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CLUB MEETING



LONDON, 22ND NOVEMBER 2023





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NOT A REGULAR CONFERENCE

With traditional conferences, you usually don't know who else will be there or
who would be good to connect with. Networking can be awkward which is why it
often comes to randomly meeting people at the coffee stand! Presentations may
contain useful insights but tend to be abstract, high level and overly polished,
skimming over the really useful bits. Communication is mostly one-way, with
little opportunity to contextualise or clarify key points. If, despite these
challenges, you find inspiration and make some new contacts, what's the lasting
impact once you're back at work and dealing with day-to-day challenges? 



See also feedback on LinkedIn


KEEPING IT REAL

We keep the focus on real-world, practical experience. Through case studies and
interactive discussions, participants hear directly about what's working, what
challenges were overcome and how.



HIGH RELEVANCE

You select the discussion sessions you are most interested in. We invite your
input about what you'd like to be addressed to maximise relevance for your
context and current focus areas.


TRUSTED ENVIRONMENT

You know in advance who else will be attending the meeting and who will be
joining each of your selected sessions. The whole setup is designed to foster
openness and candid, high value exchanges.


PERSONALISED NETWORKING

Each participant completes an interests profile which helps us to suggest 121
meetings as part of your personalised agenda and helps you to identify others
who would be useful to connect with.


ROUNDTABLES & DISCUSSIONS

We believe that everybody can bring something to the table whether it's
first-hand experience or good questions which is why we structure the day in a
way that maximises interaction and sharing.




ONGOING CONTACT

In-person meetings work in tandem with our regular online discussions to support
ongoing best practice insights and networking, providing opportunities to
soundboard with your peers each step of the way.


ONLINE DISCUSSION PROGRAMME


Our responsive online discussions typically involve participants based on the
compatibility of their interests and contexts so we can keep a tight focus and
dig deeper into each area of best practice. They're flexible and limited to 60
minutes so we can bring together a wider range of experience and insights over
time, leading to more effective best practice-sharing.

Upcoming online discussions
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HIGHLIGHTS


REAL WORLD DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Nigel's Substack posts are required reading, condensing his many years of
experience both as a practitioner and consultant into lucid insights into the
real-world challenges and best practices in supply chain digital transformation
including:
- Why is it so hard? How to go from solving discrete problems to designing
coherent and integrated user centric solutions?
- How to see through the hype surrounding digital supply chain technologies?
Graph vs SQL database foundations
- What are the real barriers to successful digital transformation and
self-driving supply chains?
- How and why the supply chain workforce needs to become future fit?
- Building supply chain (and personal) resilience


Nigel Issa
Digital Supply Chain Mentor & Longevity Entrepreneur, Former Head/Director of
Supply Chain Analytics



Unilever, PwC, Opera Solutions...


THE DECARBONISATION OF FREIGHT AND THE FUTURE OF SUPPLY CHAINS

Global freight emissions are heading in the wrong direction. If targets to cut
emissions by 40% by 2030 and 70% by 2050 are to be met, the structure of trade
and supply chains will need to be fundamentally redesigned. How is this
transformation likely to take shape and what are the implications for supply
chain strategy and network design?

- The size of the challenge
- Potential solutions


   - wind power

   - non-fuel technology

- The interplay with supply chain resilience & thinking outside the box



Mark Williams
Founder & Managing Director
Shipping Strategy Ltd.


BUILDING TRUST WITHIN TEAMS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Throughout the many best practice discussions we hold on a broad spectrum of
supply chain transformation topics, one challenge is at the heart of all of
them....people. This is often framed as gaining buy-in, trusting the number,
process adherence and working within the tool or platform but boils down to
persuading people to leave their comfort zones which requires trust.
Doug has decades of experience coaching executives and leadership teams to build
and maintain trust using simple techniques to better understand and adapt to
personal styles.




Doug Spence
Managing Partner
Pivotum & Spence Associates


Register interest


BEST PRACTICE LEADERS PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE INCLUDE...

Members shown below have indicated that they'd like to join this meeting. Our
pre-meeting process reconfirms participation and provides further insights on
members' current priorities, initiatives and challenges which we use to optimise
discussion groups and recommended connections.


