The SCOPE Steering Committee consists entirely of your contemporaries, meaning we tackle the themes that have profound significance to your performance and your company.
While supply chain visibility was once considered a white glove feature, it has quickly transformed into a mandated necessity. Your informed customer base demands it and technology has cracked open a new world of risk mitigation and optimization opportunities. From technology selection to best practices, we’ll give you the leg-up and spare you the headache of operating below the curve.
Learn how to create optimal conditions for your people to achieve innovation, realize their potential, and find true fulfillment in the workplace. Experts will discuss the finesses of managing the evolving manufacturing landscape and the pursuit of attracting and retaining qualified talent.
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, automation, robotics IoT, IIoT and the like have transformed every aspect of procurement. We’ll help you nail down this soup of buzz-words info an effective strategy for technology driven processes, back by case studies and proven best practices.
Industry experts will cover a range of proven strategies to effectively measure and minimize transportation costs. Navigate the ins and outs of successful 3PL partnerships, last-mile delivery, contract negotiation, driver shortage solutions and more.
Address some of the most pressing challenges that come with Warehouse Management. We’ll cover labor, automation, inventory, WMS selection, fulfilment demands and more to improve your day-to-day operations and cut costs.
High Profile Speakers
Strategic endeavors and skillful insights from 30+ seasoned executives address the challenges in managing today’s supply chain.
Strategies to Increase End-to-End VisibilityCree Lighting - Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Often, a supply chain team will be driving improvement initiatives without an understanding of what the customer values and how the company is competing in the market place. The true voice of the customer can be found in the demand patterns of the product, and each product can be grouped together based on this pattern. The next step is to ensure that each element of the supply chain, starting with the supplier, and carrying on through production, logistics, and distribution, to sales, are all aligned to support the product in a uniform way and with the same strategy in mind.
Key Takeaways:
Understand what your customer values (will pay for), and the industry in which you compete
Identify the segments of your business based on their demand pattern characteristics
How to link your Sourcing and Purchasing strategies to each product segment based on these demand patterns
Check out my last presentation and a couple of articles on my linked in page
Reducing Costs with Transportation Management StrategiesAshley Furniture Homestores - Vice President of Retail Distribution
Description: Regulations and mandates that kickoff in California or New York usually find their way to middle America shortly after. This trend will likely remain true for the California Assembly Bill 5, which was set into effect on January 1st. This new bill will impact companies’ transportation and home deliveries in various ways. In this session we will explore the impact that AB-5 currently has on transportation in California and how to prepare if AB-5 comes to your state or becomes a federal law.
Key Takeaways:
The impact AB-5 has on cost, service times, compliance, capacity and independent contractors
The current status of AB-5 and its national impact
Next steps to prepare for transportation if AB-5 enters your state
Speaker
Jason Moll
Vice President of Retail DistributionAshley Furniture Homestores
Reducing Costs with Transportation Management StrategiesThe Coca-Cola Company - Group Director - Logistics
Today’s consumer has evolved to expect a diverse set of choices that can be delivered upon instantaneously. This dynamic while exciting for the end customer has driven a new set of challenges into the supply chain . A byproduct of this altered landscape is the need to better balance cost and service in a way that resonates with consumers while preserving margins. Your ability to do this could impact the very existence of your organization. I like to share some things we’ve learned and applied in an effort to drive savings while increasing service.
Key Takeaways:
Servicing today’s consumer has created challenges for the supply chain
There’s tremendous pressure to drive down costs while increasing service
Technology is quickly emerging as a game changer in the transportation industry unlike in the past
Your company’s existence could rely on your ability to successfully navigate today’s supply chain
Strategic Sourcing and Contract ManagementSiemens AG - Global Head of Cost and Value Engineering for Power Service Division
In a highly competitive marketplace, customer satisfaction can be increased by focusing on cost transparency and value generation associated with supplied (make or buy) systems and components. This presentation will highlight the specific cost out approaches which Siemens has implemented on purchased components to achieve substantial lower supplier costs and improved customer value.
Key Take-Aways:
Overview of the Siemens global cost out program (called Cost and Value Engineering) including methodology and cost out approaches
Direct procurement benefits of working with suppliers to help them optimize their internal and procurement costs
Types of employees who are effective “Cost and Value Engineers” + what skillsets they should have or must develop to be successful
Actual cost out and/or value improvement examples completed in Siemens using Cost and Value Engineering tools and methods
Understand how an organization can implement the Cost and Value Engineering approach to achieve substantial cost out and customer value
Speaker
Brett Myers
Global Head of Cost and Value Engineering for Power Service DivisionSiemens AG
Workforce and Talent ManagementNational Basketball Association - Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer
Companies that develop leaders versus managers is critical in attracting and keeping high potential talent. Leaders understand and practice emotional intelligence and handle performance management differently.
