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2011

State

Event

Type

       
August 23 VIC Training: Half-day Seminar: REAL Supply Chain Savings
Presenter: Steven Thacker, Director, Benchmarking Success
Half Day Seminar
August 11 QLd Strategic Aviation Pty Ltd
Brisbane International Airport
Site Visit
August 10 NSW Training: Half-day Seminar: REAL Supply Chain Savings
Presenter: Steven Thacker, Director, Benchmarking Success
Half Day Seminar
August 9 NSW LAA/ITLS Seminar
Speaker: Professor Jacek Zak
Topic: Multiple Criteria Decision Making / Aiding in Transportation and Logistics
Half Day Seminar
July 13 VIC Freight Optimisation Logistics Workshop Training
July 5 ACT Ben Newton, Woolworths, 2010 LDA Winner
Topic: Woolworths - On Track
Dinner Meeting
June 23 ACT

Glenn Mills, Executive Trustee, UTi Charitable Foundation<br>
Topic: Humanitarian Logistics - Supply Chains in the Developing World

Dinner Meeting
June 22 NSW 3M Australia
Pemulwuy
Site Visit
June 1 VIC Costa Logistics
Derrimut DC
Dedicated RAAF Site Visit
April 7 NSW AXIMA Pty Ltd
Smithfield Facility
Site Visit
March 24 SA Speaker: Dr Silvia Estrada-Flores, Principal Consultant, Food Chain Intelligence
Topic: Perishable Supply Chains
UniSA/LAA Seminar
March 9 NSW Speaker: Logistics Bureau
Topic: Supply Chain Report 2010
Dinner Meeting
February 23 VIC Speaker: Rob O'Byrne, Group Managing Director, Logistics Bureau Pty Ltd
Topic: Ecomonic Update: Logistics and supply chain trends
Breakfast Meeting
February 22 SA Coles Logistics
Edinburgh Parks DC
Site Visit
February 16 NSW Speaker: Ben Newton, Woolworths, 2010 LDA Winner
Topic: Woolworths - On Track
Breakfast Meeting


2010


State


Event


Type

November 24 VIC Speaker: Michael Alf- Cap Gemini
Topic: 3PL - Impacts & Trends - Australian Logistics
Annual Joint LAA/apics VIC Chapter Breakfast Meeting
November 24 SA RAAF Base Edinburgh Site Visit
November 16 NSW Andrew Steele, Industry Manager, GS1 Australia
Topic: GS1 and the transport and logistics industry: A Global update
ITLS/LAA Seminar
October 27 NSW Camden Valley Golf Club Golf Day
October 20 NSW Angela Bridges, Director, People Measures
Topic: Measuring and Optimising Capability – Closing the loop for supply chain performance
Annual Joint LAA/apics NSW Chapter Dinner Meeting
October 7 QLD Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Port of Hay Point Site Visit
September 29 NSW Jason McGregor, Senior Manager Marketing, Sydney Ports Corporation
Topic: Sydney Ports: trends, trade operations and the expansion project
AGM Dinner Meeting
September 24 WA Corporate Express, Kewdale Site Visit
September 22 VIC Kingston Links Golf Course Inaugural Golf Day
September 16 NSW Steven Thacker, Director, Benchmarking Success
Topic: REAL Supply Chain Savings
Half-day Seminar
September 15 QLD Coles Myer, Heathwood DC Site Visit
September 8 SA CAPT Steve O’Keefe, Royal Australian Navy
Topic: Navy Supply – Ensuring the Team Works
UniSA/LAA Seminar
August 26 VIC Alan Dormer, Theme Leader - Services Economy Research, CSIRO
Topic: Logistics and Transport: Systems Optimisation and Innovation in Logistics Networks
Breakfast Meeting
August 25 NSW Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator Ltd Dedicated RAAF Site Visit
July 6 VIC AXIMA Pty Ltd, Laverton Facility Site Visit
June 23 QLD AXIMA Pty Ltd, Murarrie Facility Site Visit
June 16 NSW Derek O'Donnell, National Logistics & Planning Manager Supply Chain, Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd
Topic: Building a Seamless Supply Chain
Breakfast Meeting
May 19 NSW Silvia Estrada-Flores, Principal Consultant, Food Chain Intelligence
Topic: Perishable Supply Chains
UWS/LAA Seminar
April 22 VIC Steven Thacker, Director, Benchmarking Success
Topic: REAL Supply Chain Savings
Half-day Seminar
April 14 NSW Sydney Ports Corporation, Port Botany Site Visit
March 30 NSW Prof Alan McKinnon, Director Logistics Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Topic: Decarbonising Logistics: A European Perspective
ITLS/LAA Seminar
March 25 QLD CEVA Logistics, Rocklea Site Visit
March 24 VIC 14° Logistics, Port Melbourne Site Visit
March 11 SA Alf Grasso, Senior Adviser - EPC Standards Development, GS1 Australia
Topic: State of EPC/RFID - Home and Abroad
Half-day Seminar
March 4 NSW Sydney Ports Site Visit
February 24 VIC Carly Cummings, Project Leader, Linfox
Topic: Warehousing Demarcation and Automation
Breakfast Meeting
February 23 QLD Integra Packaging, Yeerongpilly Site Visit
February 17 NSW Lisa Brown, 2009 LDA Winner,
SQNLDR Department of Defence - RAAF
Topic: Emerging Trends in US Logistics
Breakfast Meeting


