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The North American Supply Chain Executive Summit

September 22-24, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV

Hosted by Executive Platforms and the Supply Chain Board

Meeting Agenda

12:00pm - 5:30pm

Member Exclusive Content

12:30 pm
Registration and Refreshments
1:00 pm
Welcome and Introductions
1:10 pm
Practitioner-Led Workshops – Stream 1: Measuring What Matters: Building a Customer-Centric Supply Chain

Is customer-centricity the future of supply chain, or is it just the next buzzworthy industry term? More importantly, how can you measure its impact? Join this collaborative session to discuss with your peers the key KPIs that drive customer-focused outcomes. Come prepared to discuss which metrics truly reflect customer value and which are just noise. The Supply Chain Logisitics and Planning Board is here to support the timely discussions you need to have. 

1:10 pm
Practitioner-Led Workshops – Stream 2: “Cost Out” Strategies – Where are You Seeing Wins?

With ongoing uncertainty and rising prices driving up supply chain costs, how can you effectively take cost out without sacrificing service levels? Supply chain leaders are expected to reduce spending – but what strategies are actually working? In this confidential session, we’ll discuss where leaders are seeing the biggest cost wins, which cost-reduction framework and tools are proving most effective, and how to implement changes that drive real savings. You won’t want to miss this nowhere-else discussion opportunity.

1:40 pm
Break
1:45 pm
Practitioner-Led Workshops – Stream 1: Tariffs, Wars, and Geopolitics: How to Maintain an Agile Supply Chain

Amidst global unrest, how can a supply chain leader effectively do their job? No one understands these pressures better than your peers in the Supply Chain Logistics and Planning Board. This workshop is an opportunity to candidly discuss how to build flexibility into supply chain operations—from scenario planning and supplier diversification to nearshoring and risk-mitigation strategies. As quickly as the headlines change, you’re always able to be one step ahead by tapping into the brain trust of your fellow supply chain leaders.

1:45 pm
Practitioner-Led Workshops – Stream 2: The Reality of Green Logistics: What are the Biggest Roadblocks?

Where are the most significant hurdles when it comes to green logistics in your supply chain? This workshop is a benchmarking session for big brands to share their challenges in terms of reducing transportation emissions, reverse logistics, and more. We’ll leverage this confidential space to share resources and approaches that have helped us confront roadblocks in green logistics.

2:15 pm
Break
2:20 pm
Practitioner-Led Workshops – Stream 1: Finding the Right Supply Chain Org Structure

What’s the best supply chain structure for your organization—centralized, decentralized, or hybrid? Each model has tradeoffs in speed, control, cost, and resilience. In this candid, confidential workshop, we’ll discuss how companies are structuring their supply chains and what’s working (or not). We welcome your experiences, shifts in structure, re-orgs, and more. Be ready to talk through which supply chain structure you feel is best positioned for the future. 

2:20 pm
Practitioner-Led Workshops – Stream 2: Making Supplier Data Work

Supplier data is often incomplete, inconsistent, or unreliable, making it difficult to drive real supply chain visibility and leverage technology. Many organizations struggle to define what data they truly need, how to validate it, and whether automation is helping or creating new challenges. Let’s dig in and chat about how we’re working to get the most out of our supplier data. Come together with other supply chain leaders to discuss how we’re building supplier data processes that increase visibility and efficiency. 

2:50 pm
Networking (Snack) Break
3:05 pm
Peer Advisory Roundtables

Example Topics 

  • Decision automation – what’s realistic?
  • Managing risk – building resilience 
  • Evolving your IBP process 
  • 3PLs – when to use, when to skip 
3:35 pm
Break
3:40 pm
Peer Advisory Roundtables

Example Topics 

  • Winning the talent war – attracting and growing top talent
  • Network design – reduce cost, boost agility 
  • Scope 3 – tracking and reducing emissions 
  • Supply chain tech stack – what’s worth the investment? 
4:10 pm
Closing Remarks
4:15 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Member Dinner (by invite only)

Exclusive to members of the Supply Chain Logistics & Planning Board

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Member Exclusive Content

Welcome Day Panel: Inflation and Tariff Impacts on Procurement and Sourcing

How are organizations of different sizes and footprints dealing with the impacts of inflation on their procurement operations?

