116:   Supply Chain Disruptions & Risk Management

May 2012, Frankfurt, hosted by GXS

• Keynote: Building Resilience Against Supply Chain Disruptions by Mark Morley Industry Marketing Director at GXS
  2011 was a tough year for high tech with both natural and political disasters disrupting global supply chains.  In response, companies have restructured their supply chains for greater resilience. New B2B tools are available now to enable unstructured supply chain communication, reducing risk. This session will provide examples of how companies have restructured their supply chains over the past 12 months and how B2B plays a critical role in this process.
  
  
  
• Efficient Quality Data Availability and Usage – Next Milestone towards a fully integrated Supply Chain by Ulrike Melzer, Senior Manager Business to Business Services at Infineon and Mario Müller, Head of Business Planning & E-Business at Siltronic
  Infineon and Siltronic want to go towards integrated supply chain processes even further. The next B2B step is now done with an efficient quality data availability and usage. The case study provides an overview about data generation and handling and the targets of the project, to achieve
  • a harmonized or even standardized approach
  • end-to-end benefits
  • improved visibility
  • faster reaction time
  An outlook about the next common B2B projects rounds out the presentation.
  
  
• Beyond ITIL – How to reduce risk of Supply Chain Disruptions with Total Productive IT operations & Lean IT principles by Mark Reinhardt of Kuehne + Nagel
  * Topics:  Kuehne & Nagel and Supply Chains; Kuehne + Nagel and IT; The Concept of Lean IT; Adaption of KAIZEN Methods & Principles – The House of Lean IT; What kind of value can Lean IT provide to Supply Chains ?
  * Conclusion – Can Lean IT reduce the risk of Supply Chain Disruptions? 
  
  
• "enliteB2B" the EDIFICE light B2B enabler by Dane Manes, B2B Process Adoption Group Chair and Jan Fuchs, enliteB2B Architect
  
  EDIFICE embarked on a study identifying the bottlenecks preventing the proliferation of B2B integration in all layers of the business. The results of the study revealed that B2B message standards currently available are too complex. This complexity is responsible to the high investment businesses have to make before they can participate in an integrated B2B exchange with their partners.
  Under the umbrella of the enliteB2B program EDIFICE launched a first deliverable: the enliteB2B format for the purchase order, the ASN and the invoice messages. Today, EDIFICE is ready to release those definitions to its membership.
  
  The enliteB2B format had to comply to the following criteria:
  - The message can be produced or processed with one sequential write or read process
  - The message must be human readable
  - The message must be compatible with all existing middleware & managed service solutions
  - Any spread sheet program must be able to open the message
  - Any language can be used to define and use the messages.
  
  EDIFICE is convinced that when consensus is found around the proposed enliteB2B messages, the investment required to participate in an integrated B2B program will be reduced by 90% in comparison to the investment required to work with other B2B standards and with 50% in comparison to proprietary formats.

• "Herding geese"  The story of the Information Supply Chain in the last decade presented by Matthew Walker.
  Attendees to the presentation by GXS will be offered a no-charge signed copy of the book "Herding Geese”. 

• Supply Chain Disruptions & Risk Management by Thorsten Domke Senior Director Customer Logistics Management at Infineon
  Supply Chain risk management is getting more and more into focus. The presentation will explain the main reasons behind. For that, recent trends in Supply Chain management and the resulting need for a pro-active, integrated risk management are discussed. In the following, typical risks for disruptions are shown and their business impact is presented. Finally, operational risk management strategies are introduced and selected ones are presented in more detail.
  
  
• EDIFICE Update Boudewijn Janssen, Amkor Technology, EDIFICE Chair
  AsiaB2B and EDIFICE Merger proposal
  
  
• BILL-eInvoicing: E-invoicing self-assessment outline by Tony Nisbett of TrustWeaver, BILL Chair
  

115:   IT's role in helping the business to navigate chaotic change

November 2011, London, hosted by IBM

• Welcome and Keynote "Smarter Business" by Iain Devine, Director Smarter Commerce North East Europe, UK & Ireland. IBM Software Group.
  

