Innocent drinks have recently invested over $300m into building a new factory based in Rotterdam. It is set to be the world’s most sustainable factory in the world, offsetting its entire CO2 output. In this presentation, Chris will be discuss the ways in which the factory and wider supply chain has been created with environmental issues at the very heart of the discussion making.

In the last year, we’ve seen enormous disruption to suppliers and business continuity. The inadequacies of risk mitigation plans have been laid bare. This case study deep dives into the ways in which Sunrise Senior Living re-evaluates their risk factors, integrated new innovative ways of forecasting disruption and transformed their organisation’s workforce needs and design.

• Understand how operations agility is key to maintain business resilience
• Learn how to overcome sudden demand and supply-side shocks
• How have procurement strategies changes on account of COVID?
• What lessons can be applied to processes going beyond 2020?

– How has COVID accelerated the digitalisation in the supply chain sector? – To what extant can disruptions in distribution centres be handled more efficiently with technological investment? – Identifying the easy wins: what areas are ripe for digitalization investment?

• Understand how to build a purpose-led ecosystem to deliver on sustainable goals
• What are the benefits of aligning procurement strategies with sustainable practises?
• How can organisations better analyse their procurement environmental impact?

• How are consumer demands impacting supply chain sustainability?
• How can a supply chain be made more sustainable without major restructuring or sourcing?
• Can organisations support the Circular Economy?

Procurement have a unique perspective on global challenges & opportunities – create your USP & deliver on it. You’ve got to be faster, we can no longer be constrained by category/functional lines
Be bold – be creative – don’t be constrained by guardrails, legacy thinking or functional barriers.

• From reactive to proactive – how can procurement deliver value on a global scale
• Agility – How Procurement can be faster and more effective across the board
• Influencing – How to move beyond the tactical & cost focus

• How can procurement processes integrate sustainability?
• To what extent is collaboration the answer to CO2 reduction?
• How will new regulation changes affect procurement processes in the next few years?
• How can supply chain accountability be maintained in today’s climate?

DS Smith recently ran a Procurement Transformation Programme in order to become a World Class Procurement function to support the group’s business plans. The case study will explain the approach taken and aim to be a useful guide for anyone considering a large change programme.

• A process To undertake and deliver change
• Common challenges and How To overcome them
• The importance of leadership in delivering step change

• Assessing the change to risk and opportunities Brexit has had to the UK supply chain sector
• How has the UK market been impacted by Brexit since the end of the transition period?
• Understand what strategies are important to maintain business operations

Hear from the Vice President of Procurement from The Discovery Channel about the way in which they transformed their supplier partnership relationships, how they overcame common problems and importantly how it improved their Procurement processes.

*This video was originally filmed for the US SCOPE Procurement 2021 Virtual Summit sister event.

A strategic perspective on sustainable procurement from Shaun McCarthy OBE based on his engagement with the sustainable procurement agenda for more than 15 years. He will address the business drivers, the need to facilitate a competitive supply chain to prevent excessive costs and to manage supplier performance and relationships.

In this presentation, Alison will review some techniques that helped Mars build the customer experience and share examples of how this relationship is helping to navigate, collaboratively through the current pandemic.

*This video was originally filmed for the US SCOPE Supply Chain 2020 Virtual Summit sister event.

If two years ago, there would have been a scary movie entitled COV19 and the impact to Supply Chain, many of us would not have believed it. Who would have envisioned shortages in basic toiletries, the inability to physically be close to individuals, the lack of a cohesive national strategy, and the overall devastation to the economy? Although we could not imagine this, how can Supply Chain leaders prepare to respond in a more agile way to devastating world events. In order to answer this question, we have to define what does the word “”Risk”” mean? The definition is different for each individual, function, company, and country. In this presentation, we will discuss how to identify, prioritize, and address risk while becoming a stronger organization.

• How do you decipher between “Risk” and “Crisis” Management?
• How should your actions differ in each scenario?
• How do you retain and in some cases attract “Key” talent during a Crisis?
• How do you incorporate”Risk Management” as a part of your ongoing process improvement initiatives

*This video was originally filmed for the US SCOPE Supply Chain 2021 Virtual Summit sister event.

Join us in an Executive Interview with Ann Tracy, Chief Sustainability Officer at Colgate as she discusses how to build purpose driven brands and integrating sustainability into your business strategy.

• How are consumer demands impacting supply chain sustainability?
• What has been Colgate’s approach to sustainability in the past?
• What role does supply chain play in Colgate’s future strategy?

*This video was originally filmed for the US SCOPE Supply Chain 2021 Virtual Summit sister event.

Learn how to promote innovative minds and how to prioritize and scale innovation initiative
How can start-up ecosystems have to access promising technology and new business models?
When to apply which innovation discipline such as entrepreneurship, pilots, corporate ventures or investments

Understand how to improve digital decision making through Digital Dashboards
Learn how to implement demand Sensing to improving planning processes
Automation and ‘track & trace’: driving logistics preference in 2021

Hear from the Head of Distribution Excellence at Bayer who will be discussing the digitalisation of logistics that Bayer have implemented along with what processes are most important. Also, Johnny will share the challenges Bayer faced, as well as how they overcame them.

*This video was originally filmed for the US SCOPE Supply Chain 2021 Virtual Summit sister event.

Understand how cross-functional coordination is imperative in improving supply chain networks
How can an end-to-end ecosystem help decide business strategy and identify opportunities?
How can new products and services be supported by an agile and flexible supply chain?