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11th Annual European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit

11th – 13th May 2009

Swissôtel Düsseldorf, Germany

The SCL Europe 2009 programme will follow shortly. Should you wish to get involved in next year’s agenda, please contact Fahim Afghan

13 May 2008Day One
08:00
Registration and refreshments
08:50
Introduction to SpotMe: a brief demonstration
09:00
AMR Research strategy session

What makes a supply chain world class in today’s global market?
  • How do you create a truly world class supply chain?
  • Putting risk management at the top of your agenda
  • Developing leadership throughout the supply chain

Kevin O' Marah, Chief Strategy Officer, AMR Research USA
10:15
Coffee and refreshments
10:30
Creating the collaborative supply network
  • Building effective relationships with your partners
  • On what aspects of SCM should we collaborate and to what extent?

Kevin O' Marah, Chief Strategy Officer, AMR Research USA
11:45
Coffee and refreshments
12:00
`Greening` the supply chain
  • Embracing the environmental agenda
  • Balancing environmental measures with low costs

Noha Tohamy, Research Director, AMR Research USA
13:15
Networking luncheon
14:20
Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks

Professor Richard Wilding, Professor and Chair, Supply Chain Risk Management, Cranfield School of Management UK
14:30
Opening keynote address
Moving the supply chain onto the boardroom agenda
  • Thinking beyond traditional perceptions of supply chain management (SCM)
  • The relationship between shareholder value and the supply chain
  • How the supply chain director can drive the corporate agenda

Professor Richard Wilding, Professor and Chair, Supply Chain Risk Management, Cranfield School of Management UK
15:05
Conference room 1
Sourcing and
procurement
Understanding the global picture across your procurement strategy
  • Engaging in business activity at a global level
  • Seizing global opportunities with the procurement profile at an all time high
  • Realising the benefits from sourcing globally

Haidé Villuendas, Global Purchasing Director, Royal Numico The Netherlands
 
Conference room 2
Manufacturing and the wider supply chain
Utilising the `B` in BRIC: Optimising bottom line manufacturing in South America
  • Going east, but also going west!
  • Reaping the benefits of an educated workforce

Bob Rose, Operations Director, Vitec Group UK

Catherine Reuben, Manager, Advanced Manufacturing, Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency Costa Rica
 
Conference room 3
Demand and inventory management
Addressing demand with an integrated S&OP approach
  • Dealing with the different approaches of merging companies
  • The challenge of integrating a `push` system with a `pull` system
  • Merck Serono’s future supply chain: Under the umbrella of operational excellence

Jacques Dysli, Head of Biotech Supply Chain, Merck Serono Switzerland
 
15:40
Special panel disussion: Analysing the procurement agenda
Maximising global opportunities and managing the ethical agenda
Haidé Villuendas, Global Purchasing Director, Royal Numico The Netherlands

Thomas Andrae, Vice President & Managing Director, Europe, CombineNet Germany

Professor Richard Wilding, Professor and Chair, Supply Chain Risk Management, Cranfield School of Management UK
 
 
Best practice case study: Implementing a service level driven supply chain at Continental Tyres
  • The need to prioritise articles and calculate stock levels
  • Implementing a service level driven supply chain to maximise financial results

Dr Michael Maertens, Head of Central Tyre Logistics, Continental AG Germany
 
16:15
Conference room 1
Interactive workshop
Computer automated ordering: Knowing today what customers want tomorrow
  • Transforming your supply chain into a competitive advantage: increasing sales and reducing inventory costs by focussing on customer demand
  • Improving customer shopping experience by providing the right assortment in the right quantity, at the right time and in the right location

Udo Meyzis, Executive Vice President, Sales, SAF AG Switzerland

Werner Schleiss, Direct Sales Manager, SAF AG Switzerland
 
Conference room 2
Interactive workshop
Fast and effective operations governance in SAP
What kind of information do we really need to optimise supply chain processes?
  • What do we need to monitor in the supply chain?
  • How should it be analysed?
  • How do we create transparency in the supply chain?
  • How can we identify bottlenecks?

Jacques Adriaansen, Director, Every Angle The Netherlands
 
Conference room 3
Interactive workshop
Green, responsible and profitable: A practical approach to addressing the sustainability agenda in supply chain decision making
  • Balancing the commercial needs of the business with the wider sustainability agenda
  • Looking beyond current headline issues to consider the longer term sustainability of the business
  • Interactive debate and discussion on the perception of, and response to, the sustainability agenda

Keith Evans, Principal Consultant, Operations, Arup United Kingdom
 
17:15
Closing keynote address:
Reverse logistics as an asset
  • Recognising reverse logistics as a key area of cost
  • Enhancing your reverse logistics operations through consolidation
  • Managing the risks in reverse logistics

