Two new speakers have been confirmed for the first Agg-intel Europe conference taking place in Manchester pre-Hillhead on 27 June. Simon Purchon, Babcock International’s Business Development Director for Critical and Support Services, will present the latest thinking on effective equipment fleet management. Babcock manages international fleets of specialist equipment and vehicles for clients with complex supply chains and critical operational availability requirements.
Two new speakers have been confirmed for the first Agg-intel Europe conference taking place in Manchester pre- Hillhead on 27 June.
Simon Purchon, Babcock International’s Business Development Director for Critical and Support Services, will present the latest thinking on effective equipment fleet management.
Babcock manages international fleets of specialist equipment and vehicles for clients with complex supply chains and critical operational availability requirements.
Purchon is one of Europe’s leading authorities on whole life asset management. His knowledge has helped Babcock to develop ALCAMiE, an asset management system which is helping to deliver significant benefits in the management of complex fleets.
Also joining the conference is James Hastings, the Head of Construction Futures at global information services group Experian. He will discuss the prospects for the construction and aggregates markets in the UK and Europe.
His presentation will come just days after the UK’s referendum on membership of the European union and will draw on the latest research from Euroconstruct, the Europe-wide construction forecasting body on which Experian is the UK representative.
The conference takes place on 27 June at the Radisson Blu Hotel at Manchester Airport, the day before the prestigious Hillhead exhibition opens.
Agg-intel Europe is the first of a series of conferences being created and organised by the magazines Aggregates Business Europe and Aggregates Business International, and the website Aggregate Research.
Run under the Agg-intel name, they will be practical events, supported by up-to-date case studies, giving delegates high-level practical advice on how to get the most out of their equipment fleet and boost their company’s profitability.
They will also give manufacturers a platform to present the latest technological developments, and to explain their potential impact on the industry.
The headline themes are productivity and profitability; manufactured sand; equipment technology; land management best practice; and big data.
Delegates in Manchester will also hear two linked presentations on effective top line and bottom line management.
The top line analysis will be presented by Julia Georgi of Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting team. She specialises in commercial performance improvement in industrial environments. Previously she worked at Lafarge and HeidelbergCement.
Her presentation will argue that having a “big picture” view of aggregates commercial operations can help make a business significantly smarter and leaner – by defining a company’s market position, a customer’s purchasing type and the right sales organization.
Analysing the bottom line will be Xavier Therin, co-founder of the minerals industry consultancy AR5.
A chartered mining engineer with over 25 years’ experience in the metals and minerals industry, Therin was previously Lafarge’s Vice President, Land, Mineral Resources and Mining.
Therin argues that initiatives built around asset optimization and process give faster and more sustainable returns than operational changes focussed solely on reducing costs, and decreasing safety/environmental risks,
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