experts believe innovation is key to the future of logistics. At the same time, over 60 percent of respondents describe the innovative drive of the sector as low. The detailed findings are encouraging, however: around 80 percent of the companies represented in the survey are already actively committed to innovation management, and companies are also stepping up their investment in research and development. 60 percent of respondents predict that spending in this area will increase or even increase very significantly in the next five years. 78 percent of companies represented in the survey have implemented new products, processes or services over the last five years.

Innovation makes companies better in terms of competitiveness, cost effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability. The logistics service providers and users who have introduced innovations during the last five years are profiting from falling costs and savings in time thanks to faster production and development times and more rapid handling of orders. Savings in time and money are the main positive effects of innovation – while lack of time and low investment are its greatest enemy. The time invested by employees in innovation projects is time well spent. Improved time management, optimised personnel planning and, above all, more investment in research and development are the key to success.

Companies generally look in-house to generate new ideas for innovation: more than

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one in three respondents said that their company obtains ideas from their own studies and analysis. In contrast, they make little or no use of opportunities for cooperation with universities and research institutions – although this kind of cooperation is particularly advantageous when it comes to putting theoretical knowledge into practice and saving time that can be used for in-house development activities. This is an area in which a relatively small investment in terms of time and money can lead to promising ideas and developments.

increasing need for energy efficiency. The member survey shows that the necessary foundations are already in place in the logistics sector, and that the industry has now reached the fork in the road which leads to more innovation. BVL recommends that every company in the logistics sector should invest one percent of its turnover in innovation to ensure that it remains competitive in the long term.

Innovation is not an end in itself but something that is necessary to ensure the continued growth of logistics. It is the only way that companies in the sector can successfully meet future challenges such as changing consumer preferences, global competition, rising cost pressure or the

The ability of national economies to generate wealth is increasingly dependent on innovation.

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Klaus Schwab, President of the World Economic Forum

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Qualification

Students greatly value the support they receive in paving the way for their careers The contact network at BVL Campus is extensive and wide-ranging: scientists and hands-on logistics experts join forces to develop tailored study programmes, companies entrust HIWL and DAV with the education and training of their future management personnel, and experienced logistics managers value the range of seminars that enable them to bring their knowledge up to speed. BVL Campus is a byword for lifelong learning with real-world relevance in an international context.

Hands-on training and studies coupled with intercultural skills are key for career starters in logistics and supply chain management, and ongoing further training and refreshment of knowledge is a must. Logistics is a global “people business” which is changing constantly and rapidly. The three educational institutions of BVL Campus in Bremen: ■ the HIWL – School of International Business and Supply Chain Management ■ the DAV – German Foreign Trade and Transport Academy ■ the BVL Seminars, the further training and development specialist offer lifelong learning focusing on both theory and practice, backed up by in-depth and specialised support for students.

After the DAV presented the qualification certificates to graduates from the 100th final semester in 2012, the HIWL also had particular cause for celebration in 2013: on June 28, the first students in the “Logistics” course graduated from the HIWL. Ten of them in all, six men and four women, were presented with their certificates in Bremen’s historic Town Hall, having attained the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts in a six-semester dual-element programme.

The majority of graduates accepted the attractive job offers made by their partner companies and are now tackling logistics challenges in the real world.

28 new students began their courses at the HIWL, including one student from Thailand with Leschaco as the partner company.

The HIWL therefore now has 83 students in total, while the DAV is currently attended by 223 students in full-time and part-time programmes.

Both the HIWL and the DAV attach major importance to the international character of their study programmes. They provide their students with the opportunity to exchange ideas in an international context, to present the results of their projects and to engage in discussion with colleagues from around the world. One example for this approach is the international student symposium in the Chinese city of Hangzhou attended by 22 students from the HIWL and DAV. And in September, nine DAV graduates began studying for a follow-up Master of Science degree at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Five HIWL students spent a semester at California State University, while two students studied at the Tec de Monterrey in Chihuahua, Mexico. Further partnerships with universities in Brazil, Turkey and China are in the works, and there are also plans to increase the number of international lecturers.

I can certainly recommend the DAV for hands-on further training in the commercial field. Thanks to the international cooperation partners, you not only have the chance to obtain a university degree but also to embark on an academic career. And you can do all this without even having a university entrance qualification.

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Andre Königs, Business Manager (DAV), enrolled for a follow-on degree in Edinburgh

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The graduates from the first degree course at the School of International Business and Supply Chain Management (HIWL) with Prof. Josef Decker, Dean and Head of Logistics Studies, and Michael Krähe, Head of International Business Studies.

It was a time full of excitement and hard work.

My personal highlights during the course were projects, outings and the semester abroad.

There’s no doubt in my mind why students should choose the HIWL: there’s probably no other school that provides such in-depth support during the practice and theory phases.

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In November, the BVL Seminars unit staged a supply chain management seminar for management executives in Moscow for the first time. The event was organised together with MADI. The international ECG Academy programme for management personnel from companies in the automotive distribution sector is already being staged for the eighth time, and BVL Campus is heavily involved in the programme. The modular course is held at different locations in Europe, with one training module being staged in Bremen at the end of November.

The final examinations for participants will be in Athens in May 2014.

