Management makes the kegs go round (Smart Labels Europe 2005)

 

Graham is an Economics graduate from Cambridge University, and holds an MBA from the Scottish Business School. He has worked in the logistics industry all his life, both in the public sector, with British Rail, and in a number of private sector companies. He joined Scottish & Newcastle Plc, the UK's largest brewer, in 1987, and held a number of senior management supply chain positions within Scottish Courage, most recently as Head of Logistics Development.

 

In June 2003 he joined Trenstar Inc, a leading global mobile asset management company, based in Denver, Colorado USA as VP, Global Accounts. TrenStar owns and manages 4.5 million beer kegs worlwide.

 

Since 1997 he has been working successfully with RFID projects in the Supply Chain, having been responsible for the design, development and implementation of Scottish Courage's Container Tracking system, a €12 million investment in RFID technology which at the time was the largest RFID Investment in the world-wide beverage industry. TrenStar now successfully operates RFID systems in the beverage, food, natural rubber and Healthcare industries, and Graham has continued to design and develop RFID track and trace systems for some of the world's largest brewing companies.

 

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Chartered Institute of Transport and of the Institute of Logistics and Transport.

TrenStar is the first company to offer mobile asset management. From the start in 2001, TrenStar's singular mission has been to buy, track and manage high-value containers for customers throughout asset-intensive industries. TrenStar offers one complete outsourced solution that combines asset acquisition, tracking technology and management services all for a per-use fee, so customers, and eventually entire industries, reduce operating expenses, improve customer service and manage assets and their contents effectively. TrenStar's clients include Carlsberg UK, Coors Brewers Limited, Kraft and Goodyear. Consistently ranked one of the top software developers in the Denver area and named a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Rising Star in North America in 2004, TrenStar has offices in Denver, the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa. TrenStar is privately held, and the primary shareholders are Trencor Limited, The Carlyle Group and the Leede Companies. On the Net: www.trenstar.com

Westin Copley, Boston, MA

March 28-29, 2006

 

The fifth event in this series - in previous years over 400 people and 45 exhibitors have attended.