Odette2023
Still Building Solutions for Sustainable Supply Chains
20-21 November 2023
22nd Odette International Automotive Conference for
Supply Chain Professionals and Digital Transformation Experts
Still Building Solutions for Sustainable Supply Chains
Supply Chain Management in the automotive industry is attracting more investment than ever and has evolved from a service and support function to a strategic ‘C-suite’ concern. In taking this leading position, supply chain VPs have quickly realised that digitalisation demands standardisation and that collaboration across the industry to develop and implement further digital standards is vital for survival.
Odette has been at the forefront of the development of digital standards for the automotive supply chain for almost 40 years and we look forward to continuing to mobilise the automotive community to overcome the major challenges ahead.
What people say about the Odette Conference
The Odette Conference is a place where you will share knowledge and meet major actors of the digital supply chain. Besides following the conference sessions to keep informed of the industry evolutions, my objectives at Odette2022 were to ensure the transmission of knowledge and expertise by introducing my young colleagues to the people I regularly communicate with and to speak with a customer on a specific project. This was done within minutes of our arrival as my Odette contacts immediately put me in touch with THE person I was looking for. I recommend the Odette conferences to suppliers who want to anticipate changes and stay informed.
Marie Ammerich, Supply Chain Projects Engineer at L&L Products
It was a pleasure to participate and thank you for giving me the opportunity to introduce Stellantis ambitions and the challenges ahead of us. Odette is a strong partner and the standards created are well taken into account in achieving the convergence of our Group companies.
Michael Gorny, VP Supply Chain Transformation at Stellantis
I really enjoyed the presentations as well as the discussions at the conference. My congratulations on your excellent organization which was the perfect mix of a highly professional event and a great feel-good get-together of the industry.
Christian Moser, Global Solution Manager e-mobility, DBSchenker
Monday 08.45 - Visit Berlin Underworld (see Visits tab for details)
11.30 Registration/Lunch
Welcome
Robert CAMERON
Head of Production, Logistics & Aftermarket, Chairman Odette International
VDA
Marcus BOLLIG
Managing Director
VDA
Group logistics on the move - more digital, more resilient, more fit for the future
Berenike HÖHNE
Overall Program Management ONE Log
Volkswagen Group Logistics
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Group logistics on the move - more digital, more resilient, more fit for the future
Pandemics, environmental disasters and wars - crises are the new normal and logistics must be able to counter the effects. How can we adapt to ever-changing demands and challenges? How can we harness the potential of digitalisation to become more efficient, flexible and sustainable? And how can we become more resilient to crises and disruptions?
Dr. Berenike Höhne will show how Volkswagen Group Logistics is on the move to become more digital, resilient and future-proof and will provide inspiring insights into current trends and best practice from different logistics improvement projects.
13.50 Breakout - Solutions for Sustainable Supply Chains
Building a circular automotive industry
Peter LUKASSEN
Director of Sustainability
Robert Bosch
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Building a circular automotive industry
The mobility aftermarket is key to keep vehicles moving, today and in the future. With the carpark changing and new technologies coming in, we need to evolve the aftermarket offering, not only to enable mobility but also to make it more sustainable. Circularity is one key driver.
This includes addressing the 4R: Remanufacturing, Repair, Recycle and Reuse. As Bosch we are committed to sustainability and will work on increasing the R-readiness of our whole portfolio.
We will do things differently and do new things.
Sustainable transport: the challenges facing us all and the solutions available
Pascal BORN
Vice President, Strategic Account Management
XPO
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Sustainable transport: the challenges facing us all and the solutions available
Low Emissions Zones, roadmap to neutral carbon footprint, European Trading System, alternatives fuels, electrification, multimodal : all companies are facing unprecedent challenges that will drive heavy structural changes to their supply chains. Discover in this presentation a 360° review of the current supply chain challenges but more importantly concrete solutions to plan & act today.
• Understand transport & logistics challenges ahead • Investigate concrete solutions available now or in the near future • Where to start? Act today to be ready for tomorrow change
13.50 Breakout - Managing an ever-changing Regulatory Landscape
Living la ViDA Loca – Everything you need to know about VAT in the Digital Age
Alexander KOLLMANN
Head of Transactional Tax Reporting
Schwarz Group
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Living la ViDA Loca – Everything you need to know about VAT in the Digital Age
Tax Authorities around the world want to be provided with more invoice and tax data within a much shorter timeframe. This has led to a fragmented regulatory landscape with a multitude of different tax-reporting and e-invoicing schemes in operation.
