Christian Leysen, Executive Chairman of Ahlers speaks at a session on 'The Economy: Get Ready for the Rebound' at at the 7th European 3PL Summit in Brussels, November 25th 2009. To download all of the slides from the conference for free visit www.3PLsummit.com/eu_2009ppts

1. Impact of the current economic situation
on supply chain strategy in Russia
Christian Leysen
Executive Chairman Ahlers nv
7th European 3PL Summit
Brussels, 24 & 25 November 2009

2. 100 years of Ahlers History
1909 shipping agent in the port of
Antwerp
60s expansion into liner services and ship
management
70s - 80s expansion into international
forwarding and warehousing
90s expansion and internationalisation of
all 4 activities
2009 a global logistic and maritime
service provider

3. Ahlers : 1 Company, 4 Activities
Crewing Liner agencies Break bulk Warehousing
Training Port agencies Containers Added services
Projects
20 staff 580 staff 220 staff
300 seamen
Belgium, France, 15 countries in Asia, CIS and Europe Belgium, Russia,
Congo, Angola, Ukraine
Gabon

4. Our Network
Warehouses
• Ghent
• St-Petersburg
• Kharkiv
• Dnepropetrovsk
• Shanghai
• Semarang

5. Facts & Figures
HQ in Antwerp, Belgium
Own entities in 20 countries : Africa,
Asia, CIS and Europe
1,120 people - € 270 million turnover
Partner network around the world
100 years – privately owned by
founders family

6. 1960’s
Ahlers operated liner trade on
Baltic Sea to nordic countries and
former Soviet Union in 1960’s
(Ventspils -at that time USSR,
now Latvia).

7. Antwerp Hansa Cruise 1992
Vladimir Putin

8. History of Ahlers in Russia
1993 Liner & forwarding agent
1996 Started as warehouse
(rented) operator
1997 Licensed customs broker
2000 Purchase land plot
2003 Start construction ALC

9. Ahlers in Russia Today
Shipping agency
International Forwarding:
multimodal solutions
Specialist in project and break bulk
cargo
200 Licensed customs broker
people
Ahlers Logistic Centre (ALC)

10. Customs Brokerage
Licensed since 1997
Listed in Register of Customs
Brokers with non limited region
of activities
Operate with Baltic, St.
Petersburg, Pulkovo and Excise
Customs houses
Own offices in port area

11. Ahlers Logistic Centre (ALC)

12. - in the region of sea port
Location - on the ring road of St. Pete
- close to the main transport routes
SEA PORT
80 km
RING ROAD
ALC

13. ALC

14. ALC

15. Economic situation in Russia
G ( % real change pa)
DP Consumer price inflation
( % real change pa; av)
8
6 20
4
15
2
0
10
-2 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
-4 5
-6
0
-8
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
RUSSIA MAIN CIS EAST E P
ERN URO E RUSSIA MAIN CIS EAST EURO
ERN PE
Source: Russia business outlook, The Economist, November 2009
Main CIS: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia

16. Living Standards

17. Retail sales

18. Market size indicators
2009 2013
Population (million) 141.4 139.6
Nominal GDP (US$bn) 1,285 1,916
GDP per head (US$ at PPP) 14,900 18,390
Private consumption per head (US$) 4,580 6,750
Total imports (US$bn) 205 294
Private consumption (% of GDP) 50.5 49.1
Government consumption (% of GDP) 19.4 18.2
Gross fixed investment (% of GDP) 20.3 19.5

19. Why is SCM hot ?

20. Where are the opportunities?
Human Resources
– Employer loyalty
– Management model
– Nationalism + regional competition
– Know how
Physical product flows
– Bottlenecks
– Administration & regulation related issues
– Short term vision embedded in culture
– Uncertainty -> forecasting ?

21. Where are the opportunities ?
Customs
– Changes in import duties for some products to
stimulate added value industry
– Closure of main customs points in Moscow
– 1 customs zone for RU, BY, KZ
Survival of the fittest
– Supply chain management gets more C-level
attention
– M&A opportunities
– Capacity moves to capability

22. A practicle example
Consumer Goods
Real life case

23. Situation as it was

24. 2009
Asia
Central Asia
CIS
KZ
NDC Russia (ALC)
X- dock
Europe
Wholesaler - regions
Local prod
Retail DC MOW LSP 2
CIS HQ CG
Buffer Stock MOW LSP 3
Physical flow

25. Near Future ?

26. Challenges of tomorrow
Topograhy
Source: Cap Gemini

27. Join us on www.ahlers.com

28. More information ?
Stefan Van Doorslaer
General Manager Ahlers Russia
stefan.van.doorslaer@ahlers.com
+ 7.921.903.87.28
Ellen Theeuwes
Business Development Manager Ahlers Logistics
ellen.theeuwes@ahlers.com
+ 32.3.543.77.25
Christian Leysen
Executive Chairman Ahlers nv
cleysen@ahlers.com
+ 32.3.543.73.11
www.ahlers.com

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