Agenda
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM MST
Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Building resilience is a universal goal for supply chains today. Despite lofty ambitions, few would agree that they have become truly resilient. Bridging the gap between ambition and reality requires organizations to move beyond implementing discrete resiliency tactics and to begin enabling a resilient decision system. It requires planning leaders to embrace the uncertainty in the operating environment; to shift from being accuracy-obsessed in an impossible-to-predict environment to being decision-obsessed as conditions evolve.
The shift from resilient tactics to a resilient system starts in planning. It requires us to lose our obsession with being more right and become obsessed with getting good at being wrong.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST
Claudia Clemens, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Honeybees gather nectar from two million flowers and fly up to 90,000 miles to make one pound of honey. Supply chain principles recognize the efficiencies of planning cycles to minimize movement. Hive principles recommend operating with micromanufacturing, microfulfillment and microdistribution in small fast cycles to increase agility and minimize risk. This Maverick research shares agile supply chain principles inspired by honeybees.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM MST
Brenda Westbrook, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
With increased availability and deployment of technology to support and automate planning processes, the role of supply chain planners needs to evolve. The competencies and skills that were important before are no longer relevant. In this session we will discuss the evolution of the planners roles and the skills they will require to succeed in the future.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST
Dana Stiffler, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
How can planning leaders create social and culture connectedness for their teams in an increasingly distributed and hybrid working environment? How can leaders role-model personal connectedness and vulnerability to support belonging? Even more than flexibility, connectedness has emerged as a key ingredient in supporting better engagement, retention and performance.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM MST
Claudia Clemens, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The quantity and frequency of change within organizations is increasing, but so is the volume of disruption we and our teams are facing in all aspects of our lives. For this lightly facilitated discussion, come prepared to share challenges and solutions for change management in the current environment, both as a leader to manage change and also as a recipient of change.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM MST
Ken Chadwick, VP Analyst, Gartner
Change Management continues to be a challenge for planning leaders despite the volumes of publishing on the subject over the years. It is time to shift from change management theory to action. This session will give actionable advice on what planning leaders can do to effectively lead the technology and process transitions in their business.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM MST
Andrew Byer, Senior Director – Global Supply Network Operations, Procter & Gamble
Brian Atkins, P&G Group Director - Supply Chain Planning Innovation, Procter & Gamble
While research shows only 30-40% of planning transformations succeed, P&G’s planning transformation is considered one of the success stories. And yet, P&G is not done. Learn how P&G approached and is executing it’s transformation and see an example of their secret sauce: real-life ‘problems to be solved’ + upskilling + digitization with a show vs. tell backdrop of crystal box Machine Learning to generate self-healing and self-populating planning master data.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM MST
Cristina Carvallo, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Historically the role of the center of excellence (COE) has focused on driving standardization and systems deployment, but the world is moving faster and this is no longer enough. In this session, we will discuss how supply chain planning COE needs to expand its scope to keep ahead of the game.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM MST
Maria Konnikova, Author, Psychologist, Poker Champion & Journalist,
In this talk, Maria Konnikova combines her personal experience as a champion poker player with her original research into the psychology of human decision-making to explore how we can all learn to make better decisions in every aspect of our lives – from the negotiating table to our personal relationships. How can we think probabilistically, manage our emotions, evaluate risk, distinguish the noise of chance from the elements of control, learn when to go all in, and when to fold? Journey with Konnikova into some of the deepest crevices of the human mind, and emerge with a roadmap for how you can – immediately and practically – become a clearer thinker and more optimal decision maker in all areas of your life.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM MST
Matthew Luhn, Award Winning Filmmaker, Director, Former Lead Storyteller and Animator at Pixar Studios,
Storytelling is the #1 business skill necessary to connect, motivate, and lead people in today’s world. Stories compel us to engage in experiences, learn lessons, and define our values and ourselves within our organization. Matthew Luhn, a 20-year Pixar story veteran, will share his experience creating and developing 10 blockbuster films at Pixar, and provides practical strategies that will teach and inspire you to connect more effectively with others on an emotional level. Matthew uses the power of storytelling to bridge the gap between business and heart, driving your story toward one unforgettable selling point.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MST
Ken Chadwick, VP Analyst, Gartner
The quantity and frequency of organizational change is on an upward trajectory. But are your change initiatives reaching a point of transition? This session addresses the common pitfalls in organizational change management that are impacting the ability to fully embed changes in the organization.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM MST
Noha Samara, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The planning work environment has shifted, the technology has evolved… But have we reached the peak of our people’s potential? This session provides insights on how Supply Chain Planning leaders can empower their teams and unlock their untapped potential in such disruptive environment.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM MST
Laura Rainier, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Sustainability is a complex, rapidly evolving area of focus for enterprises. What burning questions do you have on the topic but have not had the opportunity to ask? This session promises to ground you in sustainability fundamental principles and also provide insight into emerging trends.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM MST
Dana Stiffler, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Providing development and career pathing that suits the needs of different employees has become more challenging in today's fragmented world. Join this session to learn how you can address varied needs and preferences to develop all planning professionals effectively, without introducing new biases and inequities.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM MST
Laura Rainier, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Circular economy strategies are key to building tomorrow’s resilient and sustainable supply chain, but to ensure the impact is effective, planning must be involved early and often. This session will assess circular economy's impact on planning processes and explore how planning leaders can shape this fundamental shift .