To avoid further proliferation, in Europe at least, the EU is introducing ViDA to harmonize e-invoicing and tax-reporting standards. There is some resistance from those countries which already have domestic schemes in place or planned so we must find smart ways to protect existing investments without obstructing a fully digitalised Europe where paper invoices no longer exist.
Shifting Priorities in eInvoicing: Navigating ViDA's Cross-Border Directives
Andreas PELEKIES
UN/CEFACT eInvoicing Expert
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Shifting Priorities in eInvoicing: Navigating ViDA's Cross-Border Directives
The automotive sector, adept at eInvoicing using EDIFACT messages, is approaching a critical juncture with the advent of the ViDA Directive. In its current form, this directive mandates EN16931 conformance for cross-border e-invoicing, marking a significant deviation from the current e-invoicing practices of many countries in Europe.
While the automotive industry has tailored its e-invoicing standards to suit automatic processing and domestic tax transactions, the ViDA Directive steers a new route towards a unified standard for cross-border invoicing. Given the current non-alignment of EN16931 with automotive industry needs, the new route presents major challenges such as a potential surge in invoice volumes and more complex validation routines.
This presentation aims to highlight these looming challenges and rally Odette member companies and national organisations to step up their involvement in European standardisation endeavours to ensure a smooth entry to this new eInvoicing highway.
• A short dive into the sequential emphasis on receiving EN16931 compliant invoices before sending them, as necessitated by the ViDA Directive for cross-border eInvoicing. • An inside look at the practical mechanics of EN16931 standardisation at CEN, providing a basic understanding of the current standardisation landscape. • Awareness of the potential challenges such as increased invoice volumes and more complex validation, underscoring the urgent need for active engagement in standardisation initiatives to align EN16931 with automotive industry requirements.
15.30 Breakout - Managing an ever-changing Regulatory Landscape
eFTI - a unique opportunity for authorities and logistics service providers
Rudy HEMELEERS
Strategy and Policy Advisor Transport and Logistics
51Biz Luxembourg
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eFTI - a unique opportunity for authorities and logistics service providers
The EU 2020/1056 eFTI Regulation is expected to become fully applicable during the first half of 2026. The regulation mandates that the authorities of the 27 Member States must be able to receive transport information in a harmonised digital format. eFTI is not mandatory for economic operators, but if they want to share data with authorities they must use so-called eFTI Platforms.
Using a real-world use case, Rudy will provide a hands-on presentation how the EU eFTI exchange environment will enable transport operators to share transport information, such as a CMR consignment note or dangerous goods document, with the relevant authorities.
Get ready for Global Trade 2.0 – Top Tips for handling Customs
Lars KARLSSON
Global Head of Trade & Customs
Maersk
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Get ready for Global Trade 2.0 – Top Tips for handling Customs
Customs can be complex and consume a lot of resource but neglecting them can seriously hurt and expose vulnerabilities in your business. Handled the right way, however, they can help improve the business, secure growth, and even create an edge against your competitors.
Lars Karlsson will share his top five tips to optimise the flow of your supply chain and handling of customs. He will also explain how AI will help to solve trade compliance challenges.
15.30 Breakout - Tailoring Ready-to-Wear Solutions
Rolling out Global eInvoicing
Frederick SCHAEFER
Director Digital Sales
Leuze electronic
Thomas BRAUN
Account Director
Retarus
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Rolling out Global eInvoicing
Leuze electronic, an international supplier of sensors which are used in all different areas of automotive production, as well as in many other industries across the world, are implementing an eInvoicing solution with customers in several countries.
Frederick Schäfer, Director Digital Sales, will explain exactly what Leuze are doing in terms of eInvoicing and how they plan to rollout the service globally.
Managing Reusable Transport Items using RFID
Petr SMIDLIK
Head of IT
Yusen Logistics (Czech)
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Managing Reusable Transport Items using RFID
Yusen Logistics will demonstrate how to find and use the best RFID technology for marking and managing returnable packaging in the automotive industry.
They will show how to tune both software and hardware and how to train the users to implement the proper processes to improve and speed up the flow of returnable packaging and explore the possibility of cross connecting RFID technology with EDI.
