Track 1: Visibility

In today’s hyper-connected world supply chain executives should have dramatically greater visibility to both demand and supply, yet most still cite this as a critical problem. How can supply chain see more clearly into the needs and buying patterns of consumers? How can they see more comprehensively into the operational requirements of channel partners or contract manufacturing partners? How can they see with greater detail into the flow of inventory from suppliers or internal plants? This track will concentrate on what leading companies are doing with technology and process to establish reliable visibility into these critical supply chain flows.

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Sessions

Supply Chain Excellence in Emerging Markets

Entering and sustaining businesses in emerging markets present their very own challenges and opportunities. In this session we explore the trends in the global marketplace focusing on the emerging BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and share best practices.

Metrics that Matter — Aligning Manufacturing with Value Chain

Defining and aligning the right supply chain metrics to drive behavior and understand the trade-offs is critical. In this session, we look at the right metrics to measure manufacturing performance in a way that maximizes performance, achieves the business goals and aligns with customer expectations.

Elevating the Role of Logistics Providers as Supply Chain Partners

As the role of the logistics services providers (LSP) becomes more strategic, they can help transform your supply chain. Achieving this partnership needs clarity on your supply chain strategy, and the LSP’s culture, core capabilities and vision.

Mitigating Supply Chain Risk to Build a Demand Driven Value Network

The risks facing global supply chains have expounded recently, ranging from product quality failures, natural disasters and political unrest. In this session, we discuss global trends in risk management — the levels of risk, how they impact supply chain decisions and the mitigation strategies that companies employ.

Driving Inventory Performance with Innovative Strategies and the Right Metrics

The role of inventory in the value network, by form and function, is seldom clear. Many companies use insufficient, superficial and have silo’d approaches to monitoring and managing inventory, resulting in out of control levels. This session focuses on best practices in inventory management and the metrics that matter.

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