05 - 07 February, 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Channel Management Strategy and Supply Chain Optimisation

Main Conference Day Two: Thursday 7th February


Supply Chain and Logistics Conference

Evaluate case studies proven to deliver heightened flexibility so that you can better manage multiple supply chains and deliver better service to your customers.

Increase flexibility to deliver better service to your customers is a major driver as new markets and channels open up, and Emile Naus (Head of Logistics Strategy, M&S) is answering questions around how to make multi-channel retail distribution. Take part in his presentation to learn:

• How best to position inventory
• What the long term service requirements are
• How to get the best value for money

Expand full agenda below to see presentation details and speaker information

Channel Management StrategySupply Chain Optimisation
08.30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
Registration and Welcome Coffee
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Statement
Alan Waller, OBE, Visiting Professor, International Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School Of Management
Chairman’s Opening Statement
Alan Waller

Alan Waller
OBE, Visiting Professor, International Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School Of Management

Alan G Waller is Vice-President for Supply Chain Innovation at the International Consultancy Solving Efeso. He is also Visiting Professor in International Supply Chain Management at Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, International President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Chairman of the European Logistics Users Providers and Enablers Group (ELUPEG), [read more]
09.15 How can you deliver more for less?
Gavin Chappell, Supply Chain Director, Asda
  • Amidst the on-going Euro-Crisis how do you sweat what you’ve got with smaller investment?
    • Reduce lead time
    • Fully integrate physical assets
    • Collaborate
  • Use market uncertainty and shortage of investment to decrease exclusivity and increase sharing – data, storage, transport
  • Take an everyday low cost route approach
  • Go beyond recognition to practically implement ways in which to develop positive and rewarding relationships
Gavin Chappell

Gavin Chappell
Supply Chain Director, Asda

Gavin is currently Supply Director at Asda responsible for leading its Supply Chain Transformation programme as well its Supply function. Gavin recently joined Asda, after 6 years as Supply Chain Director at Boots the Chemist, where he led 2 major change programmes aimed at improving on shelf availability through major re-engineering of the end to end Supply Chain processes at Boots. This culminat [read more]
09.45 Successfully making the transition from pockets of collaboration to collaboration throughout the end to end supply chain
Peter Surtees, European Supply Chain Director, Kimberly-Clark
  • Delivering tangible impact, return and delivery on cost through joint initiatives
  • Fostering higher levels of trust between customer and supplier
  • How do we align the same corporate ideas and directions?
  • How do we influence wider profit cycle impact? Need a bigger vision
  • How can true end to end collaboration be achieved?
  • Need to exchange relevant data effectively – improve service, inventory, delivery time, visibility, KPIs, benchmark costs, optimising transport, warehousing, optimising skills
  • Collaboration is going to be an evolution. Need to further optimise internally. True end-to-end with supplier and customers is ultimate goal
  • What are the barriers to true end-to-end collaboration with customers and suppliers
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Peter Surtees
European Supply Chain Director, Kimberly-Clark

10.15 Supply chain optimisation case study: Integrate flow controls and boost visibility to improve cost base
John Marsden, Group Logistics Development Director, Unilever
Supply chain optimisation case study: Integrate flow controls and boost visibility to improve cost base
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John Marsden
Group Logistics Development Director, Unilever

10.45 Coffee, Networking and Speaker’s Corner
Coffee, Networking and Speaker’s Corner
11.15 Case study: Optimising retail inventory management by adopting a more responsible collaborative style between supplier and retailer
Calum Lewis, Operations Director, Lego
  • How can the supply chain be more responsive?
  • What data can be used to better inform decisions?
  • Can you actually establish the ROI rewards and tangible benefits?
  • Implement scale to synchronise demand with supply
  • The impact of commercial factors on planning
  • A review of recent case studies and the challenges and opportunities offered by collaboration to improve the management of inventory in retail
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Calum Lewis
Operations Director, Lego

Calum has been developing and managing supply chains in Consumer Goods and Retail sectors for over 20 years. With broad experience across demand planning, Sales & Operations Planning, distribution, procurement and systems development, both in line management and in consultancy, he has successfully transformed financial and operational performance in a number of businesses by develo [read more]
11.45 CASE STUDY: How do you design an ultra-low cost business model and implement the supply chain within it most effectively?
Petri Jarvinen, Director, Supply Chain Strategic Programmes, Nokia
CASE STUDY: How do you design an ultra-low cost business model and implement the supply chain within it most effectively?
Petri Jarvinen

Petri Jarvinen
Director, Supply Chain Strategic Programmes, Nokia

Summary
  • Supply Chain leader with strategic and operational experience at global/regional level and at operating company level in two leading companies in FMCG (Unilever) and Hi Tech Electronics (Nokia) industrIes
  • experience in managing business change from country operations to regional/global operations and implementing regional/global objectives, operating models and process model [read more]
12.15 Lunch and Networking
Lunch and Networking
14.30 Refreshments & Networking
Refreshments & Networking
15.00 Roundtables
Alan Waller, OBE, Visiting Professor, International Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School Of Management
1. Moving from leadership OF the supply chain to BY the supply chain – using a business model that leverages supply chain capabilities and vice versa
Professor Alan Waller OBE, Visiting Professor in International Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School Of Management

2. Understanding the true value of efficient, quality customer segmentation
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3. Making horizontal collaboration work – what added value is needed?
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4. Planning and managing transport in a collaborative way - how do you combine transportation flows across multi-markets?
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Alan Waller

Alan Waller
OBE, Visiting Professor, International Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School Of Management

Alan G Waller is Vice-President for Supply Chain Innovation at the International Consultancy Solving Efeso. He is also Visiting Professor in International Supply Chain Management at Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, International President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Chairman of the European Logistics Users Providers and Enablers Group (ELUPEG), [read more]
16.00 Chairman’s Summary
Chairman’s Summary
16.15 Close of Conference
Close of Conference

 

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