Logistics Forum 2018: Generating competitiveness and customer value
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, the second Logistics Forum Switzerland took place at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. More than 120 participants came together to discuss the current topic of "Digital Value Chains" - added value through digitalization in value chains.
This year's Logistics Forum Switzerland was held for the second time at the Museum of Transport in Lucerne on November 6. The focus was on the hot topic of "Digital Value Chains". Digitalization is on the rise, no question about it. More digital solutions for logistics and SCM are available almost every day. But how can your company generate competitiveness and customer value through these digital offerings? Companies and logistics must prove their ability to change, because as Carsten Vollrath, Swiss IPG Partners Group AG quoted in his short presentation: "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change" - Charles Darwin.
Focus on digital value chains
The day began with a warm welcome by VNL Switzerland President Prof. Dr. Herbert Ruile. This was followed by exciting keynotes by Claudio Marconi, IKEA Supply AG as well as Carsten Leuters, KPMG Holding AG on the respective topics "Integrated Supply Chain IKEA" and "Digital Value Chains - Roadmap."
In the subsequent pitches for the 2018 Regional Logistics Award, which the detranz and VNL associations presented for the second time as part of the Logistics Forum, attendees had the chance to cast their vote for the best pitch throughout the day.
After a short coffee break and informative visits to the exhibitors' stands and various poster walls, the participants were able to split up into the three parallel streams on different topics. The diverse short presentations provided discussion material for the subsequent stand-up lunch with a view of Lake Lucerne.
Following the active expert discussion on the topic "State of Implementation - Digital Value Chain", the participants moved on to the parallel afternoon session. There, they learned from Thomas Heynen, AdNovum Informatik AG, among others, that digitalization can be used to work more efficiently even in concrete logistics.
Regional logistics prize awarded
At the end, the participants gathered again in the conference hall to wind down together, where the award ceremony for the regional logistics prize met with great recognition and widespread interest. The project "Mitfahrmarkt Surselva" by Urs Giezendanner (regional developer of the Regiun Surselva) prevailed over the two co-finalists "Collectors" and "UriTicket" in the vote of the expert audience. All three finalists of the regional logistics award are invited to participate in the next detranz-Denklabor in 2019 in Altdorf.