Bernie Schaeffer, Corporate Vice President, Global Repair, Motorola, Inc USA
17:50
Chairman’s closing remarks followed by champagne reception, sponsored by APL Logistics
14 May 2008Day Two
08:00
Re-registration and refreshments
08:50
Chairman’s opening remarks and recap of day one

Professor Richard Wilding, Professor and Chair, Supply Chain Risk Management, Cranfield School of Management UK
09:00
Opening keynote address
Collaborative supply chains at PepsiCo International: The what, why and how?
  • What is the end goal with collaboration and to what extent do you need to collaborate?
  • How much value is there in collaborating strategically?
  • The need for a two way street

Duncan Lowe, Supply Chain Strategy Director, PepsiCo International UK
09:35
Pre-arranged one to one meetings
Meet with fellow delegates and solution providers to discuss the key issues in European supply chain and logistics
12:35
Conference room 1
Interactive workshop
Managing complexity in the supply chain in a commercially effective way
  • Using lean and agile principles to manage complexity
  • The balance between lean and agile principles
  • Reducing cost-to-serve

Clive Geldard, Group Vice President, International Retail and Supply Chain Practice, Solving Efeso UK

Peter Laurence, Associate Director, International Supply Chain Practice, Solving Efeso Switzerland
 
Conference room 2
Interactive workshop
Realising quantifiable cost and productivity gains through people
  • The need to reduce costs now while maintaining future talent capacity for an economic rebound
  • Practical strategies address the conflict by improving selection and retention of high potentials and high performers

Nikki Brain, Associate Director, Hudson UK

Paul Dinan, European Practice Leader, Talent Management, Hudson France
 
Conference room 3
Interactive workshop
Sourcing East and selling West: Intercontinental distribution solutions for high volume shippers

Emanuil N. Stoimenos, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, GeoPost Intercontinental Dubai, UAE
 
Conference room 4
Interactive workshop
Expanding the supply chain through extended enterprise
  • Logistics control and management
  • Future plans for Airbus Cimpa and it's supply chain

Mark Johnson, General Manager, Airbus Cimpa UK
 
13:35
Networking luncheon
14:50
Conference room 1
Risk management
Securing the global supply network at Procter & Gamble
  • Minimising loss by developing a stringent crisis management strategy
  • Constantly evaluating your programmes and learning lessons

Walter Clements, Associate Director, Global Security, Procter & Gamble USA
 
Conference room 2
Human capital
Finding and developing the supply chain workforce of the future
  • Overcoming recruitment difficulties: finding new talent
  • Developing your people to become the driver of your supply chain
  • Creating the future supply chain leaders

Alan Waller OBE, President, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK
 
Conference room 3
Authorised Economic Operator
Considering AEO in the short-term and predicting future impact
  • Increasing security in the global supply chain
  • Assessing the early signs of AEO
  • Long-term advantages from AEO certification

Susanne Aigner, Head of Supply Chain Security, European Commission Belgium
 
15:25
Unlocking the value in financial supply chain management
  • Supply chain finance as the next frontier in competitive advantage
  • Optimising financial flows to enhance the physical chain
  • Freeing up working capital by making payments earlier and quicker

Douglas Kent, Member of the European Leadership Team, Supply Chain Council USA
 
Special panel discussion: Optimising the human supply chain

Nikki Brain, Associate Director, Hudson UK

Jo Sands, Principal – Global Supply Chain Interim Practice, Odgers Interim

Alan Waller OBE, President, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK
 
Special panel discussion
Moving forward with AEO: What are the steps to take?

David Dolan, Assistant Attaché, US Customs and Border Protection, US Mission to the EU Belgium

Susanne Aigner, Head of Supply Chain Security, European Commission Belgium

Kieran Ring, CEO, Global Institute of Logistics USA
 
16:00
Special panel discussion:
Creating the supply chain of the future, today

Pierfrancesco Manenti, Research Director EMEA, Manufacturing Insights Italy
Clive Geldard, Group Vice President, International Retail and Supply Chain Practice, Solving Efeso UK
Alan Joseph, Vice President, High Tech Sector, Schenker Logistics and SCM UK
Meurig Watts, Head of UK Operations, International Business Wales UK
Professor Richard Wilding, Professor and Chair, Supply Chain Risk Management, Cranfield School of Management UK
16:40
Closing keynote address
Developing a strategy to ensure product integrity
  • Putting measures in place to mitigate counterfeiting
  • Using RFID to track products and ensure product integrity

Richard Widup, Senior Director, Corporate Security, Purdue Pharma USA
17:15
Chairman’s closing remarks and close of day two

Prelude to the awards ceremony

19:00
European Supply Chain Distinction Awards ceremony
Hosted by Professor Richard Wilding, Professor and Chair, Supply Chain Risk Management, Cranfield School of Management
15 May 2008Day Three
08:30
Re-registration and refreshments
08:50
Chairman’s opening remarks and recap of day two

Kieran Ring, CEO, Global Institute of Logistics USA
09:00