“We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planet’s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble?”
David Suzuki

• 30- 31 July 2008, Sydney

In the very near future, businesses will need to know their carbon footprints or run the risk of others unwilling to do business with them. Analysis of a company supply chain’s current carbon footprint, along with the different storage and distribution strategies that may be used for reducing it, offer an opportunity for businesses to increase their competitive advantage in the market place. In the ripening information age, a true effort towards improving the environment will certainly be positively recognised by customers, staff and business partners alike.

The uses of energy (fuel and electricity) are large cost centres for most businesses that have big supply chains. As the price of crude oil balloons, knowing your current company’s networks’ costs and emission output is the first step to making positive changes for your business.

Increasingly Australian companies are looking to undertake positive activities towards cutting greenhouse emissions. This, however, may take time. One immediate way to positively contribute is through participation in such carbon offset programs. Understanding your current Supply Chain Carbon Footprint enables companies to purchase the equivalent carbon offsets to make their supply chain a “zero contributor” to carbon emissions – whilst still following strategies to reduce their own emissions.

This conference will aim to address the main issues higher management in sustainability, environmental and supply chain roles are facing. Just what is the accepted measurement of a carbon footprint? How do you quantify in, in supply chain terms into dollars and cents and how to you cost-effectively reduce it? What types of benchmarks should you be looking at?

Key topics include:

• Developing partnerships with vendors to build boutique carbon footprint calculation tools
• Investigating the different popular methodologies used in carbon foot print data collection and measurement
• Assessing future regulations on carbon management and reporting in Australia. Where are the policies heading?
• Conducting an entire lifecycle analysis- Is this the path that all future supply chain analysis will be taking?

** All ALA members are entitled to a discount of 10%
when registering with Ms.Esther and quote the reference EN-ALA **

For further details and brochures, please contact:

Ms. Esther Wong
Tel No: +603 2723 6736
Fax No: +612 9223 2352

Email: estherw@marcusevanskl.com

Building high-performance 3PL partnerships and processes to yield win-win outcomes, maximise customer service and reduce supply chain costs.

19 – 20 May 2008 Auckland, New Zealand
22 – 23 May 2008 Sydney, Australia
26 – 27 May 2008 Melbourne, Australia

The truly optimised 3PL structure is rare – more often than not, partnerships are plagued with inconsistencies, difficulties in contractual arrangements, cultural incompatibility, and poor communication. A gulf exists between the providers and the companies who solicit their services, which may run wide enough to ultimately lead to failure. This practical two-day training course will help you build high-performing 3PL partnerships and processes to yield win-win outcomes.

During the course, you will be given the opportunity to develop your own action plan allowing you to have a strategy to implement upon returning to your workplace. Furthermore, you will soon see how the time-tested techniques of managing a successful outsourced partnership can be used successfully on the job to strengthen the relationship between the overall organisation and your transport, logistics and warehouse operation.

Key topics:

• Starting up a world-class 3PL-run DC
• Metrics and Service Level expectations / Tracking
• Cost Plus & Gain Sharing, a win-win approach
• Structuring the 3PL contract
• Challenging the 3PL to implement best in class processes

Key features

• Build, maximise and benchmark high-performance 3PL partnerships and processes
• Bridge the gap between companies and the 3PL providers and drive change in the business relationship to attain a joint customer-focus
• Reduce supply chain costs to maintain that competitive edge
• Demystify 3PL contracts, cost-plus and gain sharing to achieve a win-win outcomes
• Discover the best approaches to integrating information technology to create efficiencies with your 3PL
• Experience world-class networking

** All ALA members are entitled to a discount of 10% when register with Ms.Esther **

For further details and brochures, please contact:

Ms. Esther Wong
Tel No: +603 2723 6736
Fax No: +612 9223 2352

Email: estherw@marcusevanskl.com

Driving business performance improvement through pioneer strategies in warehouse design and planning
Event Date: 22-23 Oct 2007
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

This practical two-day training course will help you stay in touch with the most important new concepts in the warehousing/distribution field. You will not only learn practical ways to improve equipment selection, warehouse layouts, inventory control, put-away, packing, loading, picking, receiving and safety and security, but you will start immediately to identify ways to apply these ideas to your specific environment.

During the course, you will have the chance to develop your own action plan so you can put the programme to work for you right away. Furthermore, you will soon see how the time-tested techniques from managing and improving warehouse operations can be used successfully on the job to strengthen the relationship between the overall organisation and your warehouse operation.

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