JONATHAN STOKOE

Executive Head of Supply Chain




LAURA WATSON

Operations Director




STEVE HILL

Director Supply Chain Management




SUKI BHULLAR

Supply Chain Director




IVAN YERENA

Global Planning One Forecast Lead




MARK RAMESSA

Global Supply Chain Director




STEVE HILL

Director Supply Chain Management




SUKI BHULLAR

Supply Chain Director




ADRIAN BENTLEY

Head of Planning (UK)




NICOLE KURZ

Head of Supply Chain Services




CALUM GILL

Global SC Excellence Lead




NATHAN ROSS

Supply Chain Director, Europe




ADRIAN BENTLEY

Head of Planning (UK)




PAULA STEVENSON

Former Supply Chain & Operations Director




SERGIO ROSA

Demand Planning, EMEA




NATHAN ROSS

Supply Chain Director, Europe - ASC




ANAND PATHAK

Global Business Partner - Planning




AMY XUE

Head of Supply Chain




JOLYON MASKELL

Head of Supply Chain CoE




GEN MASSEY

Supply Chain Director




SUZANNE LÖVSUND

S&OP Manager EUROC




AMY XUE

Head of Supply Chain




CEDRIC PLETTINX

Digital Transformation Program Lead




ANNE ALDERSON

Group Head of IBP




CHRISTOPHE CLUZEL

EMEA Supply Chain Director




SAMANTHA ROPER

Senior Director, EMEA Planning




NICK GORTON

Former Supply Chain Director




RACHEL SELLERS

Supply Chain Development, Planning & Analytics




CHRISTOPHE CLUZEL

EMEA Supply Chain Director




SAMANTHA ROPER

Senior Director, EMEA Planning




KUDZAI MHEMBERE

Logistics Strategy Lead




RACHEL SELLERS

Supply Chain Development, Planning & Analytics




ARADHANA KUKREJA

S&OP Lead




JACK THOMAS

Head of Supply Chain




JON CORCORAN

IBP Excellence Director




ABHIGNAN MADURI

Supply Planning Manager




SIMON KEMPSTON

Group Head of Supply Chain




ROB WILKINSON

Demand Manager




BECKY MORTON

Planning & S&OP Manager




PHILIP PARKYN

UK Demand Planning Director




OZGEN MULAYIM

Senior Demand & Supply Planner




ALAN CLARKE

Supply Chain & Operations Director




VIKAS RAJKUMAR

Global Director, Analytics




SIMON JOLIFFE

European Planning Director




OZGEN MULAYIM

Senior Demand & Supply Planner




ALAN CLARKE

Supply Chain & Operations Director




VIKAS RAJKUMAR

Global Director, Analytics




SIMON JOLIFFE

European Planning Director




JONAS SÖBORN

Head of Customer Excellence, Northern Europe




PHILIPPA HILLS

Supply Chain & Operations Director




LORNA FORBES

Head of Supply Chain Transformation




DAN BIRD

Global Director Supply Chain




JONAS SÖBORN

Head of Customer Excellence, Northern Europe




PHILIPPA HILLS

Supply Chain & Operations Director




MATT NORMINGTON

Head of EMEA Demand Management




DAN BIRD

Global Director Supply Chain




LORNA FORBES

Head of Supply Chain Transformation




MARTIN CORNER

Head of Supply Chain Management




HENRY GODBER

Head of International Supply Chain




ANGELO BERNARDINELLO


Head of Demand Planning




EDWARD OSBORNE

Group Operations Director




YASEMIN AKALAN

Planning Manager




ANAND PATIL

S&OP Leader




MAEOLISSA ROGERS

Group SC Project Manager




CIBELE CECILIATO

Global Demand Planning Manager




EDWARD OSBORNE

Group Operations Director




ANDY WALKER

Program Lead Advanced Planning




CHARLES ZERBIB

Head of Planning & Innovation




CIBELE CECILIATO

Global Demand Planning Manager




NICK GREEN

Supply Chain & Operations Director




ANDY WALKER

Program Lead Advanced Planning




CHARLES ZERBIB

Head of Planning & Innovation




MAEOLISSA ROGERS

Group SC Project Manager




BASSEM EL-DESSOUKY


Senior Business Process Expert




KARL ROBINSON

Head of Supply Chain




IAIN HARRIS

Head of Demand Planning




DAMIAN BATES

SC Optimisation Manager




BASSEM EL-DESSOUKY


Senior Business Process Expert




IAN MCINTYRE

Strategy & Transformation Lead




