Preview of topics on 2021 agenda
- Demonstrating exemplary supply chain leadership in a period of unprecedented turbulence.
- Positioning the supply chain as a key driver of business growth and performance.
- ISM Houston panel – working with industry for better supply chain outcomes.
- Next-gen talent – a look at the future of the workforce, including managing a new WFM environment, Gen Z graduates and reskilling existing workforces for Industry 4.0 and 5.0
- A look at how 2020 and 2021 have inextricably changed the supply chain and procurement functions.
- The importance of supply chain and procurement leaders in contributing to industry, organization and individual’s carbon reduction targets.
- How feasible is a circular economy within energy supply chains – and how can companies support the objective of net zero and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
- Advances in machine learning and data analytics – and how supply chains have been impacted
- Connectivity – increasing your data points through IIoT and analytics
- Supply chain risk – where are the physical and cyber disruptions going to come from, and how can you prepare?
- Digital transformation vs digitizing SC&P business user cases
- Building an agile and resilient supply chain to deal with future shocks and increasingly common black swans.
- Disruptive technologies – what is coming next – and how can you capitalize? Robotics, additive manufacturing, autonomy, self-driving cars/trucks, drones – what else?
- Building on supplier development and diversity – and the benefits of broadening and deepening relationships.
- Changes in compliance requirements – understanding your responsibilities and ensuring your organization is prepared.
- Developing win-win supplier collaborations - what are the underlying behaviors that should orchestrate your approach?
- 2022 and beyond – what will we be talking about at next year’s conference? What should we have seen coming?