Maritime@TSE event: What shipping customers value and anticipate next?

At the core of successful business, including shipping, lies the fundamental question: What do customers truly? 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. We would like to invite you to Turku School of Economics to engage in insightful conversations how to foster R&D and collaboration related to shipping and maritime, and more broadly over supply chains and their many interfaces across sectors and industries.

Program 30th Aug 2023 13:00-17:00

Venue: Mercatori, Turku School of Economics, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, Turku.

Event website: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/turku-school-of-economics/maritime-at-tse/shipping-customers-event

12:00 REGISTRATION OPENS, COFFEE & SNACK

13:00 INTRODUCTION – Welcoming words and research

Welcome words by TSE

Tomi Solakivi, TSE Introduction to the topics of the day from research perspective

13:20 CARGO OWNER CAROUSEL – different drivers and trends from cargo owner representatives

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 – views on supporting and accelerating industry transformations

Alexandra Billeskov, Mærsk Accerelating change through cross-sectoral collaboration – Mc-Kinney Møller Center for case of Green Corridors Zero Carbon Shipping

Markus Laurinen, Kongsberg Remote & autonomous solutions driving change in Maritime transportation

16:00 THE ROLE OF BUSINESS STUDIES IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS – linking business studies to the topics

Discussion on how business studies could contribute and support the co-creation among cargo owners, transportation operators and technology providers. How they relate to different disciplines?

From the event webpage you may find more detailed information and possible updates, and the link to registration form. Please register by 23rd Aug!