Proven Methods to ManageSupply Chain Risk

& Drive Your Costs Down

7th European 3PL SummitBrusselsBrussels

24 11 2009

Dirk LannooVice-president Katoen Natie

WHAT IS RISK?

Not only..

• Fire• Strike

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• Strike• Computer breakdown•…

But also…

• Lack of space because of more stock

than foreseen

• Backlog because of more volume thanplanned

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planned

•…

RISK IS EVERYTHING THAT COULD MAKE YOUR CUSTOMER UNHAPPY

What do we

at Katoen Natie do

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to monitor risk?

1. We build mega-platforms with

• Large capacity

• Plenty of equipment

• Many people

• Trimodal

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Which means

• Flexibility

• Reliability

• Economy of scale & competitivity

Katoen Natie Loghidden City, Antwerp

Total surface of terminal: 350 ha

Masterplan Warehouses : 1.200.000 m²

Trimodal distribution platform

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2. We monitor our operations

and our processes

in such a way that mistakes

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are almost entirely excluded

and with maximum cost-competitiveness

and flexibility.

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Conclusion:

• Our challenge as a logistics service provider is to combine the impossible:

– Lowest overall cost

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– Lowest overall cost

– Highest flexibility

– Highest reliability

A penny invested in our logistics

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in our logistics services is a penny earned!

We turn logistics

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We turn logistics into magic!

Thank you for your attention

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