  • Taking lessons learned from past economic downcycles and applying them to today’s business landscape
  • Sharing the pain points and easing burdens: The power of rebalancing long-standing business relationships have fallen out of equity to strike new mutually beneficial arrangements
  • Exploring lean methodology and other solutions that can reduce costs and do more with less in difficult times
2:05pm - 3:05pm

Member Exclusive Content

Putting Customers at the Heart of the Supply Chain

Joe Garvin

Joe Garvin

Director of Global Transportation

3M Co.

Hear how leading organizations are aligning their supply chains with customer insights to efficiently meet demand while adapting to changing market dynamics. This session will provide valuable perspectives on balancing customer focus with a connected supply chain.

3:10pm - 4:10pm

Member Exclusive Content

Welcome Day Panel: The ROI on Women in Operational Leadership has Never Been Higher

  • Creating a purpose-driven strategy that makes an impact as our organizations grows and nurtures a diverse workforce
  • Understanding the leader’s role as a force to shape and demonstrate corporate culture, and to serve as a catalyst for equality and inclusion
  • Sharing typical challenges faced by corporations when trying to promote diversity in the workforce
  • Illustrating the importance of today’s leaders building up and supporting the next generation our organizations will need for the future. What does that look like on a day-to-day basis?
  • Offering examples of strong and effective mentorship programs in onboarding, cross-training, job shadowing, and continuing education that make the difference
4:15pm - 4:50pm

Member Exclusive Content

Making AI-Powered Forecasts Useful to Supply Chains

  • Moving past the mindset that imperfect, unpredictable forecasts are the best we can do as we try to balance demand and supply
  • Understanding what makes a forecasting model actionable and understandable
  • Reviewing how we have navigated ‘wrong’ forecasts based on information failures to better inform how we can take these reactive best practices and make them proactive strategies
  • Bringing AI tools into our existing processes to automate, rationalize, enhance, and clarify the good work we are already doing
  • Looking at how intelligent agility can mitigate tradeoffs, even in the face of the tremendous disruptions, and ensure that forecasting feeds into a process that can deliver the value the C-suite expects these days from supply chain
4:55pm - 5:55pm

Member Exclusive Content

Adapting to Changes in U.S. Tariffs: Strategies to Minimize Cost and Maximize Flexibility

Paul Gallagher

Paul Gallagher

Chief Supply Chain Officer

General Mills

  • Design flexible procurement plans to navigate tariff changes
  • Source alternative suppliers to reduce tariff exposure
  • Leverage trade compliance strategies to lower tariff liabilities
  • Build a cost-sensitivity analysis to mitigate tariff impacts
6:00pm

Member Exclusive Content

6:15pm

Member Exclusive Content

6:30pm

Member Exclusive Content

6:00pm

Member Exclusive Content

7:30am - 8:15am

Member Exclusive Content

8:15am - 8:20am

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Opening Remarks and Important Announcements

8:20am - 8:30am

Member Exclusive Content

Chair’s Welcome Address

8:30am - 9:05am

Member Exclusive Content

Building Generative AI Foundations in Supply Chain Operations

Ana Corrales

Ana Corrales

Chief Operating Officer, Hardware

Google

  • Explore the transformative impacts of generative AI on supply chain strategies and operations
  • Analyze the foundational capabilities required for successful genAI implementation, including sourcing clean data and integrating AI-ready infrastructure
  • Equip supply chain teams with targeted upskilling programs to leverage genAI effectively
  • Apply actionable recommendations to enhance decision-making and efficiency with generative AI technologies
9:05am - 9:40am

Member Exclusive Content

Supply Chain Ecosystem Partnerships: Building Stronger Collaborations Across Industries

Nestor de Mattos

Nestor de Mattos

Corporate VP & Chief Supply Chain Officer

Dow

  • Identify opportunities for cross-industry collaboration to improve efficiency
  • Establish shared goals and metrics to align partner objectives
  • Build trust and transparency through joint initiatives and open communication
  • Leverage ecosystem partnerships to innovate and address shared challenges
9:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Decision Intelligence: Accelerating AI for Autonomous Supply Chains

Executive to be Announced

Aera Technology

In a landscape defined by increased change and complexity, supply chain management demands a strategic integration of Decision Intelligence. Decision Intelligence, which sits at the intersection of data, AI, and automation, enables companies to make faster and better decisions and build their supply chains into a competitive advantage. Join us to hear how customers are leveraging the Aera Decision Cloud™ to modernize and automate their supply chains, propel productivity and profitability, and advance towards an autonomous supply chain.

9:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Using Generative AI to Reimagine S&OP and Improve Employee Experience

Executive to be Announced

Logility

The pace of technology changes is outpacing many organizations’ ability to understand and prepare for its impact on supply chain employee experience and performance. Deploying the same adoption strategies supply chains have used for prior technologies will fail to deliver results. In this workshop learn how organizations can learn to thrive in a Generative AI future to reimagine S&OP — eliminating silos and removing decision latency. By replacing sequential processes with digital insights organizations can:

  • Facilitate budgeting & departmental alignment
  • Transform meetings into data-driven sessions
  • Enable planners, sales, operations or even finance to speak the same language and make smarter, faster decisions

See how the new S&OP easily improves productivity and reduces errors, with a conversational interface that anyone can use to speak supply chain in their everyday language.

  • Reimagine S&OP with the application and adoption of Generative AI
  • See real live use cases for generative AI
  • Discuss how AI can continue to solve traditional S&OP challenges in new ways
9:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Optimizing the Cloud Supply Chain: Insights on End-to-End Transformation

Executive to be Announced

CloudPaths

  • Understanding the importance of change management and user adoption of supply chain solutions across the entire organization
  • Learn how successful planning for cloud supply chains has been achieved
  • The impact of having one plan for demand and supply all the way through transportation and logistics
  • Recognizing why collaboration with multiple tiers of suppliers is integral to the supply chain process
  • Why visibility of an end-to-end plan from raw material to packaging is critical for a smoothly running supply chain
9:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Enhancing Supply Chain Efficiency and Resilience with Digital Freight Solutions

Executive TBA

Uber Freight

  • Discover how innovative freight technologies enable businesses to manage shipments more effectively, reduce manual processes, and improve overall operational efficiency
  • Learn how real-time data and analytics provide actionable insights, enhancing route planning, cost management, and delivery performance
  • Understand how businesses use digital freight platforms to create adaptable, transparent supply chains that respond quickly to disruptions and evolving customer needs
10:25am - 12:05pm

Member Exclusive Content

  • 10:30 am – 10:50 am: Meeting Slot 1/Networking
  • 10:55 am – 11:15 am: Meeting Slot 2/Networking
  • 11:20 am – 11:40 am: Meeting Slot 3/Networking
  • 11:45 am – 12:05 pm: Meeting Slot 4/Networking

These mutually agreed-upon conversations are arranged and facilitated by Executive Platforms staff to ensure attendees have valuable discussions about their top-of-mind questions, challenges, and opportunities.

12:10pm - 12:45pm

Member Exclusive Content

Effectively Onboarding and Integrating New Technologies into the Supply Chain

Melissa Goodwin

Melissa Goodwin

SVP - Global Industrial Supply Chain

Ecolab

  • Setting our supply chain organization up for success as we roll out new tools, technologies, and capabilities into an existing, high-performing system
  • Offering winning strategies to make bringing new resources online something your people care about and view as their own success story
  • Walking through real-world examples of how a solid plan combined with step-by-step, one-day-at-a-time efforts transforms novel to normal and creates new best practices and standard operating procedures
  • Connecting what you have achieved together to demonstrable, quantifiable ROI, and then using that documented success to justify and reinforce further improvements on your organization’s journey
12:10pm - 12:45pm

Member Exclusive Content

Strategic Procurement and Supplier Relationship Management: Enhancing Value Through Collaborative Partnerships

Dan Bartel

Dan Bartel

Chief Procurement Officer

American Airlines

  • Build long-term partnerships that align with organizational goals
  • Negotiate win-win agreements that enhance supplier loyalty and performance
  • Implement joint innovation programs to co-create value
  • Measure supplier contributions to strategic objectives
12:10pm - 12:45pm

Member Exclusive Content

Cracking the Data Puzzle: How Manufacturers Can Optimize Sourcing and Logistics, and Prepare for AI