Key Takeaways:
The importance of understanding and mastering emotional intelligence
The importance of relating to employee’s on a deeper level
The importance of re-engineering performance management
Speaker
Joseph Postiglione
Vice President, Chief Procurement OfficerNational Basketball Association
Reducing Costs with Transportation Management StrategiesFarm Fresh To You - Director of Logistics and Team Development
A “Strategic Flexibility” mentality is greater than ever. Understanding the need, as well as having a willingness to optimize your operation is a must and knowing when innovation is the only fix. Come join in as we look at ways to cut cost while maintaining the company’s goals.
Key Takeaways:
Cubing Out, TMS, 3PL, piece rate vs hourly? Which way does one turn?
How to improve KPI’s while using 3PL drivers; communicating contracts is the key
How to become an Employer of choice
Effective change through relationships
Speaker
John Mory
Director of Logistics and Team DevelopmentFarm Fresh To You
Regulatory Changes and Keeping up with ComplianceFuture Electronics - Corporate Vice President, Global Distribution Operations
Implementing a foreign trade zone is a complex undertaking, which requires careful navigation to avoid costly delays, and possible compliance violations.
Key Takeaways:
Know your business and understand if a foreign trade zone is right for you
Ensure you select strong and experienced partners to help you navigate the complexities
Be prepared to be the tip of the spear in a lot of instances
Speaker
Mike Abrams
Corporate Vice President, Global Distribution OperationsFuture Electronics
Warehouse Management and OptimizationTarte Cosmetics - Director of Distribution
A brief overview of warehousing cost optimization strategies to improve the efficiency of warehousing operations. This session will discuss topics such as warehouse layout, process path analysis, outbound loading effectiveness, and more.
Key Takeaways:
Understanding the impact of process path rates.
How does layout impact efficiency?
Labor Management, and how it is eating your budget.
Warehouse Management and OptimizationIngersoll Rand - Operations Leader
Selection of KPI’s is a foundational activity to ensure the success of any organization. Too often, organizations choose and manage KPI’s that do not truly measure the attributes of performance that indicate true performance. Often times, an organization does not have alignment on what is being measured throughout. In order to ensure this alignment and proper KPI selection, the following 3 elements should be considered: Stakeholders, Strategy & Structure. Once those are clearly established, success will be determined by a rigorous system for execution. 7 Basic LEAN tools can be deployed to ensure a cultural shift towards flawless execution.
Key Takeaways:
Stakeholders – Take into account all stakeholders and how THEY measure performance. Employees, Customers, Suppliers & Shareholders top the list.
Strategy – Overall strategy must be clearly developed and documented. Development of an X-Matrix (Hoshin-Kanri) should clearly document: 5 Yr & 1 Yr objectives, SIPs, Resources
Structure – As companies cascade their KPI’s & goals down, they can become meaningless to the layers below. As goals are cascaded, select KPI’s that are: Critical Few, Within Control, Leading, Accurate & Consistent.
Workforce and Talent ManagementQuality Bicycle Products - VP of Global Logistics and Brand Supply Chain
On-boarding is the first impression an employee has of an organization. A poor onboarding experience can set the tone for the rest of their employment and make retention of that employee that much more difficult. This presentation will provide you with tools to improve your chances of retention!
Key Takeaways:
What does a good on-boarding process look like?
Onboarding checklist to help you set a good first impression
Importance of treating current employees moving into new jobs the same as new employees
Speaker
Kim Brown
VP of Global Logistics and Brand Supply ChainQuality Bicycle Products
Regulatory Changes and Keeping up with ComplianceGRMS | Global Risk Management Solutions - President
Mitigating supplier risk is one of the biggest areas of concern for procurement professionals today. Gerard Smith, President of Global Risk Management Solutions, will share Supplier Risk Assessment Program best practices of companies around the world.
Topics which will be covered include:
What is the difference between a Data Source and a Service?
What are the most important risk components to include in a program?
Is it possible to get real-time alerts of changes in supplier risk status?
How will I know if a supplier is getting into financial trouble?
How can I ensure supplier Certificates of Insurance stay up to date and are compliant with your requirements?
How can I track and validate supplier diversity status?
These and other topics will be covered to provide you the information you need to make wise decisions about mitigating supplier risk in your supply chain.
Key Takeaways:
What is the difference between a Data Source and a Service?
What are the most important risk components to include in a program?
How will I know if a supplier is getting into financial trouble?
How can I track and validate supplier diversity status?
