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Inaugural Integrated Planning & Optimisation Summit (IPOS’12) draws almost 500 delegates

Posted on 22 Mar 2012

solveit.jpgSolveIT Software, a leading provider of enterprise software for supply and demand optimisation and predictive modelling, held IPOS’12 on February 27 and 28 at the Adelaide Convention Centre (http://www.ipos2012.com/). The event drew almost 500 delegates. The summit was hosted by SolveIT Software and Schneider Electric, and was the largest and most comprehensive event of its kind, the companies report. “We are enormously pleased with the turnout for the Integrated Planning & Optimisation Summit,” said Matthew Michalewicz, Managing Director of SolveIT Software. “The gala dinner exceeded 500 people and the main conference attendance was just shy of that number. Based upon the vast number of participants and their positive feedback on the event, SolveIT Software and Schneider Electric will be making IPOS an annual event, with plans for a larger, three-day event in 2013.”Delegates represented a wide range of companies and industries, including many from the mining and bulk handling sector, such as Anglo American, Anglo Coal, API, Asciano, BHP Billiton Iron Ore, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, BHP Billiton Coal, BHP Billiton Cannington, BMA Coal, CBH Group, Crossland Resources, Emerald Group, Fortescue Metals Group, GrainCorp, Hancock, Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator, Iluka Resources, Incitec Pivot, MEC Mining, MMG, Oakajee Port & Rail, One Steel, Pacific National Coal, Patrick Terminals, Port Kembla Coal Terminal, Port Waratah Coal Services, Port of Melbourne, QR National, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Rio Tinto Coal, Rio Tinto Simandou, Santos, Viterra, Wellard Group, Woodside Energy, Xstrata Coal, Xstrata Copper, and Xstrata Zinc.

Topics covered included optimisation, simulation, data and source systems, integration, KPI setting, process improvement, change management, sales & operations planning, breaking down business silos, as well as many applied optimisation case studies.

Speakers included Dr John Gattorna, author of Dynamic Supply Chains; futurist Mike Walsh, author of Futuretainment; John Ansley, CIO of Linfox; Peter Bates, CIO of Xstrata Copper; Michal Postula, Director of Strategy & Innovation for Operation and Optimisation Solutions at Schneider Electric; Scott Githens, Supply Chain Effectiveness Manager at OneSteel; Jenny Francis, Information Systems Director for Pacific National Coal; Mike Lomman, Managing Director of OpX Solutions and Rohan Davidson, CIO of Rio Tinto Iron Ore.

SolveIT Software is an Australian company specialising in supply & demand optimisation and predictive modelling. It offers enterprise software for advanced planning & scheduling, supply chain network optimisation, demand planning & forecasting, and predictive modelling. Mining software applications cover exploration management, mine planning & scheduling and mine-to-port logistics optimisation. Customers of this software include Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Rio Tinto Simandou, Xstrata Coal, Xstrata Copper, Xstrata Zinc, BHP Billiton Iron Ore, BMA Coal, Fortescue Metals Group, Pacific National Coal and Crossland Resources.