Mario Rivera

Mario Rivera

Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer

CVS Health

  • Leveraging inbound visibility and Control Tower frameworks to reduce risk in product production targets
  • Utilizing automation to cast digital thread through each bill-of-material item’s lifecycle to lower costs, improve operations, and help achieve resiliency and agility
  • The competitive advantage of implementing results-driven digital solutions for sourcing, quality, order management, logistics and more
  • Solving manufacturers’ uniformly common struggle with visibility and risk management of in-transit inbound inventory at the critical part # level
12:10pm - 12:45pm

Member Exclusive Content

Circular Supply Chains: Transitioning to Models That Emphasize Reuse and Recycling

Ilona Sroka

Ilona Sroka

VP Global Logistics Improvement and Transportation Operations

3M Co.

  • Design supply chains that prioritize reuse and recycling of materials
  • Establish reverse logistics systems to enable product returns and resource recovery
  • Incorporate sustainable practices into procurement and manufacturing processes
  • Measure the financial and environmental benefits of circular supply chain models
12:45pm - 1:45pm

Member Exclusive Content

Themed Lunch Discussions

Lowering Logistics Costs

Executive to be Announced

Loadsmart

Indirect Procurement: Sharing Wins in the Stuff We Never Get to Talk About

Benchmarking Where We All Are on AI Right Now, and What Our Next Steps Will Be

Collaborating Across the Supply Chain to Innovate for Sustainability

Collaborating Up and Down the Value Chain to Improve Supply Chain Performance

Supply Chain Resilience and Performance While Remaining Fiscally Responsible

1:45pm - 2:20pm

Member Exclusive Content

Rethinking Supply Chain Operations with Market Fulfillment Centers

Erik Lopez

Erik Lopez

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Ulta Beauty

  • Transform supply chain networks by incorporating smaller, highly efficient market fulfillment centers to meet regional demands and reduce capital investment
  • Enhance distribution capabilities with automation upgrades, including warehouse execution software and cross-docking functionality, to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency
  • Optimize inventory management with innovative fulfillment models that balance speed, capacity, and customer expectations for omnichannel delivery
  • Empower teams with advanced technologies like Very Narrow Aisle Pallet Racking and wire-guided systems, reducing onboarding time and enhancing productivity
1:45pm - 2:20pm

Member Exclusive Content

Building Sustainability into Our Company from Procurement to Processes to Final Purchase of Our Product

Quentin Roach

Quentin Roach

Chief Procurement Officer / Supply Chain & Value Chain

Estée Lauder

  • Discussing how both changing customer expectations and an opportunity to improve business performance through revaluating our status quo is driving our move towards sustainability
  • Offering examples of projects that can serve as examples and ambassadors as we create a culture of Continuous Improvement focusing on sustainability
  • Demonstrating that Supply Chain and Procurement can make an outsized impact on a company’s environmental performance
  • What can other companies learn from our experience embracing sustainability, and what are our plans for the future?
1:45pm - 2:20pm

Member Exclusive Content

Omnichannel Supply Chain Strategies: Aligning Inventory and Fulfillment for Seamless Customer Experiences

Joanna Kostecka

Joanna Kostecka

VP Global Cloud Supply Chain Planning

Microsoft

  • Align inventory management across online and offline channels
  • Create unified order fulfillment strategies that prioritize customer satisfaction
  • Implement technologies to improve real-time inventory visibility
  • Enhance operational flexibility to meet fluctuating customer demands
1:45pm - 2:20pm

Member Exclusive Content

Authentic Leadership and Rising to the Challenge of New Supply Chain Business Realities

Tanja Dysli

Tanja Dysli

Chief Supply Chain Officer

IKEA

  • Discussing the importance stakeholders place on supply chain transformation, and how to integrate it into business strategy for competitive advantage
  • Evaluating where your business stands in terms of eCommerce, sustainability, risk management, and cost performance, and how you can move the needle as a leader
  • Realign your workforce by using creative collaboration to involve them in every part of finding solutions to challenges and seizing opportunities
  • Finding the best framework to unlock your Supply Chain Operation’s potential
2:30pm - 3:05pm

Member Exclusive Content

Future-Ready Logistics: Harnessing Generative AI for Supply Chains

Executive to be Announced

C.H. Robinson | TMC

Delve into the transformative power of generative AI in modern logistics. Hear firsthand how the collaborative efforts between TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, and Microsoft have optimized global supply chains using advanced generative AI tools.

