Benefit from the DSCI Executive Leadership Forum

Dave Kappos, a partner at Cravath, Swaine and Moore, discusses how the Digital Supply Chain Institute uses data to drive research conversations. Dave made these remarks during the Digital Supply Chain Institute’s fifth Executive Leadership Forum at the SAP HQ in Walldorf, Germany. Over 60 supply chain executives attended the DSCI’s fifth forum in October 2018.

Rapid adoption of digitalization by small businesses

Hala Zeine, President, Digital Supply Chain and Manufacturing, SAP SE, shares how small businesses are rapidly adapting to today’s supply chain digitalization. Hala made these remarks during the Digital Supply Chain Institute’s fifth Executive Leadership Forum at the SAP HQ in Walldorf, Germany. Over 60 supply chain executives attended the DSCI’s fifth forum in October 2018.

Agility is essential for Digital Supply Chains

George Bailey, Managing Director, Digital Supply Chain Institute, advises how companies can make their supply chains more agile. George made these remarks during the Digital Supply Chain Institute’s fifth Executive Leadership Forum at the SAP HQ in Walldorf, Germany. Over 60 supply chain executives attended the DSCI’s fifth forum in October 2018.

Role of the Digital Supply Chain Institute

Hala Zeine, President, Digital Supply Chain and Manufacturing, SAP SE, discusses the invaluable role the Digital Supply Chain Institute plays in pushing supply chains to the future. Hala made these remarks during the Digital Supply Chain Institute’s fifth Executive Leadership Forum at the SAP HQ in Walldorf, Germany. Over 60 supply chain executives attended the DSCI’s fifth forum in October 2018.

Building blocks enabling companies to meet customer needs

Chris Caine, President, the Center for Global Enterprise, explains the building blocks that enable companies to meet their customers’ needs. Chris made these remarks during the Digital Supply Chain Institute’s fifth Executive Leadership Forum at the SAP HQ in Walldorf, Germany. Over 60 supply chain executives attended the DSCI’s fifth forum in October 2018.

Expert Connect – Risk and Competitive Advantage

The Digital Supply Chain provides new, more sophisticated ways to manage risk by using technology and data to shift from a reactive to a preventative control of risks. But Digital Supply Chain risk management practices must be updated to better manage business performance and compliance risks. In many cases, the same technology investments discussed in previous sessions provide managers with the data and the tools to identify and leverage risk. In this final module, we will explore how companies can mitigate risk more effectively, potentially turning risk into a competitive advantage.

Expert Connect – DSC Talent Strategy

Successfully evolving toward a Digital Supply Chain requires education, communication, organizational redesign, process redesign and new personnel. Learn how to create a talent development plan. This webinar will focus on talent development and utilization: identifying the skills required and finding the right talent; cross-functional collaboration; creating incentives; and identifying who makes what decisions, and at what level. We’ll also explore how some companies encourage collaboration and align their Digital Supply Chain with organizational goals.

Expert Connect – Technology Enablers: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

The effective use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) driven by specific algorithms, will help companies to evolve from reactive to predictive. Learn how to us AI/ML to anticipate future demand and predict the likelihood of future risks—and why all that depends on cross-functional teams.

Expert Connect – Technology Enablers: Blockchain

Technology can be a game changer. However, using technology in a strategic way is a significant undertaking. In this week’s session, we’ll hear Aricent discuss the results of their Blockchain pilot project. In addition, we will explore the business and technical case for Blockchain technology, its application in the DSC, and the results of a recent pilot project.

Expert Connect – Demand Management

The Digital Supply Chain is a prime driver of demand. Explore why it is important to generate real-time data to improve demand forecasting, make better decisions, and create new opportunities that stimulate demand and growth. We’ll look at digital supply chain strategies that help some companies better sense, match and ultimately drive new demand.