GRAEME AITKEN
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"INSIGHT - Delivering the Next Generation of Activity Based Management"
Vice President, Costing & Transfer Pricing - DHL Express.
Graeme Aitken, Vice President, Costing & Transfer Pricing at DHL Express is based at the Global Head Office in Bonn, Germany, and is currently responsible for the design, development and deployment of a new generation global costing and profitability system to support both financial and commercial decision making and analysis. Since joining DHL in 1995 he has held a variety of global and regional positions across finance, commercial and pricing. Before moving to Germany in 2009, he most recently spent 4 years in the USA as Director of Pricing, supporting a fundamental restructuring of the business model.
Since the early 1990s, DHL Express has been a leading proponent of Activity Based Management. In the past 15 years, DHL has deployed several iterations of a global costing system. As a critical input to the decision-making process in a highly competitive environment, costing data must be both timely and accurate. DHL Express is currently in the final stages of developing INSIGHT, a brand new global costing system, which for the first time, delivers a truly global, but centrally controlled data warehouse. INSIGHT makes a significant advance in terms of the methodology, processing efficiency and availability of the data critical to drive the business forward and provide a competitive advantage as the global economy emerges from the downturn of 2009. This presentation will examine the aims, technologies and challenges of implementing a global system in a decentralized company and show how the close partnership with Teradata has brought the idea close to reality.
DHL is the global market leader of the international express and logistics industry, specialising in providing innovative and customized solutions from a single source.
DHL offers expertise in express, air and ocean freight, overland transport, contract logistics solutions as well as international mail services, combined with worldwide coverage and an in-depth understanding of local markets. DHL’s international network links more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. Some 300,000 employees are dedicated to providing fast and reliable services that exceed customers’ expectation. DHL is a Deutsche Post DHL brand.
Presentations
The presentations that are allowed to be shared with the delegates are now accessible via this website, in PDF format. All delegates have received a thank-you e-greeting announcing the password. Please note that the password is case sensitive! Unfortunately, some presenters do not want to share their presentation. The presentation by Stephen Brobst - “The Science of Analysis” (Wednesday April 14) - is only available in hard copy. Please send an e-mail to scarlett.vandermeulen@teradata.com
if you want a copy.
Automotive Day
For the first time this year, we organised a special track for the Automotive Industry which proved to be very successful.The presentations of this one-day session are available here.
