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Net Zero and Value Chain Collaboration - a new framework from the World Economic Forum
Although the need for climate action is a growing concern for businesses, the move from talk to action is still hindered by limited access to detailed information on how businesses can operationalize their commitments and address their carbon-emission challenges throughout their operations and supply chains. Because getting to net-zero manufacturing and value chains covers many areas of action across functions within an organization and in diverse sectors, companies often find themselves discussing various issues, strategies and solutions in isolation and unable to consider all the related factors. To facilitate access to evidence and shape the dialogue between leaders and decision-makers, the World Economic Forum Industry Net Zero Accelerator initiative brings together the relevant building blocks of successful industry net zero roadmaps. The framework aims to be a central tool for the initiative to engage leaders across industry sectors, government, academia and civil society to jointly shed light on global insights and best practices in response to the net-zero “how-to” challenge. Complemented by real-world examples of initiatives and projects, the framework is based on 10 key action pillars.
Securing a sustainable supply chain future
The obligation to ensure carbon neutrality in business operations is of paramount importance - the future of our planet depends on it. The intrinsic link between supply chain and sustainability needs to be established and wider supply chain performance goals need to be aligned with sustainability targets. In this session we will be examining how sustainability can become a strategic advantage and how digital transformation promoting supply chain visibility is helping leaders to get to grips with supply chain carbon footprints
Building agility through concurrent planning
In this session learn how technology revolutionizes planning by delivering the agility you need to make fast, confident decisions in an unpredictable world for your integrated business planning and digital supply chain. We combine human intelligence with AI and our unique concurrent planning technique so you can plan better, live better and change the world.
Panel: Creating an end to end supply chain ecosystem - The foundations of supply chain operations
Creating an end-to-end supply chain ecosystem involves designing and implementing a comprehensive and integrated system that covers all aspects of a company's supply chain operations. With an integrated E2E supply chain design and visibility across the supply chain, businesses can better serve customers. Operating on tradition models Traditional supply chain models have come under the spotlight in recent years, with a renewed focus on getting more from what we take out. Traditional methods of supply chain management have been highlighted in ways that protecting the environment has been shown to negatively impact. As a result modern supply chain management methods seeks to address the environmental concerns, whilst staying competitive. In this session learn about the important tools necessary to build a versatile, robust supply chain and what implications need to be taken into account to make it sustainable, profitable and eco-friendly.
Presentation: Circular economy, right to repair and other green disruptive models in supply chain
Dormaka is accelerating circular solutions to develop material-efficient, energy-efficient, high-quality products that reduce our customers’ environmental impact and meet the needs of a sustainable built environment. As a result, product design remains a core focus of their sustainability strategy, with an emphasis on energy consumption and carbon emissions during the product’s use phase, waste management, and recyclability at its end of life. One solution they are implementing is the digital Product CO2 Inventory Tool which provides information on the carbon emissions of energy-consuming products during their use phase. This supports product development and optimization activities to create more energy-efficient products and also contributes to our target of decreasing Scope 3 emissions from the use phase of sold products.
Thanks to the Product CO2 Inventory Tool, the footprint of around 350 products that consume energy after installation is able to be closely monitored, including those that are battery-operated or connected to the electricity grid. Through the tool Dormakaba is able to continuously check and improve data quality based on product parameters, easily make updates to include new products, and have a better understanding of where the biggest impact is taking place.
Workshop: The cognitive Self-modelling supply chain
Finding the optimal supply chain can be highly complex. Failure to find the perfect supply chain parameters will result in ineffective plans which will propagate across the network, regardless of the planning software. Why is this? It happens because finding the right configuration – even in relatively simple supply chains – is extremely difficult to achieve. There are just too many combinations. In addition, real-world supply chains are often global making the task exponentially more complicated. Even for experienced planners this is an insurmountable challenge.
Workshop: Optimising supply chain planning to reduce waste, drive process efficiency and create business value
This session covers some of the defining trends that are shaping the future of supply chain management and sustainability. We touch on the criticality of making supply chain planning the centerpiece of your sustainable transformation to ensure that functions are aligned toward shared objectives. Pick up some key tips on how to guide sustainable transformation and the importance of fostering sustainable mindsets in your teams.