Strategies to Increase End-to-End VisibilityPalo Alto Networks - Director of Operations
For a high growth company, ensuring supply coverage that allows for a high level of flexibility in meeting financial targets can be a business imperative. Additionally, the use of tools and processes that enable near real-time views of supply and demand allow for fine-tuning of plans outside of the S&OP cadence. In this presentation, we will review how the S&OP process and collaboration with IT and contract manufacturing has allowed the supply chain to stay nimble and meet financial targets.
Adoption of Rising TechnologiesSiemens - Director of Procurement North America
Historically Procurement has focused on Make Vs Buy analysis based on financial advantage, looking at processes and partnering with external suppliers to bring the best value to the organization at least cost. The core/Non-core approach takes one step further looking at features and product offerings that differentiate products from the competition. It is a cross-functional approach with sales, product management, operations, and supply chain to identify core competency that provides an advantage over the competition. This holistic approach looks at the value chain for competitiveness and contribution to differentiation, based on this systematic approach is developed to expand on competency core to the business while working with partners for non-core capabilities.
Key Takeaways:
Moving away from traditional make vs buy analysis to holistic approach on maximizing value for the end customer
Develop core competency with an organization that can help differentiate your products from the competition
Leverage Supply market know-how to develop partners for non-core competency
Change the mindset from optimizing PVO to maximizing profit for the company – top line vs bottom line view
Warehouse Management and OptimizationSiggins - Vice President, Industrial Technology
A thorough exploration of the WMS marketplace, covering differentiation, capabilities, middleware and integration components. We’ll also be covering manifesting orders, automation, labor management components, product slotting and physical infrastructure.
Key Takeaways:
Information about the Warehouse Management System marketplace and pricing.
Learn about integration with non-WMS software.
Advice on product slotting, order manifesting and labor management.
Supplier Partnership ManagementMilbank Manufacturing Company - Vice President Supply Chain
It is important to develop and enhance partnerships with key strategic suppliers. If the supply base is single-sourced then this has a risk and should be mitigated by developing alternative suppliers. This presentation will outline how to balance and to accomplish both – partnerships and mitigating risk.
Key Takeaways:
Partnerships with Strategic Suppliers are critical to the business
Single sourcing has risks associated
Alternative suppliers should be developed to mitigate risk
The category manager needs to balance both the partnership and risk mitigation
Speaker
Douglas Ubel
Vice President Supply ChainMilbank Manufacturing Company
Fostering an Environment for Employee Success, Job Satisfaction and RetentionMichigan State University - John H. McConnell Chaired Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Supply Chain Management
The demand for supply chain professional and operational talent is increasing substantially due to retirements and broader interest in understanding supply chain trade-offs. This session describes the key talent trends and reviews approaches to identify, obtain, maintain, and retain talent. A key component of this discussion is a review of the perspective of those looking for jobs and what firms can do to help them stand out in the competitive job market.
Key Takeaways:
Review the status of supply chain management talent availability
Identify the activities to identify, obtain, maintain, and retain supply chain talent
Identify the candidate and/or student’s perspective of the recruiting process and how can firm’s accommodate this?
What can firms do to enhance their talent management success?
Speaker
David Closs
John H. McConnell Chaired Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Supply Chain ManagementMichigan State University
Supplier Partnership ManagementSwedish Match North America - Head Headquarters Procurement
Building, Maintaining and Growing Integrated Key Supplier Relationships is one of the most significant Value Tenants a Procurement Organization can bring to any business!
Gain an in-depth understanding of the challenges, benefits and nuisances of building highly integrated successful relationships and how these relationships can truly drive high end value for your respective organizations.
Key Takeaways:
The value of building, nurturing /maintaining, developing and sustaining truly integrated key supplier relationships is vital to the success of an organization.
The task of building highly integrated, key strategic supplier relationships is complex and ever evolving, the end results are well worth the quest!!
Each relationship requires specific nuisances and level of detailed approach relative to your ultimate relationship objective and overall business value, there is no “one size fits all” approach.
Only you and your organization can define success in building the “right type” of key strategic relationships for your business!
Speaker
David Carminucci
Head Headquarters ProcurementSwedish Match North America
Adoption of Rising TechnologiesSAP Ariba - Vice President, SAP Procurement and Networks
New developments in procurement, such as global business networks, artificial intelligence, autonomous procurement and more are having a profound impact on procurement. At the same time, the essential human element of procurement is changing like never before as the expectations of the user community continues to increase. In this session, we will look at the intersection of advances in technology and the expectations of people in the procurement processes. We will explore the latest in machine learning, block chain, artificial intelligence, predictive risk, supply chain planning and how these innovations are driving transformations in a way that matters to people.