ADAM GRIMWOOD

Head of SC Performance Delivery




MIKE POCOCK

Demand Planning Manager




CATARINA NASCIMENTO


Planning Improvement Manager




KARL ROBINSON

Head of Supply Chain




IAIN HARRIS

Head of Demand Planning




ELENA BERNATSKAYA

UK & WE Supply Chain Director




NEIL WESTWATER


Head of Demand Planning




MARTIN MIRIMO

Lead Supply Chain Manager - HS2




SULEYMAN NEZIH


 KOCAMAN

Global Supply Chain Director




ELENA BERNATSKAYA

UK & WE Supply Chain Director




NEIL WESTWATER


Head of Demand Planning




MARTIN MIRIMO

Lead Supply Chain Manager - HS2




SULEYMAN NEZIH


 KOCAMAN

Global Supply Chain Director




ERCAN UZ

Regional Demand Lead, EMEA




MICHAEL BURNS


Head of Supply Chain




STE KURZEJA

Head of Inbound Supply Chain




TOM RICE

Interim Head of Supply Chain




ERCAN UZ

Regional Demand Lead, EMEA




MARIE ZAMECNIKOVA


Digital Tech Lead




STE KURZEJA

Head of Inbound Supply Chain




TOM RICE

Interim Head of Supply Chain


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Register interest



AGENDA

 08.30 Registration & welcome 09.00 - 09.30

Keynote: The Decarbonisation of Freight and the Future of Supply Chains
Global freight emissions are heading in the wrong direction. If targets to cut
emissions by 40% by 2030 and 70% by 2050 are to be met, the structure of trade
and supply chains will need to be fundamentally redesigned. How is this
transformation likely to take shape and what are the implications for supply
chain strategy and network design?

- The size of the challenge
- Potential solutions


   - wind power

   - non-fuel technology

- The interplay with supply chain resilience & thinking outside the box

Mark Williams, Founder & Managing Director, Shipping Strategy Ltd



 09.30 - 10.30
Roundtable discussions - multiple discussions take place concurrently throughout
the day. Each participant selects their top discussion topics (see below). We
create individual agendas to optimise the discussion groups for each topic.
 10.30 - 11.15 Break & networking 11.15 - 12.00 Q&A: Real World Digital Supply
Chain
Nigel's Substack posts are required reading, condensing his many years of
experience both as a practitioner and consultant into lucid insights into the
real-world challenges and best practices in supply chain digital transformation
including:
- Why is it so hard? How to go from solving discrete problems to designing
coherent and integrated user centric solutions?
- How to see through the hype surrounding digital supply chain technologies?
Graph vs SQL database foundations
- What are the real barriers to successful digital transformation and
self-driving supply chains?
- How and why the supply chain workforce needs to become future fit?
- Building supply chain (and personal) resilience

Nigel Issa, Digital Supply Chain Mentor & Longevity Entrepreneur, Former
Head/Director of Supply Chain Analytics, Unilever, PwC, Opera Solutions...

 12.00 - 13.00 Roundtable discussions - multiple discussions take place
concurrently throughout the day. Each participant selects their top discussion
topics (see below). We create individual agendas to optimise the discussion
groups for each topic. 13.00 - 14.00Lunch & networking 14.00 - 14.45
 Foresight presentation: How Generative AI can drive supply chain transformation
Supply chain transformation is, at heart, about harnessing huge volumes of
structured and unstructured data to gain valuable insights into costs, demand
patterns and supply volatility. Generative AI has the capability to analyse
large amounts of data from multiple sources to identify, contextualise and
summarise patterns, providing insights and decision support and, potentially,
automated decisions.