Panel: Creating a world class procurement organization - The foundations of supply chain operations and resilience
Global businesses play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of the supply chain and the delivery of goods and services to customers. Contemporary business models are faced with increasingly volatile complexities, with new challenges arising from globalization, technology, and changing consumer demands. To meet these challenges, forward thinking supply chain practitioners are able to future proof their supply chain operations. But, how exactly do they do this? Join this session to discover how leading procurement officers are taking the steps to enable contemporary, resilient procurement strategies that enable greater agility, sustainability and solutions to outdated forecasting models.
Fireside chat: Navigating through booming energy costs - Strategies for supply chain and manufacturing
With energy costs rising, the impact on the supply chain and manufacturing process can be significant on the overall efficiency and sustainability of the operation. In this session we will discuss how the effects of energy costs can be mitigated by implementing energy-efficient technologies and strategies including process streamlining, alternate sources, optimizing transportation, and addressing recycling.
Presentation: A Siemens case study: Barriers and opportunities for supply chain decarbonization
The carbon footprint of most industrial products comes from the supply chain of the manufacturer. To tackle climate change and respond to increasing customer demands, industrial companies need reliable data about the carbon footprint of their products, starting at the cradle and following the entire supply chain as a starting point. Only in an ecosystem of partners will these companies be able to turn transparency into action.
SiGREEN provides the necessary basis for targeted emission management while preserving the data sovereignty of all participants in the supply chain. To make this possible, a new ecosystem has been created: the ESTAINIUM Association. It operates an open and independent network for the exchange of PCF-related data using decentralized trust technology. SiGREEN and ESTAINIUM are comparatively new approaches, but already very promising. This talk will provide a deep dive into both concepts and highlight the opportunities that an open ecosystem can bring when it comes to a greener, more sustainable future.
Presentation: Building a sustainable logistics network, a Mars case study
Mars has invested £350m into an ambitious sustainable logistics network that will increase Mars’ current warehousing capacity by over 50%. This landmark piece of work will deliver annual CO2 savings of 7.7% across Mars’ outbound logistics network, and remove over a million miles a year from roads. In this session Robert will outline Mars’ sustainability journey, and their plans for 2023 and beyond.
Workshop: Selecting the right technology for resilient demand planning
In recent years, constant disruption and volatility has left supply chain practitioners asking the same question: “how do we get better at demand planning?” Choosing the right technology for such a necessary transformation is critical. So why do companies so often fall back on old-fashion selection processes? In this session, we dig into why the traditional approach and old solutions no longer work and explore alternatives that enable true demand planning transformation.
Workshop: Breaking down business silos with integrated, end to end supply chain visibility
Supply chain professionals strive to achieve accurate ROI. End-to-end visibility can help them achieve this. We dive into the ways of addressing multifaceted challenges such as inventory management, lowering transportation costs, and detailed, accurate documentation. End-to-end visibility provides operational efficiencies by allowing organizations to track their assets from booking to arrival, which can help proactively avoid bottlenecks.
Presentation: Business digital ecosystems: Resilience through S&OP and technology
Acute anticipation and fast reaction was a main objective for Vestas as they embarked upon their journey to build resilience within their supply chain. But, how is a journey like this reframed in this new era of disruption? Seeking to improve demand planning, S&OP and S&OE were accelerated to the top of the agenda. Christophe will talk us through Vestas' digital transformation journey and how the connection of people, data, and processes enabled them to support digital growth, navigate disruption and meet the heightened demand they are facing for renewable energy sources worldwide.
Fireside chat: Building a sustainable logistics eco-system
Increased pressure to reduce environmental impacts and meet growing consumer demand for sustainable solutions has become a central priority within supply chains. The challenge of building a sustainable logistics ecosystem is complex, requiring collaboration between industry stakeholders, innovative technology, and a supportive regulatory framework. When distributing goods and services around the globe businesses must take into account the impacts their actions are having on the wider environment. Simply moving products from one place to the other drives complex questions around carbon emissions, last mile delivery and next day transportation. In this session you will learn about various ways organizations can incorparate sustainable initiatives into everything from sourcing to delivery.
Keynote: The future of cross functional leadership and the new world of work
In this groundbreaking session we learn about the the future of work and the leadership skills required to lead in challenging times. The session looks at the leadership and cultural impertives required to build agile and resilient work cultures.