Logichem 2015 (past event)
21 - 23 April, 2015
Contact Us: 44 (0) 207 368 9465
22nd April - Driving Value Throughout the Business
08:00 - 08:45 Registraion & Welcome Coffee
08:45 - 08:50 Opening Remarks
Charlotte Hutton, Programme Director, LogiChem 2015
08:50 - 09:00 Chair's Opening Address
09:00 - 09:30 KEYNOTE: Established vs. emerging markets: what will drive growth in Europe amidst fierce global competition?
- How the chemicals industry is battling increasing uncertainty in domestic markets while competition rages overseas
- How to cope with the changing economic environment to deliver high-performance business initiatives
- How to be more resilient and cost-effective in today's global marketplace
- How to align your supply chain strategy to support major growth initiatives directed from board level
09:30 - 10:00 LEADERS PANEL: The paradigm of insourcing vs. outsourcing – determining what is critical to enhance business performance
- Does flexibility and agility increase with outsourcing?
- How can supply chain support implementation and management of outsourced processes?
- Examining ways to reduce costs without sacrificing customer service
- Evaluating effective options for outsourcing supply chain operations
- Where does the balance sit now between servicing the client and protecting the bottom line? Do we have the balance right?
10:00 - 10:20 KEYNOTE: Driving supply chain efficiencies with technology and process improvements
- Consolidated efforts to achieve optimum routing guides for multiple shipping points
- Deployment of single integrated work process across multiple BU and countries
- Use of single technology platform for client to communicate with 100 plus carriers
- Automation and standardized work processes key drivers for efficiency
10:20 - 10:50 KEYNOTE: Global Business Process Management; the new paradigm for value contribution
- Introduction of Business Process Management Operating Model
- Steering of the global BASF Process Roadmap enabled by digital transformation
- Value contribution with Process Performance Indicator as main enabler
10:50 - 11:30 Networking Break & Refreshments
Don’t forget to sign up to the morning drill-down roundtable sessions
11:30 - 12:20 DRILL-DOWN ROUNDTABLES
Speakers:
Martin Croissant Global Supply Chain Director EMEA The Dow Chemical Company
Billy Duty Director, Supply Chain Center of Excellence Momentive
Tobias Zahlmann Head of Supply Chain Management Lanxess Elastomers
Christopher Spahn Senior Project Manager & PMO Lead Group Procurement Services Clariant
Henning Schussmüller Senior Manager Supply Chain and Logistics Sumitomo Chemical Europe
Folkert Tjebbes Director Materials Management & Planning EMEA Univar
Fabrice Schneider Head of S&OP and Supply Chain Strategy Merck Millipore
Peter Buysee EMEA Supply Chain Improvement Lead Monsanto
Jaap Mendel Operations and Supply Chain Director Axalta Coating Systems
Peter van Weeghel Regional Head of Supply Chain, Europe Arizona Chemical
Joris D'hondt Global Supply Chain Project Manager Eastman Chemical
Martin Croissant Global Supply Chain Director EMEA The Dow Chemical Company
Billy Duty Director, Supply Chain Center of Excellence Momentive
Tobias Zahlmann Head of Supply Chain Management Lanxess Elastomers
Christopher Spahn Senior Project Manager & PMO Lead Group Procurement Services Clariant
Henning Schussmüller Senior Manager Supply Chain and Logistics Sumitomo Chemical Europe
Folkert Tjebbes Director Materials Management & Planning EMEA Univar
Fabrice Schneider Head of S&OP and Supply Chain Strategy Merck Millipore
Peter Buysee EMEA Supply Chain Improvement Lead Monsanto
Jaap Mendel Operations and Supply Chain Director Axalta Coating Systems
Peter van Weeghel Regional Head of Supply Chain, Europe Arizona Chemical
Joris D'hondt Global Supply Chain Project Manager Eastman Chemical
These informal subject-specific roundtables give you a unique opportunity to drill down into the details of an issue by probing the knowledge and expertise of industry market leaders. Each roundtable is limited to 10 people for maximum interaction and is designed for you to meet like-minded peers and source practical solutions collaboratively.