Key takeaways include:

  • See practical applications of AI in real-world supply chains, specifically streamlining tasks and driving efficiencies
  • Find out how the companies achieved a 20% reduction in human interaction for supply chain tasks like documents, exception handling, and more
  • Get answers to your most pressing AI-related questions during the interactive Q&A portion
2:30pm - 3:05pm

Member Exclusive Content

Empowering Talent and Revolutionizing Supply Chain Processes with a Supply Chain Control Tower

Executive to be Announced

Infor Nexus

2:30pm - 3:05pm

Member Exclusive Content

Sharper Forecasts and Streamlined Inventories: Harnessing AI in Supply Chain Transformation

Executive to be Announced

RELEX Solutions

This session will explore how a leading company in the specialty manufacturing sector sought to improve their forecasting, distribution, production, and purchase planning to balance a global supply chain with long supply lead times and short delivery lead times of 2 to 3 hours from receiving an order. Through their efficient inventory management practices, they achieved transformative results. Hear best practices and insights around how to gain:

  • Sharper Forecasts: By improving demand predictions, you can greatly optimize inventory levels and save significantly on working capital
  • Streamlined Operations: Reduce manual workloads using AI and machine learning, freeing up planners’ time while boosting market responsiveness and productivity
  • Smart Inventory Management: Replace manual checks of inventory with automated safety stock and item classification to gain flexibility and achieve more accurate inventory management
2:30pm - 3:05pm

Member Exclusive Content

Composable Supply Chains: Incremental Improvements for Rapid Value Realization

Executive to be Announced

GAINSystems

  • Exploring the concept of composable supply chain solution architecture—a strategic approach that allows for incremental improvements, driving significant value and quick results without the need to rip and replace existing systems
  • Learning how specialized, best-in-class solutions can seamlessly integrate with your current infrastructure, creating a tailored and flexible supply chain environment
  • Understanding the limitations of traditional monolithic systems and the benefits of a composable approach.
  • Discovering how incremental improvements can lead to rapid value realization and reduced transformation fatigue.
  • Gaining insights into real-world success stories where composable solutions have driven substantial improvements in supply chain operations.
  • Learning practical strategies for integrating specialized tools into your existing framework to enhance specific aspects of your supply chain with greater precision and efficiency
3:10pm - 4:20pm

Member Exclusive Content

  • 3:10 pm – 3:30 pm: Meeting Slot 5/Networking
  • 3:35 pm – 3:55 pm: Meeting Slot 6/Networking
  • 4:00 pm – 4:20 pm: Meeting Slot 7/Networking

These mutually agreed-upon conversations are arranged and facilitated by Executive Platforms staff to ensure attendees have valuable discussions about their top-of-mind questions, challenges, and opportunities.

4:25pm - 5:00pm

Member Exclusive Content

How to Build Supply Chain Resilience in an Age of Disruption

Executive To Be Announced

Amazon

  • Build supply chain models that are agile and responsive to change
  • Establish contingency plans for supply continuity during crises
  • Activate resilience-building techniques through supplier partnerships
  • Apply predictive analytics to anticipate and address potential disruptions
5:00pm - 5:35pm

Member Exclusive Content

Innovating the Supply Chain: Driving Efficiency and Growth in a Complex Market

  • Discover proven approaches to streamline processes, reduce waste, and enhance overall productivity across the supply chain.
  • Learn how data-driven insights, automation, and AI are revolutionizing supply chain planning and execution.
  • Explore how collaboration with suppliers, distributors, and stakeholders can unlock new opportunities and drive business growth.
5:35pm - 5:35pm

Member Exclusive Content

Chair’s Closing Remarks

6:05pm

Member Exclusive Content

6:20pm

Member Exclusive Content

6:30pm

Member Exclusive Content

7:30am - 8:20am

Member Exclusive Content

7:45am - 8:20am

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Driving Financial Agility and Strategic Decision-Making with Connected Planning

