Showing posts with label Supply Chain Optimization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supply Chain Optimization. Show all posts

18 Mar 2014

Oliver Wight, AIMMS and Districon form partnership to offer complete supply chain optimization solution



Leading supply chain optimization specialists Oliver Wight have teamed up for the first time ever with optimization technology and prescriptive modelling specialists AIMMS and logistics solutions consultancy Districon to deliver a revolutionary supply chain optimization offering. 

Organisations are set to gain a unique, integrated supply chain optimization solution from the fusion of expertise between these three leading practitioners. Oliver Wight transfers knowledge on best practice design and optimization, while AIMMS and Districon join forces to provide state-of-the art practical solutions for maximising value from the supply chain.
Les Brookes, CEO of Oliver Wight EAME says, “Modern day organisations need the capability to respond quickly and intelligently to the ever-changing supply chain challenges at a strategic, tactical and operational level.  End-to-end optimization is essential to extract the best possible value from the supply chain. This initiative allows customers to transform the entire supply chain and leverage the synergies between people, processes and tools to achieve that next level of value.”

The partnership comes as all three organisations are seeing an increase in demand for a total service offering. “Our customers are increasingly realizing that to reap the full benefits of our advanced optimisation technology, they need to have the right processes in place. This partnership will allow us to cover all aspects of integrated business planning, from processes to practical applications” says AIMMS CEO Gijs Dullaert.

“We are now able to offer a unique and holistic integrated supply chain solution tailored to meet the client’s specific needs,” adds Districon Managing Director Jack Pool. “We are delighted to be working with Oliver Wight and AIMMS on this initiative to help clients drive increased revenue and profitability.”

The three organisations are kick-starting their new relationship with a webinar, ‘Influence customer demand; optimize your commercial activities through Integrated Business Planning’ on 20th May 2014. For more information visit http://business.aimms.com/news-events/webinars/ 

More information
Zoe Davis
Oliver Wight EAME

+44 (0) 1452 397200              

zoe.davis@oliverwight-eame.com
www.oliverwight-eame.com

About Oliver Wight

Pioneers of Sales and Operations Planning and thought leaders for Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Oliver Wight have a 40-year track record of helping some of the world's best-known organisations reach and sustain excellent business performance. Oliver Wight’s Supply Chain Optimization ensures the supply chain is designed and structured to deliver best-in-class customer service and minimise costs, whilst Integrated Business Planning allows the senior executive to plan and manage the entire organisation over a 24 month horizon, aligning tactical and strategic plans each month and allocating critical resources to satisfy customers in the most profitable way. Oliver Wight helps organisations define their vision for the future and by transferring knowledge to key staff, deliver performance and financial results that last. 

About AIMMS
AIMMS is an innovative technology company with offices in The Netherlands, Seattle (US), Singapore and Shanghai. For over 20 years, the company has been developing and selling a unique mathematical optimization platform. AIMMS customers can create high business impact with optimization engines and solutions that enable optimal decision making on complex strategic, tactical or operational problems. 

About Districon
As a specialized consultancy company Districon develops state of the art supply chain solutions for business and government. Districon adds value by leveraging extensive experience and capabilities in the fields of Supply Chain Management, Cargo Logistics, Logistics Facilities and Business Intelligence. We offer advisory, professionals and solutions, driven by our motto “Creating value in logistics”.
Districon has developed a strong track record in fast development of AIMMS based customized optimization solutions in areas like network design and S&OP, enabling their customers to improve their profitability.

2 Sept 2013

Upcoming Events from Oliver Wight














Oliver Wight sponsors a number of forums and summits across Europe, along with a number of our own events  focused on current business issues including supply chain optimization and integrated business planning (IBP), as well as providing good networking opportunities. Below are the forthcoming events for 2013.

Click the link below for further information.

Integrated Business Planning Interactive Workshop
17 October 2013
Munich, Germany


30 October 2013
Berlin, Germany

06 November 2013
Webinar



25 Jun 2013

Official Sponsor of the 15th Annual European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit, Berlin

15th Annual Europe Supply Chain & Logistics Summit starts today: 25-27 June 2013

Oliver Wight is the Official Sponsor of the 15th Annual European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit in Berlin.