2009


State


Event


Type

November 25 VIC Mal Walker, Manager - Consulting, Logistics Bureau Pty Ltd
Topic: Supply Chain Report 2009
Breakfast Meeting
November 18 NSW Michael Alf, Vice President, Head of Products (MRD), Capgemini
Topic: The State of Logistics Outsourcing
Breakfast Meeting
October 28 NSW Sue Jimenez, Linfox Australia
Topic: Warehousing Demarcation & Automation
LAA/apics NSW Dinner Meeting
October 27 QLD SCA Hygiene Australasia, Larapinta Distribution Centre Site Visit
October 20 SA Andreas Ernst, Adaptive Supply Networks, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences
Topic: Optimising Logistics: From Campervans to Coal
Half-day Seminar
October 15 NSW   Golf Day
September 30 VIC Andrew Stewart, MD, Intelog Business Performance Group Pty Ltd & Bernie Kelly, GM, Intelog Business Performance Group Pty Ltd
Topic: Continuous Improvement for the End-to-End Supply Chain
Half-day Seminar
September 30 NSW Rob O'Byrne, Group Managing Director, Logistics Bureau
Topic: Supply Chain Report 2009
AGM Dinner Meeting
September 22 NSW National Foods / Linfox, Erskine Park Distribution Centre
Site Visit
September 15 VIC Costa Logistics Pty Ltd, Derrimut Distribution Centre Site Visit
September 10 QLD Signet Pty Ltd, Wakerley Corporate Office & Warehouse Site Visit
August 20 WA Costa Logistics Pty Ltd, Jandakot Distribution Centre Site Visit
August 11 NSW Crown Equipment, Smithfield Manufacturing Plant Site Visit
August 6 VIC Port of Melbourne Corporation, Port Melbourne Logistics Facility Dedicated RAAF Site Visit
August 4 QLD Linfox Northside, Virginia Distribution Centre Site Visit
July 31 NSW Dexion (Australia) Pty Ltd
Kings Park Facility
Dedicated RAAF Site Visit
July 22
July 15
VIC
NSW
Gerry Wind, Director, RFID as a Service, CHEP Asia Pacific
Topic: RFID Today
Dinner Meeting
Dinner Meeting
May 27
May 10
VIC
NSW
Cameron Eren, Industry Partnership Program, Total Environment Centre (TEC)
Topic:  What Just Happened? 2008/2009 climate change developments & what they mean for freight transport
Seminar
Seminar
May 14 ACT Mark Rainbird, Managing Director, AWA Limited
Topic: Putting the Value Chain to Work - The AWA Experience
Dinner Meeting
April 20 NSW Corporate Express, Erskine Park Site Visit
March 31
March 26
SA
NSW
Maeve Magner, Director Global Supply Chain, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDs Initiative (CHAI)
Topic:  Supply Chain in the Developing World
LAA/UniSA Seminar
Global Spectrum Breakfast
March 24 VIC David Whytcross, GM Customer Supply Chain, Foster's Group
Topic:  Warehousing and Distribution - Foster's Efficiency Approach
LAA/apics VIC  Breakfast Meeting
March 11 NSW GraysOnline, Homebush Warehouse Site Visit
February 18 NSW Silvia Estrada-Flores, 2008 LDA Winner
Topic: Emerging Trends in US Logistics
Breakfast Meeting
February 17 VIC National Foods, Campbellfield Cheese-cutting Plant & Laverton DC Site Visit