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM MST
Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Building resilience is a universal goal for supply chains today. Despite lofty ambitions, few would agree that they have become truly resilient. Bridging the gap between ambition and reality requires organizations to move beyond implementing discrete resiliency tactics and to begin enabling a resilient decision system. It requires planning leaders to embrace the uncertainty in the operating environment; to shift from being accuracy-obsessed in an impossible-to-predict environment to being decision-obsessed as conditions evolve.
The shift from resilient tactics to a resilient system starts in planning. It requires us to lose our obsession with being more right and become obsessed with getting good at being wrong.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST
Cristina Carvallo, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Most planning processes and conversations include three aspects — actuals, plans and targets. But few strike the right balance to drive effective, efficient and high-quality conversations. In this session, we will discuss four questions that can improve every planning conversation.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MST
Xiaoshun Sue Grant, Director Analyst, Gartner
The basic objective of S&OP is to support integrated decision making to connect execution with strategy. Supporting high-quality decisions requires financial alignment. In this session, we will answer questions about the journey from a volume-based S&OP to an S&OP fully integrated with financial planning.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST
Lusi Zheng, Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
Crystal ball demand planning is debunked! Strong and effective demand planning is paramount in building resiliency and success in the current and future environment. You cannot rely on the crystal ball, but you can build your demand planning capability to develop informed demand plans. We will break down outdated beliefs and cover ways to elevate the foundational demand planning process.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM MST
Paul Lord, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Top-down directives for inventory reduction create anxiety and conflict among supply chain leaders and key stakeholders. This session provides insights and actions for embracing these situations as opportunities to educate stakeholders about performance drivers and offer operating options that provide business choices between cash, growth and margin.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM MST
Brenda Westbrook, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Companies often struggle to maintain alignment of supply chain plans across time horizons. Come ask a Gartner expert how to improve the quality of decision-making through better integration between your S&OP and S&OE processes.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM MST
Marko Pukkila, VP Analyst, Gartner
S&OE remains a critical process for supply chain planning leaders to coordinate and respond to short-term volatility in the supply chain. This breakout will provide a practical approach to establishing an S&OE structure and cover some common pitfalls and how to avoid them. If you are struggling with writer's block on your S&OE story, this session will help you get off the blank page.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM MST
Maria Konnikova, Author, Psychologist, Poker Champion & Journalist,
In this talk, Maria Konnikova combines her personal experience as a champion poker player with her original research into the psychology of human decision-making to explore how we can all learn to make better decisions in every aspect of our lives – from the negotiating table to our personal relationships. How can we think probabilistically, manage our emotions, evaluate risk, distinguish the noise of chance from the elements of control, learn when to go all in, and when to fold? Journey with Konnikova into some of the deepest crevices of the human mind, and emerge with a roadmap for how you can – immediately and practically – become a clearer thinker and more optimal decision maker in all areas of your life.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM MST
Matthew Luhn, Award Winning Filmmaker, Director, Former Lead Storyteller and Animator at Pixar Studios,
Storytelling is the #1 business skill necessary to connect, motivate, and lead people in today’s world. Stories compel us to engage in experiences, learn lessons, and define our values and ourselves within our organization. Matthew Luhn, a 20-year Pixar story veteran, will share his experience creating and developing 10 blockbuster films at Pixar, and provides practical strategies that will teach and inspire you to connect more effectively with others on an emotional level. Matthew uses the power of storytelling to bridge the gap between business and heart, driving your story toward one unforgettable selling point.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MST
Cristina Carvallo, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
What happens when our well-known, traditional planning processes (IBP, S&OP, S&OE) aren't fit for a fight anymore? In this Maverick session, we'll introduce the concept of decision-centric planning, where we challenge you to rethink how you will plan in the future using technology as an enabler. Prepare to be provoked!