(tbc)


 14.45 - 15.45Roundtable discussions - multiple discussions take place
concurrently throughout the day. Each participant selects their top discussion
topics (see below). We create individual agendas to optimise the discussion
groups for each topic.
15.45 - 16.15 Break & networking 16.00 - 16.30 Making It Happen: Building Trust
Within Teams and Stakeholders
Throughout the many best practice discussions we hold on a broad spectrum of
supply chain transformation topics, one challenge is at the heart of all of
them....people. This is often framed as gaining buy-in, trusting the number,
process adherence and working within the tool or platform but boils down to
persuading people to leave their comfort zones which requires trust.
Doug has decades of experience coaching executives and leadership teams to build
and maintain trust using simple techniques to better understand and adapt to
personal styles.

Doug Spence, Managing Partner, Pivotum & Spence Associates

 16.30 - 18.00Games, drinks & networking

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Register interest


ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION TOPICS

The final menu of discussion topics is determined by the interests of
participating members and confirmed around one month before the meeting.

IBP: working capital as the key to cross-functional buy-in for planning
transformation
- perfecting the 'demand-supply-finance' triangle
- inventory & working capital optimisation
- building the business case for finance teams and budget holders


Integrating demand sensing with tactical execution to eliminate the bullwhip
effect
- harnessing external, real-time data faster than a human can process it

- converting demand sensing data into actionable insights e.g. on current orders
- quantifying the impact on inventory and working capital


Closing the gap between plan and execution
- why steps forward in planning maturity and technological sophistication are
not always matched by the end results
- data connectivity and process automation as critical enablers for decision
intelligence
- mapping the route to fully automated and resilient 'no touch' planning &
execution


What should a supply chain data transformation roadmap look like?
- (how) is disconnected data a major constraint for supply chain transformation?

- what (small) steps can be taken to leverage existing data and systems?
- striking the right balance between long-term, strategic goals and short-term,
tactical demands & pressures


Structuring supplier relationships for value-add innovation, collaboration &
resilience
- why a singular focus on the numbers won't cut it in a post-pandemic world
- no more pinning jelly to the wall: structure as the key for SMART supplier
collaboration
- real-time engagement for actionable insights & resilience


AI & deep learning for granular forecast accuracy
- current limitations of forecast accuracy & implications for replenishment &
inventory optimisation

- how better intelligence can sharpen existing forecasting processes and systems
- inside the 'glassbox': clarity about demand drivers and their impact


End-to-end supply chain visibility & control
- real-time monitoring and exception handling
- effective supplier collaboration
- harnessing data for supply chain design & optimisation


End-to-end digitalisation & automation for resilience
- identifying resilience weaknesses in supply chain operating models
- how digitalising assets and resources reinforces visibility, planning and
execution
- automating workflows and processes throughout the asset life-cycle


Supply chain sustainability: benchmarking & beyond
- best practice in measuring and monitoring supplier sustainability metrics
- mapping the journey to delivering net zero for supply chain
- prioritising initiatives to deliver both sustainability and resilience


Global transport optimisation and resilience in a volatile world
- securing transport of critical supply
- striking the right balance between resilient and lean transport
- strategic LSP collaboration for customer service


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VENUE LOCATION

The venue is in central London with nearby access from several rail and
underground stations. Full details will be provided when you confirm your
participation.


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PARTNERS

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MEMBERS INCLUDE



 * It's given me confidence that our approach looks as though it might at least
   be a sensible starting point and allows me to spend more time doing that
   analysis - Berkeley Group
 * Excellent insights into similar industries and like-minded professionals all
   on the same journey - C&C Group
 * A great forum to share new ideas and to ask fellow practitioners for
   questions and advice - Kingfisher
 * An opportunity to see what other businesses are doing in similar operational
   areas, share experiences and discuss common challenges - Atlas Copco
 * Cross-company knowledge and experience sharing - Johnson & Johnson
 * An informal way to meet your peers to exchange views on industry and supply
   chain best practices to help us better respond to current and future
   challenges - General Mills








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