Performance improvement through total supply chain visibility (Summary)

Network Outputs - Procurement & Supply Chain

Meeting Details

Host: ITW Networks

Venue: House of Lords

Theme: Performance improvement through total supply chain visibility

Guest Speakers: Professor Richard Wilding, Supply Chain & Logistics, Cranfield School of Management - Mawgan Wilkins, Senior Director, Cisco Systems

Meeting Agenda: Supply Chain thought leadership lunch with Oracle

12:00 Arrival and reception drinks, Reid Room

12:30 Guests are seated, Attlee Room Welcome and introductions The Earl of Erroll Andrew Spence, Director, Supply Chain, Oracle Matthew Wolstenholme, Director, ITW Networks

12:40 Best practice presentation: Performance improvement through total supply chain transparency Professor Richard Wilding, Cranfield School of Management

13.00 Starter is served

13.15 Best practice presentation: ‘Supply chain visibility – building increased flexibility through end to end collaboration’ Mawgan Wilkins, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Strategy, Cisco Systems

13.30 Introduction to questions for table discussion Introduced by Matthew Wolstenholme, ITW Networks

1. What are the real benefits and costs of visibility and how are they quantified?
2. Is effective risk management possible without end to end visibility – what does best practice look like?
3. Why is achieving visibility difficult – and what can we learn from the most successful supply chains?
4. How can we measure value added through the supply chain – what inputs and capabilities are required?

Lunch is served

14:25 Table feedback from the round table discussions Facilitated by Matthew Wolstenholme, ITW Networks

14:45 Concluding remarks Andrew Spence, Oracle The Earl of Erroll

15:00 Close

Meeting Conclusions