Elena Kurz, Bachelor of Arts, HIWL

The “Studium Generale” series, a joint project of the three educational institutions on BVL Campus, held four well-attended lecture events in 2013. The speakers were

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David Mayo, Senior Director Supply Chain DACH + NORDICS at CHEP Deutschland GmbH, on innovations and new developments in the supply chain, Kathrin S. Trump from the Institute for Diversity Management and Marcella Matthes from Fraport AG on the requirements and basic challenges in the field of diversity management, Frauke Heistermann, member of the Management Board at AXIT AG and BVL Board member, together with Pascal Männche, Senior Vice President Logistics at DEUTZ AG, on the advantages of cloud solutions for the logistics sector and, finally, Christian Marnetté, member of the Management Board responsible for sales & marketing at Kühne + Nagel, on management and controlling in the marketing of logistics services.

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Retrospective 30th International Supply Chain Conference BVL has been staging the International Supply Chain Conference for 30 years now, with the most recent event in Berlin attracting around 3,200 participants. The motto for the 2013 conference was “Inspiration, Ideas, Innovation”.

German Award for SCM | Supply Chain Sustainability Award Lekkerland was presented with the German Award for SCM in 2013 in recognition of a highly innovative concept, while the Supply Chain Sustainability Award went to Tchibo.

Sector forums The Forum Automotive Logistics was jointly staged by the VDA and BVL for the first time in 2013, while a totally new event format was launched in the shape of the Forum Chemical Logistics.

Theme forums The Forum Spare Parts Logistics, formerly known as the Nuremberg Logistics Dialogue, has served as a cross-sector special-topic platform for many years now. The Cost-Cutting Forum is also designed to appeal to logistics experts from industry, trade and the service sector.

Supply Chain Day The success story of Supply Chain Day, which took place in 2008 for the first time, was continued in 2013. This day of action was called into being by BVL; 640 companies and organisations were involved in last year’s event, which attracted around 36,000 visitors.

Science and research BVL does not conduct its own research but commissions studies, organises working groups and stages scientific events. The association also promotes research for SMEs.

PR and press activities BVL is treading new paths on the Internet and Web 2.0 front. The association is also a dependable partner of the media and publishes the “LOG .” series with information for members.

From the chapters 28 regional chapters for working logistics managers and 21 student chapters stage events and discussion sessions throughout Germany, and 300 such meetings took place in 2013.

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30th International Supply Chain Conference

Anniversary conference generates innovative stimuli

“Let us work together to generate new stimuli and use this as an inspiration to create new ideas which in turn lead to innovations that benefit us and our companies in the worldwide competitive arena!” These were the words of Prof. Raimund Klinkner, President of the Board of BVL, in his opening address to the 30th International Supply Chain Conference on October 23 in Berlin. The organisers developed a whole series of new ideas for both the staging and the content of the anniversary conference.

Around 3,200 participants from around the world came together at the annual three-day sector event for experts from logistics and supply chain management – which this year took place under the motto “Inspiration, Ideas, Innovation”. More than 100 speakers held presentations, talked to participants and provided valuable information, important stimuli and food for thought. The stands of the some 200 exhibitors and the lounges were also focal points of in-depth communication.

The highlights of the conference included the presentation of the German Award for SCM to Lekkerland, the award ceremony for Mexican scientist Dr.-Ing. Mayolo Lopez Castellanos, who won this year’s Science Award for SCM, a discussion on the outlook for the world economy in 2025, the reports by Professors Robert Handfield and Frank Straube on the major study entitled “Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management” – and the anniversary evening with its theme from the 1980s, the decade in which the International Supply Chain Conference was first held.

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The keynotes in front of the full session of the conference were held by Dr. Oliver Blume, member of the Executive Board Production and Logistics at Porsche AG, Franz Fehrenbach, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH, Dr. Elmar Degenhart, CEO of Continental AG, Prof.

Götz Rehn, founder and Managing Director of Alnatura Produktions- und Handels GmbH, Manfred Gundel, Chairman of the Managing Board of KUKA Roboter GmbH, and Prof. Henning Kagermann, President of acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering.

Dr. Oliver Blume, Franz Fehrenbach, Prof. Raimund Klinkner, Dr. Elmar Degenhart, Manfred Gundel, Prof. Götz Rehn, Prof. Henning Kagermann

Thesis Conference workshop showcasing outstanding degree theses and the creative network “What would Harry do?”.

We live in truly fascinating times, and we have the ability to shape the world around us. More is possible in our society than we tend to assume.

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Prof. Götz E. Rehn, founder and Managing Director of Alnatura Produktions- und Handels GmbH

The themes for the 16 special-topic presentations were “Ideas”, “Innovations”, “Network” and “Sectors”, and a broad spectrum of issues with practical relevance were discussed, from big data all the way through to the importance of refurbishing as a success factor. The focal sectors were electrical engineering, mechanical and plant engineering, pharmaceuticals/healthcare and trade. The themes discussed in a workshop format were “Challenges for Professionals” and “Logistics in India”, then there was the

The vision of Industry 4.0 calls for a ‘Smart Factory’ and ‘Smart Logistics’. We have the opportunity to exploit this potential.

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Prof. Henning Kagermann, President of acatech

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30th International Supply Chain Conference

The successes of the past will soon be no more than statistics ... The German economy must defend its position anew every day against ever stronger competition.

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BVL welcomed its guests to the 30th International Supply Chain Conference with a silhouette of the Brandenburg Gate. Participants came from around the world, among others a delegation from Mongolia. One of the highlights was the anniversary evening with the presentation of the German Award for SCM.

Franz Fehrenbach, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH

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The strength of the conference is that it is a forum for both forward-looking information and personal encounters.

