Martin Croissant

Roundtable 1:

Measuring the impact of rising logistics costs on supply chain strategy

Jan Eeckhoudt, Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Leader EMEA, Axalta Coating Systems

Roundtable 2:

How to gain more transparency in your logistics operations

Henning Schussmüller, Senior Manager Supply Chain and Logistics, Sumitomo Chemical Europe

Roundtable 3:
Redefining service policies to drive transport performance in the supply chain

Joris D'hondt, Global Supply Chain Project Manager, Eastman Chemical

Roundtable 4:
How will the pooling of logistics resources help reduce freight traffic levels across Europe?

Frank Andreseen, Vice President Logistics EMEA, Bayer Material Science

Roundtable 5:
What is the effect of global marine carriers’ influence on global logistics policies

Carsten Weers, Global Supply Chain Management, Monomers Division, BASF

Roundtable 6:
Assess the effectiveness of multi-modal transport methods for packaged bulk goods

Renaud Megard, Vice President Global Supply Chain, Cabot Corporation

Roundtable 7:
How to reduce customer lead times and decrease transportation costs

Martin Croissant, Global Supply Chain Director, The Dow Chemical Company

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

This panel discussion will feature industry experts and thoughts leaders who will summarise the key takeaways from LogiChem 2015 and share their views on where they think future supply chain developments lie.

• Don’t miss the chance to hear what industry leaders will be taking back to the office as well as chance to ask any questions that were not covered by the presentations.
• The perfect chance to hear what the experts’ summary of the conference looks like as well as the chance to get your last few questions answered.

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 overcome the challenges faced with integration applications into legacy systems

Martin Croissant, Global Supply Chain Director, The Dow Chemical Company

Roundtable 2:
What are the technology enablers to bring the evolution of supply chain forward

Thomas Foerster, VP Supply Chain Operations Europe, BASF

Roundtable 3:
Harnessing the influence of supply chain to break down internal silos

Hans-Robert Schmidt, Vice President - Head of Global Logistics Management, Lanxess

Roundtable 4:
Prioritise improvements in demand planning to support strategic change

Ralph van Weerdenburg, Senior Manager Supply Chain Planning & Optimization, SABIC

Roundtable 5:
Omni-channel demand planning and reconciliation of real time changes

Filip Buytaert, EMEA Demand Manager, Axalta Coatings Systems

Roundtable 6:
What implications will the inability to manage big data have on planning cycles?

Billy Duty, Director, Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Momentive

Roundtable 7:
How to achieve ‘end to end’ supply chain visibility – where to start and what’s the value?

Raf Van Aggelpoel, EMEA SC Improvement and Analytics Lead, Monsanto