Key Takeaways:
A basic understanding of recent advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence in procurement
An in depth look at business networks and how block chain will affect supplier relationships
The human element of procurement and its continued importance regardless of technology advances
Speaker
Mark Schenecker
Vice President, SAP Procurement and NetworksSAP Ariba
Workforce and Talent ManagementDexcom - VP Supply Chain
We all get caught up in corporate culture but what does it really mean? It’s not the gym memberships or the free coffee, it’s the way work gets done in the organization. Using real-life stories from Dexcom, Illumina, and US Robotics, the attendees will laugh and cry at the issues faced in organizations moving from Start-Ups to $2B companies. Utilizing the interactive app KAHOOT or similar, attendees will have a chance to participate.
Key Takeaways:
As an organization transitions from small to medium/large, the culture will likely need to change
As leaders, we can help define the new culture
There are tips and tricks for helping your team through the transition
Digital Transformation of ProcurementSpecright - Founder and CEO
The world is demanding a great deal from your products: they need to be sustainable, cost less, and address changing consumer preferences faster than ever.
For procurement leaders like you to deliver on these promises, you need to create a digital thread through your supply chain. In this talk, you’ll learn how to create this visibility and unlock value through Specification Data Management. By harnessing specifications, the DNA-level of your products and packaging, you can fundamentally change the way you do business.
You’ll get a road map on how to digitize, map, and operationalize specifications through your supply chain across internal teams and external suppliers and partners. Furthermore, you’ll hear best practices and customer case studies on how this digital thread enables trace ability, sustainability, speed-to-market, supplier scorecards, and more. After all, the next generation of supply chain leaders need access to data more than ever – with a digital thread, it’s at your fingertips.
Key Takeaways:
Accelerate Speed-to-Market: Bring products to market faster than ever by leveraging existing specifications or products. With spec-level data, companies can perform pricing simulations on product ideas to green light the most profitable products.
Better Collaborate with Suppliers: Easily share and access specifications with suppliers and include suppliers in critical approval and notification workflows.
Drive Smart Procurement: Accelerate time to bid by easily searching and selecting specifications. Ensure bid accuracy and purchase fewer specs in higher volumes for savings.
Report on Sustainability Efforts: Learn why specification data is the foundation to measure, analyze and take action on sustainability goals.
Adoption of Rising TechnologiesCatalytic - Director of Partnerships
Learn how to move beyond the status quo and choose the platform that makes the most sense for your business. In this session, get an overview of the basics and learn what you need to be successful.
Key Takeaways:
Current digital landscape: RPA? AI? DPA? What does it all mean?
What’s coming next? How is the digital landscape changing?
Supplier Partnership ManagementMerz - Head of Procurement North America
Supplier partnership management doesn’t have to be overly complicated. Let’s discuss how to use common sense to segment your suppliers, and then establish strategies for how to manage them (or not!). All suppliers are not created equal, and recognizing this basic truth is half the battle…
Key Takeaways:
Effective supplier management will reduce risk and uncover opportunities.
Just like your social network, all suppliers are NOT equal, and they should not be treated the same!
Supplier management is a “living” process and meant to change over time
Supplier management doesn’t have to be complicated. Keep it SIMPLE
Workforce and Talent ManagementAppvion - Director of Supply Chain
I’ve deconstructed and rebuilt 3 teams in 3 separate organizations. I’ve gone through 3 phases of awareness as I’ve built the teams, from the beginning that I’ve dubbed dumb luck (new leader, new team, etc..), to leveraging the learning’s in my second team rebuild, to finally a fully thought out and strategic rebuild here at in current organization. Along the way, I’ve heard a lot of “talk” about High Performing Culture but saw very little focus on executing that narrative… it was all talk. It seems I’ve developed a foundation for building a team and culture that breeds success, high morale, high retention rates, and breeds future organizational leaders.
Key Takeaways:
Key elements of a High Performing Culture
Executing a High Performing Culture – What does it take?
Strategies to Increase End-to-End VisibilitySunset Transportation - Director of Sales & Product Development, US/MX Sunset Transportation - Managing Director, US/MX
Cross-border shipping is complex and full of intricacies on both sides of the border. With current USMCA trade regulations pending, confusing Customs clearance processes, and the need for full tracking transparency when it comes to your freight, now is the time to reassess your cross-border logistics program.
Key Takeaways:
Identify shipper impacts of current USMCA regulation proposal and other foreign trade policies.
Risk management for transloading products and capacity procurement at US/MX border.
How to maintain crucial visibility throughout the shipping life cycle.
Speaker
Sarah Eggleston
Director of Sales & Product Development, US/MXSunset Transportation
Jose Minarro
Managing Director, US/MXSunset Transportation
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Experienced Supply Chain leaders work with us to focus our program on trends that will move the needle at your company.
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SCOPE is an invitation-only trade show for Supply Chain executives that bridges you to the most efficient solutions and information for your crowning priorities.
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