Past events 2018/19

Details of past events 2018/19 for PARC Institute of Manufacturing, Logistics and Inventory.

The Future of Freight Transportation

3 October 2019 at Cardiff Business School Postgraduate Teaching Centre, Cardiff

The future of transportation is seamless mobility, where all modes and (semi-) autonomous vehicles are fully connected into a single network. This workshop builds on the CILT-funded project which investigated the truck platooning technology for the UK. The workshop will discuss the results of the truck platooning research. Additionally, this workshop will cover other emerging issues in freight transportation, such as big data, autonomous vehicles, vehicle routing optimisation.

39th International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF)

16-19 June 2019 at Makedonia Palace, Thessaloniki, Greece

Professor Aris Syntetos, Chair of the Panalpina Research Centre (PARC), will be the programme chair and Professor Mike Wilson, PARC Corporate Director, will be speaking at the forecasting conference which attracts the world’s leading forecasting researchers, practitioners, and students. Through a combination of keynote speaker presentations, academic sessions, workshops, and social programs, the ISF provides many excellent opportunities for networking and learning.

For more information, visit the official website.

System Dynamics mini conference at Cardiff Business School

22 March 2019 at Cardiff Business School Executive Education Suite, Cardiff

'Resilient Remanufacturing Network: Forecasting, Informatics, and Holons' (ReRuN) and the UK Chapter of the System Dynamics Society are jointly hosting a mini-conference titled "The Spectrum of systems approaches to problem solving: from systems engineering to system dynamics to systems thinking".

Read the mini conference event poster. For more information, email Ruini Qu at qur4@cardiff.ac.uk.

3rd iLEGO workshop

15 January 2019 at Cardiff Business School Executive Education Suite, Cardiff

A workshop focused on circularity in industry, bringing together representatives of the Welsh government, Accenture, Ocado, WRAP Cymru and the Ministry of Furniture with a keynote speech from Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.

For more information, read the news story.

21st QMOD Conference Practitioner Day

22 August 2018 at Cardiff Business School Postgraduate Teaching Centre, Cardiff

A practitioner day designed to address topical issues encountered by Quality Management practitioners including building a sustainable CI culture, the dilemma between QM and innovation, QM in the era of uncertainty, Lean/Systems Thinking/Agile and Digitization, Lean and Green integration, and more.

For any queries, contact Dr. Maneesh Kumar at kumarm8@cardiff.ac.uk, Co-Chair, 21st QMOD Conference.

International Symposium on Inventories Research (ISIR) 2018

20 August 2018 at Danubius Health Spa Resort, Budapest

Mike Wilson delivered a keynote address at the ISIR 2018 event on the future of global supply chains.

For more information, visit the ISIR 2018 website.

3DP Workshop

27 June 2018 at Cardiff Business School Postgraduate Teaching Centre, Cardiff

Cardiff University (PARC) hosted a collaborative workshop between industry and academia to discuss the impact of additive manufacturing (3D printing) on supply chains.

For more information, read the news story.

Managing Operations in Circular Economic Contexts workshop

17 April 2018 at IET Birmingham, Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham

A great opportunity for academics and practitioners to brainstorm and exchange ideas around the topic of operations management in the circular economy. Expect some informative and constructive discussions in this area, and hopefully the creation of new partnerships and collaborations.

For more information, read the flyer or email Shixuan Wang: rerun@cardiff.ac.uk

Ipsera 2018

25 - 28 March 2018 at Aegli Conference Hall, Athens, Greece

Mike Wilson delivered a keynote address to the Ipsera 2018 conference in Athens on the future of global supply chains in an uncertain and increasingly protectionist age.

For more information read the keynote address summary and view the full presentation.

3D printing workshop

15 March 2018 at the Panalpina Research Centre, Aberconway Building, Cardiff Business School

Bringing academia and industry together to address critical issues in supply chain management and to share the insights of our 2-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

Theme: Supply Chain Digitalisation

How will 3D printing impact global supply chains? How can universities help organisations to prepare for the change?

For more information, read the agenda or email Katy Huckle: katy.huckle@panalpina.com.

BT: Thought Leadership event

5 March 2018 at Sir Alan Rudge Lecture Theatre, Adastral Park, Ipswich

Professor Aris Syntetos will deliver an overview of the forecasting and supply chain challenges associated with circular economy, present operationalised suggestions to help companies integrate the forward and reverse flows of materials and introduce business models that are compatible with relevant requirements.

Bosch Connected World conference

21-22 February 2018 at STATION-Berlin.

Stefan Karlen will present Panalpina’s approach to the internet of things and globally connected supply chains at the fifth annual Bosch Connected World conference.