This year’s annual conference of the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of NZ (CBAFF) has a theme of growing international relevance and interest: Supply chain collaboration – the way of the future?
Ensuring that this theme is addressed in some depth, the conference organisers have lined up an impressive array of speakers from New Zealand and Australia.
The program also allows plenty of time for discussion on the question posed in the event’s theme as well as the usual networking and socialising.
The conference will be held at Trinity Wharf, Tauranga, from May 8-10.
CBAFF has departed a little from traditional formats, working with potential delegates, speakers and sponsors to develop a program which they describe as “more inclusive of mutual needs and desired outcomes”. It also features initiatives intended to encourage more participation by younger staff members.
Feedback from recent conferences also indicated the need to align with areas of interest incorporating social media integration, new technology and building business value, strength and capacity.
Consequently, the conference has been divided into sub-themes which include globalisation and the changing world, environmental sustainability, the NZ supply chain, supply chain visibility, supply chain flexibility and supply chain security and risk.
Keynote speaker will be Melbourne-based Dr Hermione Parsons, director of the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics who has more than 20 years’ public and private sector experience in the management of logistics and supply chains.
Other speakers include Doug Meuross of High-Tech Solutions Australia and Singapore, Paul Campbell from Customs, Roger Smith of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Air NZ Cargo’s Stephen McKeefry, Tony Ponder from Southern Produce, CBAFF president Willie van Heusden, Jane Smith from B2BE, James Lowe of SAP, Peter Stevens of GS1 NZ and Graeme Norton from the 3R Group.
On the web: www.cbaff.org.nz
CBAFF meet to focus on collaboration
AirCargo Archive Stories #222
Tuesday, 09 April 2013
This year’s annual conference of the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of NZ (CBAFF) has a theme of growing international relevance and interest: Supply chain collaboration – the way of the future?
Ensuring that this theme is addressed in some depth, the conference organisers have lined up an impressive array of speakers from New Zealand and Australia.
The program also allows plenty of time for discussion on the question posed in the event’s theme as well as the usual networking and socialising.
The conference will be held at Trinity Wharf, Tauranga, from May 8-10.
CBAFF has departed a little from traditional formats, working with potential delegates, speakers and sponsors to develop a program which they describe as “more inclusive of mutual needs and desired outcomes”. It also features initiatives intended to encourage more participation by younger staff members.
Feedback from recent conferences also indicated the need to align with areas of interest incorporating social media integration, new technology and building business value, strength and capacity.
Consequently, the conference has been divided into sub-themes which include globalisation and the changing world, environmental sustainability, the NZ supply chain, supply chain visibility, supply chain flexibility and supply chain security and risk.
Keynote speaker will be Melbourne-based Dr Hermione Parsons, director of the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics who has more than 20 years’ public and private sector experience in the management of logistics and supply chains.
Other speakers include Doug Meuross of High-Tech Solutions Australia and Singapore, Paul Campbell from Customs, Roger Smith of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Air NZ Cargo’s Stephen McKeefry, Tony Ponder from Southern Produce, CBAFF president Willie van Heusden, Jane Smith from B2BE, James Lowe of SAP, Peter Stevens of GS1 NZ and Graeme Norton from the 3R Group.
