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.
Workforce and Talent ManagementSchneider Electric - Director of Procurement, NAM Power Home & Distribution
The procurement buyer role has evolved significantly in business over the past decade, where we are no longer simply purchase order management. We now manage relationships, company risk, and supply chain stability and innovation.
Key Takeaways:
In order to create a sustainable supply, we must hire the right leadership in our buyer’s community
We must value our teams, and provide room for them to lead
Procurement is not Purchasing
Speaker
Tim Luksetich
Director of Procurement, NAM Power Home & DistributionSchneider Electric
Strategic Sourcing and Contract ManagementDAYCO - Global Director of Strategic Sourcing
Organizational design, effective processes and performance management tools can transform the procurement function from transactional to a strategic organization. In this presentation, we will analyze several best-in-class procurement organizational structures. We will explore how to design and implement the most effective structure, create and upgrade processes and performance management tools that complement and enhance the structure in order to build a capable and world-class procurement organization.
Key Takeaway:
Organizational Structure Types
Organizational Structure Gap Analysis and Selection
Adoption of Rising TechnologiesBluJay Solutions - Director, Sales
How customer experience, partner connectivity, and emerging technology are shaping supply chains of the future.
Key Takeaways:
How do companies define and measure customer experience within the supply chain? What can we learn from top-performing organizations that prioritize the customer?
How do innovators collaborate with trading partners?
What are the greatest barriers to adopting technology that will improve supply chain performance?
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 – topline vs bottom line view
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
Strategies to Increase End-to-End VisibilityThe University of Kansas - Chief Procurement Officer
Procure-to-Pay and supply chain eCommerce solutions need to be easy for end-users, improve efficiency and reduce costs. Meaningful reporting(metric) that driven from the bottom-up (rather top-down) create ownership and robust business processes.
Key Takeaways:
Understanding who your customers are and what is important the them
Supply Chain Strategies to Increase VisibilityFlexport - Senior Director, General Manager - SE Region
Technology in the logistics industry has the potential to transform the supply chain with structured data and achieve end-to-end visibility into all operations. However, supply chain decisions are frequently made with very fragmented data – consumers have increasingly higher demands as retailers attempt to optimize inventory and capital allocation, while having limited shipment tracking and SKU-level visibility to understand the holistic picture of their supply chain. Hear the story of how Georgia-Pacific achieved better visibility, understanding, and peace of mind in managing their supply chain through an investment in digital transformation.
Key Take-Aways
Retailers have to work with a logistics providers that deliver end-to-end shipment visibility, SKU-level granularity, structured data, reports, and analytics
Modern logistics technology can empower and elevate modern supply chain and logistics teams to achieve maximum efficiency and peace of mind.
Speaker
Matt Marshall
Senior Director, General Manager - SE Region Flexport
Leadership and Workforce StrategiesTent Partnership for Refugees - Executive Director
This presentation will focus on the opportunity that companies – especially large multinational companies – have to support refugees by integrating them into their supply chains. The vast majority of the world’s 25.4 million refugees live in protracted displacement in low- and middle-income countries where multinational companies have strong supply-chain linkages, such as Turkey, Jordan, and Colombia. The executive director of Tent will highlight the business case for companies to do more to bring refugees into their supply chains – including the results of consumer-perception studies in the United States and Europe – and set out concrete strategies for doing so; he will be followed by a supply chain expert who will present a case study in a specific sector
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
Supply Chain Strategies to Increase VisibilityMichigan State University - John H. McConnell Chaired Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Supply Chain Management
Increasingly, firms are beginning to extend their capabilities to compete on value chain performance. One of the key questions is to understand the difference between supply chain and value chain competitiveness. Based on research at Michigan State University, this session discusses value chain competences and describes how they impact firm performance.
Key Take-Aways
Identify the competencies that drive value chain management
Determine which competencies have the most significant impact on value chain performance
Provide examples regarding practices that firms are using to enhance their value chain performance
Speaker
David Closs
John H. McConnell Chaired Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Supply Chain ManagementMichigan State University
Supply Chain Strategies to Increase VisibilitySAP Ariba - Senior Director, Ariba for Direct (A4D)
Measuring and managing the effectiveness of strategic supply chain initiatives at all levels of an organization is necessary as everyone from the shop-floor to the top-floor can contribute significantly to material results. Complicating performance initiatives is high volumes of data and how business are constructed today since a portion of your business is outsourced and out of your control: what happens 10,000 miles away, or 100 days from now can hurt or help you. How can an organization survive and thrive from this complexity, uncertainly and unprecedented volume of data?
Key Take-Aways
How advanced technologies such as Machine-Learning, IIoT and Blockchain can contribute to improving supply chain performance
A practical approach to targeting, measuring and managing-to leading KPIs, which roll up to lagging KPIs
An example of combining leadership, business processes improvements, people-strategies and technology to solve supply chain problems and lead to material financial improvements
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
Procurement Strategies & SustainabilityBel Brands USA - Sourcing & Supplier Development Senior Director
Procurement organizations are viewed in very different ways in organizations. Sometimes used as cost savers only and sometimes they are considered business partners, even leaders. You can increase the impact of the procurement department in your organization through a change management journey. With few tips, a mindset twist, you can enhance the internal or external collaboration as well as the added value to your organization. See how you can transform the procurement department to a real business partner.
