Virtual Conference: Best Practices in Supply Chain Productivity: People, Process, and Technology

Group Editorial Director
Michael Levans

Keynote: Want a Great Supply Chain? Focus on Your People!

John Gattoma,
Consultant and Educator

Keynote speaker John Gattorna will tell how companies can achieve supply chain excellence and deliver maximum value for their customers and stakeholders by focusing on their most important resource—people.

Gattorna is an internationally respected authority on supply chain management. A consultant, educator, and author, Gattorna's books have been translated into Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

His latest book, Dynamic Supply Chains: Delivering Value through People gives practical advice on how supply chain excellence can get you closer to customers and set you on a path to steady growth.

Marc Bessho
Manager,
Supply Chain Technology Practice

In most logistics and supply chain organizations, labor represents the single largest cost component, yet it's often the most misunderstood; and, in turn, the most underutilized. In this session, our panel will discuss several best practices for implementing a comprehensive labor management program that includes engineered work standards tied to a labor management system (LMS) design to boost productivity and help define career paths.

Attendees will learn:

• The fundamental benefits of a labor management program
• How use data to create incentive-based pay incentives
• How to improve productivity and workforce satisfaction

Global Supply Chain Management team

Global supply chain managers will be facing three game-changing issues over the next few years that will force a radical change in supply chain behavior: infrastructure, demographics, and energy. In this session, a panel of three Accenture analysts will take a closer look at how those issues will affect supply chain operations in Asia, Europe, and the United States, and offer practical insight into how managers can prepare now to overcome these pending barriers to success.

Attendees will learn:

• The top supply chain issues in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
• The effects of infrastructure, demographics, and energy on SCM
• How to change global SCM behavior to prepare for the future

Adrian Gonzalez
Director, Logistics Viewpoint

How well you use technology can have a major impact on the efficiency and productivity of a core element of supply chain management—transportation. Our featured speaker will address this critical topic, citing real-world examples and best practices. Attendees will learn what to look for in technology solutions such as Transportation Management Systems (TMS), how to decide which is best, and then how to implement a solution for maximum effect.

Attendees will learn:

• The various technology solutions available for transportation management
• The benefits that they can expect from implementing a TMS system
• Practical tips on technology implementation to ensure a smooth start-up and long-term success

Kevin Hume
Principal, Supply Chain Information Technology

Technology has revolutionized warehouse & DC operations and has helped managers gain inventory visibility that was sorely lacking before the influx of warehouse management systems (WMS). However, even though recent reports find that spending on technology inside the four walls will be increasing over the next two years, that same research indicates that there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the overall benefits WMS can offer once tied together with supplemental technologies.
In this session, a panel of analysts will explore the many paths to creating a fully integrated warehouse management solution.

Attendees will learn:

• How to assess which technologies will improve warehouse & DC processes
• Benefits of tying WMS into supplemental management systems
• Best practices for improving overall operations through technology