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Dr. Hanspeter Stabenau, Honorary Chairman of BVL

Many conference attendees were pleasantly surprised by the design of the reception area with a silhouette of Brandenburg Gate and a welcome in (almost) all languages spoken at the conference. The optimised conference app enabled attendees to access updated information and to put together their own tailored programme. The focus sequences made use of “Event-Pads” permitting the asking of questions online, thereby greatly enhancing the options for interaction between moderator, speakers and audience. Last but not least, a Social Wall in the exhibition area documented the vibrant communication about the event in the social media in real time.

BVL welcomed speakers and guests from around 40 countries, among them three foreign delegations from Mongolia, India and China who had organised a full programme for their visit to Germany. An International Meeting Point was set up in the Hotel InterContinental for this first time in 2013 to promote intercultural exchange and was coordinated by BVL’s International Projects unit.

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The Press and PR unit provided support for the some 200 accredited media representatives in the form of content-based and organisational services in the press room of the conference, and special-interest media from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Poland were present at the conference, as was the German business press. The PR departments of exhibitors and sponsors were able to obtain advice from BVL’s press experts and receive assistance on organisational issues before and during the conference. And, as is the case every year: after the conference is before the conference:

The 31st International Supply Chain Conference will take place in Berlin from October 22 to 24, 2014.

The theme for the event is “Complexity, Costs, Collaboration”. www.bvl.de/iscc

30 years of the International Supply Chain Conference – a journey through time The International Supply Chain Conference has been a “future forum” from the beginning. At the first event in 1984, logistics was in the process of establishing itself as a cross-functional activity spanning operations from procurement and production through to the sale of goods to the end customer. The central objectives that BVL set itself were and are to create an awareness and understanding of logistics in industry, academia and among the public at large, to systematically document logistical problems, to develop methods and processes to solve these problems in an interdisciplinary and sector-focused way, and to promote and continuously optimise the application of these methods.

The International Supply Chain Conference became the key instrument to realise these objectives. For 30 years now, the event has been a part of the rapid development of logistics, providing an annual forum for interdisciplinary exchange between experts. The optimisation of cross-functional processes was followed in the 1990s by the creation and optimisation of process chains and then of value added chains. With the new millennium came the realisation that the industry must think and act in a global context – in response to megatrends such as the individualisation of customer preferences, the sustainability of economic activity and the digitalisation of the processes involved in this activity.

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German Award for SCM | Supply Chain Sustainability Award

Awards for Lekkerland and Tchibo The 2013 German Award for SCM was won by Lekkerland Deutschland. The jury chose the company for the award in recognition of its multi-temperature concept entitled “Lekkerlogistics – Focusing on Customer Orientation”. The 2013 Supply Chain Sustainability Award went to Tchibo.

Big celebrations: the team from Lekkerland were absolutely delighted to receive the German Award for SCM presented by Jury Chairman Prof. Bernd Gottschalk (centre). To his right are project leaders Kay Schiebur and Ralph Dreger.

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“The jury was impressed by the proactive and systematically customer-focused way in which Lekkerland developed and technically implemented an innovative solution”, said Jury Chairman Prof. Bernd Gottschalk in his tribute speech. He added that when the project was launched over two years ago, Lekkerland adopted a farsighted strategy of putting itself in the position of its customers, above all filling station shops, kiosks and newsstands. These customers are mainly supplied with three product groups – uncooled, fresh and deep-frozen products requiring three different storage and transport temperatures. The managers at Lekkerland believed that it was no longer customer-friendly, efficient or sustainable to deliver goods to customers on up to three different trucks. They developed a surprisingly simple solution: thanks to its multi-temperature logistics, the company has achieved sustainable bundling effects in its logistics routines to the benefit of its customers. In a nutshell, the concept is about “one order, one delivery, one invoice”.

160 newly purchased multi-chamber trucks

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are the centrepiece of the multi-temperature logistics concept and were purpose-designed to meet the requirements of Lekkerland. Flexible wall panels allow them to be split into temperature zones to suit changing load volumes, and the customer receives the full range of ordered products in just one delivery.

The one-stop strategy has resulted in the following qualitative and quantitative improvements: ■ The total number of stops has been reduced by 260,000. This is equivalent to 3.4 millions road kilometres less a year producing emissions of 2,000 tons of CO2.

■ The customer orders all products in a single order and receives them in a single delivery with a single invoice.

■ This greatly reduces the customer’s administrative workload, and this improvement is underpinned by the use of a modern telematics tool.

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In the deep-frozen warehouse, for example, the already low complaint rate has fallen by two thirds.

The winner of the second Supply Chain Sustainability Award, conferred jointly each year by the sister organisations BVL Austria and BVL Germany, was Tchibo GmbH. The company was presented with the award in March in recognition of its wide-ranging project entitled “Acting with Responsibility”, in which logistics plays a central role. “We are delighted that the award has gone to an exemplary company in which sustainability has been part and parcel of the corporate strategy for years. The environment-friendly and socially responsible organisation of all relevant processes – from the use of resources and production by suppliers all the way through to waste disposal – is a key factor in Tchibo’s understanding of quality”, was what Roman Stiftner, President of BVL Austria, and Prof.

Thomas Wimmer, Chairman of the Executive Board of Bundesvereinigung Logistik Germany, had to say about the award winner. The jury said that Tchibo pursues a strategically integrated and holistic sustainability approach which is systematically implemented in Tchibo’s logistics operations along the entire supply chain through the active integration of suppliers, business partners, employees and customers.