Roundtable 1:
How to collaborate with procurement to leverage knowledge and buying power
Christopher Spahn, Senior Project Manager & PMO Lead Group Procurement Services, Clariant
Roundtable 2:
How to manage the impact of M&A activity on your supply chain
Tobias Zahlmann, Head of Supply Chain Management, BU Keltan Elastomers, Lanxess
Roundtable 3:
Leveraging internal collaboration between customer facing functions and supply chain to achieve accurate customer segmentation
Martin Croissant, Global Supply Chain Director, The Dow Chemical Company
Roundtable 4:
How does implementing LEAN have an impact on the supply chain: which LEAN elements have the biggest impact and which planning strategies, policies and practices do these LEAN elements impact most
Jaap Mendel, Operations and Supply Chain Director, Axalta Coating Systems
Roundtable 5:
How to attract and retain the right talent to your supply chain
Folkert Tjebbes, Director Materials Management & Planning EMEA, Univar
Roundtable 6:
Integrating your supply chain operations in a post-merger environment
Fabrice Schneider, Head of S&OP and Supply Chain Strategy, Merck Millipore
Roundtable 7:
The paradigm of insourcing vs. outsourcing: what should you consider?
Henning Schussmüller, Senior Manager Supply Chain and Logistics, Sumitomo Chemical Europe
Roundtable 8:
How to manage long distance, multi-modal supply chains in a green environment
Peter van Weeghal, Regional Head of Supply Chain, Europe , Arizona Chemical
Roundtable 9:
Inventory optimisation facilitation – defining the optimal stock policy solution
Billy Duty, Director, Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Momentive
Roundtable 10:
What is the impact of a sudden reduction of supplier capacity on your customer demand?
Joris D'hondt, Global Supply Chain Project Manager, Eastman Chemical
Roundtable 11:
How to monitor transport performance to improve the customer experience?
Peter Buysse, EMEA SC Improvement Lead, Customer Care, Monsanto
12:20 - 12:40 KEYNOTE: How simultaneous optimization of production and distribution increases efficiency and leverages integral supply chain management
- Introduction to Air Liquide: main products and supply chain cost drivers
- Optimization models & implementation
- Operational & organizational impact
- Day-to-day Operations vs. Strategic Planning
12:40 - 13:00 KEYNOTE: Operating Model Effectiveness; a competitive advantage
- Effectiveness, Ernst & Young GmbH
- Drivers and responses to change
- Operating Model Effectiveness as competitive advantage
- A holistic view on Operating Model
13:00 - 14:20 Networking Lunch
Choose your afternoon track or sign up to one of the workshop or creative boardroom sessions – limited places available
TRACK A: Achieving the optimal supply chain through collaboration
14:20 - 14:40 CASE STUDY: Innovation in logistics - solutions for supply chain challenges- Trends in the global chemical industry and their impact on supply chain as business enabler
- How innovation in chemical logistics can provide solutions to increase performance & reduce costs
TRACK B: Creating sustainable supply chains
14:20 - 14:40 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: Driving procurement from cost to value to enhance supply chain performance
In this innovative and interactive format, spend 20 minutes hearing a best practice case study before being challenged to find solutions to some of the most prevalent challenges in the industry. Engage in small interactive roundtable discussions and take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- How to build more successful strategic supplier models by incorporating performance and value metrics
- Understanding the formulation and boosting transparency by working with your suppliers
- Why it is no longer sustainable to contract on cost alone but to work with suppliers that meet order performance requirements
WORKSHOP: True integrated business planning
14:20 - 14:40 WORKSHOP: True integrated business planning: understand your market dynamics and setup a robust supply chain!
An invaluable opportunity for you to turn theory into practice by applying your knowledge in an experienced classroom environment. Each workshop is moderated by a leading practitioner and is open to participants to form part of a high level interactive discussion. Contribute to a new forward-looking project and create a step-by-step action plan on how to make it work.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- The true value of integrated business planning is in preparing for the uncertain future.
