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ECR Baltic Supply Chain Committee meet at Riga Food Fair for Returnable-Reusable Transport Items (packaging) issues !
Date and Time: 6th September at 14:30 - 18:00
Place: Conference hall Nr. 1, Riga Food 2012 Fair www.rigafood.lv
Address: Ķīpsalas iela 8, Rīga, LV-1048, Latvija.
Working language: bilingual, primary English (presentations) / Russian (discussion, ECR Baltic staff will help with translation where necessary!)
Full Terms and Conditions (including Competition Law Compliance Program), here!
Participation Fees:
* ECR Baltic members: Free of Charge (limited to 2 participants from one company);
* Speakers, Sponsors, Invited participants with valid discount code: Free of Charge
* Others: 80 EUR + 21% VAT
IMPORTANT: After registration you will be supplied with an electronic free pass via e-mail for the entry to the Riga Food Fair (valid all day). Please print it and take it with you, else you will be charged for the ticket!
Registration: online, here!
Contact:
Edgars Pentjuss, ECR Baltic
Call/SMS: +37126546645
info@ecr-baltic.org
Skype: ecr.baltic
Agenda:
14:30 Registration
14:40 - 15:10
0. Introduction (ECR Baltic supply side working stream updates: EUR Pallets assessment, RTIs, SC KPIs, Other) by Edgars Pentjuss, ECR Baltic
1. Crates unification vision:
1.1 Moving to the standard crates in meat & dairy flows in all Baltic market. Other flows possible.
1.2 Specification and range of crates developed and agreed between suppliers and retailers. 
1.3 Generic crate specification (sizes), not owned by any solution provider, please refer to ECR Baltic recommendations, here!
15:10 - 15:40
2. Presentation from retailers: what today's challenges we have with crates and what are the expectations for future
2.1 RIMI
2.2 Others: Palink, Maxima
15:40-16:10
3. Presentation from solution providers maximum 15 mins each
- Ifco Systems Austria GmbH,
- K. Hartwall Oy Ab,
- Baltic Pallet Pooling (Polymer Logistics)
- BEPCO OU
Benefits for suppliers in using standardized crates
3.1 Business case
3.2 Suggestions what to do with old crates: a) public buying price + rental costs for new crates for fixed contract (2 or 3 years); b) public rental price without buying old crates; c) any other solution
3.3. Agreed pilots with specific Baltic dairy suppliers and specific dates
16:10 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00 Solution providers presentations comtiniued...
17:00 - 18:00 Discussion
4. Discussion: possible implementation best fitting for suppliers and retailers
4.1 Possible model: pooling, renting crates, buying crates? Is washing service needed?
4.2 All crates at once, or to start with smallest (from replacing carton)?
4.3 Possible starting dates?
18:00 Closure and summary of the meeting
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Navigation aids in the Fair
- Parking available at the entrance all day at LVL 2
- IMPORTANT if you have used the invitation on the first day (5th of September) it won't be valid for the 6th september (Solution: you can buy regular ticket at the entrance at LVL 3 or contact ECR for spare invitation).
- Google Map: Skatīt lielāku karti
- The conference hall 1 is just on the left side from main entrance up the stairs, please see the navigation aids below:
Google Map
Skatīt lielāku karti
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Registered participants from:
Rimi Baltic
Palink
Maxima
Container Centralen
Ifco Systems Austria GmbH
K. Hartwall Oy Ab
Bepco
Schoeller Arca Systems
BFGS
Chep
Rodos
EPAL
Baltic Logistic Solutions
Žemaitijos pienas
Pieno Zvaigzdes
Rokiskio pienas
Vilniaus paukstynas
Cido grupa
Aldaris
Mūsmāju dārzeņi
Unilever Baltic LLC
Latvijas Pārtikas Uzņēmumu Federācija
and more...
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Useful resources:
ECR BALTIC RECOMMENDATIONS for PALLETS and RTI (Returnable-Reusable Transport Items) for dairy, meat, bakery, fresh fruits and vegetables. PDF document!
ECR Baltic RTI Initiative webpage
ECR Baltic EUR Pallets Assessment working group
RTI questionnaire: Manufacturers
RTI and Pallets Introduction presentation from 11.04.2011 meeting by ECR Baltic
Older presentations: Latvian Dairy Producers Union in Latvian ; Svenska ReturSystem ;
Others
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What was told by our members about RTI issues previously?
We at RIMI Baltic Group strongly believe in standardization of any solution (in this case secondary returnable packaging) as a key driver for cost decrease in the whole Supply Chain. Currently with the complicated and diverse crate and pallet situation, we are faced with several main issues:
1. Shrink increase in the supply chain due to the fact of poor stack ability
2. Transport utilization decrease due to the fact that current crates are not always utilised with full loads.
3. Poor quality of pallets contributes to high pallet abrasion therefore tensing the relationship with suppliers and increasing administration and handling costs
Therefore we are unable to fulfill the shopper needs to the full extent and capabilities
We support every collaborative action that can contribute to our shopper satisfaction and drives the market forward. We are ready and willing to dedicate our resources to pursue dairy crate standardization and assess the possibility to have a pallet pool in the Baltics. We are happy to share that previous attempts of standard crates for one type of products proved beneficial to the whole supply chain from supplier to our shelf, and received a lot of positive feedback from our trading partners
Why standardization and optimization at manufacturing side by Valio Baltics:
• Cost effectiveness for manufacturers due production processes automatization
• Savings from labor force cost
• Savings from packaging material /carton
• Lower prices for crates – bigger orders from producers / all Baltic manufacturers and due that crate manufacturers can offer lower prices
• Common solution for all retailers – there will be no risks, that different retailers want to have their own secondary packaging solutions
• Standardization process should be start from high volume products
For logistics:
• Logistic costs savings due suitable and stackable packaging solutions
• Possibilities to have shorter controlling time in sales process due coding of crates – scanner solutions. And also this process will be more
effective
• Effective and acceptable sales units – higher efficiency in terminal picking processes
For Consumer & Retail
• More attractive and clear shelves layouts in stores will bring possible sales increase
• Shelf ready packaging – efficiency and cost savings for retailers. Easier on more effective in store logistics
• Consumer & shopper satisfaction increase
• Efficiency increase for chains, who are running their own logistic systems
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