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Exhibitor briefing sessions

Tuesday 27 May (18.15 - 18.45)

BS1.1 - New retail software from Dacos

Dacos Software will examine the optimisation of prices, promotions and assortments using the Retail Simulation Engine, a new generation of software systems for analysis, prognosis and simulation. The Retail Simulation Engine is based on the most current findings in artificial intelligence (machine learning) as well as trade and marketing research (econometric models).

Dacos has already developed such software solutions for the retail and consumer goods industry and will showcase studies from current projects.

Facilitated by Dacos

Presenter: Georg Rybing, COO and Vice President Sales & Marketing

BS1.2 - Hair colouring: improving presentation and raising sales 

POS Tuning will show how to optimise the hair colouring section in a standard supermarket environment. This is based on a project that was driven by Schwarzkopf-Henkel, category leader in hair colouration, and leading German supermarket chain Edeka. Both companies wanted to achieve better sales results and a better image by improving the presentation of this category. POS Tuning supported the project by providing a flexible shelf management system and analysing customer feedback. After six months the companies decided to roll out the solution. More than 40 outlets have since been fitted out. 

Facilitated by POS Tuning

Presenter : Jörg Peters, POS


Tuesday 27 May (18.30 - 19.00)

BS1.3 - Improving on-shelf availability with your trade partners

Featuring new examples from ECR Sweden, Axfood, Coca-Cola, Bergendahls and Carlsberg, this session will explain the multi-million euro benefits achieved by companies collaborating to improve availability. It will also outline a successful approach used to embed ECR best practice within companies in three European countries.

Facilitated by IGD


Wednesday 28 May (13.15 - 13.45)

BS 2.1 - Making the most of shelf-ready packaging

An important aspect of presentation for retail outlets is the handling of shelf-ready packaging. Apart from the need for economically stocked shelves, there are other crucial factors to consider. Many impulse purchases, for instance, are prevented because products are left standing in the rear recess of the carton tray or tip over.

This session by POS Tuning will show how a combination of classic SRP and push-feed systems brings advantages for retailers, brands and consumers. 

Facilitated by POS Tuning

Presenter : Jörg Peters, POS

BS 2.2  - Data services and SA2 Worldsync

Item synchronisation is gaining pace globally, with more retailers and manufacturers using datapools for efficient data exchange, improving their master data accuracy and trading partnerships.

SA2 Worldsync, formed by the merger of Sinfos and Agentrics, is the solution partner for many leading retailers, including Metro, Auchan and Casino, for standardised and GDSN-certified item synchronisation. SA2’s global reach and service-based approach is primarily focused on all players within the retail industry (retailers, suppliers and local GS1 organisations). CEO Nihat Arkan will give an overview of the status of GDSN and the company’s global strategy, solution portfolio and value-added services.

Facilitated by SA2 Worldsync

Presenter : Nihat Arkan, CEO


BS 2.3 - Making sustainability pay

With most European economies slowing and energy and food inflation rising, some people see sustainability as a distraction. But IGD’s business and consumer research from across Europe reveals how the two are interlinked. This session will show how leading companies are meeting the challenge of delivering both economic and environmental sustainability.

Facilitated by IGD


Wednesday 28 May (13.45 - 14.15)

BS 2.4 - Applying 3D to marketing

Marketing consultant 3Dswym will give a presentation of 3D co-creation marketing, using Dassault Systemes’ 3D technology and Publicis’ marketing know-how. Any marketing initiative will benefit from the 3D virtual reality technology of Dassault Systemes, which is faster, cheaper, more flexible and gives less room for error, says the company. Two case studies will be highlighted, involving a virtual store and virtual packaging.

Facilitated by 3Dswym

Presenters: Monica Menghini, CEO, 3Dswym; Philippe Loeb, CFO, 3Dswym.

BS 2.5 - New retail software from Dacos

Dacos Software will examine the optimisation of prices, promotions and assortments using the Retail Simulation Engine, a new generation of software systems for analysis, prognosis and simulation. The Retail Simulation Engine is based on the most current findings in artificial intelligence (machine learning) as well as trade and marketing research (econometric models).

Dacos has already developed such software solutions for the retail and consumer goods industry and will showcase studies from current projects.

Facilitated by Dacos

Presenter: Georg Rybing, COO and Vice President Sales & Marketing


Wednesday 28 May (14.00 - 14.30)

BS 2.6 - Improving on-shelf availability with your trade partners

Featuring new examples from ECR Sweden, Axfood, Coca-Cola, Bergendahls and Carlsberg, this session will explain the multi-million euro benefits achieved by companies collaborating to improve availability. It will also outline a successful approach used to embed ECR best practice within companies in three European countries.

Facilitated by IGD


Wednesday 28 May (14.15 - 14.45)

BS 2.7 - TPM – dealing with a critical issue

To describe trade promotion management (TPM) as a vexing problem is an understatement, Accenture argues. With companies spending 10-15 per cent of their revenues on trade promotions, it remains one of the most critical issues to get right within consumer packaged goods.