• Online Commerce - the IBM Journey by Deanna Stark, Manager of Online Commerce, IBM UK & Ireland
  This presentation will cover the IBM journey of how we built an online commerce business to meet clients changing needs.

• Business Controls in Supply Chain by Christiaan van der Valk, CEO at Trustweaver

• Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Optimisation- Why Integrated Risk Management is now on the strategic agenda by John Miller, GBS Supply Chain Associate Partner, IBM
  The presentation reflects the combinations of multi-enterprise collaboration and risk management within the supply chain.

• Managing Data and Risk Across Your Extended Enterprise by Andy Goodwin of GXS
  Management and governance of external business communities is getting harder with every week that passes. Multi-enterprise management of extended master data is no longer a nice to have capability, and keeping your business in the black (whilst keeping it out of the papers for the wrong reasons) is one of this decade's biggest issues. This presentation will outline some of the ways businesses are dealing with these challenges, the inspiration we can draw from consumer social networks, and the risks or ticking time bombs lurking in your extended enterprise that you may be woefully unaware of.
  
• Rethink IT. Reinvent business - IBM SmartCloud by Simon Baker, IBM Cloud Leader Software Group
  Cloud computing is not just about ReThinking IT; it is also about ReInventing the business. Consolidation, data centre efficiency and lower costs are just the start. Leading companies are unlocking the deeper potential of cloud as a way to manage, not just their IT, but also their businesses.
   
• RosettaNet Update & Deployment Statistics by Hussam El-Leithy, Global Standards Director at RosettaNet.
  RosettaNet Standards are a vital part of the High Tech and Electronics Industries. This presentation will highlight the 2011 events and accomplishment of the RosettaNet Standards Community, review the RosettaNet Standards 2011 maintenance activities and provide an in-depth look at 10 years of RosettaNet Implementation Statistics.
  Included also will be detailed information on the 1.1.2011 transition from the RosettaNet Membership model to the GS1 US Partner Connections Program and the High tech and Electronics industry initiative. And finally, a preview of the first presentation in response to the High Tech and Electronics industry’s need for more supply chain visibility
  
  
• B2B Process Adoption Update by Dane Manes of GXS
• BILL-eInvoicing Update by Tony Nisbett of IBM
• Distribution Channel Management Update by Juergen Linkens of Freescale

114: Integrated Supply Chains: Achievements and a look to the Future

    June 2011, Munich, DE, hosted by Siltronic, co-sponsored by  SAP and Crossgate

• Siltronic Welcome and Keynote by Ryan Rhoades, Head of Strategic Supply Chain at Siltronic
  "The Black Swan Theory. Nobody has a crystal ball but there are numerous macro events occurring that will impact the supply chain "ecosystems" of various industries around the world in the future."
  
• SAP’s Strategy for Business Network Collaboration - Portfolio and use cases by Petra Frenzel, Solution management B2B , SAP
  "Solutions for efficient and effective supply chain processes require fast and efficient onboarding and close backend integration.
  Integration can become a commodity or increase in complexity, all scenarios need to be addressed. SAP wants to provide a portfolio, which allows you to be equally agile and cost effective
  Integrated supply chains are the base for transactional networks, which will become the foundation for further business network collaboration
  We would like to give you an overview about SAPs B2B offering and further Business Network approach, highlighting the different use cases of our customer base."
  
• Building Innovation and Resilience Into Demand Driven Supply Chains by Paul Lord of Gartner Research
  "Today’s supply chains must do more than execute transactions, control cost and manage inventory. The global business environment requires supply chains that are focused on value from two perspectives: the creation of value through innovation and the protection of value through resilience. This presentation will provide an overview of some key capabilities required for supply chains to develop as they become business partners contributing to joint value with customers and suppliers."
  
