Intelligent Transport Systems and Greater Efficiency in Logistics

The following top interests of the members who are planning to attend this meeting will be the roundtable discussion themes:

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1. DIGITAL SC ALIGNMENT

• ​Adapting business models & SC design for a digital world
• Redesigning and aligning end-to-end processes with a digital mindset
• Holistic performance metrics

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2. AGILE LOGISTICS

• Handling the requirements for business agility
• Changing customers/shifting demands - delivering to increasing demands
• Robust logistics in the face of natural business fluctuation

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3. NETWORK DESIGN FOR AGILITY

• Post-Brexit landscape - reviewing international distribution patterns
• Practicalities of new overseas DCs 
• Sourcing agility - derisking the supply chain

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4. REDUCING S&OP PLANNING CYCLES

• Pulling data quickly and efficiently for smarter tactical decisions
• Simplifying data heavy processes - process and technology evolution
• Redeploying planners for exceptions and value added decision making  ​

5.  COST-TO-SERVE & COMMERCIAL PLANNING 

• Are we doing the wrong things increasingly efficiently?
• Making customer account profitability & cost-to-serve integral to commercial planning
• The people bit: aligning incentives and overcoming silos