On Friday, between 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM, six workshops were held in parallel on the following topics:
– Project management in logistics (W1)
– Controlling in logistics (W2)
– Logistics in production (W3)
– Inventory management (W4)
– EANIC-SINFOS Electronic Catalog – master data synchronization (W5)
– TRACEBACK: EPC/RFID technology for tracking the origin of goods (W6)
W1: Project management is, alongside the management of ongoing processes, a fundamental tool for achieving the business goals of any enterprise. Logistics-related ventures appear practically everywhere. Employees from all organizational areas participate in them, regardless of the type or size of the enterprise. Therefore, knowledge about proper project management should also characterize employees in the broadly defined area of logistics. During the workshop, participants will learn how to effectively manage logistics projects, how to define roles and responsibilities in this process, what documentation should be used, what tools can be utilized, etc.
W2: During the workshop, controlling tools used in logistics management will be presented. The principles of their use in the strategic and operational activities of an enterprise will be discussed. The connections and relationships between controlling and other efficiency improvement tools used in enterprises will be discussed. The goal of the workshop is to analyze solutions that will enable effective management of information regarding the monitoring of logistics performance.
W3: The goal of the workshop is to provide practical skills in the application of techniques and tools that improve logistics processes in production, including: ensuring continuity and rhythm of production, organizing the order fulfillment cycle with particular emphasis on material flows in production processes, minimizing work-in-progress inventory, and increasing the timeliness of executed processes.
W4: The costs of maintaining excessive (unjustified) inventory in the warehouses of individual supply chain links can be significant. Reducing this inventory can lead to lower warehouse operating costs. It may also turn out that a planned warehouse expansion is not necessary, because a properly conducted inventory replenishment policy will cause their reduction, e.g., by 30%. The goal of the workshop is to indicate ways to effectively reduce warehouse inventory in an enterprise.
W5: The main theme of the workshop will be the cooperation strategy in product data synchronization based on the EANIC-SINFOS Catalog to ensure the highest data quality. EANIC-SINFOS, as the largest European catalog certified by GDSN, is fully prepared to meet the needs of electronic transmission of information contained in so-called product cards between partners. The subject of the workshop will be to highlight the benefits resulting from centralized data exchange between retail chains and their suppliers. During the meeting, the unique features of the Catalog and its place in the GDSN network will be presented. The workshop will be complemented by a demonstration of the operating system with particular emphasis on product versioning, creating packaging hierarchies, and setting up subscriptions.
W6: The goal of the workshop is to provide information and compare available solutions for traceability, highlighting the innovative EPC/RFID technology, which consists of contactless capturing of data identifying physical packaging with goods into IT systems, in order to demonstrate the utility of this technology in relation to the TRACEBACK project. The only operating hardware and software solution in Poland that can be applied to achieve traceability results based on innovative identification and data capture technologies in the supply chain will be presented.