Program at a Glance

27 July 2020 | 8:50 am - 12:30 pm (AEST)

8:50 AM Conference Opening

9:00 AM Pernod Ricard Identifying Opportunity in Crisis: Observations and Strategies for Responding to the Impact of Covid19 the world economy is more globalized than ever and as a result, the spread of Covid19 and the measures taken to contain it have become highly disruptive to fragile global supply chains. In this session, Ron will share his observations a and experiences on the impact of the virus on global supply chains.

Ron Hurley, Director Supply Chain, Pernod Ricard Pacific

9:30 AM Session reserved for sponsored thought leadership

Leveraging Automation to Drive Growth, Efficiency and Support Business in Times of Crisis
Warehouse and DC automation is a challenging task, and the complexity of supply chain adds another layer of difficulty to it. In this session, automation will be explored as an area of investment that can help the business evolve as well as safe guard for the future.

10.00 AM Panel discussion: Increasing value of the chain across economic, environmental and social practices

Supply chains have always been in the spotlight by customers and stakeholders to implement corporate social responsibility initiatives. Satisfying expectations by delivering value across the triple bottom line (people, planet and profit) is now higher than ever, and companies and brands that don’t deliver optimal ethical and sustainable practices are fading the market. This session will cover how to improve visibility across local and global businesses to meet clients and partners needs and increase value of the entire chain.

Panelists:

- Rosita van Vuuren, Executive Director, Global Sourcing, Operations and Transformation, Best & Less

- Sivakumar Ayyaswamy, Head of Logistics – Regional Asia Pacific, BSH Home Appliances

10:40AM Break

11.15 AM Increasing business profitability through SCM in the highly competitive retail sector

As the retail industry struggles to increase business revenue in sales with continually lower prices to remain competitive, businesses rely on supply chain transformation to improve efficiency and cost models to make major savings and increase profitability. In this case study, Rosita shares how Best & Less is using their supply chain to achieve a competitive advantage, and to bring them closer to their customers.

Rosita van Vuuren, Executive Director, Global Sourcing, Operations and Transformation, Best & Less

11.45 AM R.M. Williams: Adopting a Customer Focused Supply Chain Operation

before the outbreak of Covid19, it was clear that a customer-centric focus to supply chain operations would lead to better visibility across need and therefore improved accuracy in response. however, in this unprecedented environment the need for customer centricity is even more acute. in this session, Rachid will demonstrate how RM Williams are ensuring a customer focus is embedded in every aspect of business operations and how this is proving ever more critical in the current era.
Rachid Maliki, General Manager Supply Chain and Procurement, R.M. Williams

12.15 PM End of Day 1 – Closing remarks/Summary

12.30 PM Afternoon Premium Networking Session (Invite- Only) – Interactive Discussion Groups

The Virtual IDGs operate as an Invitation-only networking opportunity for senior end-user profiles

There will be 3 IDG topics running in parallel. Invited end-users will select 2 out of 3 IDGs to participate in. Each IDG session will run for 1 hour over two rotations. There will be 5 end-users in each rotation.

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