Supply Chain innovations 2023
Solventure Program
As a yearly tradition, Solventure joined Supply Chain Innovations, at Antwerp Expo. We will enrich the program with practical cases and an interactive roundtable. The common thread through the presentations and talks will be Return on investment.
Scroll through the info below to discover the full S&OP stream and a free ROI assessment is your next best move.
From a 1-D Customer-Driven, to a 5-D Strategy-Driven Supply Chain
Speaker: Bram Desmet
Topic: In 2022, supply chains were disrupted by political, climate, and health crises. The world has yet to recover from it.
That's why we need to rethink our supply chains and the business strategies behind them.
We can't wait for the next crisis or disruption to hit before we act. By taking action now, you'll be able to:
Minimize risks and losses
Reduce costs
Improve communication with partners
"If we want to optimize our supply chains, we need better collaboration in companies between Supply Chain, Operations, Finance and Procurement). It must happen, and a big part will be to rewire people's brains en help them wake up to the new, volatile supply chain reality which requires a larger focus on digitalization and investment in tooling, there's simply no way around it."
Customer Cases & roundtable
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Speaker: Torsten Worm, Head of Supply Chain Strategy, Digitalization & Innovation at Danfoss
Topic: How Danfoss Climate Solutions balanced supply chain, strategy and finance.
Disclosing a real-life inventory journey on how to reduce working capital to fund Capex while dealing with the continued disruptions."People are an essential part of the supply chain, and one of the cores in our supply chain strategy. But supply chain professionals are also a scarce resource, so we need to follow up on a monthly basis how can we boost the talent base we have, and how we attract and retain new supply chain talent in our business."
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Speaker: Mathieu Van Quickenborne, S&OP Director at Ontex
Topic: How Ontex is tackling the new normal for Supply Chain.
Which steps did Ontex take over the last 2 years to better balance the Supply Chain Triangle, changing from a historically sales-driven organisation into a cluster structure where Supply Chain is part of the decision-making process."Our planning team would be nothing without Arkieva. You have everything in one place, as it’s interlinked with BI reporting, you can check all kinds of data on the fly, you can do scenario planning, etc. In the end, it's one big calculator which makes our supply chain planning so much easier, faster, and with a better outcome. And if you have a good SAP ERP and BI basis, you don't have to question your data anymore, which makes the planning process very efficient."
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Speaker: Joeri Kuik, Vice President Supply Chain Management and Managing Director at MediaMarktSatrun
Topic: S&OP in an OMNI-channel environment.
How did Media Markt use the Supply Chain Triangle to optimize their supply chain process and maximize ROI?One of the biggest transformations lies in the behaviour of our organisation, so that meant that we not only had to deal with a financial, technological and supply chain change, but also a huge transformation in the human resources area. This in the knowledge we have and in the way we work together, moving from separate siloes to cross-functional cooperation.
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Guests: Johan Boone, Plant Manager and Marijn Dhaenens, Quality Assurance Manager - Jules Destrooper
Topic: Roundtable with Jules Destrooper - Improve profitability through better product portfolio management.
How to rethink your Supply Chain?
We've all heard it before: supply chain is a critical part of the business. Supply chain is the backbone of your company, the lifeblood that keeps everything running smoothly. But what if I told you that's only true if you define supply chain as something other than what it's always been?
If you're ready to use supply chain as an ROI tool for growth and innovation instead of just another task list item —we'll explain how!