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Retrospective

Forum Automotive Logistics

“Europe’s leading forum” In 2013, the joint Forum Automotive Logistics took the place of the two previous events, BVL’s Industry Forum Automotive Logistics and the VDA Logistics Conference. The theme of the forum was “Managing Complexity”. Around 550 participants attended the event at the MAN Truckforum in Munich on January 23 and 24.

VDA President Matthias Wissmann held a keynote

In addition to listening to the keynotes, forum participants also had the chance to discuss specific aspects of logistics in the automotive industry in ten different theme sequences. The high-quality event covered a wide range of topics and featured around 50 speakers. The content focus on day one was on cloud computing, aftermarket, packaging standardisation, the digital factory, multimodal transport, Auto-ID and RFID. Alongside presentations on complexity and volatility as well as the challenges of raw material supply, day two also featured a panel discussion on how sustainability impacts complexity. In the afternoon, there were two parallel sequences on cost-cutting and the shift in sales markets.

The forum was rounded off by a number of plant tours.

during the Forum.

BVL Board President Prof. Raimund Klinkner was extremely satisfied with the premiere of the event. “BVL staged its sector forum for ten years, developing it into the kick-off event at the start of each year for the large community of automotive logisticians. We are pleased that we can now continue to write this success story and further expand the scope of this event together with the German Association of the Automotive Industry”, said Klinkner. VDA President Matthias Wissmann shared this assessment and had the following to say in Munich: “The VDA and BVL have now created Europe’s leading forum for logistics in the automotive industry. The event puts down a marker for the ongoing development of automotive production logistics, confirming the wisdom of our decision in favour of a joint VDA-BVL event.”

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Wissmann also outlined the key challenges in the field of automotive production logistics: “The production networks in the German automotive industry are becoming ever more global and increasingly interlinked. Last year, the number of new cars built by German manufacturers outside Germany increased to 7.7 million. Added to this total are the 5.4 million cars built in Germany.” He said that the parts and components of a car often came from different continents, being delivered by suppliers directly to the assembly line only when needed, just in time and often also just in sequence. “The job of production logisticians is to master this complex system”, added Wissmann.

The next Forum Automotive Logistics will take place on February 4/5, 2014 in Frankfurt. www.bvl.de/fal

The Forum Automotive Logistics was a total success right out of the blocks. The event greatly exceeded our expectations with around 550 attendees.

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Matthias Wissmann, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

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Forum and Study on Chemical Logistics

Exploiting potential for optimisation The first BVL Forum Chemical Logistics was staged in Ludwigshafen on June 12 and 13 under the heading “Exploiting Potential for Optimisation”. The event was fully booked, with 225 attendees and 19 exhibitors, who presented their services in the parallel special-interest exhibition.

With a market volume of 144 billion euros in 2011 and over 323,000 employees, the chemical industry is one of the key industries in Germany. Logistics plays a central role in this sector in the management of complex logistics and supply chains.

Although at first glance the fundamental challenges for logistics in the chemical industry are similar to those of other sectors – in that the marketplace is becoming increasingly global, calling for agile and flexible supply chains and high delivery reliability in a market that demands an ever-increasing speed and quality of service – these customer expectations have more complex effects in the highly sophisticated field of chemical logistics. The trend towards outsourcing is on the increase but the specific characteristics of chemical logistics may mean there are limits to how far outsourcing can go.

This was reason enough for BVL to commission the study “Chemical Logistics – Importance, Structures, Dynamics” and to create the Forum Chemical Logistics. The highlights of the programme were the opening presentation by host Dr. Robert Blackburn, President Information Services and Supply Chain Management at BASF and BVL Board member, the presentation of the study, a lively panel discussion and the plant tours at BASF in Ludwigshafen. The logistics managers from the chemical industry and their service providers were by no means on their own during the Forum; they were joined by managers from other sectors of industry and members of the scientific community.

Study on chemical logistics: recognising the trends

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It was also at the Forum Chemical Logistics that BVL presented its first study on chemical logistics, prepared by the “Competence Group Chemical Logistics” comprising the CMC2 GmbH company, the European University of Applied Sciences (EUFH) in Brühl, the Würzburg Institute for Applied Logistics (IAL) and the Fraunhofer Working Group for Supply Chain Services (SCS) .

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The study focuses on the following aspects of chemical logistics: ■ Specifics and special characteristics of chemical logistics

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Differentiated list of the top market players in industry and logistics services Description and characterisation of the value added stages in the supply chains of the chemical industry Company types and business models on all value added levels Analysis of the level of development of logistics in the chemical industry and subsequent identification of potential to boost productivity and competitiveness Overview and detailed description of central trends and developments in the field of chemical logistics

Quantification of the macroeconomic importance of chemical logistics

The next Forum Chemical Logistics will take place in Frankfurt on May 8, 2014. www.bvl.de/fcl

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Theme forums

Optimising after-sales and total cost of ownership The two tailored forums provide participants with practical and theoretical stimuli for the logistics functions of spare parts logistics and total cost of ownership. The events are designed to appeal to logistics managers in industry, trade and services and are seen as interesting one-day events that facilitate exchange and interaction between experts.

The Forum Cost-Cutting is held alternately in the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Bremen.

The 2013 event took place at the Congress Centrum Bremen.