- In this master class we will discuss two approaches to maximize your IBP effectiveness by dealing with uncertainty:
- Apply Market Driver Based Forecasting to predict long term market development
- Make a robust plan. Uncertainty is a fact of life, robust optimization techniques make your supply chain less vulnerable for changing market circumstances
CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Organisational Model (12 people max.)
14:20 - 14:40 CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Striking the right balance between agility and standardisation of the supply chain to best support and manage growth
A more rigorous, creative and interactive approach to tackling the critical challenges you all face today. Collaborate with 11 of your peers to determine a new 3-step action plan to take back to the office and test. Share your recent experiences, challenge each other on points of disagreement and ultimately find a way forward that leverages the innovation, know-how and insights from the collective brain power in the room.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- Organisational models that fit the supply chain – are there synergies to be had global vs. regional? What are the trade offs?
- Do you have a corporate supply chain or do you put supply chain into the business?
- What is the supply chain model from matrix to organisation?
- With harmonisation and standardisation across the industry how do you refine and optimise for the future?
TRACK A: Achieving the optimal supply chain through collaboration
14:40 - 15:00 CASE STUDY: Supply chain collaboration – the triangulation of relationships, shared interests and perceived boundaries
TRACK B: Creating sustainable supply chains
14:40 - 15:00 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: Continued...WORKSHOP: True integrated business planning
14:40 - 15:00 WORKSHOP: Continued...CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Organisational Model (12 people max.)
14:40 - 15:00 CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Continued...TRACK A: Achieving the optimal supply chain through collaboration
15:00 - 15:40 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: Developing a concrete action plan to improve internal stakeholder management
In this innovative and interactive format, spend 20 minutes hearing a best practice case study before being challenged to find solutions to some of the most prevalent challenges in the chemical supply chain industry. Engage in small interactive roundtable discussions before each group presents its conclusions back to the audience. Take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- How to harmonise complex internal stakeholder groups to catalyse supply chain integrity
- How to enhance supply chain sustainability through engagement with internal stakeholders How can you align effective stakeholder management with corporate social responsibility and sustainable development policies
- How to effectively manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders to move towards a common set of shared drivers and goals
TRACK B: Creating sustainable supply chains
15:00 - 15:40 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: Continued...WORKSHOP: True integrated business planning
15:00 - 15:40 WORKSHOP: Continued...CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Organisational Model (12 people max.)
15:00 - 15:40 CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Continued...15:40 - 16:10 Networking Break & Refreshments
Pick your track and don’t forget to sign up to the afternoon workshop and boardroom sessions
TRACK A: Integrated S&OP to enhance demand planning
16:10 - 16:30 CASE STUDY: Evaluating the effectiveness of adopting fact based supply chain analytics to manage overall stock levels- How high volatility and complex dynamics (internal/external) are driving the need for fact based supply chain analytics solutions
- Using advanced S&OP technology to combine analytics and planning
TRACK B: Maximising business growth
16:10 - 16:30 CASE STUDY: Port of Antwerp: a deep Inland Seaport contributing to business growth and sustainability- Awaiting session abstract
WORKSHOP: Managing Demand (25 people max.)
16:10 - 16:30 SYNERGY WORKSHOP: Developing a collaborative approach to customer segmentation between business and supply chain functions
An invaluable opportunity for you to turn theory into practice by applying your knowledge in an experienced classroom environment. Each workshop is moderated by a leading practitioner and is open to participants to form part of a high level interactive discussion. Contribute to a new forward-looking project and create a step-by-step action plan on how to make it work.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- Developing a value adding collaborative approach between the business’ customer facing functions and the supply chain
- Explore the benefits of adding value to top customers and making cost savings on low value customers
- Strengthening focus on service lead time, customer service and satisfaction and volume levels
- Quantifying and demonstrating the value created and savings achieved at supply chain level as well as through accurate customer segmentation
- Identifying the best channels to market
CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Leadership (12 people max.)
