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Alex Van Breedam
Managing Director
VIL
www.vil.be
Vlaams Instituut voor de Logistiek (VIL)Flanders Institute for Logistics
Jordaenskaai 25B-2000 Antwerpen (Belgium)
T: +32 (0) 3 229 05 00F: +32 (0) 3 229 05 10
UniqueValue
Proposition
Proximity & Attractiveness
EDC know-how
Gateways &infrastructure
Know-how & innovation
Product preparation
for European markets
• Facts: we are a top region for European logistics!– Cushman & Wakefield, European Distribution Report 2004, 2006– Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, 2004– facts: location, infrastructure, labor force, know-how, real estate, …
• Perception: our region is not (yet) top of mind for investors– Cap Gemini and Prologis, 2006: survey of international shippers
• Branding!
Facts vs. perception
• Total logistics cost is top criterion– More than transportation cost, including cost of inventory, waiting time,
flexibility, reliability…– Bottom-line for companies
• Basic idea: locate logistic operations at the place of their minimal total logistics cost
• International gateways are the nodes of the network and must be encouraged to attract flows of goods
• Identification and classification of the logistics hotspots of the Extended Gateway network
Fundamentals
A total concept
• A integrated vision on logistics, a clear strategy• Prime location guaranteed, depending on the requirements of customers, products
and logistics• Clustering of companies with comparable logistics characteristics for bundling
flow of goods – Lower total logistics cost– Improved use of multimodal transport and collaboration among companies– Improved spatial planning, labour spread, mobility, environmental care…
• Powerful strategic decision support tool
Where are we now?
• Gaining the support of the actors of the logistics scene• Designing the Extended Gateway network • Identification and classification of the logistics hotspots (start: Limburg)• Deploying concepts to embed the flow of goods in our region and to create added
value• Analysis of network capacity• ICT-platform
ICT platform
Alex Van Breedam
Vlaams Instituut voor de Logistiek (VIL)Flanders Institute for Logistics
Jordaenskaai 25B-2000 Antwerpen (Belgium)
T: +32 (0) 3 229 05 00F: +32 (0) 3 229 05 10
www.vil.be