16.35 Breakout - IT Integration and Technology Change
How to keep up with IT Integration Challenges
Oliver RUPPRECHT
Head of IT Integration Solutions
ams OSRAM Group
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How to keep up with IT Integration Challenges
A modern IT Integration Team in an agile environment always needs to be ready for any type of integration demand with a 24x7 high availability platform and self-services. Newer integration patterns like API and MFT or technologies like Data Lake might need to be served, potentially even combined with classic integration patterns like EDI / B2B and technologies like AS2, OFTP2 or SFTP in one interface. Learn, how ams OSRAM keeps up with this challenge.
• Why we all need integration/interfaces every day • How technology change is driving Integration • How One Platform can help to adopt your capabilities to the demand short-term
Microservices – transitioning transport to less paper and more visibility
Andrea SŰMER
Supply Chain Expert
Volkswagen
Joerg WALTHER
ICT Expert
Odette International
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Microservices – transitioning transport to less paper and more visibility
All automotive companies are seeking to reduce paper documents and enhance visibility in supply chain transport processes. REST API is a promising technology enabling micro services to seamlessly gather information throughout the transport chain to report progress and the achievement of key events.
An Odette recommendation on how micro services can be harmonised in terms of functionality and data structures was published in September 2021.
Now Andrea Sümer and Jörg Walther will report on the first implementation of this recommendation and use of these services in a proof-of-concept visibility application and will show how to start the transition to paperless by digitalisation of the waybill and other documents in the transport process.
16.35 Breakout - Packaging - the Red Cells of the Automotive Supply Chain
Circular Economy - a key factor in packaging
Olivier COTILLARD
Supply Chain - Global Packaging Expert
Renault
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Circular Economy - a key factor in packaging
Digitalisation is the buzz word but let’s get back to basics: without these very physical objects called “packaging”, the Supply Chain can’t exist. They are the red cells of our industry, transporting parts, rather than oxygen. For decades, we have been designing packaging solutions to optimise not just the cost of the packaging itself but also the cost of transportation, handling, storage, etc. This continuous optimisation has resulted in a huge use of returnable packaging and instead of generating millions of tons of packaging waste in our plants, each car manufacturer generates “only” many thousands of tons each year! Much of this is recycled but the level of waste is still enormous. Olivier Cotillard insists that we must do even better by implementing every single principle of Circular Economy: rethink, reduce, replace, reuse, repair, retrofit, recycle, etc…
He knows that regulation will push the industry to act but believes that we must all collaborate to facilitate the implementation of the regulations and accelerate the drive to zero packaging waste.
Packaging regulations: Collecting the data to satisfy increasingly stringent legal requirements
Sebastien BATTIER
Director Suppliers and Material Management
Volvo Group
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Packaging regulations: Collecting the data to satisfy increasingly stringent legal requirements
The focus on environmental protection has brought about a massive increase in regulations aimed at reducing packaging waste and eliminating single use plastic packaging. To comply with the new regulations, companies need to collect much more data about the constituent parts of the packaging that is used to move and store parts throughout the automotive supply chain.
Audrey Piskula will describe how Volvo Group is facing up to this challenge, identifying the additional data required, the difficulties involved in obtaining it and the lessons learned from the project so far.
17.35 Plenary - ... and something to chew on
A culture of innovation
Michael GERRITY
Principal Customer Solutions Manager
Amazon
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A culture of innovation
Amazon’s approach to innovation has remained consistent since the company first launched—start with the customer and work backwards. In this session, Michael introduces Amazon’s peculiar culture and how they innovate through four distinct yet interdependent elements: Culture, Mechanisms, Architecture, and Organization.
Dive deeper on each topic, and learn about practical applications including Leadership Principles, Working Backwards, Two-Pizza Teams, the PR/FAQ document, and why it’s always still Day 1 at Amazon.
18.05 Plenary - 2023 Awards
Presentation of awards to industry members who have made an exceptional contribution to the aims and objectives of Odette
Odette International 2023 Awards
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18.30 Evening event starts with a cocktail in the Exhibition
Tuesday
08.30 Welcome back
09.15 Plenary - Programme starts
Stellantis supply chain digital roadmap
Michael GORNY
Vice President Supply Chain Transformation Projects
Stellantis
09.50 Breakout - The Future for Supply Chain Communications
Forecasting customer demand with AI
Hans BERGGREN
Group CEO & Co-founder
PipeChain
Mikael JOHANSSON
Sales Director
PipeChain
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Forecasting customer demand with AI
Since the mid 1980’s, automotive customers have shared demand data with their suppliers but one of the biggest challenges has been forecast accuracy. PipeChain will describe its AI-supported forecasting tool for delivery schedules, helping suppliers to understand short-term variances as well as longer term forecast and volume trend in a better way. This will help to cut operational cost and release tied-up capital.