Key Take-Aways
Understanding where you stand
Change tools and collaboration
What is a high performing team?
Few tips to transform your organization and move forward
Speaker
Jean-Michel Dos Remedios
Sourcing & Supplier Development Senior DirectorBel Brands USA
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?
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 onboarding process look like?
On-boarding 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
Warehouse Management and OptimizationCook County Government - Deputy Chief, Performance Management Officer
This presentation is designed to shed light one of the most unsuspecting business operations, reverse logistics. Often referred to as ‘returns management,’ reverse logistics (RL) is a more expansive business process and one that is increasingly impacting bottom lines. Establishing foundational knowledge around the RL process from end-to-end is an essential first step to precisely leverage data analytics and unleash the power of RL.
Key Take-Aways
This presentation will take a granular look at seemingly innocuous reverse logistics sub-processes and identify how they impact both OpEx and CapEx
It will identify best practices to extract more precise and meaningful RL data analytics
Lastly, it explores real life business cases to demonstrate how RL has been used across various industries to strengthen customer loyalty, improve profitability, and develop leading sustainability programs
Speaker
Valerie Holden
Deputy Chief, Performance Management Officer Cook County Government
TuesdayNetworking
Lunch
Executive Steering Committee
Experienced Supply Chain leaders work with us to focus our program on trends that will move the needle at your company.
Dave HarringtonVice President Supply Chain Operations
Stratus Technologies
Ted BaggesenSenior Director of Logistics
Spencer Gifts
John JansonDirector of Global Logistics
SanMar Corporation
Rickette Collins Strategic Supply Chain Director
McDonald's Corporation
Kevin Releford Senior Director Logistics
Gap Inc.
Pedro A. FernandezSenior Director, Global Parts Distribution Aftermarket
JLG Industries Inc
Kevin Mills Director of Supply Chain
Fairmont Santrol Incorporated
Shaun AndersonManaging Director of Supply Chain
Dynegy, Inc
William Bagley Vice President of Global Procurement
UnumProvident Corporation
Martin FijmanVice President of Procurement
Sprint Corporation
Valerie Conard Senior Director of Procurement
Ardent Mills
Philip CarpenitoSenior Director of Global Procurement
The Nature's Bounty Co.
Michael van KeulenProcurement Director
Lululemon Athletica Inc.
Jean-Michel Dos RemediosPurchasing Director
Bel Brands USA
Marcela MrugalaPurchasing Director
Barilla
Marcell VollmerChief Procurement Officer
SAP
Anthony Fuller Head of Sourcing
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Bill MunroDirector of Procurement
SunOpta Inc
Jay RojekDirector of Purchasing
Blue Bird Corporation
Steven AlsbroStrategic Sourcing Director
ON Semiconductor Corporation
Tom Oris Director of Procurement
Wyandot, Inc
David Fortes Director, Manufacturing Operations
Intel Corporation
David ZamudioAmericas Sourcing Director
Essity
Dhinakar Baskaran Director of Global Procurement
VideoJet Technologies, Inc
Tolga TuksalDirector of Corporate Purchasing
Miniature Precision Components, Inc
David MeeksVP Supply Chain Operations
Summit Electric Supply Corporation
Michael McMahonGroup Vice President Supply Chain Operations
Beachbody LLC
Chris HamelSenior Procurement Manager
Displays2go
Gil KannerVice President of Operations
Pharmalink
Keith Woods Group Director - Supply Chain
Coca-Cola
Eric KowalewskiVice President Supply Chain
Westlake Chemical
Mike BungeDirector Global Resources & Materials
Libbey
Vedat AkgunSenior Manager
Verizon
Catherine Higgins Senior Vice President
NeighborWorks America
An Esteemed Audience
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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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Flight reimbursement is limited to 2 attendees per company for those traveling over 100 miles to attend. A check is delivered to you personally at the end of the event, after you have completed your schedule of research meetings with exhibitors.
Based on the details of your registration, we carefully select up to 10 best-fit exhibitors for you to meet with. You’ll have the opportunity to approve both your sessions and meetings schedule before the event. Each meeting is 25 minutes long and focused on solving a specific priority you have a listed.
We are looking for executives with genuine needs for new solutions and buying influence or authority. Invitations are extended to C-level executives, SVPs, VPs, Directors and Managers of the following functions:
Our Schaumburg hotel accommodations boast stylish design and luxurious comfort. Located in an accessible hub with a sophisticated collection of retail and culinary options such as Sam & Harry’s and Woodfield Mall, this Schaumburg, Illinois hotel serves as an indigenous ambassador for entire Chicagoland area…and a gateway for the entire Midwest.
The nearest airport is Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), which is less than 15 miles away. Alternatively, you may fly into Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW). This hotel does not provide shuttle service. Taxis are readily available at the airport.
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