16:10 - 16:30 CREATIVE BOARDROOM: How the chemical industry needs to position itself towards the future generation of nurturing talent management
A more rigorous, creative and interactive approach to tackling the critical challenges you all face today. Collaborate with 11 of your peers to determine a new 3-step action plan to take back to the office and test. Share your recent experiences, challenge each other on points of disagreement and ultimately find a way forward that leverages the innovation, know-how and insights from the collective brain power in the room.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- How can you be industry ambassadors by investing in new generations' professional development now?
- What are the personnel capabilities required to implement a lean strategy effectively?
- Leadership in the supply chain – how can you boost the chemical supply chain image and to attract talent both internally and externally?
- What are the trends in HR in terms of future talent & people development?
- Attracting internal personnel and changing the mind-set into that of the supply chain?
TRACK A: Integrated S&OP to enhance demand planning
16:30 - 17:10 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: New approaches to accurately forecast in a volatile and dynamic environment
In this innovative and interactive format, spend 20 minutes hearing a best practice case study before being challenged to find solutions to some of the most prevalent challenges in the industry. Engage in small interactive roundtable discussions and take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- Learn how to manage inherent volatility to better forecast demand and achieve process excellence
- Capturing forecasts and strategic investments to improve demand planning processes
- Adopting a value based planning approach to balance demand and supply volume
- Managing uncertainty and supporting distinctive service levels
TRACK B: Maximising business growth
16:30 - 17:10 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: How to accurately measure and manage supply chain performance to drive business growth
In this innovative and interactive format, spend 20 minutes hearing a best practice case study before being challenged to find solutions to some of the most prevalent challenges in the chemical supply chain industry. Engage in small interactive roundtable discussions before each group presents its conclusions back to the audience. Take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- Developing an integrated system to measure progress towards overall strategic goals
- Determining which KPIs are important to implement from the planning stage and which aren’t
- Improving internal decision making processes throughout the supply chain and the wider business
WORKSHOP: Managing Demand (25 people max.)
16:30 - 17:10 SYNERGY WORKSHOP: Continued...CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Leadership (12 people max.)
16:30 - 17:10 CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Continued...TRACK A: Integrated S&OP to enhance demand planning
17:10 - 17:30 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: Continued...
In this innovative and interactive format, spend 20 minutes hearing a best practice case study before being challenged to find solutions to some of the most prevalent challenges in the industry. Engage in small interactive roundtable discussions and take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers.
Discussion points:
Discussion points:
- Learn how to manage inherent volatility to better forecast demand and achieve process excellence
- Capturing forecasts and strategic investments to improve demand planning processes
- Adopting a value based planning approach to balance demand and supply volume
- Managing uncertainty and supporting distinctive service levels
TRACK B: Maximising business growth
17:10 - 17:30 CASE STUDY: ChemMed Tarragona - Chemistry Creating Future- ChemMed Tarragona; the framework of a cooperation-based model
- Opportunities for individual companies to conduct profitable business operations
- The chemical cluster as an engine and ambassador of the regional economy
WORKSHOP: Managing Demand (25 people max.)
17:10 - 17:30 SYNERGY WORKSHOP: Continued...CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Leadership (12 people max.)
17:10 - 17:30 CREATIVE BOARDROOM: Continued...17:30 - 19:30 Networking Drinks Reception
After a busy day of solution-focused sessions, relax and unwind with fellow speakers and attendees. Take advantage of the opportunity to network, share ideas off-line and check out new products and services from innovative solutions providers. Enjoy food, drinks and music!
19:30 - 23:59 Annual LogiChem Gala Dinner: De Peerdestal, Antwerp
Departure for LogiChem 2015 networking dinner. Please meet in the Hilton Antwerp hotel lobby for a prompt 19.15 departure to the restaurant. Dinner will begin at 19.30.
Please register your place on 44 (0) 207 368 9465 or logichem@wbr.co.uk.