Forum Spare Parts Logistics This forum, the successor event to the Nuremberg Logistics Dialogue, serves as a platform for cross-sector interaction and exchange between experts from the after-sales sector. The one-day forum with parallel special-interest exhibition took place in the city of Nuremberg in the Franconia region of Bavaria at the end of February 2013 and was attended by 190 participants from industry, trade, services and academia. The theme of the event was “Understanding Market Requirements – Optimising Processes”. What are the different challenges in the various sectors? How can spare parts inventories be optimised?

How can “lean management” ideas be transferred to the spare parts business?

During the Forum Spare Parts Logistics, experts presented their approaches and solutions aimed at achieving improvements and ensuring optimum process organisation, and reported on their experiences with real-world implementation.

Forum on cost-cutting in value added chains The topic of cost optimisation was the focal point of a specialist forum in Bremen on April 23 and 24, 2013. This event looked at issues relating to total cost of ownership from the perspective of logistics. Companies like shipbuilder Abeking & Rasmussen have to take many other factors outside the supply chain into consideration. The situation in the aerospace sector is even more specialised: Bremen-based satellite manufacturer OHB already talks of a small-series production batch when an order comes in for four satellites with similar equipment levels. The parameters are completely different for mass market products. Mondelez is the world’s largest producer of biscuits. The high number of small products makes for a complex supply chain. The company has developed a display concept for its marketing activities in

over 165 countries. As when a buyer chooses the equipment and accessories for a car, individual sales outlets can put together their large-scale package for sales promotion online in a modular process. This generates economies of scale and ensures the use of optimum displays while still maintaining flexibility for the sales outlets.

British American Tobacco (BAT), on the other hand, brought 694 billion cigarettes into circulation worldwide in 2012. The company focuses its attention on rectifying supply bottlenecks. As part of this concept, BAT uses a joint pooling strategy to supply production plants with raw materials, and this balances out fluctuations in material requirements.

The next Forum Cost-Cutting will take place in Hamburg on September 18, 2014. www.bvl.de

The next Forum Spare Parts Logistics will take place in Nuremberg on March 13, 2014. www.bvl.de/fel

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Supply Chain Day | transport logistic

Day of action once again whets the appetite for logistics Supply Chain Day 2013 was once again an extremely lively and busy occasion, first on the central website where all the events are listed, then at many logistics locations all over Germany. This was already the sixth time that the logistics industry has let the public take a look behind the scenes of this highly diverse sector.

On April 18, the nationwide day of action of the logistics sector attracted around 36,000 visitors to 381 events throughout Germany and in neighbouring countries.

The figures are up once again on the previous year, when 34,000 people attended the various events. Over 640 companies, organisations and educational institutions were involved, compared to around 550 in 2012. The day of action focused on information for undergraduates and school students. In other words, the search for qualified new personnel – made even more difficult by the process of demographic change – is in full swing.

150 of the organisers were also active in previous years, including companies like Alnatura, Lekkerland, DB Schenker, bremenports, Kühne + Nagel, Audi AG or Amazon.

In terms of the event formats, there is a discernible trend towards large-scale regional events involving several companies.

Examples include the Hammer “logistics parcour”, the VIA Bremen event entitled “More than job and career – logistics paves the way”, the job and career platform of the Hamburg Logistics Initiative or the “Dangerous Goods and Safety Day” staged by the chambers of industry and trade in the Rhineland region in Grevenbroich. The biggest BVL event was the LogistikRuhr Students’ Day in Dortmund. But Supply Chain Day is also about small and highly specialised events – like the special-interest event entitled “Boosting Efficiency and Quality with RFID-Supported Processes” at avus Services in Stuttgart.

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Supply Chain Day provides companies, organisations and educational establishments with an opportunity to present themselves to the public and to showcase their logistics operations – as shown in the photo above at L’Oréal in Karlsruhe. During such activities as company tours, presentations, business simulation games or exhibitions, visitors can gain insights into the diverse spectrum of logistics, and this creates a new and broader understanding of the logistics sector.

As the initiator of this day of action, BVL has set itself the goal of further increasing the number of events and the scope of topics in 2014. Whether fascinating technical solutions, the use of IT, specialised logistics issues in individual sectors of industry and trade or international networking – there is always something new to discover, and plenty of potential to further improve the image of the logistics and supply chain sector step by step.

Trade fair stand and special-topic forums at “transport logistic” At the leading “transport logistic” fair in Munich at the beginning of June, the central point of contact for BVL and BVL Campus with the DAV, the HIWL and the Seminars unit was Stand 300 in Hall B3.

As a cooperation partner of the fair, BVL also staged three special-topic forums: on the Tuesday of the fair, the focus was firmly on the growth market of Russia.

The second presentation on the Wednesday looked at the efficient organisation of tender management, and the theme on the Thursday was lean management in warehouses.

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Retrospective

From the chapters

Positive response to high-level commitment and interesting topics One of the main reasons for joining BVL is the range of events staged by the regional chapters all over Germany, events that are chiefly organised by the honorary chapter chairs. The chapters invited members to 300 regional events in 2013, get-togethers that play an important role in network building and also serve as a source of wide-ranging information.