• EU Import Control System (ICS) as a Portal Solution to connect all Parties and how it is in use at Bosch by Ulrich Schlummer of Bosch and Martin Engelhardt of SupplyOn.
  "There are new EU regulatory requirements to announce imports to the customs offices. They are mandatory for everybody starting from 1st of March 2011.
  Together with other companies BOSCH and SupplyOn created a portal solution to collect all necessary data from the suppliers and to forward them to the responsible carriers.
  The solution is combined with the ASN (Advanced Shipping Notification) process.
  All companies are invited to join the solution. We will show you how this solution is working and how it is used at BOSCH."
  
• Centralized B2B content provisioning for process extension "Standards don’t matter" by Lutz Jäger, VP Solution Management at Crossgate
  "Following the Business Network strategy of SAP, Crossgate provides a centralized content approach for all B2B relevant processes in the High Tech and other industries.
  
  We would like to show how the combination of
  •the IDOC and Enterprise Services based predefined backend integration,
  •the meta-format approach and
  •the centralized repository with the preconfigured business partner profiles
  enable companies like Siltronic to integrate their Supply Chain partners with the needed flexibility."
  
• Nokia - from Process Automation to end-to-end Supply Chain Integration by Matthias Gehrken of Nokia
  "Nokia is at a critical juncture, where significant change is necessary and inevitable in our journey forward,” said Stephen Elop, Nokia President and CEO. “Today, we are accelerating that change through a new path, aimed at regaining our smartphone leadership, reinforcing our mobile device platform and realizing our investments in the future.” Learn how the new strategy impacted Nokias supply chain integration strategy and how Nokia moves from deploying process automation packages to a more holistic Supply Chain integration."
  
• Efficient Forecasting Processes - Next Milestone towards a fully integrated Supply Chain by Beatrice Köhler - Manager Processes Methods & Tools at Infineon and Mario Müller - Head of Business Planning & E-Business at Siltronic
  "Infineon and Siltronic wants to go towards integrated supply chain processes even further. The next B2B step is now done with an efficient forecasting processes based on a scheduling agreement model. The case study provides an overview about the course of project, achieved improvements, lessons learned and an outlook about the next common B2B procjects."
  
• B2B integration in the Chemical Industry - balancing customer responsiveness and internal standardization over the past 10 years and in the future by Daniela Huber, E-Business Manager at Wacker Chemie AG and Simon Hardy, Key Account Director at Elemica
  "Wacker and Elemica will provide an insight on how process integration in the Chemical industry has developed over the last 10 years. The presentation focuses on customers changing requirements and how the close collaboration between Wacker and Elemica helped to respond to new requests and still keep a high level of standardization."
  
• Academic View: Adressing Transparency, Communication and Participation in Cross-Organisational Enterprise 2.0 Projects by Prof. (FH) Mag. Gerald Petz, Head of Studies Marketing and Electronic Business Bachelor and Dietmar Nedbal, Researcher at the Digital Econoy Unit both from the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences FH OÖ Studienbetriebs , Steyr Campus 
  "Enterprise 2.0 based IT projects linking value chain partners offer great potential for flexible, loosely-coupled integration and ad-hoc information exchange. But, stakeholders’ readiness, willingness and ability to cooperate need to be considered and addressed mercilessly to successfully implement common strategies, systems and processes. To increase the probability to succeed in such projects and to enhance the intensity of cooperation and trust across the value chain transparency, communication and participation need to be addressed. By presenting an integrated project methodology, the authors bridge the gap between existing scientific models and requirements for cross-organizational Enterprise 2.0 projects. The proposed methodology integrates change management’s critical success factors and principles as well as methods applicable to Enterprise 2.0 projects. The contribution of the paper is to explain and reflect the performed methodology as well as activities and selected key results from two pilot projects and to match the results with critical success factors which were derived from literature. With it, it provides elaborative insights into key features of Enterprise 2.0 platforms and project management."
  