Interactive Workshop, Day 1 - Wednesday 26 June:

Les Brookes, CEO
Oliver Wight EAME LLP
Design for success: How supply chain segmentation, collaboration and optimization can transform performance and value
Presented by: Les Brookes - CEO, Oliver Wight EAME LLP

Optimization of your supply chain is essential to successfully meet the needs of customers, efficiently and cost-effectively.  Varying demand for product, service levels and routes to market can be better served through market segmentation and a corresponding realignment of the supply chain.  Collaboration through mutual capability and integrated strengths, lends itself to continuous improvement in supply chain efficiency.  This workshop discusses how to design and optimise your supply chain structure to bring greater integration up and down the supply chain.

One-to-One meetings:

Paul Archer, Partner
Jerry Shanahan, Partner

Across the two days, delegates will have opportunity to meet with Les and his colleagues, Paul Archer and Jerry Shanahan, partners of Oliver Wight.  For details on how to book a one-to-one meeting please contact veronica.lake@oliverwight-eame.com


We will be at stand 47 & 48 to answer any questions with regards to your Supply Chain and Logistics queries.

Oliver Wight EAME LLP at the SCL Europe 2013 event: 26 June

Les Brookes, Paul Archer and Jerry Shanahan
at the 15th Annual SCL Europe 2013, Berlin

Les Brookes and Jerry Shanahan one to one meetings
with the SCL Europe 2013 delegates


Les Brookes and Jerry Shanahan discussing
Supply Chain and Logists issues with delegates
Jerry Shanahan, hosting a discussion panel.

21 Jun 2013

ITN Productions film Oliver Wight for new supply chain news channel


Thought leaders for new ITN Productions channel. See the videoBusiness improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, have teamed up with ITN Productions to film a revealing documentary, ‘Turning Fortunes Around - uncovering the secrets of Supply Chain success’. 

The programme, produced for the Global Logistics and Transport News channel, a partnership between ITN Productions and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), aims to capture the current state of global supply chains and how to manage them.
Introducing the film, presenter Natasha Kaplinsky, explains that optimising the supply chain can bring down costs by half but as well as more accurate forecasting and reduced overstocking, a mind-set change is also required.


“The recent horse meat scandal brought the complexity of global supply chains and the difficulties of controlling them, sharply into focus,” says Oliver Wight consultant Liam Harrington, interviewed in the documentary. “The industry is dominated by the dogma of price, however the lowest price doesn’t actually mean lower costs and it can put reputation on the line when the price quest leads to a fragmented supply chain.”

Oliver Wight filming with ITN Productions at QFC The film includes interviews with Oliver Wight customers, furniture manufacturer the Quality Furniture Company, which says it owes its survival to supply chain improvements, and Inks manufacturer Akzo Nobel, which has achieved £1 million of savings in just nine months.
Oliver Wight consultant, Anne Marie Kilkenny, who also appears in the film, says, “The collaboration with ITN Productions and CILT is an excellent opportunity to tackle the impact of globalisation, transparency and the environment on the supply chain, and provide some insight in to how to create a more integrated, cost-efficient model.”

The channel will be regularly updated with stories on the latest innovation, thought leadership and best practice – providing an essential tool for professionals working in logistics, transport and supply chain.


Launched at the 2013 Annual Logistics Conference this month, the Oliver Wight documentary is hosted on ITN Productions’ Transport News Channel as part of its ‘Thought Leadership’ series. Watch it here.


Filming with supply chain optimisation experts Oliver Wight and ITN Productions - Behind the scenes


11 Apr 2013

TODAY! Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar - Today at 14:15

Have you signed up to listen in on the Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar? Attending this webinar is free, all you need to do is register.   

