It takes a village to take a product from concept to cash, but the supply chains that support this are a complex web, with limited integration between financial forecasting, planning, manufacturing execution, logistics and key partners/suppliers. Spotting potential challenges and facilitating constant communication across the extended supply chain and entire enterprise is critical to meet ongoing customer demand and market volatility. While maintaining effective communication can be complex, collaboration shouldn’t be chaotic.

Join Mike Hegedus from TrinityRail, Michael Ciatto from Genpact, and Patrick Van Hull from Kinaxis to learn how organizations are using hyperconnected supply chains to overcome the chaos. Find out how TrinityRail is breaking down silos, gaining greater transparency and agility across its organization and supplier network, all within a centralized platform.

Speakers:

Mike Hegedus, Vice President of Supply Chain Management and Procurement, TrinityRail

Michael Ciatto, Global Supply Chain Solutions and Services Lead, Genpact

JP Swanson, Business Consultant, Kinaxis

Moderator:

Bob Bowman, Editor in Chief, SupplyChainBrain

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

The final mile or outbound shipping function has been an area of strong focus for businesses in recent years with the relentless growth of ecommerce and changes in consumer buying patterns. But the COVID-19 pandemic has now highlighted both the fragility and the importance of international supply chains, the 'first mile', where technology focus has lagged in the past.

Join us to hear how a global network platform is critical for effective international freight management, and how the global network model can improve final mile operations, without the need to rip-and-replace existing TMS solutions.

You will learn:

• How to prioritize TMS investments today?
• How to assess your logistics maturity for tech fit?
• Should you blend inbound and outbound freight operations?
• What recent changes in logistics are likely to be permanent?

Speaker:

Monica Truelsch, Senior Director, Solution Strategy for Transportation, Infor

Moderator:

Robert Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

As the coronavirus outbreak has spread, unparalleled challenges have arisen for food and beverage companies all over the world. Extraordinary measures have been taken to keep the food supply chain safe, efficient, and productive.

Industry leaders, with agile solutions, are swiftly changing their approach to mitigate the fallout of the pandemic; further cementing them as leaders in the post-pandemic world.

Yet many companies are still learning to cope with the new realities of the crisis. The need to quickly identify, develop, and adopt new capabilities that ensure long-term resiliency is ever present on everyone’s mind.

For manufacturers and distributors of Food & Beverage, the new normal is characterized by a variety of factors that include:

• Consumer demand, both in the volume and variety of manufactured goods consumed
• Direct to consumer demand, and the disruption to transportation / delivery networks
• Workforce availability (health), composition, and location
• Regional/global pandemic restrictions to the food supply chain
• Raw material and component inventory shortages affecting production, with resulting inventory shortages impacting manufacturing and distribution companies’ sales

This webinar will discuss some of the key factors involved in building a more resilient post-pandemic Food & Beverage supply chain in 2021 and beyond, including:

• Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
• Accelerating technology implementation to improve agility
• Methods for developing a more proactive supply chain network
• Building trust into supply chain practices

Speakers:

John Flemming, Director, Information Technology, Chapman's Ice Cream

Doug Mefford, Product Marketing Director, Generix Group North America

Phil Gautrin, General Manager, Generix Group North America

Moderator:

Robert Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

Logistics executives should consider these actions to address current challenges and join the ranks of supply-chain leaders.