Executive to be Announced

Anaplan

  • Empowering Financial Teams with Technology: Discover how finance professionals can use innovative tools to streamline workflows, automate routine tasks, and focus on high-value activities like scenario analysis and strategic planning
  • Optimizing Financial Processes with Real-Time Data: Learn how integrating real-time data enables dynamic forecasting, earlier risk identification, and more informed decision-making to drive business outcomes
  • Enhancing Collaboration Across Functions: Understand how connecting planning processes across finance, sales, and operations fosters alignment, improves visibility, and ensures the organization works towards shared goals
7:45am - 8:20am

Member Exclusive Content

Supply Chain Digital Transformation: Leveraging AI, IoT, and Blockchain for Smarter Operations

Executive to be Announced

Kinaxis

  • Integrate AI-powered tools to enhance real-time decision-making and forecasting
  • Leverage IoT devices to track assets and improve operational visibility
  • Apply blockchain technology to increase transparency and security across supply chains
  • Build a roadmap for implementing digital transformation initiatives in your organization
8:25am - 8:35am

Member Exclusive Content

Chair’s Opening Remarks

8:35am - 9:35am

Member Exclusive Content

Strategic Supply Chain Leadership: A CEO’s Perspective

Tim Cofer

Tim Cofer

Chief Executive Officer

Keurig Dr. Pepper

  • Explore the role of supply chain as a key driver of business growth and resilience in a competitive market
  • Discover how aligning supply chain strategies with organizational goals enhances agility and customer satisfaction
  • Gain insights into balancing cost optimization with sustainability and innovation to meet evolving consumer expectations
  • Learn how top-level leadership can foster cross-functional collaboration to mitigate risks and unlock new opportunities
9:35am - 10:10am

Member Exclusive Content

Leading an Organization that Attracts, Develops, Supports, and Retains a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

Kathy Wengel

Kathy Wengel

Chief Technical Operations & Risk Officer

Johnson & Johnson

  • Discussing the benefits of a broader, deeper, and more diverse talent pool as we grow our supply chain organization and develop the leaders we will need for today and tomorrow
  • What positively impacts people when choosing where to work and where to build their careers? How have we aligned our company to demonstrate those qualities?
  • Implementing a purpose-driven strategy that makes an impact as our organization develops and reinforces a diverse workforce
  • Establishing support network to transform ways of working and maintain employee engagement even during times of business transformation
  • Listening internally and externally and incorporating that input into ongoing efforts to bring in new leaders and develop and support our current team
10:15am - 11:05am

Member Exclusive Content

  • 10:20 am – 10:35 am: Meeting Slot 8/Networking
  • 10:40 am – 11:00 am: Meeting Slot 9/Networking

These mutually agreed-upon conversations are arranged and facilitated by Executive Platforms staff to ensure attendees have valuable discussions about their top-of-mind questions, challenges, and opportunities.

11:10am - 11:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Predictive Analytics and Demand Forecasting: Using AI for Accurate Predictions

Rogerio Branco

Rogerio Branco

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Eaton

  • Implement AI-driven tools to refine demand forecasting models
  • Leverage real-time data to predict fluctuations in customer demand
  • Enhance supply chain responsiveness with dynamic planning capabilities
  • Use predictive analytics to reduce stockouts and excess inventory
11:10am - 11:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Risk Management in Procurement: Mitigating Supplier Risks and Ensuring Continuity

Executive to be Announced

Walmart

  • Build redundancy in sourcing strategies to minimize disruption risks
  • Identify and evaluate risks across the entire supplier base
  • Develop contingency plans to secure supply continuity
  • Monitor and address emerging risks with predictive tools
11:10am - 11:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Optimizing the Customer Supply Chain

Deborah Egan

Deborah Egan

Vice President Customer Supply Chain & Logistics

Haleon

  • Exploring strategies to enhance customer-centric supply chain operations
  • Leveraging technology and data to improve visibility and responsiveness
  • Adapting to evolving customer expectations in a dynamic market
11:10am - 11:45am

Member Exclusive Content

Digital Twins for Supply Chain Optimization: Creating Virtual Models of Supply Networks

Jeff Fleck

Jeff Fleck

Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer

Quaker Houghton

  • Create virtual replicas of supply chains to simulate and optimize operations
  • Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies through real-time digital twin analysis
  • Reduce lead times and costs by testing changes in a virtual environment
  • Enhance collaboration by visualizing supply chain performance in real time
11:55am - 12:30pm

