On 30th Aug 2023, Maritime@TSE research platform at Turku School of Economics organized an industry-academia event for different shipping and logistics stakeholders and for actors providing solutions for them. For the start of new academic year the event included insights from different shipping customers on how to manage different transitions and changes.
Event background
At the core of every successful business, including shipping, lies the fundamental question: What do customers truly want and are they aware of all the possibilities available to them? Customer relationships within supply chains are facing various turmoil and changes with increasing complexity. Businesses across industries search for new combinations for delivering value by offering holistic solutions rather than products only. Facing pressure for impactful actions, decarbonization is on every actor’s agenda, while digitalization initiatives strive for optimization, transparency and resilience.
Collaboration for implementation is what matters. How do actors develop processes based on data? How to find the right partners and lead different ecosystems for shared value? What are the focus areas, pain points and future visions in different types of industries? These types of questions are essentially linked to business studies over the many interfaces across sectors and industries.
Program
Wed 30th Aug 2023 12-17, at Turku School of Economics, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku (in the Mercatori area, ground floor)
12:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE & SNACK
13:00 INTRODUCTION
- Antti Saurama, TSE Welcome words by TSE
- Tomi Solakivi, TSE Introduction to the topics of the day from the research perspective
13:20 CARGO OWNER CAROUSEL
- Olli Pere, K-Rauta: Strategic choice in builders merchant trade – how to continuously improve the customer experience
- Raul Friman, Gigantti: Omnichannel strategy for electronics and household appliance logistics
- Dani Söderling, Stora Enso: Managing the transportation network of wood-based products towards Scope-3 targets
- Kalle Nuutila, Valmet Automotive: Strategic role of transportation for automotive contract manufacturing
15:20 TRANSITION MECHANISMS
- Alexandra Billeskov, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping: Accelerating change through cross-sectoral collaboration – case of Green Corridors
16:00 BUSINESS STUDIES & MARITIME SECTOR
- Maritime@TSE research platform and the latest research highlights in Turku School of Economics (Jouni Saarni, Tomi Solakivi, Marikka Heikkilä, Toni Ahlqvist, Anne Quarshie, Sini Nordberg-Davies, Eini Haaja)