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM MST
Brenda Westbrook, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The late Pele said, “No individual can win a game by himself.”
Partnering with internal manufacturing sites holds challenges, but partnering with external manufacturers adds another level of complexity. This roundtable will allow supply chain planning leaders to share and discover best practices based on their experience of planning for external manufacturers. Attendees should come to this session ready to contribute their experiences and ideas.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM MST
Paul Lord, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Planning for successful performance begins with defining the right objective. Rather than submitting to financial narratives about the need to meet inventory targets, this session will challenge supply chain planning leaders to reframe their objectives based on reliable, optimized supply that enables effective service delivery and captures risk-optimized, profitable business growth.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM MST
Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Organizations used to think of portfolios just as a project management process for product or service launches. However, with the increased need to offer diversification and the early involvement of the supply chain, portfolio planning capability is taking a new dimension and is here to stay. In this session, we will review what it takes to have a good portfolio planning capability.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM MST
Xiaoshun Sue Grant, Director Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations are making changes to their supply chain capabilities to support resilience, including increasing the number of production facilities, suppliers, and increased inventory buffers and capacity buffers. All of these require organizations to improve their supply network capabilities to be able to orchestrate the network to deliver business outcomes.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM MST
Marko Pukkila, VP Analyst, Gartner
Without the notes, the song lyrics can be sung in many ways. Supply chain plans are always based on a set of assumptions. The problem is that too often there is no defined set of assumptions, but many unspoken ones. This leads not to beautiful music but cacophony. These differing assumptions erode the credibility of the entire planning process. We'll explore how to bring all stakeholders to a common understanding of the real plans.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM MST
Ryan Hight, Director of Supply Chain, Michelin North America, inc.
S&OE at Michelin North America, Inc was born out of necessity during COVID, but has become part of the organization’s Supply Chain Planning rhythm to drive cross-functional alignment to optimize delivery of their operational performance. Learn how they established and developed their S&OE “muscle” to allow them sharper visibility and faster, connected decision making.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM MST
Xiaoshun Sue Grant, Director Analyst, Gartner
There is only so much you can do in short term if your long-term capacity is misaligned with your business strategy. This session helps supply chain planning leaders to strategize their five to 10 years capacity planning.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM MST
Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Building resilience is a universal goal for supply chains today. Despite lofty ambitions, few would agree that they have become truly resilient. Bridging the gap between ambition and reality requires organizations to move beyond implementing discrete resiliency tactics and to begin enabling a resilient decision system. It requires planning leaders to embrace the uncertainty in the operating environment; to shift from being accuracy-obsessed in an impossible-to-predict environment to being decision-obsessed as conditions evolve.
