| Day Two9th June 2010 |
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| 08:30 |
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Registration and refreshments |
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| 08:55 |
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Chairperson’s welcome and re-cap of day one |
Douglas Kent,
European Chair,
Supply Chain Council
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| 09:00 |
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Ensuring visibility across the extended supply chain to emerge stronger from the downturn |
- Supply chain visibility as key to taking your business through the next steps after the recession
- Optimising visibility levels through profitable proximity sourcing - do we bring sourcing to nearer locations?
- Maximising transparency across inventory management to balance costs and service levels
Pierfrancesco Manenti,
Research Director - EMEA,
IDC Manufacturing Insights
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| 09:35 |
| Interactive workshop |
| Workshop led by IHS |
Material description enrichment and standardisation in Petrom with IHS SMD
- Intro to OMV PETROM E&P and the case for material data enrichment
- Current Issues in materials description and underlying reasons
- IHS classification templates-a standard platform & an “Enabler”
- Material data enrichment project (MDEP) process and methodology
- MDEP change management- purpose, level & impact of the change
- The need for maintaining “good” descriptions
Atif Sheikh,
Sr Advisor Systems & Procedures,
Petrom SA
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| Interactive workshop |
| Workshop led by Every Angle |
Coats’ vision about operational control and working capital reduction in a complex supply chain
- How Coats used new supply chain process insights to enable working capital reduction and service improvements.
- Coats’ business is characterised by a high transaction, high SKU and a multi site supply chain run by SAP ERP
Hizmy Hassen,
Global Supply Chain Director,
Coats plc
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| Interactive workshop |
| Workshop led by Solving Efeso |
Bringing the supply chain strategic vision to reality”
- Making the connection between supply chain and the business strategy and Boardroom agenda
- Key issues driving the supply chain strategy development. How to ensure functional and business unit inputs are best captured and aligned
- Emerging best-practices in the way the supply chain strategy process is deployed across organisations
- Stakeholder and leadership engagement – the importance of change management
- Enablers and obstacles to successful supply chain strategy implementation
Clive Geldard,
Vice-President Global Retail & Supply Chain,
Solving Efeso Group
Anne Bruggink,
General Manager Supply Chain ,
Electrocomponents plc.
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| Interactive workshop |
| Workshop led by Agentrics |
Driving supply chain benefits through collaboration
- Improve sales while reducing inventory levels
- Build a collaborative process that improves communication and aligns goals
- Synchronize supply chain planning with trading partners
Bob Rossman,
VP of Supply Chain,
Agentrics
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| 10:25 |
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Networking efreshments and one-to-one meetings |
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| 11:20 |
| Supply chain financing |
| IFC/ World Bank Group shares its view on how SCF can support supply chains with emerging market suppliers selling to major US and European companies
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- Bringing supply chain financing to emerging market suppliers
- Main conclusions from IFC’s Global SCF Market Study – level of interest among exporters, banks and buyers, potential value of SCF, and market trends
- IFC’s vision and current activities for supporting SCF programs that cover emerging market suppliers
Farzin Mirmotahari,
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IFC/World Bank Group
Priyamvada Singh,
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IFC/World Bank Group
Rogers Le Baron,
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IFC/Worldbank Group
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| Demand planning and optimisation |
| Delivering a demand-driven supply chain to meet market volatility
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- Meeting changing demand dynamics by aligning demand and supply chain capability
- Ensuring flexibility by working with the wider enterprise to actively shape customer demand
- Collaborating with customers to optimise the availability
- Smoothing the bull-whip effect of market volatility in supply chain
Tero Peltola ,
Logistics Account Manager,
Nokia
Finland
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| Leadership and skills |
| What is lean leadership?
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- Leadership: the difference between success and failure?
