8.00 - Registration And Coffee Registration And Coffee

08.45 - Chairman's Welcome Address Chairman's Welcome Address

09.00 - Devising A Draw-Down Strategy To Satisfactorily Disengage From Current Operations Lessons learned from previous operations: how to ensure smooth, seamless and secure withdrawal from the frontline How long does it take to plan disengagement and then transform the theory into reality? Working with your suppliers to organise, consolidate, retrograde and dispose of materials already in theatre Ensuring responsible disposal or recycling of cargo and equipment to reduce your logistics costs and prevent waste build-up Preparing your logistics support for potentially rapid redeployment

09.30 - Increasing Responsiveness And Maximising Capabilities To Support And Sustain United Nations Peace Keeping Operations Defining, planning and coordinating real-life logistics requirements on United Nations peace keeping operations Integrating military support with humanitarian relief Ensuring personnel are trained to meet the challenges of an unpredictable operational environment

10.00 Meeting Cost-Cutting Requirements Without Compromising On Logistics Capabilities Managing the consequences of budget and resource cuts while continuing to provide optimum support Identifying areas for potential cost reduction across the end-to-end support chain Assessing whether outsourcing will assist in the drive to lower costs and provide ROI What technology implementation will be inhibited if budget cuts take place?

10.30 Morning coffee Morning coffee

11.00 How Can A Performance-Based Logistics Approach Enable You To Proactively Anticipate And Respond To Frontline Requirements? How PBL drives performance and therefore increases the efficiency of equipment deployment to the frontline Ensuring PBL enables you to have enhanced visibility of resource to effectively manage inventory Evaluating how PBL directly increases force readiness and sustainment

11.30 Using PBL As A Foundation To Integrate Your Supply Chain, Dramatically Improve Performance And Deliver Exceptional Value How does performance-based logistics constitute a new approach requiring streamlined processes and procedures to drive supply chain performance? Developing a strong quality assurance programme to measure the success of your PBL initiative How can PBL lead to dramatic process improvement at low cost?

12.00 Military Update: NATO Codification In The Supply Chain to Facilitate The Exchange Of Logistics Information Demonstrating how NATO codification will increase logistics collaboration, interoperability and logistics efficiency Tools, technologies and processes to exchange information reliably and effectively The future of NATO Codification: next steps

12.30 Panel Discussion: Identifying Effective KPIs To Drive Continuous Supply Chain Performance Improvement Selecting appropriate metrics to accurately measure support chain performance How are KPIs an effective way to identify areas for supply chain improvement? Linking performance measurement across functions and levels across the supply chain Analysing metrics to constantly re-evaluate and improve performance

13.00 Networking Lunch Networking Lunch

STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT 14.00 Humanitarian Logistics Focus: Planning and Implementing Logistics In Disaster Relief: Constraints And Challenges STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT Strengthening alliances between the military and humanitarian logistics organisations to deliver vital support Identifying key limitations in the current operational environment Protecting civilians and personnel and ensuring supply chain security Maintaining supply chain visibility and control in a remote region Assessing the benefits of developing strategic local partnerships to assist with delivery: help or hindrance? Enhancing logistics operations through forecasting, coordination and use of technology 14.00 Implementing Information Management Techniques Across Your Supply Chain To Provide A Faster, More Reliable And More Responsive Service STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT Ensuring information management techniques maintain the readiness of products and solutions Deploying advanced information management technology to facilitate the exchange of real-time data across the supply chain and boost the visibility of assets Aligning and adapting internal processes to ensure the provision of a faster and more reliable service Ensuring information management technology is user-friendly, can be shared across a diverse platform and scalable in line with future military requirements

STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT 14.30 Integrating Private Contractors Into A Military Supply Line To Seamlessly Deliver Real-Life Support STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT Developing and implementing customised service solutions in demanding operational environments An overview of current specialised real-life support solutions worldwide How can support be provided to the most volatile and remote regions with inadequate infrastructure? Improving communication and achieving standardisation of processes to drive performance across the support chain Evaluating specialised equipment and systems to respond flexibly 14.30 Improving Logistics Performance Through The Design, Implementation and Maintenance Of Superior Information Management Systems STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT Selecting an interoperable platform that manages complex configurations and assets Integrating the entire MRO and logistics process from foxhole to factory Ensuring information management software is sufficiently flexible and adaptable to meet future defence requirements Creating a performance management framework across the end-to-end supply chain to measure, assess and predict support requirements Case study: developing an effective information management platform at NATO

15.00 Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea

STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT 15.30 Overcoming The Challenges Of Delivering Real-Life Support In A Counter-Insurgency Environment STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT To what extent is counter-insurgency the biggest threat facing the operational support chain? Understanding the complexities of operating in an insurgent environment: what are the unique logistics requirements of counterinsurgency operations? Increasing the flexibility and adaptability of support chain operations through exemplary planning Improving information dissemination and operational interoperability Strategies to ensure protected mobility across the supply chain 15.30 Evaluating, Determining And Quantifying Future Support Requirements Through The Development Of A Logistics Support Analysis Strategy STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT Evaluating the most effective tools, techniques and technologies to ensure optimal service delivery How can you accurately define precise equipment support requirements? Weighing up cost versus cost-effectiveness

STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT 16.00 The Future Of Support Chain Mobility Technologies To Meet Real-Life Support Requirements STREAM A: REAL-LIFE SUPPORT An overview of current mobility solutions to enhance the delivery of real-life support How can advanced mobility technology assist logisticians in supplying remote regions? Improving support chain visibility with mobility technology Calculating the ROI of mobility solutions 16.00 Successfully Integrating Your Logistics Processes To Maximise Asset Visibility And Ensure Rapid Transit Agility STREAM B: SYSTEMS SUPPORT Will process integration lead to better service delivery, increased agility and overall cost reduction? How can you achieve commonality of diverse support systems? Aligning your resource to process to maximise technical, material and personnel interoperability Establishing defined reporting tools to increase process visibility and create a smarter, leaner support chain Leveraging key metrics across your entire supply chain to achieve maximum transparency and traceability

16.30 Chairman’s Summary And End of Conference Chairman’s Summary And End of Conference