The shift from resilient tactics to a resilient system starts in planning. It requires us to lose our obsession with being more right and become obsessed with getting good at being wrong.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM MST
Laura Rainier, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
As more companies start to look for ways to integrate sustainability into their operating practices, software providers are beginning to respond and develop the necessary capabilities. The inclusion of emissions data in S&OP activities and transportation planning efforts are examples of enabling the ability to drive more sustainable practices within the business versus stand-alone initiatives.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST
Christian Titze, VP Analyst, Gartner
Gartner defines decision intelligence tools as the software to design, model, execute and orchestrate decision flows, involving humans and machines, leveraging multiple AI, analytical and process techniques. Lately, this capability has become a must-have for supply chain leaders, helping orchestrate and transform supply chains toward being more agile and resilient.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 01:45 PM - 02:05 PM MST
This 2023 Hype Cycle for supply chain planning technologies covers technologies used to support planning decision making at all levels of the supply chain. Supply chain leaders should use this Hype Cycle to understand the maturity, viability and riskiness of various emerging supply chain planning technologies. This will help them understand how these technologies will evolve and how they could help benefit their operations now and in the future.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM MST
Joe Graham, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Utilizing a framework of criteria to guide selection, such as functionality, technology, usability, cost, customer support, viability and vision, to establish a high-level framework will ensure alignment of the proper vendors. This session will discuss why niche isn't bad; visionaries to grow with; and challengers to consider.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM MST
Caleb Thomson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Often, leaders fail to define a long-term approach to managing supply chain planning technology. Without organizational awareness to data quality and system usage over time, performance can degrade. Leaders should define an approach for long-term system maintenance and management that creates clear responsibilities between business and IT, and also iteratively review system usage with end users to ensure optimality. For this peer-driven roundtable discussion, come prepared to share challenges and strategies for long-term data governance and system maintenance of supply chain planning technology solutions.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM MST
Noha Samara, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The hype around Generative AI has been accelerating in the past few months. This session provides a foundational background on what Supply Chain planning leaders need to know about Generative AI and highlights the potential benefits and key considerations in order to gain value from Generative AI initiatives.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 / 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM MST
Maria Konnikova, Author, Psychologist, Poker Champion & Journalist,
In this talk, Maria Konnikova combines her personal experience as a champion poker player with her original research into the psychology of human decision-making to explore how we can all learn to make better decisions in every aspect of our lives – from the negotiating table to our personal relationships. How can we think probabilistically, manage our emotions, evaluate risk, distinguish the noise of chance from the elements of control, learn when to go all in, and when to fold? Journey with Konnikova into some of the deepest crevices of the human mind, and emerge with a roadmap for how you can – immediately and practically – become a clearer thinker and more optimal decision maker in all areas of your life.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM MST
Matthew Luhn, Award Winning Filmmaker, Director, Former Lead Storyteller and Animator at Pixar Studios,
Storytelling is the #1 business skill necessary to connect, motivate, and lead people in today’s world. Stories compel us to engage in experiences, learn lessons, and define our values and ourselves within our organization. Matthew Luhn, a 20-year Pixar story veteran, will share his experience creating and developing 10 blockbuster films at Pixar, and provides practical strategies that will teach and inspire you to connect more effectively with others on an emotional level. Matthew uses the power of storytelling to bridge the gap between business and heart, driving your story toward one unforgettable selling point.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM MST
Caleb Thomson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
What are organizations looking for when evaluating supply chain planning solutions? And what separates leaders, visionaries, challengers and niche players from each other? Join this theater to learn about the Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions 2023 and how you can benefit from this research.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MST
Joe Graham, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Supply chain planning leaders are cheerful about technology implementations and most likely have a good roadmap, tool, team and buy-in from the main stakeholders of the organization. However, as the project reaches the end, with the “normalization” of activities, there is a temptation to do workarounds, go back to old processes and, in some cases, use the tool as a data management system.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM MST
Christian Titze, VP Analyst, Gartner
Supply chain leaders need the ability to see, understand, and act on what is happening in and across their supply chains to ensure optimal customer service levels. Multienterprise collaboration network (MCN) solutions provide organizations the ability to connect and collaborate with their business partners. This session will highlight the range of solutions, architectural options and providers.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM MST
Joe Graham, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Supply chain planning leaders are increasingly asking their planning teams to accomplish tasks and execute processes that enable robust and resilient supply chains. Planners are no longer expected to act in a siloed functional way, rather, they are to collaborate cross-functionally across the multienterprise supply chain, drive critical and competitive insights from big data, run countless scenarios, all in an automated way.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM MST
Bill Oakley, VP Global S&OP and S&OE, Molex
Molex has been an industry leader in the constantly evolving interconnect space for 80 years. The company has been on a journey down the pathway to bring differentiation and leadership within its ever-evolving digital economy to leverage supply chain as a competitive advantage. Molex has begun a large-scale digital transformation of its supply chain to drive speed, visibility, agility, and end to end value to benefit customers, employees, and financial stakeholders. Learn how the Molex team built connected capabilities across the Product Development, Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics, and Operations functions and is leveraging these digital connections across the company to enable future growth.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM MST
Christian Titze, VP Analyst, Gartner
The analytics and decision intelligence platform market (A&DI) for supply chain is evolving, but remain highly fragmented. In this ask-the-expert session we will provide insights on the current maturity status and best practice insights from end-user implementations.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM MST
As supply chain planning leaders build their strategies to support digital business goals they must consider the role technology plays. Supply chain planning technologies are rapidly evolving, so companies need to ensure their technology strategy includes the necessary components to support higher levels of planning maturity.