Here industry leaders will share experiences and solutions to help consumer packaged goods companies become high performers by creating, shaping, managing and evaluating trade promotions from execution to evaluation. This session will set out current TPM challenges, describe a new solution from Accenture and SAP, and show how to drive the benefits and get started on your own TPM journey.

Facilitated by Accenture

BS 2.8 - The razor blade survey by Dr. Hayes, PHD – An example of the significant effect of loss prevention on profit

Checkpoint Systems and Alpha will present the findings of a survey on razor blade shrinkage, conducted in Kroger stores in the US, one of the country’s leading retailers. The study, carried out by Dr Read Hayes, Director of the Loss Prevention Research Council in Florida, reveals the significant effect of loss prevention on profit and highlights the profitability of keeper systems in a supermarket environment.

Facilitated by Checkpoint Systems

Presenter: Dr. Read Hayes, Director Loss Prevention Research Council


Wednesday 28 May (16.45 - 17.15)

BS 2.10 - Innovation survey revealed

Produkt Des Jahres will present the results of an innovation survey for the FMCG industry in Europe – results which, the company promises, will be revealing.

This session will provide the opportunity to discuss the survey’s findings. Produkt Des Jahres will also present its marketing concept and process.

Facilitated by Produkt Des Jahres

Presenter : Christian Lebret, Marc Dumoulin, Marc Herbrand

BS 2.11 - How can efficient Space Management enable growth and secure profitability?

How can efficient Space Management enable growth and secure profitability? Assortment planning and space execution are merging into one complex process. The implementation of this process requires an efficient platform providing enough through-put to serve multiple outlets and product categories. Alexej Orlov, Head of Marketing Research at Lenta and Jan Hanussek, Managing Director at Strategix, will explain how Lenta, leading Russian hypermarket retailer, has been able to achieve real results (optimized assortment, optimal space management, …) using JDA Space & Category Management solutions - a fully integrated, scalable, complete package for planning, optimization and execution of efficient assortment and retail space.

Facilitated by Strategix & JDA

Presenter: Jan Hanussek, Alexej Orlov 


Wednesday 28 May (17.00 - 17.30)

BS 2.9 - Making sustainability pay

With most European economies slowing and energy and food inflation rising, some people see sustainability as a distraction. But IGD’s business and consumer research from across Europe reveals how the two are interlinked. This session will show how leading companies are meeting the challenge of delivering both economic and environmental sustainability.

Facilitated by IGD


Wednesday 28 May (17.15 - 17.45)

BS 2.12 - Removing the technology barriers

Advanced technology is no longer a barrier for smaller companies to implement innovative, cutting-edge processes as a means of improving efficient response to consumer demands.

That is the message from PipeChain AB, which will describe in a case study how a medium-sized packaging company fully automated and integrated its SMI process with a major consumer goods manufacturer by using standard PipeChain software compliant with GCI-GUSI.

Facilitated by PipeChain AB

Presenters: Asif Bokhari, Hermann Augustin, Anders Filmersson

BS 2.13 - The case for plastic pallets

The potential for Europe’s retail industry supply chains to switch to RFID-tagged plastic pallet pooling services will be examined in this briefing session by Smartflow Pooling.

The company will explain its pooling offer and go on to describe the benefits and advantages of recycled plastic pallets compared with wooden pallets – from costs through to weight, handling, ergonomics, traceability, reliability, hygiene and image.

Facilitated by SmartFlow Pooling

Presenter : Olivier Pages


Wednesday 28 May (17.45 - 18.15)

BS 2.14 - How are the market dynamics impacting your supply chain operations?

How are the market dynamics impacting your supply chain operations?

What are the challenges and opportunities in the EU market? Is your supply chain technology enabled to respond dynamically to the management and response of your consumer demand?

To harness these opportunities and manage these challenges, Roland Schmid, director at S&T, leading provider of IT Consulting, Solutions & Services in Central and Eastern Europe and the DACH region, will describe how to build a lean consumer-driven supply chain enabled by JDA Software proven solutions. Roland will also illustrate the presentation with customer testimonials coming from the retail and CPG industries.

Facilitated by S&T Software & JDA

Presenter: Roland Schmid

BS 2.15 - Dispenser pumps and environmental emissions

Since 1997 Taplast spa reckons to have sold more than 830 million all-plastic dispenser pumps. In this briefing session the company will reveal the results of carbon footprint analysis carried out at Milan Polytechnic, comparing CO2 emissions from all-plastic pumps and from pumps with metal springs.

The study shows that, over the lifecycle of the products from raw material manufacture to final disposal, the all-plastic pumps represent a reduction of more than 5,000 metric tons in CO2 discharges to the environment compared with their metal-spring equivalents.

Facilitated by Taplast spa

Presenter : Paolo Santagiuliana, Angelo Dori