{"id":2362,"date":"2017-08-29T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T08:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialog-dtb.de\/report-information-day-sourcing\/"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T08:20:52","slug":"report-information-day-sourcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dialog-dtb.de\/en\/report-information-day-sourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Day Sourcing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1678&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Under the heading \u201cSourcing in times of political uncertainty\u201d the DTB invited to its 14<sup>th<\/sup> sourcing convention which took place in D\u00fcsseldorf.<br \/>\n<!--more-->[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Agenda<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">The New Rise of Portugal Manufacturing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">I<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">nternational Trade Policy Development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Mauritius rediscovered \u2013 Sourcing opportunities in a trained environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Moving Closer to Europe: Making Apparel in Tunisia,\u00a0Egypt and Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Opportunities Pakistan and digitalization in Buying Networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Update on Bangladesh<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Panel Discussion on Turkey \/\/ Ukraine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As this is a relevant topic nowadays, the convention provided lectures about the current developments, panel discussion which gave an update from experts\u2019 point of views as well as the presentation of promising sourcing countries.<\/p>\n<p>After a short introduction given by <strong>Mr. Hilger,\u00a0Hilger Consulting<\/strong>,\u00a0about the recent trends,<strong> Bruno Mineiro,<\/strong>Director of Client Management of TWINTEX, started the day by giving an overview about Portugal.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1679&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 1<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">He explained why it\u00b4s important to keep Portugal as a potential sourcing location in mind by mentioning a few examples like the economic growth, slow inflation and political stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">As a very promising model example, he introduced the participants to his company and presented all the efforts taken by them to be a great employer and competitive at the same time. Twintex took all necessary steps to make its employees proud working at this company \/ industry.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1680&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation\u00a02<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Antonio Barberi Ettaro<\/strong> managed to give the audience a summary about the international trade policy development within only 30 minutes. In his impressive lecture he succeed in simplifying the complexity of the trend and simultaneously outlining everything of significance.<\/p>\n<p>BREXIT, USA TPP, the election results of the US and upcoming major EU trade topics have only been some of the parts of his compelling and highly informative presentation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1681&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 3<\/h2>\n<p>Through the presentation <strong>of Stefanie Bertram<\/strong>, BeKo Consulting, the participants obtained an intense impression of Mauritius and its sourcing opportunities.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1682&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 4<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sven Eriskat, infoaid, <\/strong>\u00a0took a close look at the countries Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco. Showing a SWOT analysis of each country, the participants were given a firsthand expert evaluation. On the basis of the mean figures he compared these three countries. The audience was authentically informed about the advantages, disadvantages, export restriction, production volumes and some more, and shall thus benefit from all these kind of information in future.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 5<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mr. Thiede, ATICS GmbH,<\/strong>\u00a0started with a brief presentation of the Matrix group, which has integrated transparency and sustainability in its corporate philosophy. \u00a0In order to enable this company philosophy for the customers as well, Mr. Deniz Thiede offered a complete software solution.<br \/>\nDuring his lecture he introduced the audience to the software Quonda.<br \/>\nThis software enables to follow any quality analysis in the production facility in real time and thus provides a comprehensive transparency in the quality assurance process.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1683&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 6<\/h2>\n<p>Dhyana van der Pols, Nash International, completed the day with her presentation \u201cAfrica- Bangladesh 2016 onwards\u201d. First of all she mentioned the aspects which are considered in sourcing. Important to note are facts like CSR &amp; Risk assessments, best seller position, cycle times- retail, etc. The leading key drivers for sourcing decisions are still \u201craw material price fluctuation\u201d, \u201ccurrency fluctuation\u201d and \u201cmarket changes\u201d. Of particular intererest was the examination of the three aspects \u201cWho is doing well\u201d, \u201cWho do we think is doing well\u201d and \u201cWho will be doing well\u201d.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 7<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Mr. Thiede started with a brief presentation of the Matrix group, which has integrated transparency and sustainability in its corporate philosophy. In order to enable this company philosophy for the customers as well, Mr. Deniz Thiede offered a complete software solution.<br \/>\nDuring his lecture he introduced the audience to the software Quonda.<br \/>\nThis software enables to follow any quality analysis in the production facility in real time and thus provides a comprehensive transparency in the quality assurance process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Photographed defects, reports and the investigation\u2019s results can be examined right on spot and subsequent actions can then be taken. However, the software also offers the possibility to analyze the supplier\u2019s performance, to see an independent profile about the suppliers, as well as to keep the status of the samplings in mind.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1684&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 8<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">In addition to the presentation two panel <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">discussion were scheduled. Experts with extensive practical experience made statements to their recent experiences and assessment of the political situation in Ukraine and Turkey. While the responses and experiences with Ukraine was entirely positive, the situation with Turkey is assessed more critical. Through measures such as travel ban to Turkey for employees of P&amp;C the assessement is reflected. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Although Turkey stands in difficult times, nevertheless, it is important to put things in relation.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span lang=\"EN-US\">Once again we would like to thank all of our speakers for the great lectures, the participants of the panels for sharing their experiences and opinions with us, to<strong> Mr Hilger and Mrs van der Pols<\/strong> for moderating the whole day. <strong>A special thanks moreover to Mr Hilger for supporting us with the organization of the day.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel Participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leonhard Kiel<\/strong>, BARTH + CO SPEDITION GmbH &amp; Co. 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