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Aftermarket Forum 2018
Alternative drives and their impact on the Automotive Aftermarket Supply Chain
Services, spare parts, oils and many other products are the pillars of today’s automotive aftermarket. The increased introduction of vehicles with alternative drive technology results to the fact that some of these products thus lose the future of market volume and revenue opportunities for market participants.
Do vehicles driven by electric, hydrogen, or hybrid engines lead to higher spare parts prices, but sinking sales volumes and if so how do market participants adapt to these changes?
Which new business models and change processes are emerging for established players in the supply chain?
Which impact will have new entrants, such as manufacturers of electric motors, battery manufacturers, car sharing providers, software vendors etc. on the supply chain?
Participate in this forum, which focuses exclusively on the future automotive aftermarket, to discuss these and many other questions with numerous expert colleagues from across Europe and through research contributions.
High-caliber executives from the complete supply chain are invited to speak. Car manufacturers, parts manufacturers, parts wholesalers, fleet companies, online providers of mobility services, software companies, professors, journalists and, last but not least, some renowned workshops will present their views on the following questions:
- Which impact will predictive maintenance have on the automotive aftermarket in the future?
- How does daily work in workshops change with alternative drive systems and where are the biggest challenges?
- Which developments or changes are to be expected in the aftersales parts business of an automobile manufacturer and how does he anticipate this?
- How does a parts manufacturer counter the changes caused by alternative drive systems when its core products lose importance in vehicle production?
- What challenges has a parts manufacturer to face, whose components will have a greater demand in the coming years?
- Alternative drives lead to assortment changes and what are the consequences for a parts wholesaler and his business model?
- Hydrogen, electromobility, hybrids and other forms of drive lead to changed repair processes. How do fleet companies face these new challenges?
- Will the consolidation process concerning parts manufacturers, distributors, online retailers, garages and car dealers be accelerated by the changes?
- Which product and service areas will be positively or negatively influenced by the process of change?
- To which changes does the increasing mobility optimization lead, e.g. the increased use of car sharing in the automotive aftermarket?
We offer the opportunity to discuss critical participant questions in a podium discussion with experts from the automotive aftermarket.
Another panel discussion with different workshops will give you an insight into their experiences with alternative drives. What are the challenges and problems faced by the workshops and what are the solutions?
A Come-Together on the 16.04.2018 from 17:00 pm offers plenty of time for the exchange of ideas and experiences.
Speakers at the Aftermarket Forum 2018
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| Fotios Katsardis President & CEO TEMOT International Autoparts GmbH |
| Rolf Sudmann Executive Vice President ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH | Florence Bailleul | |
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| Robert Stevens Director of Garage Networks and Technology Groupauto International | Stefan Vorbeck Member of the Board Zentralverband Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe e.V. | Romain Fabre Head of CoE Market MOTUL Deutschland GmbH | ||
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| Andreas Allebrod Managing director eShare.one GmbH | Martin Klein Member of the Board Bundesverband Autoglaser e.V. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bachem Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Automotive Engineering | ||
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| Frank Achenbach Managing director ad Autodienst Automobile Achenbach | Hans Jürgen Link Senior Consultant PersonalWERT GMBH – Personalmanagement | Rudolf Wiegand General Manager Technical Service Kia Motors Europe GmbH | ||
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| Wayne Yao Member of the Board Head of Aftermarket & Reman Duxes Aftermarket & Reman Research | Himanshu Gautam Technical director Moove Connected Mobility B.V. | Thilo Klemm Specialist LCV & alternative drives Hyundai Motor Deutschland GmbH | ||
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| Dirk Breuer Press officer Toyota Deutschland GmbH | Roland M. Schüren Ihr Bäcker Schüren Managing director | Christian Stiebling Reifen Stiebling GmbH Managing director |
Come together
To sensitize you and us for the coming changes, we will travel back in time to see what impact industrialization has had on society, work and other factors. Even greater changes are coming up in the coming years due to digitization, autonomous driving, new drive technologies and the associated social change in our society.
| Date: | 16.04.2018 Beginning of the tour 17:45 |
| Location: | Zollverein UNESCO world heritage site Gelsenkirchener Str. 181 45309 Essen https://www.zollverein.de/service/english-page |
| Transport by bus to Zeche/ Zollverein | 17:00 Uhr departure in front of the Atlantic Congress Hotel Essen |
Please let us know by 09.04.2018 if you will take part in the tour and if you will need transport by bus.