PipeChain will demonstrate how to use AI to better understand the industry’s delivery schedule demand data and cut costs in the supply chain. This will be supported by a Tier 1 supplier’s perspective on the benefits of using AI in demand management
Digital messaging standards – Is the original still the best?
Rabea BARTYLLA
Process Excellence Expert
Robert Bosch
Jenny HERTZFELDT
Programme Manager Production and Logistics
VDA
Petra LARSSON
Process Manager Electronic Communication
Volvo Group
Terry ONICA
Director Automotive
QAD
Andrea SŰMER
Supply Chain Expert
Volkswagen
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Digital messaging standards – Is the original still the best?
UN/EDIFACT, is still the most widespread digital messaging standard in today’s automotive supply chain. Designed to facilitate efficient data exchange and optimised to support the key business processes of automotive production and the upstream supply chain, it has continued to fight off newer technologies which have presented themselves as pretenders to the crown.
At a time when everyone is using these new technologies in their everyday lives, major OEMs and Tier1 Suppliers will reflect on the reasons why EDIFACT based EDI messages still form the backbone of customer-supplier communications in the automotive industry.
In this interactive session, you will be able to exchange with our panel and learn:
• the reasons they continue to rely on the EDIFACT message format • the importance of implementing new message versions to support new business processes • which new technologies are most likely to make inroads on the EDIFACT hegemony • the best migration strategies, challenges and how to overcome them
09.50 Breakout - Latest Challenges for Supply Chain Transport
Packing the power: Developing standard packaging for the battery supply chain
Eckhard LAIBLE
Managing Partner
mts Maschinenbau
Tony SUN
Founder and Chairman
ALSCO
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Packing the power: Developing standard packaging for the battery supply chain
Alsco Anwood Logistic is a leading Chinese producer of containers used in the EV battery supply chain and is today pooling standard reusable packaging for the complete packaging for Giga factories in China.
mts Maschinenbau is a leading German producer of containers for the automated supply chain of battery pack production and batteries in different states and has developed the Liio box for criticial defect HV batteries.
In most cases, the production of EV battery components is located at some distance from battery pack production and the assembly plant. This means that transportation, containers and the packing density are very important cost factors.
Current battery packaging is mostly of customised design and is often one-way but as HV Batteries, modules, cells have mostly similar dimensions so why can´t we use standardised containers?
Mr Sun will explain what Alsco is doing in China to produce standardised, re-useable products for new energy key players such as BYD and CATL.
Dr. Laible will transfer this approach to the battery supply chain in Europe. He will identify the cases where it make sense to standardise containers and what the solutions could look like.
Calculating and reporting GHG emissions in the automotive supply chain
Andreea SERBU
Senior Manager External Affairs
ECG
Robert CAMERON
Head of Production, Logistics & Aftermarket, Chairman Odette International
VDA
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Calculating and reporting GHG emissions in the automotive supply chain
The urgent requirement for more sustainable automotive logistics practices has led vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and logistics service providers to come together, under the auspices of ECG and VDA, to develop a guideline to standardise the calculation and reporting of Scope 3 GHG emissions within the automotive supply chain. The aim is to provide a clear framework for the application of ISO 14083 in the automotive industry, taking account of industry-specific requirements.
The first draft of the guideline has just been published and Andreea Serbu will tell us more about its scope, how it aligns with the ISO 14083 and the benefits of standardisation in this area for automotive players.
11.30 Breakout - Building an EV Supply Chain
From combustion to electrification: re-designing plant logistics
David BRINDLEY
Senior Manager – MP&L Nitra
Jaguar Land Rover
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From combustion to electrification: re-designing plant logistics
The automotive industry is quickly moving to volume manufacture of battery electric vehicles, but how do you adapt your facilities to be ready for this evolution? After years of experience understanding the processes and challenges to engineer your facilities for ICE assembly, how do you adapt that thinking for a new technology with limited experience to learn from.
• Which challenges need to be considered in the facility readiness for battery handling/storage • How should the traditional calculations for designing facilities be adapted • What opportunities are created for existing operations
Transformation @ ZF - Our E-Mobility Strategy
John SOBECK
Vice President, Head of Materials Management Digitalization & Services
ZF Group
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Transformation @ ZF - Our E-Mobility Strategy
Ten years ago ZF was a Chassis and Powertrain supplier with excellent hardware products and a high dependency on internal combustion engine vehicles.