In 2013, the diverse activities of the chapters were even more popular with members and other interested persons than in the previous year. As a result, and thanks to the outstanding efforts of the chairs and student chairs, 300 chapter events were staged with over 7,500 attendees. In order to ensure that both the topic focus and the event formats remain attractive – in line with the conference motto of “Inspiration, Ideas, Innovation” – and to promote the development of the association, the chapter chairs came together once again in 2013 at a Chapter Management Meeting in Weiskirchen in the Saarland region of Germany from May 31 to June 1. In addition to providing a forum for topic-based discussions in workshops, the meeting also allowed participants to get to know one another, encouraging people from different generations to exchange experiences and logistics experts from different fields to work together to develop new ideas. For the first time, the roughly 70 attendees also included several chapter chairpersons from outside Germany.

Given the economic strength of southwestern Germany, it was already apparent in 2012 that it would be a good idea to create a further regional chapter to optimise the provision of services for members. To this end, the Baden-Württemberg, Upper Rhine and Rhine/Neckar Chapters “transferred” some of their postcode districts to pave the way for the founding of the new North Baden/South Palatinate Chapter. The chairs of the new chapter are Prof. Kai Furmans, Institute Director at the Karlsruhe Institute

of Technology, Johannes Busch, Head of International Logistics at The Lorenz Bahlsen Snack World, and Volker Klohr, Managing Director of Locom Consulting GmbH. The Upper Rhine Chapter has now been renamed the South Baden/Upper Rhine Chapter. This means there are now 28 regional chapters and 21 student chapters in Germany.

Shortly after the start of the new year, on January 16, 2013, the kick-off event for the new Main-Franconia Student Chapter took place in the Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg. The designated Student Chapter Chairs Chiara Freichel (University of Würzburg) and Elisa Schneider (Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University/Mosbach) welcomed the guests, who included not only the Main-Franconia Chapter Chair but also BVL Executive Board Chairman Prof. Thomas Wimmer.

There is also a positive trend in the commitment of up-and-coming logistics experts.

The 30 percent increase in members from among the ranks of young professionals compared to the previous year points to increasing interest in networking activities and the opportunities this provides for exchange and interaction. The level of interest in honorary work is also increasing among the younger members, particularly women.

While women are still seriously underrepresented among the chairs of the chapters, accounting for only seven percent of all chairs, the situation is far more balanced in the student chapters, where there are 20 female students among the 51 student chairs.

The programme for the 2013 Chapter Management Meeting in the Saarland region of Germany also included a visit to the former “Alte Völklinger Hütte” steelworks, now a World Heritage Site.

As a logistics or supply chain manager, you’re often on your own in a company, which means it’s difficult to bounce ideas off anybody. And that’s why the network operated by BVL is so important, so that you can continue to develop yourself and to optimise the processes and routines in your place of work.

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Thomas Henkel, Head of Logistics Management, SICK AG, Waldkirch

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Special event formats

BVL gives me the chance to gain insights into real-world logistics and to prepare myself even better for my future career.

I’ve already got to know lots of nice people in the student chapter who share my interests and with whom I want to continue to discover the world of logistics.

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Corinna Beck, student at the Saarland University of Applied Sciences (HTW)

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The first BVL Germany Logistics Tour from May 21 to 25, 2013 took 18 logisticians from the Saxony Student Chapter across the length and breadth of the country in a quest to discover everyday and outof-the-ordinary logistics processes and supply chain worlds. The five-member organisational team headed by project leader Oliver Roscher comprised highly committed members from the Saxony Student Chapter. The “tourists” visited the Fiege mega-centre near Erfurt, the courier terminal of time:matters, the Vanderlande Industries headquarters in Veghel in the Netherlands, Emmas Enkel in Düsseldorf, Thyssen-Krupp Steel in Duisburg, DHL Supply Chain at its Essen location and, finally, the Fraunhofer IML in Dortmund.

“Ladies in Logistics” was the theme of an event staged by the Baden-Württemberg Chapter for the first time on October 9, 2013, and the topic was extremely popular with the just under 30 participants. Chapter Chair Jürgen Waas gave an introduction to the subject matter based on studies in the logistics sector and on the situation of female management executives in Baden-Württemberg. These studies show that female employees are clearly underrepresented both in the sector as a whole and in management positions compared to the average figures for industry overall. Things are changing, however: female students now account for 40 to 45 percent of all students at the universities, and in companies with programmes for the advancement of women, the share of female management personnel is as high as 45 percent.

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Members | Association bodies

Modest increase in membership At the end of 2013, BVL had around 10,788 members, a further slight increase of just under two percent on the 2012 figure. The Members’ Meeting in Munich on June 6 was attended by 160 members.

The main items on the agenda were the reports of the BVL Board and the Executive Board as well as the Board elections.

Voting during the Members’ Meeting of BVL in Munich on June 6, 2013

Karl Ulrich Garnadt, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo AG, and Karl Gernandt, Chairman of Kühne + Nagel International AG were newly elected to the Board of the association. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Beumer, Frauke Heistermann and Dr. Johannes Söllner were re-elected for a further three-year term.

Joachim Limberg, Chairman of the Materials Services Business Area Management Team at Thyssen-Krupp AG, Essen, was co-opted to the BVL Board as an additional member.

Dr. Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Management Board of Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschiff fahrts-Gesellschaft KG, and Karl-Heinz Lippe, Vice President Operations – Stationary Trade at DHL Supply Chain Germany & Alps, left their honorary posts on the BVL Board after serving their

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maximum terms in office. The departure of Gast and Lippe also saw the end of the Board membership of Prof. Christopher Jahns, which has been inactive for several years.