Presented by Oliver Wight Partners, Kirsty Braines and Dawn Kynaston

Kirsty Braines, Oliver Wight Partner
Kirsty Braines,
Oliver Wight Partner
Dawn Kynaston, Oliver Wight Partner
Dawn Kynaston,
Oliver Wight Partne
r

4 Apr 2013

Listen in on the Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar

Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar - 11 April 2013



Design for success: How supply chain segmentation, collaboration and optimization can transform performance and value
 
Presented by Oliver Wight Partners, Kirsty Braines and Dawn Kynaston


Kirsty Braines,
Oliver Wight Partner
Dawn Kynaston,
Oliver Wight Partne
r
This interactive webinar provides an understanding of why optimization of your supply chain is essential to successfully meet the needs of customers, efficiently and cost-effectively.  It explores how the varying demand for product, service levels and routes to market can be better served through market segmentation and a corresponding realignment of the supply chain.  

Listen in to Kirsty and Dawn at 14:15 GMT+1 to learn how to design and optimize your supply chain structure to bring greater integration up and down the supply chain.

Attending this webinar is free, all you need to do is register. 


5 Mar 2013

Event - Oliver Wight - Sponsoring the Supply Chain Forum





Oliver Wight are pleased to be sponsoring The Supply Chain Forum - an event providing senior industry professionals with access to new ideas, solutions and innovations to help take their departments and companies forward.

Lloyd Snowden, Managing Partner of Oliver Wight, will be hosting a series of one-to-one meetings throughout the day and during the evening events.  Lloyd will also be making a presentation, which will explore why achieving Supply Chain Excellence is now business critical.


Lloyd Snowden, Managing Partner of Oliver Wight, hosting breakfast table.

Opening address speaker -
Excellent talk on the economy saying it is all about confidence.
Things are not as black as they are being painted.


21 Feb 2013

New Brochure out today

Click here to download brochure
from www.oliverwight-eame.com

Extract from Supply Chain Design and Optimzation -  Outperforming the Competition brochure. 


Oliver Wight Supply Chain Design and Optimization is an integrated market-driven process that helps you to design, plan and manage your supply chain to satisfy customers in the most profitable way.

A proven, practical approach, it takes into account the realities of your existing supply chain footprint but shifts the paradigm from cost containment and reduction, to driving product innovation and speed to market, so you can capture benefits that would otherwise pass you by.
Benchmarking your supply chain performance against your peers as well as best-in-class, Oliver Wight Supply Chain Design and Optimization will allow you to develop a supply plan in line with your business strategy, and build strategic relationships with suppliers and customers, however far up- or down-stream they are. The result is mutual capability and integrated strength and all the benefits that come with it.


Whether yours is a single site organisation or a multi-national, multi-site enterprise, Oliver Wight Supply Chain Design and Optimization means you can build a roadmap for sustained improvement, with clear and measurable milestones along the way. And the results are always spectacular: an optimised supply chain typically improves perfect order ratings by 17%. In an age when consumers are increasingly demanding and less loyal, that is an advantage well worth taking.

"Supply chains that deliver best-in-class service,
do so at half the cost of their peers
"


Click here to download brochure from www.oliverwight-eame.com. 






Upcoming Dates for your Diaries


Conferences/Seminars/Forums



















Click links for more information.
The links will take you to the Oliver Wight EAME website.

05 March 2013
Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire 


 Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar

11 April 2013
Global 



25 April 2013
Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London, UK 
 


SAPICS 2013 Annual Conference & Exhibition

02 June 2013
Sun City, Johannesburg, South Africa


15th Annual Europe Supply Chain & Logistics Summit

25 June 2013
Berlin, Germany 



17 October 2013
Berlin, Germany 


11 Feb 2013

Supply Chain Design & Optimization - Building Supply Chain Relationships



To download Wight Paper
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Extract from the Wight Paper.

With continued economic uncertainty and increasing global competition, the customer remains king. Whilst money may be tight, there seems no let up in consumer demand for superior service, increased value and competitive price. Inevitably, this brings ever-greater pressure for efficiency gains and performance improvement. The health of an organisation depends more than ever on its ability to successfully meet the needs of its customers. In today's business environment, this cannot be achieved merely through internal business improvement; it is dependent on optimisation of the entire supply chain.