2008

     
December 5 WA Alcoa Australia, McCoy Mining Region, Pinjarrra Refinery & Logistics Operations Site Visit
November 26 SA Tenix Toll Warehouse & DC / Aircraft Tour
Martin James, Associate Director - Industrial Services, Jones Lang LaSalle
Topic:  An Adelaide Industrial Market Overview - Past, Present and Future
LAA/RAAF Site Visit & Dinner Meeting
November 26 VIC Panel Discussion:  Road and Rail Panel Discussion
November 10 NSW Alcoa Australia, Yennora Facility Site Visit
October 29 NSW   Golf Day
October 16 VIC Cameron Eren, Co-ordinator Industry Partnership Program, TEC & Victor Herrera, Senior Energy Consultant - Commercial, Energetics Pty Ltd Half-day Seminar
October 15 NSW James Houston, General Manager - Customer Supply Chain, Foster's Group
Topic:  Warehousing and Distribution - Foster's Efficiency Approach
LAA/apics NSW Dinner Meeting
November 21
October 24
September 26
QLD
ACT
NSW
Cameron Eren, Co-ordinator Industry Partnership Program, Total Environment Centre
Topic: Global Warming & the RAAF
Dedicated RAAF Presentation
September 21
September 17

VIC
NSW

Rob O'Byrne, Group Managing Director, Logistics Bureau
Topic: Supply Chain Report 2008
Dinner Meeting
AGM Dinner Meeting
August 27 VIC Andrew Stewart, Managing Director, InteLog
Topic: Lean Thinking for Logistics
Breakfast Meeting
August 26 SA Flinders Ports, Port Adelaide and DP World Container Terminal Site Visit
August 20 NSW Panel Discussion: An introduction to carbon accounting and identifying energy savings options in truck fleets and buildings Panel Discussion
August 7 WA National Foods: Masters Milk & Berri Juice Manufacturing & Distribution Plant Site Visit
July 29 NSW AWH Pty Ltd, Yennora Facility Site Visit
July 16 NSW Artie Leslie, Managing Partner, Benchmarking Success - Presentation
Topic:  Supply chain performance:  How do you know you're improving?
Dinner Meeting
July 3 QLD Australian Aerospace, Pinkenba Facility Site Visit
June 27 VIC Australian Paper Mills, Maryvale Mill Site Visit
June 27
June 26
VIC
NSW
Panel Discussion:  Climate Change: Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies Panel Discussion
June 4 WA Toyota Material Handling (WA), Perth Facility Site Visit
May 29 NSW Andrew Stewart, Managing Director, InteLog
Topic:  Lean Thinking for Logistics - Value Streams V silos, and Lean Six Sigma
Dinner Meeting
May 28 VIC Stewart McGrath, CIO, GraysOnline
Topic:  Logistics & Supply Chain of an Online Business
Dinner Meeting
May 15 ACT Jon Luff, Director, Border Express
Topic: The Transport Business and the Border Express Story
Dinner Meeting
May 7 QLD National Foods: Berri Juice Manufacturing Plant & Fletchers Distribution Site Visit
April 22 NSW Toyota Material Handling (NSW), Moorebank Facility
Site Visit
April 16 NSW Stewart McGrath, CIO, GraysOnline
Topic:  Logistics & Supply Chain of an Online Business
Dinner Meeting

April 3

WA AWH Pty Ltd, Spearwood Warehousing & Logistics Facility Site Visit
March 28 VIC Coca-Cola Amatil, Mentone Distribution Centre Site Visit
March 26 NSW News Ltd, Chullora Production Facility Site Visit
March 19 NSW Michael Barrett, 2007 LDA Winner
Topic: Valuable Learning, Trends & Insights From The Annual CSCMP Conference - USA
Dinner Meeting
March 14 SA Wolf Blass, Nuriootpa Packaging Centre
Site Visit
March 12 VIC Damian Jones, President FMCG Business Unit Asia Pacific, Linfox Australia Pty Ltd
Topic: Where Insight Meets Foresight
Dinner Meeting
February 29 VIC Dr Simon Dunstall & Leorey Marquez, Adaptice Supply Networks, CSIRO
Topic: Optimisation in Supply Networks
RAAF Presentation
February 28 QLD Boeing Australia Limited, RAAF Base Amberley Site Visit
February 21 SA AWH Pty Ltd, Gillman Facility Site Visit
February 21 NSW Amway of Australia, Castle Hill Distribution Centre Site Visit
February 19
February 18
VIC
QLD
Michael Whiting, Visiting Lecturer in Humanitarian Logistics at Cranfield University
Topic:  Humanitarian Logistics in Disaster Relief:  The ultimate sense-and-respond supply chain
Dinner Meeting
RAAF Presentation
February 12 NSW Dr John Gattorna & Prof Martin Christopher
Topic: The Living Supply Chain:  Mobilising your enterprise around delivering greater value to your customers
Global Spectrum Breakfast Meeting


