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This year's finalists of the Industrial Excellence Award 2023 were Mundotêxtil from Portugal, Pfizer Global Supply Chain from Belgium, Senkron.Energy Digital Services from Turkey, and Stadler Rail from Switzerland. The companies represented a wide spectrum of industries, company sizes, and technologies. However, all share similar business principles of engaging and inspiring leadership, breakthroughs in innovation in their industry, and a strategic focus on supply chain resilience and sustainability. This is operations strategy formation and deployment - top-down & bottom-up - at its best. These universal management principles can be applied to any organization: private or public, manufacturing or services, small or large firms, and in any industry and geography. Link to the Industrial Excellence Award: https://lnkd.in/eDtfFNFH Academic Directors: Sam Aflaki (HEC Paris), Can Akkan (Sabanci University), Zeynep Aksin Karaesmen (Koc University), Zumbul Atan (TU Eindhoven), Eduard Calvo (IESE Business School), Jane Davies (Cambridge Judge Business School), Francesco Gallmann (SDA Bocconi), Alberto Grando (SDA Bocconi), Arnd Huchzermeier (WHU), Ton De Kok (CWI), Christoph Loch (Cambridge Judge Business School), Jorge Ribeirinho Machado (AESE Business School), Benny Mantin (Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management), Torbjørn Netland (ETH Zurich), Gerald Reiner (WU Vienna), Ralf Seifert (IMD), Fabian J. Sting (Erasmus University), Alfred Taudes (WU Vienna), Ludo VAN DER HEYDEN (INSEAD), Luk van Wassenhove (INSEAD), Ann Vereecke (Vlerick Business School) #IndustrialExcellenceAward #IndustrialExcellence #OperationalExcellence #StrategyFormationAndDeploymentTopDownAndBottomUp #SupplyChainResilience #Sustainability #ManagementQuality

I’m in Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪 today for the biggest, most globally connected and most exclusive event in the German Convenience- and Fuel Retailing industry. >150 invited guests from German retail and supplier companies gathered for networking and knowledge sharing at The Retail Marketeers‘ annual industry networking event, organised by Christian Warning We at NACS are proud to support this event as part of our worldwide NACS | Convenience Leaders Exchange Series. Thank you to Alvern Media GmbH for sponsoring our exclusive pre-event dinner for our most engaged industry supporters. Thank you to the speakers for sharing their international insights: - Dave Coombe , Gilbarco Veeder-Root - Brad Sandys , Techniche - Oliver Weerts , Kempower - Maurice Neligan , JOLT ENERGY - Axel Niesing , Anton Willer - Lorenz Kiene , Lühmann Gruppe - Dan Munford , Global Convenience Store Focus - Paul Bethke , Lemonaid & ChariTea - Michael Osborne , Gander - Tilo Hühn , ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences - Vincent Vida ,upgrain - Henry Armour , NACS - Scott Annan Some of the learnings: - Healthy foodservice is not a niche, it’s a business driver - Retail crime is increasing and we need to prepare to make our stores safe work environments - just because a category is declining (fuel nicotine, …) doesn’t mean we stop investing. We just need to be smarter about it - e-fuels vs. bev: it’s not an either or but an and I am surely looking forward to next year‘s event. And a quick shoutout to CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG: with this mention and my picture of me enjoying your coffee, I am officially entering your competition to win a year of free coffee!!!! And you know how much I like coffee!!!! I even have socks with coffee cups on them… (didn’t bring them this time though)… 😉😂😂😂 #nacsglobal

What keeps us busy? What are our colleagues are particularly looking forward to at PLMA 2023? 👇 Thorsten Rodehüser, 𝐂𝐎𝐎 𝐁𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥: For the second day I hope for intensive discussions - and of course inspiration as that is what really makes value at a trade fair with exhibitors from all kinds of sectors. PLMA 2023 is again taking place under difficult conditions this year. While Corona had shaped consumer behaviour in previous years, this time inflation is having a noticeable impact on the shopping basket. Price is again more in focus. The private label products have moved into the consumer's shortlist with a double promise: in addition to price, the own-brand ranges leave nothing to be desired in terms of trend and enjoyment. Marcus-Dominic Hauck, 𝐂𝐎𝐎 𝐁𝐔 𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦: We at DMK Ice Cream are very excited about the encounters and discussions at this year's PLMA. Our focus this season? It's all about variety, special combinations and textures. But the enjoyment is always key. Peter Huettmann, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐆𝐦𝐛𝐇 As many visitors were not on site last year due to precautionary measures, we seem to have a higher visitor frequency this year. In addition to discussions with existing customers and potential new customers, we are naturally also looking forward to exchanging ideas with colleagues from the other DMK business units. #teamdmk

WPO World Packaging Organisation and AIPIA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further their collaboration in sharing ideas on smart packaging and the science that underpins it. This will include #wpo supporting #AIPIA on the technology of material science, which is particularly important in active packaging. In turn #AIPIA will support #wpo agenda of encouraging sustainable and appropriate packaging innovation. The two organisations have already been cooperating at various events, including ProPak Asia and CPHI exhibitions in Asia, MENA and South Asia, and will endeavour to develop joint agendas wherever possible to further the creation of smart packaging solutions which meet the goals of the global industry and particular market needs. WPO World Packaging Organisation President, Prof Pierre Pienaar, says: “The two organizations have a clear focus on our responsibility to the sector and the way packaging can be a solution, not a problem - as it is so often characterised today. Packaging for good is high on our agendas and we see this collaboration as a way to demonstrate these benefits in a very impactful way.” Andrew Manly, Communications Director at AIPIA added, “It is a tremendous boost to the smart packaging sector to be able to join with WPO World Packaging Organisation in promoting these technologies and helping to reinforce the Organisation’s agenda on sustainability, innovation and supply chain efficiency.” “This agreement adds strength and knowledge to both organisations. We look forward to working with AIPIA and ‘spreading the good word’ about packaging and its benefits across the globe”, concludes WPO World Packaging Organisation Senior Vice President Marketing and President-elect, Luciana Pellegrino. The MoU #wpo #AIPIA also aims to encourage the development of a Smart Packaging category in WorldStar Awards, the global packaging competition organized by WPO World Packaging Organisation.   #wpo #wpoaroundtheworld #packaging #packagingaroundtheworld #aipia #smartpackaging #activepackaging #sustainablepackaging