Today ZF offers innovative E-Mobility solutions in all segments, from Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicles to Industrial Applications and even Micro Mobility.
This transformation of ZF core business is based on a holistic strategy, covering product portfolio, supply base, strategic partners, internal processes as well as workforce and capabilities.
John Sobek will provide:
• Insights on ZF’s transformation strategy • Examples of lighthouse projects along the way • An open exchange about challenges and solutions
11.30 Breakout - Transforming Finished Vehicle Logistics
Finished Vehicle Logistics in Volkswagen Group – why cooperation with LSPs is the key to success
Benedict BAYER
Product Owner
Volkswagen Logistics
Marie BRANDES
Product Owner
Volkswagen Logistics
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Finished Vehicle Logistics in Volkswagen Group – why cooperation with LSPs is the key to success
Introducing a new message standard is easy: writing a specification, mapping some data, setting up a server and you are good to go, right? Wrong!
Hear from Volkswagen Group Logistics why close collaboration with LSPs and with associations, such as ECG, Odette and VDA, is a key success factor for the implementation of the standard FVL messages and how these messages are being used to support the efficient distribution of VW Group vehicles.
Integrating smaller operators in the digitalisation of vehicle logistics
David-Christian LAUBER
Director Digital Business Innovation
Bosch Service Solutions
Fabian MAIER
Head of Product Excellence
RIO | The Logistics Flow
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Integrating smaller operators in the digitalisation of vehicle logistics
Improving integration and automation between OEMs and smaller transporters offers enormous potential for both sides. Bosch and RIO will demonstrate how networking between OEMs and smaller LSPs can be facilitated to provide added value.
12.35 Breakout - Building an EV Supply Chain
Importance of standards in building a new supply chain
Olivier TALABARD
Director Supply Chain
ACC - Automotive Cells Company
12.35 Breakout - Completing the Digital Integration Journey
Digitalisation! An on-going challenge for SMEs
Michael SPAETH
VP Lean Research & Digital Development
Elsen
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Digitalisation! An on-going challenge for SMEs
Digitalisation of internal processes and supply chain operations has been at the heart of the strategy of automotive companies for many years and with the ever-increasing availability of enterprise software solutions, specialised service providers and standardised technology such as IOT, RFID, bar-coding, and APIs, it would seem to be not so difficult to achieve.
But many companies, especially SMEs, still struggle to comply with latest digital requirements of their customers, so what are the roadblocks and, more importantly, what could be the solutions?
With years of experience in the digitalisation of automotive processes, Michael Spaeth will explore the causes of the roadblocks. He will then share some possible solution paths that can be used to build a roadmap to streamline core processes and will provide examples of tools and support that are available from OEMs and industry associations to help smaller companies face up to the digitalisation challenge.
Enabling the Catena-X Data Space
Felix GERBIG
Product Owner
BMW
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Enabling the Catena-X Data Space
This presentation provides an introduction to the technical foundation and services that enable the Catena-X data space. How data is made available via digital twins, how trust between data provider and consumer is established and how data is exchanged through the Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC).
• Learn how Catena-X proposes to simplify digital interactions and change the way that companies exchange data • Gain an understanding of core Catena-X Data Space components
OFTP2 and Catena-X: An integrative perspective
Marvin HUBL
IT Consultant, SCC-Services
OFTP2 Expert Group
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OFTP2 and Catena-X: An integrative perspective
Product engineering in automotive is a confidential collaboration process between OEM and supplier and relies on secure data transfer technologies such as OFTP2.
In the collaboration process, the protection of intellectual property is crucial and data sovereignty is seen by many as a key element in the protection of IP.
Catena-X has been developing approaches to the question of data sovereignty but the integration of well-proven technologies like OFTP2 is still an open issue.
Dr Hubl will demonstrate the practical steps that are being taken by the Odette community to ensure interoperability of current Odette tools and recommendations with Catena-X methods, providing:
- An overview of the current situation with respect to Catena-X and the corresponding Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC)
- Insights into the process of how Odette becomes a Catena-X lead user with SSC-Services as IT Enabler
- An understanding of how the OFTP2 Expert Group can contribute to develop a technical solution to connect with the EDC, including a potential update of the current OFTP2 RFC and Implementation Guidelines.
15.15 Buses to Airport
15.45 Visit BMW Motorcycle Factory (see Visits tab for details)