Outlook When analysing the development of BVL membership, it is no surprise to find that the number of members in the big metropolitan areas is far higher than in other regions. The measures taken to underpin the positive ongoing trend in membership numbers include more in-depth support and services for members, the integration of young professionals by the regional chapter chairs and three pilot projects. The Main-Franconia, Saxony and South Westphalia Chapters are being given extra support to boost membership. As part of this

process, there is a greater focus on core sectors in these regions, for example, and steps are being taken to identify companies that would enhance the quality of the BVL network so that these companies can be contacted directly. These measures and their outcomes are to be presented at the next Chapter Management Meeting and may subsequently be used to promote the activities of other chapters.

The South Bavaria Chapter was successful in its application to host the 2014 Chapter Management Meeting, which will take place in Starnberg from June 19 to 21, 2014.

The workshops will address and discuss the strategic topics of BVL. The next Members’ Meeting will take place in Hanover on May 22, 2014 during the CeMAT fair.

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Distinctions | Head office

Gratitude and recognition

With support from head office, it is the various BVL bodies – Board, Advisory Board, Scientific Advisory Board, Research Council – and the chairs of the regional chapters – who perform the key strategic activities of the association. This means we have many reasons to say many thanks.

Left: Karl-Heinz Lippe bids farewell to his Board col-

Thanking him for his outstanding commitment, BVL presented departing Board member Karl-Heinz Lippe with the Golden Badge of Honour and named him honorary life member. Lippe was Chair of the Ruhr Chapter from 1997 to 2013, a member of the BVL Board since 2004 and was heavily involved in numerous projects like Supply Chain Day, Load Safety Day, the ongoing development of communication structures within the association, the development of BVL Campus and the integration of the German Foreign Trade and Transport Academy (DAV).

The Advisory Board body came together for its annual meeting on April 26, 2013 at Bosch in Karlsruhe, at the invitation of Bosch manager Dr. Karl Nowak, member of the BVL Board and Chairman of the BVL Advisory Board. Dr. Dieter Lindenblatt, a member of the Advisory Board and Authorised Representative of the Port of Antwerp, was presented with the Badge of Honour for his work on the BVL body between 1997 and mid-2013.

BVL presented the Golden Badge of Honour to Dr.-Ing. Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Management Board of Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschiff fahrts-Gesellschaft KG. Gast was a member of the Board from 2001 to 2013 and held the office of Treasurer from 2006 to 2010.

There were major changes in the make-up of the Research Council. After ten years of honorary service on this body, Dr.-Ing. Markus Greiling, Dirk Lichtmann, Hermann Siegling and Dr.-Ing. Maik Speel took their leave in 2013 and were presented with the BVL Badge of Honour during the International Supply Chain Conference.

leagues; centre: the departing members of the Research Council Dr.-Ing. Maik Speel, Hermann Siegling, Dirk Lichtmann and Dr.-Ing. Markus Greiling; right: Dr.-Ing. Ottmar Gast (centre) was presented with the Golden Badge of Honour.

Sabine Hucke follows Jörn Fontius

Sabine Hucke, Member of the BVL Executive Board, responsible for Event Management, Content and Knowledge

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July 1, 2013, Sabine Hucke joined the head office of BVL as Managing Director, taking over from Jörn Fontius. Sabine Hucke was Head of Central Logistics at F.S. Fehrer Automotive GmbH for many years and brings wide-ranging management experience and logistics expertise with her to her new content-focused and organisational duties

at BVL. Her management remit covers the areas of content, knowledge, research and event management. Her first central task was the project management for the 30th International Supply Chain Conference in October in Berlin.

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Personalia

Board

President Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund Klinkner Managing Partner, IMX Institute for Manufacturing Excellence GmbH, Martinsried, Germany

Karl Ulrich Garnadt CEO & Chairman, Lufthansa Cargo AG, Frankfurt, Germany Dr.-Ing. Ottmar Gast (until June 6th, 2013)

Treasurer

Spokesman of the Management Board, Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschiff fahrts-Gesellschaft KG, Hamburg, Germany

Christian Berner

Jürgen Gerdes

Member of the Board, Papyrus A.B., Mölndal, Sweden

Corporate Board Member MAIL, Deutsche Post AG, Bonn, Germany

Vice President Dr.-Ing. Christoph Beumer Chairman and CEO, BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG, Beckum, Germany

Karl Gernandt Chairman, Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Schindellegi, Switzerland Frauke Heistermann Member of the Management Board, AXIT AG, Frankenthal, Germany

Other members of the Board Dr. Robert Blackburn President Information Services and Supply Chain Operations, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing, Dortmund University of Technology, Managing Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund, Germany

Joachim Limberg Chairman of the Material Services Business Area Management Team, CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp Materials International GmbH, Essen, Germany Karl-Heinz Lippe (until June 6th, 2013) Vice President Operations – Residential Business, DHL Supply Chain Germany & Alps, Essen, Germany Dr. Karl A. May Head of Vehicle Distribution and VDCs, BMW Group, Munich, Germany Dr. Karl Nowak Head of Central Unit Purchasing and Logistics, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany Dr. Karl-Friedrich Rausch Board Member Transport and Logistics, DB Mobility Logistics AG, Berlin, Germany Dr. Johannes Söllner Managing Director, Geis Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Nuremberg, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katja Windt Professor of Global Production Logistics, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Bremen, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Wolff CEO, 4flow AG, Berlin, Germany

Members of the BVL International Board and the Executive Board during a meeting in Hamburg.

