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New date for Odette2020 Conference!

In recognition of the impact that current events are having on businesses and travel, we have decided to re-schedule the Odette2020 Conference to take place later this year.

Although we must all hope that the situation will have stabilised by the originally planned date of 25/26 May, we felt that time was against us and we would not be able to bring you the great event you have come to expect from an Odette Conference.

We are pleased to say that our local suppliers, Cubex and Sofin Palace, have been very supportive and we have been able to re-schedule Odette2020 in Prague on 16/17 November.

Same place, same great event, just a new date!

As part of the drive to digitalisation, the use of auto-ID technologies such as RFID is increasingly being included as one of the requirements in RFQs sent to suppliers. We all know, of course, that there can be no effective digitalisation without standardisation and the challenge is to ensure interoperable deployment of RFID (and other auto-ID technologies) in order to maximise cost savings and efficiency.

Odette has therefore brought together a group of auto-ID experts from European OEMs and Tier1s to try find a way of avoiding multiple heterogeneous implementations of RFID across the automotive supply chain.

The first meeting of the group took place on 12 Feb in Stuttgart.

Prague - 25 & 26 May

Under the banner "Building Solutions for Sustainable Supply Chains", Odette2020 will bring together leading automotive thinkers to demonstrate how they are managing digital transformation in their supply chains and how they are facing up to the demands for sustainability and other major industry challenges.

OPCO will present MMOG/LE in Morocco on 12/13 March.

Spain is the largest producer of vehicles in Europe after Germany, while Portugal and Morocco have both seen a significant increase in automotive production over the past few years. In common with their partners and competitors across the world, vehicle manufacturers in these countries are under growing pressure to reduce the environmental impact and cost of their logistics operations. In facing up to this challenge, they are looking more and more to an increase in local sourcing.

Under the headline “Tearing down Boundaries - Merging Production and Logistics”, the next Forum Automobil Logistik, FAL2020, will take place on 5 & 6 February 2020 in Leipzig, the home of several automotive key players.

Odette2020 - International Conference & Exhibition - Prague - 25 & 26 May

Few people could have predicted the way the world is today. Geopolitical turmoil, trade wars, rapidly evolving technology and demands for drastic reductions in emissions have resulted in an automotive environment that is more volatile than at any other time in its history. Those who wish to survive must have a flexible and sustainable supply chain able to react quickly to an ever changing situation.

Odette and AIAG recently announced the release of Version 5 of MMOG/LE. This new version of the widely used supply chain capability assessment tool takes account of the latest evolutions in supply chain processes, logistics and communications technology, cyber security and related audit standards. The tool itself has also evolved and is now available as a browser-based application MMOG.np. To support the global automotive community in the move to MMOG.np, AIAG and Odette have developed a free webinar VIEW WEBINAR

In order to ensure that supply chain professionals are able to perform at the top of their game, it is essential to provide on-going training and to select the right training organisation. In this respect, you can rely on an Odette preferred training provider.

In September 2016, Odette published a new version of its European Profile of the Global Transport Label – GTL EPv2 (LL08). The review provided the opportunity to modernise the label through the use of new bar coding technologies but the over-riding objective was to reduce the variety in current implementations of the original GTL in the European automotive industry.

It is with a certain sadness that we say goodbye to Ingrid Lundberg, who has retired from her role as MD of Odette Sweden but we are delighted to welcome Michael Bogren as her replacement. Michael joins Odette from Encode the well-known IT service provider in Sweden.

Ingrid has a long history with Odette, stretching back to 1987 when the Odette Transport Label was first introduced. She has represented the Volvo Group both within Odette Sweden and within Odette International in various roles.

Major automotive players are continually looking to implement Odette Standards, Tools and Services throughout their global operations and are putting additional requirements on their suppliers, such as new digital messages or auto-id techniques, in order to ensure that their SCM operations remain best in class.

In order to make it much easier to manage MMOG/LE assessments, Odette, in co-operation with AIAG, has developed a modern IT application called MMOG.np to replace the long-established Excel based workbook.

MMOG/LE Version 5 is now available and customers will be announcing their v4 to v5 migration plans over the coming months to give suppliers sufficient time to ensure that their SCM operations can meet the new standard but Version 5 will quickly become the norm for self-assessment of automotive supplier sites across the world.

