Translog Connect Congress, the market leading logistics and supply chain management business summit for Central and Eastern Europe, will be held November 23-24 2016 in Budapest. The forum will bring together top logistics service providers and key European decision makers at the 5 stars CORINTHIA Hotel Budapest. The Translog Connect Congress will present a comprehensive overview of major trends and impacts on Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management, the event organiser TEG says in a media release.
The legendary Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kummer, Head of Transport and Logistics Institute at the Vienna University of Economics is a lead member of the Programme Advisory Board for the 5th time this year. He is very passionate about his research on logistics and supply chain management is sharing his opinion about “Digitalisation: Business opportunity or costs trap for CEE logistics?” at this year’s TRANSLOG Connect. As a jury member he is supporting again the 4th Central Eastern European Logistics and Supply Chain Excellence Award established to recognize and promote outstanding projects in the rapidly growing region of Central Eastern Europe, highlighting the most innovative and flexible solutions.
Manufacturers, retailers and solution providers from all industry sectors can apply with their most innovative projects and methods until the 14th of October 2016. The Call for Applications for the 4th CEE Logistics and Supply Chain Excellence Award you can find here.
As a result of previous year’s enormous success TRANSLOG Connect will be organized for the 6th time this year on 23-24 November in Budapest, Hungary. The outstanding event will be again a great hub for logistics professionals to network, discuss operational developments, share best practises in the field of transportation, logistics and supply chain management and establish new partnerships.
Regional and international companies such as Beiersdorf, Metro or Bacardi will convey state-of-the-art market insights to guarantee the quality of the agenda. In addition the organizer, TEG The Events Group, works closely together with more than 10 leading logistics association partners throughout Central Eastern Europe to guarantee the regional scope of TRANSLOG.
INFORMATION IS KEY - FACING NEW SOLUTIONS ON LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS
In addition to one-to-one business meetings the conference program will cover the following topics:
• Digitalization: Business opportunity or costs trap for CEE Logistics?
• How to run successful tenders in a digitalized world?
• How to design the logistics network to get closer to the consumer?
• How to optimise supply chain processes to manage increasing return rates and lead time pressure?
• Where to find the biggest, fastest transportation savings?
• Switching the focus from Operational Excellence to customer satisfaction
• Supply Chain Risk Management – vulnerability and resilience in logistics, and many more case studies will be presented by world-class industry experts and pioneers.
TEG meeting scheduler for time efficiency
The easy to use TEG Meeting Scheduler website is providing each participant an online platform to customize their agenda with a series of one-to-one meetings, presentations and plant excursions two weeks prior to the event. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet leading logistics, software, transportation and warehousing service providers, such as C.H. Robinson, Gebrüder Weiss, Raben Group, Waberer’s International, DSV, Honeywell, Dexion, Ehrhardt + Partner Group, Kuehne + Nagel and many more and to visit the Mercedes-Benz or the Szentkirályi Mineral Water plant.
About TEG Events Group
TEG, The Events Group is one of Europe’s leading business information providers, operating primarily within the key emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe. The main focus is on business-to-business congresses that connect top professionals within various industries in the region, bringing together senior executives from Europe’s largest companies with leading service providers. TEG’s client base includes international and top Fortune 500 companies that are all leaders within their key market sectors.