- 4 key elements to create the lean leader of the future:
- Organise for success
- Educate the workforce
- Ensure internal support
- Track achievements
- Systematically applying the 4 elements to create the lean leader of the future
Mike Loughrin,
Director, Lean and Six Sigma Programmes,
ISCEA
USA
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| Logistics and transportation |
| How do we collaborate with providers to ensure supply of capacity and equipment |
- Minimising the impact of roller-coaster oil prices on your logistics frameworks
- Leveraging collaborative relationships to drive down costs and counter volatility
- Mitigating against shortage of equipment, talent and capacity by re-addressing agreements with partners
Alain Baeyens,
Lead Buyer, Global Procurement,
Solvay
Belgium
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| 11:55 |
| Successful supply chain financing programmes |
- Strengthening partnerships with Volvo suppliers by offering a win-win solution
- Optimising working capital across the entire supply chain
- Supporting financially weak suppliers by leveraging Volvo’s strong balance sheet
- Overcoming common pitfalls in supply chain financing implementations
Nicole Bjugger,
Director of Supplier Financial Solutions,
Volvo Group
Sweden
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| How can supply networks respond to increasing volatility of consumer demand? |
How P&G re-engineered processes and systems to respond to increasing consumer demand volatility
- Use self learning algorithms to identify demand trends from point of sale data
- Achieve short term daily demand visibility
- Integrate with mid to long term demand planning and agile manufacturing response
- Deliver outstanding customer service
Alistair Hill,
Director Procter & Gamble Western Europe Supply Network Solutions ,
Procter & Gamble
Switzerland
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Special panel discussion:
Developing the supply chain leader of the future, today |
- How do we develop supply chain leaders?
- What characteristics does the "leader" need?
Mike Loughrin,
Director, Lean and Six Sigma Programmes,
ISCEA
USA
Professor Alan Waller OBE,
Vice President,
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
UK
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| Cola Life's optimised supply chain distribution systems and sustainable business models
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- Exploring the viability and options for using distribution networks in developing countries
- Leveraging powerful pre-existing Coca-Cola distribution networks
- Developing new and socially conscious business models
Simon Berry,
Director ,
ColaLife
UK
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| 12:30 |
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Themed luncheon discussions |
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| 14:00 |
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Workshop led by Orbsen Consulting Challenges to Supply Chain Management Practices and Platforms for Improvement
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Session draws influence from many sectors including Drugs (originator, generics and OTC), Drink (Spirits, Beers and Wines), and Medical Devices
- Improved approaches for conversion cost analysis, what benchmarks are appropriate and why
- How to approach inventory right sizing and what are appropriate benchmarks for the various sectors
- How to approach design of planning architectures?
- Why are deep models of capacity critical, particularly in medical devices
- Why many S&OP processes lack significance? What are the limits to lean thinking?
- Why is analytics important and how to approach the analytics journey?
Dr John Harhen,
Director ,
Orbsen Consulting
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| 15:00 |
| Successfully transferring the supply chain out of China and back into Europe |
Case study: From China to Hungary - shortening the global supply chain to dramatically improve key peformance indicators
- Drivers for change - improving punctuality, reliable delivery and higher quality of production,
- Successfully relocating manufacturing from China to Hungary
- Challenges and opportunities of transfering a complex supply chain from China into Hungary
Gergo Elek,
Head of Procurement,
National Instruments
Szabolcs Kiss,
Head of Manufacturing Operations,
National Instruments
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| Low cost country sourcing - establishing a Russian supply chain |
- Does "low cost" exist anymore? Is "best cost" more viable now?
- Where, if anywhere, will be the next low cost sourcing region?
- Overcoming high transportation costs by entering low cost markets?
- Establishing the right supply chain solution
- Creating benefitial partnerships
Tony Murray ,
European Supply Chain Manager ,
Twinings Company Ltd.
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| Realising the benefits of VMI/CMI at thousands of sites |
Case study: How W.W. Grainger a large SAP user was able to realise the benefits of VMI/CMI at thousands of sites. Benefits include:
- Providing client visibility and decision making at a click
- Collaborating with your client ensuring optimal inventory levels, an increase in service levels, and an increase in sales
- Integration and greater savings for your clients as well as cost reductions for your organization
George C Rimnac Jr.,
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer - Global Infrastructure,
W.W. Grainger
USA
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| 15:40 |
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Keynote address: Transforming your supply chain infrastructure to maximise customer service and drive down costs |
- Optimising existing warehouse and distribution centre networks to deliver double-digit productivity
- Optimising customer responsiveness through cross-network visibility
- Collaborating with suppliers to enhance material flow and order fulfilment through automation
Shekar Natarajan,
Supply Chain Director,
Pepsi Bottling Group
USA
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| 16:15 |
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Chairperson's closing remarks, followed by close of summit |
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