Program
| Program | Uhrzeit |
| Antti Wolk – Wolk & Nikolic Aftersales Intelligence – Opening Lutz Bandte – Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft – Opening | 09:00 |
| Wayne Yao – Duxes Aftermarket & Reman Research – The impact of e-mobility on the Chinese and European aftermarket | 09:10 |
| Sebastian Heitfeld – Wolk & Nikolic Aftersales Intelligence GmbH – Aftermarket Scenarios 2028 | 09:30 |
| Panel discussion – How will the aftermarket change with new drive technologies and increased digitalization? Prof. Dr. Harald Bachem – Ostfalia Hochschule for Applied Sciences Wayne Yao – Duxes Aftermarket & Reman Research Dirk Breuer – Toyota Deutschland GmbH Rolf Sudmann – ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH | 09:45 |
| Coffee break | 10:35 |
| Andreas Allebrod – eShare.one GmbH – To which changes do the increasing mobility optimization lead e.g. the increased use of car sharing in the automotive aftermarket? | 11:05 |
| Robert Stevens – Groupauto International – Opportunities potential through predictive maintenance in the IAM using the example G-Connect | 11.25 |
| Hirmanshu Gautam – Moove Connected Mobility B.V. – The connected maintenance process | 11:45 |
| Rudolf Wiegand – Kia Motors Europe GmbH – The traditional aftersales business has become obsolete! | 12:05 |
| Questions & Answers -Session | 12:25 |
| Lunch | 12:40 |
| Panel discussion – Experiences of workshops with alternative drives, drive assistance systems and digitization Moderation – Michael Quack – Wolk & Nikolic Aftersales Intelligence Stefan Vorbeck – Zentralverband Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe e.V. Frank Achenbach – ad Autodienst Achenbach Martin Klein – Bundesverband der Autoglaser e.V. Christian Stiebling – Reifen Stiebling GmbH | 14:10 |
| Romain Fabre – MOTUL Deutschland GmbH – The impact of new drive technologies on the future aftermarket from the perspective of an oil producer | 15:00 |
| Rolf Sudmann – ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH – How does a component manufacturer with different product groups face the future challenges of the aftermarket? | 15:15 |
| Coffee break | 15:35 |
| Flaurence Bailleul – Johnson Controls International – How will new drive technologies change the replacement market for batteries? | 16:05 |
| Fotios Katsardis – TEMOT International – How do the parts wholesalers respond to the future challenges in terms of assortment changes and new services? | 16:25 |
| Roland M. Schüren – Ihr Bäcker Schüren – “Maintenance and service – what is it? experiences of a branch bakery with electric cars | 16:45 |
| Final discussion & conclusion | 17:00 |
| End | 17:30 |
Hotel
Sponsors of the Event
Speed4Trade provides retailers and manufacturers with the software components for sustainable, platform-based B2C and B2B projects. The software company with 90 employees is specialized in automated sales processes on all channels: online, mobile and at the point of sale. By integrating Speed4Trade’s proven and flexibly adaptable software solutions into your existing IT system landscape, you can create a holistic, high-growth e-commerce ecosystem. For more than 10 years well-established companies from spare parts and tire dealers, dealership groups, workshop chains, chain stores and manufacturers trust the renowned industry leader Speed4Trade in eCommerce solutions.
The eShare.one GmbH is a mobility services for municipalities, public utilities, energy suppliers, public transport and housing associations. Our core business is a sustainable, digital and networked mobility platform. This includes sharing offers, e-car trial rental and new forms of mobility as a comprehensive concept. “RUHRAUTOe, innogy-eCarSharing”, with maximum white-label capability and operational as a stand-alone product in the Flinkster network.