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International Chapter Chairpersons

BRAZIL

LUXEMBOURG

USA

São Paulo

Luxembourg

Carolinas

Frank T. Baur Vice President Logistics Automotive Aftermarket, Robert Bosch Ltda., Campinas Stephan Grüner Managing Director, BMS Logística Ltda., São Paulo

Alain Krecké

Lawrence R. Basel

Senior Manager, Cluster for Logistics, Luxembourg Thomas Mayer Global Logistics and Supply Chain Manager, IEE S.A., Echternach

Vice President, APS Logistics, High Point, North Carolina Prof. Dr. Robert Handfield Professor, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

CHINA

RUSSIA

Beijing

Moscow

Philip Heinrichsdorff

Mike Hofmann General Manager, German Chamber of Industry & Commerce, Beijing Jean Wang CEO, Redox Logistics, Tianjin

Mirco Nowak CEO, LUNO Export & Logistics Services, Hamburg/Moscow Kirill Vlasov Member of the Board, STS Logistics, Moscow

Vice President Supplier Network, Purchasing, Quality and Logistics, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, Greer, South Carolina Steven D. Markham President, BLG Logistics, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia Josip T. Tomasevic Vice President & CPO, Global Purchasing and Materials, AGCO Corporation, Duluth, Georgia

US Southeast

Hefei Prof. Jingmin Cai President, Hefei University Michael Egner General Manager, Continental Tires Hefei Co. Ltd., Hefei Prof. Daofang Li Dean of the faculty of management, Hefei University

Shanghai Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dianjun Fang Professor, Sino-German School for Postgraduate Studies, Tongji University, Shanghai Baoguo Hu Director Logistics, Shanghai VW Automotive Co., Ltd. Andreas Lentz General Manager, Industry Sector Logistics, Siemens Ltd. China, Shanghai

SINGAPORE Kai Y. Chan General Manager Southeast Asia, Carlson Wagonlit Travel Management, Singapore Thomas Halliday Regional General Manager, AEB Asia Singapore Ltd., Singapore Philipp von Pein Executive Director, mSE Pte. Ltd., Singapore

UZBEKISTAN Tashkent Nodira Mukhidova Legal Advisor on international Projects, ADBL (Business Logistics Development Association), Tashkent

TURKEY Istanbul Can Tamci Supply Chain Manager, Eauton Hydraulics Turkey, Istanbul Klaus D. von der Bey Managing Director, von der Bey Management Consult, Hamburg

Izmir Ünal Eren Head of Izmir Office, German-Turkish Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Izmir

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Representatives of BVL International

CANADA

NETHERLANDS

Heinz Hörath HR Manager, BEP Ges. f. Informationsmanagement mbH, Toronto

Patrick Bongers Manager Business & Product Development, DB Schenker Logistics Netherlands, Schiphol

CHINA Sven H. Kothe Director China, M+R Forwarding (China) Ltd., Shanghai

POLAND Jan Brachmann CEO, Seifert Polska Sp. z.o.o., Katowice

ECUADOR Horst Burau Owner and CEO, H.K.B.S.A. Chartering & Shipping Agency S.A., Guayaquil

SINGAPORE Christian Tollkühn CEO, New Continent Enterprises (Pte) Ltd., Singapore

HONG KONG

SOUTH AFRICA

Dennis Fanelsa Vice President, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong

Joachim Bade Group CEO, Worldnet Logistics (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg

HUNGARY

Florian Domberger Global Category Leader Chemicals, Cilag GmbH International, division Johnson & Johnson, Zug

SWITZERLAND Mario Schade Senior Consultant, Lean Management and Logistics Consulting, Budapest

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES JAPAN Dennis Delasauce Manager Tank Container Competence Center Asia, Leschaco Japan K.K., Tokyo

Christian Herzog Senior Business Development Manager, Geodis Wilson UAE LLC, Dubai

USA MEXICO Stefan Schmidt Head of SCM, Boehringer Ingelheim, Xochimilco, Mexico City

Hans-Peter Halpaus CEO, IFF Inc. International Freight Forwarders, Atlanta, Georgia

MONGOLIA Tobias Schauf Owner, OstKontor Consulting, Grobenzell/Ulan Bator

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2014 dates / Publishing details

2014 dates It’s worth taking a look at the events to be staged by BVL International in 2014 so that you can plan your schedule in good time. The

February 4–5, 2014 2nd Forum Automotive Logistics Frankfurt/Main

overview shows the dates that had already been set by mid-December 2013. The separate programme brochure contains details on the events of the regional chapters. You can always find updated information on the Internet at www.bvl.de/en.

Joint event with the VDA

March 13, 2014 2nd Forum Spare Parts Logistics Nuremberg

10th Nuremberg Logistics Dialogue

April 10, 2014 Supply Chain Day all over Germany

Central press conference of BVL, Bremen

May 8, 2014 2nd Forum Chemical Logistics Frankfurt/Main May 19–23, 2014 CeMAT one-day forums Hanover

2014 BVL Members’ Meeting

June 4–5, 2014 7th International Scientific Symposium on Logistics Cologne

One-Day Forums

7TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON LOGISTICS

September 18, 2014 3rd Forum Cost-Cutting Hamburg October 22–24, 2014 31st International Supply Chain Conference Berlin

German Award for SCM Media Award for Logistics Science Award for SCM Thesis Award BVL press conference

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Title page design:

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Translation:

Tony Tranter, Germersheim, Germany

Concept and editorial management: Ulrike Grünrock-Kern, BVL

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