2007


State


Event


Type

November 21 VIC Allan Ryan, Innovation Specialist
Topic: Leading Innovation: Increasing innovation across your company, divisions & region
Dinner Meeting
November 21 NSW Panel Discussion:  Road vs Rail Panel Discussion
November 14 NSW ACCO Australia, Arndell Park Manufacturing & Warehousing Facility Site Visit
November 14 ACT Tony Fedorowicz, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, TWC Inventory Stream Leader, Orica Australia Pty Ltd
Topic: Orica's Business Remodelling Outcomes Using Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Improvement
Breakfast Meeting
October 24 NSW   Golf Day
October 17 NSW Major General Grant Cavenagh, Commander Joint Logistics Group, Department of Defence
Topic: Partnering for the effective delivery of logistics support
LAA/APICS/RAAF Dinner Meeting
October 16 VIC Rob O'Byrne, Managing Director, Logistics Bureau Pty Ltd
Topic: Cost to Serve - The Devil is in the Detail
Breakfast Meeting
September 28 QLD SuperCheap Auto, Lawnton Supply Centre
Site Visit
September 19 NSW Damian Jones, President FMCG - Asia Pacific, Linfox Australia Pty Ltd
Topic: Where Insight Meets Foresight
AGM Dinner Meeting
August 29 SA CEVA Logistics, Clovelly Park Mitsubishi Site Site Visit
August 24 VIC Tony Fedorowicz, Master Black Belt and TWC Inventory Stream Leader, Orica Australia Pty Ltd
Topic: Business Remodelling after Lean Logistics Implementation - Lean Six Sigma Case Study & Trade Working Capital
Breakfast Meeting
August 8 NSW LogicaCMG, Lane Cove RFID Innovation Warehouse Site Visit
August 15
July 25
NSW
VIC
Maurice Sinclair, CEO, Costa Logistics & Kate Hughes, Assistant Project Manager
Topic: Logistics Research Program - The Beef Chain Consortium Research Findings
Dinner Meeting NSW
Dinner Meeting VIC
July 18 QLD Cascade Australia
Rocklea Manufacturing Plant & Warehouse
Site Visit
July 18 NSW Andrew Steele, Manager Industry Services, GS1 Australia
Topic: RFID/EPC National Demonstrator Project & Case Study
Breakfast Meeting
May 23 VIC Costa Logistics Pty Ltd, Derrimut Distribution Centre Site Visit
May 16 NSW Tony Fedorowicz, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, TWC Inventory Stream Leader, Orica Australia Pty Ltd
Topic: Orica's Business Remodelling Outcomes Using Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Improvement
Breakfast Meeting
March 27
ACT David Sier, Principal Scientist, CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences
Topic: Harmonising Operations, Infrastructure and Supply Network Performance
Dinner Meeting
March 21

VIC

Stephen Walsh, National Sales and Development Manager, SmartTrans
Topic: Use of Next Generation Optimisation in the Supply Chain
Dinner Meeting
March 14


NSW
Dr Simon Dunstall, Leader, Adaptive Supply Networks, CSIRO
Topic: Harmonising Operations, Infrastructure and Supply Network Performance
Breakfast Meeting
February 22 NSW Wallenius Wilhelmsen, St Marys

Site Visit
February 21 VIC Sue Jimenez, Toll2Store, Toll Logistics Tania Snioch, Senior Adviser- Industry Services: GS1 Australia
Topic: GS1 Australia RFID/ EPC National Demonstrator Project Case Study
Dinner Meeting
February 14 NSW SQNLDR Leader George Hodgson, 2006 Valuable Learning, Trends & Insights From The Annual CSCMP Conference - USA

Dinner Meeting