• AsiaB2B Update by Casey Teo of Freescale, AsiaB2B Chair
• Distribution Channel Management Update by Juergen Linkens of Freescale
• B2B Process Adoption Update by Dane Manes of GXS
• E-Invoicing by Tony Nisbett of IBM
• Automatic Data Capture by Erich Guenter of IBM

113: Customer Business Model Requirements challenge Supply Chains

March 2011, Paris, FR, Hosted by STMicroelectronics, co-sponsored by GXS

• Welcome and Keynote by Jean-Luc Estienne, EMEA Service & Quality Mgr at STMicroelectronics
  
• Differentiating the Customer Experience in a Teardown Economy by Steve Keifer, VP Industry and Product Marketing at GXS
  High tech is dominated by increasingly short product lifecycles and intense competition. Within hours of a product launch teardowns are on the Internet extensively documenting design secrets, supplier lists and component costs. Differentiation based upon product performance and feature is hard to maintain so high tech manufacturers are seeking opportunities to differentiate through improved customer service, business process excellence and supply chain efficiencies.  This presentation will review market trends challenging differentiation based upon product feature alone and illustrate techniques for competing based upon technology and supply chain excellence
  
• Customer-centric, agile Demand and Supply Chain by Nick Nobell, Head of Business Mgmt - Processes and Tools, WW Sales Operations of ST-Ericsson
  The presentation will discuss on challenges faced to handle Customer Demand, as it can be biased by inaccurate factors, which will be discussed. Recommendations and strategy of work will be shared, as well as some business case examples showing best practices of collaborative processes
  
• A Global Supply Chain Model - "Keeping in touch 24/7" by Chris Reddall, Logistics & Warehousing Operations Manager at Arrow Alliance Europe
  Presentation content: This presentation will describe the elements of a complex supply chain model operated by Arrow Electronics on behalf of a Global OEM. It will focus on the flow of information that is required to support the flow of goods in an environment where inventory availability needs to be balanced by minimum supply chain costs. The challenges of operating a global model where supply chain partners have individual operational demands, and where legal and regulatory requirements differ between regions and countries, will be discussed
  
• Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) in use at Bosch by Ulrich Schlummer Manager Corporate Sector Information Systems and Services, EAI Solution Center 1 at Bosch
  This presentation will highlight the VMI concept and present the VMI application running at Bosch and hosted by SupplyOn. More specifics will be given around the VMI Integration interfaces and messages.
  
• The tipping point dilemma by Peter Stevens, Director IT - Global Corporate Applications at Godiva Chocolatier
  In continued global economic difficult times, organizations – and especially SME’s – are challenged and confronted with their inside costs and efficiencies, and are striving to optimize their environments in better, faster, more reliable and interdependent ways. For these, and other, reasons, more and more organizations are going back to “main stream” or “core business” and are sharing the production line responsibilities within and outside of their organizations and forming partnerships throughout. This is leading to more need for accurate, timely and consistent data information flows, which by itself are challenged back into the SME size and knowledge skills of the workforce and means at disposal of tools, processes and procedures. We are pleased to share with you our past decade experience on handling this challenge …
  
• Customer Business Model requirements challenge Retail Supply Chains too! by Jacques Prost, CIO of Warner Music France
  
• Enhancing Customer centric Supply Chains - Cranfield University presented by Mark Morley, Director Marketing Industrial Sector, GXS
  "SCM World and Martin Christopher, Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management, conducted a global survey of 819 cross-industry senior executives to gain an understanding of how organisations are exploiting the opportunities for collaborative working through adopting B2B e-commerce solutions.  Attend this presentation by Mark Morley to hear the results of this significant survey and specifically how it impacts high tech companies."
  
  
• Billing - eInvoicing Update by Tony Nisbett of IBM
• B2B Process Adoption Update by Dane Manes of GXS
• Distribution Channel Management Update by Juergen Linkens of Freescale

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