2011 Press releases

In 2010, as the rail freight market liberalised across Europe, the first European Rail Freight Days attracted 600 participants. Today, the issue continues to be critically important as users start to look for new reference points. In 2011 - SITL Logistics Solutions will repeat the event and extend it from 1 day to one and a half days (Tuesday 29 March 2011 in the afternoon and all day on  Wednesday 30 March 2011).

March 2011 - SITL Logistics Solutions opens its doors with two new centres of excellence: Security/Safety and Planning/Scheduling; a structured offer in four well defined zones: Transport/Storage, Warehousing/Related Equipment, Logistics Sites, Technologies/Information Systems and the RFID Show, that focuses on transport and logistics.

E-logistician for 9 years, currently operating in 7 European countries including France and soon in the US, Orium has been able to win the trust of both large accounts and e-commerce specialists such as  Nespresso, Smartbox, Dukan, Wanimo and also Marie-Claire. Orium is well known for the agility and reliability with which it is able to manage the complete e-commerce value chain.

This success has its origins in Orium’s approach with an early optimisation of automation and informatics. Today production is concentrated around a leading WMS ( Reflex, Hardis) and a dedicated ERP system which is flexible and evolutionary ( Logorium). Created internally, the ERP system has been designed to be in phase with the level of service requirements of the digital economy. 

Orium has also created an international network to support the deployment of its clients outside France. It is therefore capable to steer their stocks and logistics “overseas” as well as locally in Europe.

In just under two months, SITL Logistics Solutions will open its doors for three days full of debates and events. This years edition shows some evolution with two new expertise disciplines on show: Safety/ Security and Planning/Scheduling. The traditional offering is structured in 4 clearly distinct zones: Transport/Storage, Warehousing and related equipment, Logistics sites and Technologies/Information systems. At the heart of the exhibition is the RFID Show, focussed on transport and logistics. Once again the European Rail Freight Days are being held. Finally, the 1st international ECO Transport & Logistics exhibition is planned on the same dates to bring an environmental aspect to the largest event in the sector.

At the heart of the Technologies and Information Systems area, the Planning and Scheduling Pavilion is one of the new developments at SITL Logistics Solutions 2011 which takes place from 29 to 31 March 2011 at Paris Porte de Versailles – pavilion 7. The leaders in the sector will be present and the contribution that Advanced Planning System software makes to the implementation of an innovative supply chain will be the hot topic.

Jérôme Dorléans, operation planning manager at Lixir testifies on the relevance of FuturMaster, a leading solution in the APS market in France.

New for 2011, the Safety and Security Pavilion brings together all the safety-security services and solutions related to the transport of goods and to logistics. A place providing strategic information, it house a dozen exhibitors.

Amongst them, Securitas, private security leader in France whose president, Michel Mathieu, describes the new risks inherent in the sector and unveils some of the innovations developed by his centre of logistics expertise.

Médecins Sans Frontières – Beyond the emergency

For the second year running, the International Transport and Logistics Forum is the result of a partnership between SITL and PricewaterhouseCoopers. It launches the first day of the exhibition with the inaugural conference with the unifying theme of “Which logistics solutions provide better competitiveness tomorrow”.

This will be followed by 5 plenary conferences:

1- Innovation in the Supply Chain: best practice between transporters and shippers

2- In what measure can innovation revolutionise current logistics practices?

3- What innovations can improve the security of transported goods?

4- What will be the impact on international commerce of the 2011 changes in incoterms?

5 – What innovations in transport and logistics can be applied from humanitarian operations?

Innovation, driving force of competitiveness, will be the central theme in 2011 behind all aspects of the event synchronising the contents from the plenary conferences and the solutions presented by the exhibitors.

As a result, for 2011 SITL has a new name.

In effect, Real Time gives way to Logistics Solutions, better adapted to the evolution of a sector which must now think in terms of end-to-end global supply chains.

To support this new identity, SITL takes on a different structure.

The former three sectors have been replaced by four simplified, clear and complementary activity centres: Transport- Storage, Warehousing and related Equipment- Logistics platforms- Technologies and Information systems to which a fifth zone has been added which is dedicated to shipment and warehouse security.

With a new name, new visual identity, redefined categories of skills and direct access to the RFID and Eco Transport & Logistics exhibitions, SITL Logistics Solutions 2011 takes its place with the badge of innovation.

SITL Logistics Solutions is the new brand name for the event organised by Reed Expositions at the Parc des Expositions de Paris – Porte de Versailles and which alternates with SITL Europe. New visual identity, new logo, these changes are in line with the evolution of the show as it adapts to the needs of the market.

As Laurent Noel, event director, explains “The previous name for the show- SITL Real Time- did not reflect the global offer available which is dedicated to supply chain managers, logisticians and buyers of Transport-Logistics solutions. We needed to better respond to their requirements in terms of information systems, modes of transport, logistics supplies, warehouse location and design together with warehouse equipment and handling including consultancy. With SITL Logistics Solutions the message becomes much clearer.”

A new positioning!

Previously called “SITL Real Time”, the exhibition is renamed “SITL, the logistics solutions exhibition” because it has involved and adapted its positioning to the needs of the supply chain managers and logisticians.

 
The new positioning of the exhibition allows it to be closer to the needs of its exhibitors and visitors, through four centres of excellence: the « Transport » centre, the « Logistics platforms » centre, the « Storage, Warehousing & related equipment » centre and the « Technologies & Information Systems » centre.

SITL EUROPE 2010 EXHIBITION REPORT

All those involved across the supply chain together with their suppliers attended the 2010 event in large numbers making the 27th edition of the exhibition a success in spite of the transport strikes on the first day. An important increase in both exhibitor and visitor numbers in a year marked by the dynamism of a particularly rich events programme.

SITL 2010 presented many new features : the international Transport and Logistics forum hosted over 40 conferences with a day dedicated entirely to rail freight, Russia was the guest country, the 10th logistics innovation awards took place and the RFID exhibition was held at the same time- all in the space of 4 days.