The Digital Transformation of Your Supply Chain presented by SAP

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Your Operational Excellence: Advanced Supply Chain Analytics Oct 18, 2016

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The buzz: 'Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better' -Pat Riley. Driving operational excellence needs to be an ongoing, evolving mission for your organization. But how? Make better-informed, timely decisions based on insights from accurate and timely analytics. As the Internet of Things revolution spawns a proliferation of smart sensors, more devices are generating a flood of information and data. How can your company benefit? Establish an intelligent Analytics strategy. The experts speak. Adam Zeckel, EY: 'Start by doing what's necessary: then do what's possible: and suddenly you are doing the impossible' -Francis of Assisi. John Sullivan, SAP: 'What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort' -Orison Swett Marden. Tony Han, SAP: 'A fool with a tool is still a fool' -Grady Booch. Join us for Your Operational Excellence: Advanced Supply Chain Analytics.

Customer-Centricity through The Perfect Order Sep 20, 2016

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The buzz: 'I can see clearly now the rain is gone.' The digitization of global economies has shifted traditional supply chain models. You need to access accurate, consolidated data and integrate outcomes throughout your organization real-time, in order to respond to short-term demand while keeping your eye on long-term strategic objectives and commitments. How can you manage the complexity and laser-focus your decisions on being customer-centric? Create the Perfect Order. The experts speak. Jamie Larsen, EY: 'If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change' -Max Planck. Rich Benner, Monsanto: 'Get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves' -Steve Jobs. Martin Barkman, SAP: 'We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten…' -Bill Gates. Join us for Customer-Centricity through The Perfect Order.

Agile Manufacturing: Evolving to Efficiency Aug 23, 2016

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The buzz: “A true champion can adapt to anything” -F. Mayweather, Jr. News flash for manufacturers running lean! Wake up, smell the coffee and start evolving to an athletic, agile workplace. Why? Your customers are demanding faster, more personalized production and even a lot size of one. The benefits of agility – a short Customer Order Cycle and the ability to maintain high quality standards and control costs – will enable you to meet their demands. How to get there? A holistic, flexible production process. The experts speak. Vic Braccardi, RTS: “The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them—preferably in unexpected and helpful ways” -Richard Branson-. Tony Pasquinelli, Dana: “A stitch in time saves nine”-Francis Baily. Mike Lackey, SAP: “My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them” -Bono, U2 Blog-. Join us for Agile Manufacturing: Evolving to Efficiency.

Encore: Riding the Wave: The Digital Modernization of Logistics Jul 26, 2016

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The buzz: Surf’s up. The digital modernization of your logistics network–with automated warehouse functions increasin –requires you to have end-to-end, real-time visibility into locations around the world. Why is it worth your while to hurdle obstacles to get there? The digitized logistics world can enable your company to grow faster and more efficiently into markets and channels otherwise not possible before. Ready to learn how? The experts speak. Parminder Singh, Deloitte: “All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash” (Taiichi Ohno). Matt Miller, Deloitte: “Problems are excellent guides to improvement, but only if the real problem is identified.” (The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership, paraphrased) Mark Averskog, SAP: “In the end, nobody wins unless everybody wins” (Bruce Springsteen). Join us for Riding the Wave: The Digital Modernization of Logistics.

Digital Transformation across the Extended Supply Chain - Part 2 Jun 28, 2016

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The buzz: The time has come…. Almost every company on the planet is already transforming the way they do business – or they need to! Why? Let us count the ways: Digital transformation. Resource scarcity. Demand for individualized products. The Sharing Economy. Pressure for customer centricity. The bottom line: It’s time for you to re-think every business process and take advantage of the latest digital technologies to help you squeeze dollars, time, inefficiencies, low quality, and more out of the value chain. Are you on board yet? The experts speak. Kevin Warmerdam, SAP: “Do or do not. There is no try” (Yoda, Star Wars). Richard Howells, SAP: “What’s my return on investment on e-commerce? Are you crazy? This is Columbus in the New World. What was his ROI?” (Andrew Grove, Intel). Rick Imber, SAP: “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete!” (Jack Welch, GE). Join us for Digital Transformation across the Extended Supply Chain – Part 2.

Orchestrating Sustainable Product Innovation: Compose Your Symphony May 31, 2016

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The buzz: Hum a few bars? Manufacturers: Achieving sustainable product innovation requires great discipline plus extraordinary collaboration within your company, across your stakeholder community, and with your customers. Why? Booming global competition requires you to have more product variants, faster time to market, lower costs – all while facing growing regulatory and sustainability requirements. How? Borrow a page from the music world: a PLM symphony of simplification, technology, automation, and agility. The experts speak. Alan Mendel, LeverX: “Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future” (Walt Disney). Jeff Doneghue, BUNN: “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps” (Confucius). Brian Soaper, SAP: “If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong” (Charles Kettering). Join us for Orchestrating Sustainable Product Innovation: Compose Your Symphony.

Riding the Wave: The Digital Modernization of Logistics May 03, 2016

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Your Market-to-Market Supply Chain: Creating Agility Apr 05, 2016

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The buzz: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick (Jill, too). br Businesses like yours are operating in volatile, demanding markets like never before, facing major challenges as you try to manage customer response and orchestrate a global supply and partner network across boundaries. Beyond the faster pace of product innovation and soaring demand for customized products, you’re also trying to cope with competitive, regulatory and economic pressures. How to survive? We have one word for you: agility. The experts speak. David Malik, Mondelēz International: “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success” (Henry Ford). Tanguy Caillet, EY: “Plan to execute. Execute the plan” (Anonymous). Dan Miller, SAP: “No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force” (Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke). Join us for Your Market-to-Market Supply Chain: Creating Agility.

Time for a New Competitive Edge: Demand Networks Mar 08, 2016

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The buzz: The time has come.Major global market trends are redefining your business realities: volatile markets, increasingly complex logistics, constantly changing distribution networks, escalating competition. It’s critical to understand your supply chain maturity (or lack thereof) and focus on the right things. How? Morph your supply chain into Demand Networks. Why? Demand Networks focus on the customer, the partners ensuring you fulfill demand, and your ability to react quickly and accurately every time. Are you ready? The experts speak. Gisèle Roy, Blount: “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’” (Isaac Asimov). Padman Ramankutty, Intrigo: “To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself” (Soren Kirkegaard). Laz Uriza, SAP: “When did Noah build the ark, Gladys? Before the rain, before the rain” (Spy Game, 2001). Join us for Your New Competitive Edge: Demand Networks.

Digital Transformation Across the Extended Supply Chain Feb 09, 2016

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The buzz: Chain chain chain…Welcome to our new series, where we’ll cover ESC fundamentals, implications on the buyer’s journey, how it impacts your organization’s alignment and accountability, and the struggle to measure its influence on your bottom line. Why this series? Extending the supply chain is a topic of growing concern to businesses around the globe, especially with the rapid growth of digital transformation. The experts speak. Rick Imber, SAP: “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else” (Sam Walton). Michael Yagdar, EY: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed…I’ve failed over and over…that is why I succeed” (Michael Jordan). Richard Howells, SAP: “The times they are a-changin’” (Bob Dylan). Join us for Digital Transformation Across the Extended Supply Chain.