Managing supply chain risk in fluctuating economic environments

Pre-Conference Focus Day: Tuesday 17th April 2012

8:30 Registration and coffee Registration and Coffee

9:15 Opening Remarks from the Chairman Jack Weiss, CEO & Founder, WAM Systems Opening Remarks from the Chairman Jack Weiss CEO & Founder, WAM Systems

9:30 Keynote Speech: Re-Defining Risk in the Chemical Supply Chain in the Context of the Current Dynamic Economic Environment • How do you redefine risk in the context of the current volatile climate? • Identifying the risks associated with margin squeezes – cutting cost whilst maintaining compliant supply chain relationships • Addressing the key risks – financial, environmental, security and continuity of supply • Implementing a robust risk management strategy along every step of the supply chain – shifting from a reactive to a pro-active risk management approach to decrease supply chain vulnerabilities

10:00 Optimising Demand Planning as a Key Tool to Sense & Identify Demand Changes Earlier and Respond Accordingly • Anticipating differentiated customer requirements and speed in the marketplace to improve reaction time – how can you stay ahead of the cycle? • Assessing the impact of Eurozone issues on European producers, and the indirect knock-on-effect on the wider market to overcome lower cost products coming into Europe from North America and emerging markets • How will the 2012 economy develop amid double dip recession fears? – Coping with downstream demand • Bridging the gap between extreme possible scenarios

10:30 Networking Refreshments Networking Refreshments

11:00 Devising Robust “What-if” Plans to Better Manage Uncertainty and Drive an Adaptive Response • Identifying vulnerabilities in the supply chain and how best to pre-empt and respond • Developing efficient adaptation strategies to deal with risk more effectively – what tools and strategies are available? • How can you quickly implement contingency plans to cope with the unexpected, be it caused by natural disasters or cost swings due to market volatility or unfavourable exchange rates? • How can you leverage true collaboration with your value-chain partners as a strategy to cope with the unexpected? • Is simplification better than complexity in the face of unprecedented events?

11:30 Closely Aligning The Physical Supply Chain With Financial Imperatives To Drive The Bottom Line and Mitigate Financial Volatility & Risk • Driving collaboration between supply chain and finance to minimise working capital • Enhancing the financial supply chain to optimise inventory levels and cash positions • Improving working capital efficiency by seamlessly integrating the data flows across the physical and financial supply chains

12:00 Lunch Lunch

13:00 Panel Discussion: Decreasing Risk by Increasing Internal and External Visibility in your Supply Chain Mary Scheibner, Global Supply Chain Director, BASF Sukumar Narasimhan, Senior Vice President Supply Chain, Reliance Industries Ltd Christian Backaert, European Supply Chain Manager, Solvin, Solvay Roger Kerckhoffs, Global Business Integration Manager, DSM • Turning risk into an opportunity: maximising systems’ linkage to achieve global visibility • Designing a robust, structured approach to risk management – what are the right tools, processes and software? • Linking systems together with operations, inventory planning and S&OP processes to achieve 360 degrees visibility Mary Scheibner Global Supply Chain Director, BASF Sukumar Narasimhan Senior Vice President Supply Chain, Reliance Industries Ltd Currently Sr. Vice President, Supply Chain with Reliance Industries Limited, India’s Largest Private Sector enterprise, Sukumar has close to three decades of experience handling different segments of the Supply Chain both at the Operational & Strategic level in firms from diverse industry segments. Beginning his career with the Public Sector HINDUSTAN COPPER, Sukumar has worked thr [read more] Christian Backaert European Supply Chain Manager, Solvin, Solvay November 2004-… European Supply Chain Manager: Responsible for planning, logistics, transportation, packaging and order processing activities for PVC production in Europe. Management of a team of 25 persons in europe Development and implementation of S&OP structure within Solvin. Implementation of service segmentation approach [read more] Roger Kerckhoffs Global Business Integration Manager, DSM Global Business Integration Manager Roger Kerckhoffs has 25 years of experience in the international process-industry. He has worked for companies active in commodity-chemicals, specialty chemicals, food and pharma. He has held strategic and operational positions in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Logistics and Purchasing, leading teams of up to 100 people. In his current assignment he is [read more]

14:00 Networking Refreshments Networking Refreshments

14:30 Managing Supply Chain Integrity and Risk in Emerging Markets Makarand Inamdar, General Manager - Supply Chain Management, Reliance Industries Ltd • Successfully managing inventories being based in far away locations which could pose a higher political risk – monitor and mitigate • Overcoming domestic challenges within emerging markets – under-developed logistics infrastructure, poor intellectual property compliance and supplier failure • Identifying and prioritising risk based on level of impact on margin – inflation, labour, business continuity, local skills, environmental pressures and flexibility • What are the long-term challenges of growing your business in China, India and Russia – how do they get their products certified? What is the potential for European expansion? • Examining the value of trade – feedstock, exchanges – and logistics functionality vs opportunity awareness Makarand Inamdar General Manager - Supply Chain Management, Reliance Industries Ltd

15:00 Successfully Managing Risk in Outbound Logistics – Perspectives from a 3PL and 4PL Successfully Managing Risk in Outbound Logistics – Perspectives from a 3PL and 4PL

15:30 Chairman’s Summary Chairman’s Summary

16:00 End of Focus Day & Site Visit to Lillo Port Centren End of Focus Day & Site Visit to Lillo Port Centren

19:30 LogiChem Pre-Conference Networking Dinner – Hosted By Camelot Management Consultants This invitation-only dinner is solely for chemical manufacturers attending LogiChem to network before the main conference begins. If you are interested in attending, please contact logichem@wbr.co.uk. Otherwise, you will receive a personal invitation from Camelot Management Consultants.