Get your MMOG v5 licence now

In September 2017, Odette published its Best Practice Recommendation ‘Packaging Management Guidelines’ (LG14) which was the result of a number of OEMs, Tier suppliers and LSPs from across Europe as well as Odette National Organisations working together to define the essential preconditions to packaging management.

We welcome Beysun Sen Duru who has joined Odette International as Engagement Manager. In this role, she is responsible for establishing even closer links with Odette members and partners in order to pick up on the latest trends in supply chain management and identify possible weaknesses in existing supply chain processes.

Auto ID technologies are used extensively in the automotive industry to manage assets, track the movement of parts and materials throughout the supply chain and document their use in production. This is done by reading 1D or 2D bar-codes or RFID tags at various stages in the logistics process and the product life-cycle.

The 7^th Forum Automobil Logistics, FAL2019, organised by the VDA in conjunction with the German Logistics Association BVL, will take place on 5 and 6 February at the BMW World in Munich.

In last week's Odette2018 Conference Spotlight, we highlighted how Digital Transformation is impacting every aspect of the automotive supply chain.

Today our spotlight is focused on Returnable Packaging which is now almost universally adopted throughout the industry. But the use of Returnable Packaging brings two major management headaches:

How to ensure that suppliers have an adequate and optimum quantity of empties and at the same time keeping control of what are expensive assets.

Odette2018 Conference & Exhibition taking place in Lille France on 12/13 November, you will learn how major OEMS are using digital messaging and the latest AutoID technology to achieve these often contradictory objectives.

The whole automotive industry is on the brink of revolution in terms of both the propulsion and the control of vehicles. Whatever the future of mobility looks like as a result of these seismic changes, it is clear that the supply chain will be playing an even more crucial role in automotive production while, at the same time, undergoing its own revolution in terms of digital transformation.

The Odette2018 Conference & Exhibition taking place in Lille France on 12/13 November will attempt to provide clearer perspectives on the future landscape of the industry and facilitate networking amongst supply chain professionals from across the world as they grapple with the tremendous challenges that confront them on a daily basis.

Although the current Excel based MMOG/LE tool has served the industry well over the past decade, Odette has now launched a modern browser based application called MMOG.np (new platform) to take its place.

Odette International is delighted to announce the launch of OdetteSecure on Monday 25 June. OdetteSecure combines the previously separate OSCAR and CA services in a single portal allowing our customers to access their portfolio of Odette IDs (OSCAR) and Digital Certificates (CA) with a single sign-on.

Lille - 12 & 13 November

This year the Odette International Conference & Exhibition takes place in Lille, the northern powerhouse of the French automotive industry. Work on the programme is already well underway and we are delighted to be able to announce two keynote speakers for the event:

Francesca GAMBONI, Senior Vice-President Supply Chain, Peugeot Groupe

Jürgen MAIDL, Senior Vice-President Supply Chain, BMW

These prestigious speakers will be sharing their insights on the drive to digital of the automotive supply chain.

The current version of Global MMOG (Version 4) was first released in 2014 and now needs to be reviewed in order to ensure that it takes account of the constant evolutions in supply chain processes and technology. A team of supply chain experts from Odette and AIAG member companies has therefore been assembled and is meeting on a weekly basis to define the new requirements for Version 5 of the tool.

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Building Solutions for Sustainable Supply Chains

Are you ready for MMOG/LE v5? Watch our webinar now

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New release of the Global Transport Label European Profile

A new face for Odette Sweden

Local Odette support for automotive industry in Brazil

Odette launches MMOG.np Release 2 in collaboration with AIAG

Get your MMOG/LE v5 licence now!

Returnable Packaging Management toolkit now complete

MMOG/LE V5 Readiness Webinars

New member of the Odette Team

Publication: Capturing Supply Chain Events with auto-ID

FAL 2019: Learn how Odette transforms national ideas into global solutions

Odette2018 Conference: Spotlight Management of Returnable Packaging

Odette2018 Conference: Spotlight on Digital Transformation

Odette launches new IT platform for MMOG/LE

Odette CA and OSCAR services have moved to OdetteSecure

Odette2018: Keynote Speakers announced

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