Member Exclusive Content

The Rise of Ethical Supply Chains: Balancing Profit, People, and Planet

  • Embed ethical practices into supplier qualification criteria
  • Use technology to trace and validate sustainable sourcing claims
  • Measure the ROI of ethical supply chain practices
  • Promote sustainable procurement practices to improve ESG performance
11:55am - 12:30pm

Member Exclusive Content

5G and IoT in Supply Chains: Enhancing Connectivity and Real-Time Tracking

  • Build IoT networks enabled by 5G for seamless asset tracking
  • Optimize route planning with real-time transportation data
  • Enhance warehouse operations with connected devices and sensors
  • Reduce delays by enabling instant communication across supply chain nodes
11:55am - 12:30pm

Member Exclusive Content

Redesigning Distribution Networks to Meet Customer Expectations for Speed and Flexibility

  • Restructure distribution models for faster order fulfillment
  • Reduce last-mile delivery times using regional distribution hubs
  • Prioritize customer experience in logistics network redesigns
  • Increase fulfillment speed through micro-fulfillment centers
11:55am - 12:30pm

Member Exclusive Content

Create a Supply Chain Playbook for Rapid Response

  • Build custom response playbooks for operational disruptions
  • Develop action triggers for emergency supply chain events
  • Establish communication protocols to streamline crisis response
  • Apply lessons from past disruptions to create a crisis-ready playbook
12:35pm - 1:35pm

Member Exclusive Content

Networking Lunch

1:35pm - 2:10pm

Member Exclusive Content

Enhance Supply Chain Visibility with RFID Technology

Carlos Londono

Carlos Londono

VP - Head of Supply Chain

Chipotle

  • Implement RFID technology to transform inventory tracking and reduce manual processes: Automate inventory management to save time, reduce errors, and free up resources for more strategic tasks
  • Enhance traceability to monitor product movement across distribution centers and transportation networks: Gain real-time insights into the journey of products, ensuring better accountability, faster issue resolution, and improved customer satisfaction
  • Integrate new technologies to optimize supply chain efficiency and adaptability: Leverage advanced tools to improve operational agility, respond quickly to disruptions, and meet evolving market demands with confidence
1:35pm - 2:10pm

Member Exclusive Content

Procurement Digitalization: Implementing E-Procurement Platforms and AI for Smarter Purchasing Decisions

Shauna Gamble

Shauna Gamble

SVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer

Bombardier

  • Automate repetitive procurement tasks to reduce manual effort
  • Use AI to analyze and optimize purchasing decisions
  • Enhance vendor selection with digital procurement platforms
  • Improve spend visibility and compliance with integrated tools
1:35pm - 2:10pm

Member Exclusive Content

Supply Chain Finance: Maximizing Profitability and Mitigating Risk

Mark Lundeen

Mark Lundeen

VP Finance - Global Supply Chain

Starbucks

• Gain a finance-first approach to supply chain decision-making, ensuring cost efficiency and profitability amid economic volatility
• Identify key financial risks in supplier relationships, working capital, and global market fluctuations to strengthen resilience
• Leverage financial metrics and forecasting tools to align supply chain investments with broader business growth objectives

1:35pm - 2:10pm

Member Exclusive Content

Attract and Retain Talent in a Competitive Supply Chain Job Market

Johnny Ivanyi

Johnny Ivanyi

Global Head of Logistics CoE

Bayer Crop Science

  • Create employer branding campaigns to attract top supply chain talent
  • Optimize onboarding experiences to increase job satisfaction
  • Build employee development plans to support long-term career growth
  • Introduce workplace flexibility and benefits to retain high performers
2:20pm - 2:55pm

Member Exclusive Content

Drive Innovation and Excellence with Cloud Supply Chain Planning

  • Transforming supply chains with digital initiatives and advanced technologies
  • Enabling cross-functional collaboration to optimize cloud-based operations and deliver results
  • Navigating uncertain economic conditions with innovative cloud planning strategies and resilience-building techniques
2:55pm - 3:00pm

Member Exclusive Content

Chair’s Closing Remarks

Please note: This agenda is subject to change based on speaker availability and scheduling.