Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar

Finally, here it is, the 3rd Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar 2011 to be held in Barcelona, Spain, 26-27th October this year. Ever since I first blogged about the very first seminar in 2008, I have eagerly awaited the annual conference announcements, so that I could promote it here on husdal.com. This year’s program is still in the making but some topics and speakers are already out. With Supply cost and performance risk as a result of deteriorating freight transportation infrastructure as one of the topics, a topic that is very close to my heart, it looks like a seminar I would really like to attend. But there are a lot more reasons for going to Barcelona this year than just that one topic.

Confirmed speakers so far:

Supply Chain Council – European Chair (Event Chairman)
Avnet – VP EMEA, Supply Chain
Philips – CFO, Philips Supply
Nokia – Director Corporate Security CEMEA & Global Supply Chain Security
Johnson & Johnson – Procurement Director
Electrolux – Demand Flow Director (tbc)

Conference Topics

Below are some of the topics the event will cover. For the investigative delegate, topics with links refer to related posts on husdal.com.

The nature of supply chain risk management and emerging trends in the study and practice in this rapidly-developing field.
Advances in the assessment and management of supply chain risk.
The role of total cost analysis (design versus disruption) in effective supply chain risk strategies.
Behavioral decision making as an enabler or impediment of effective risk management.
Risk sharing in multi-firm risk management strategies.
The role of supply chain risk management in global competitiveness (e.g., how effective supply chain risk management supports competitiveness-enhancing global trade patterns).
Supply chain risk management in the face of interacting product design and logistics issues.
Supply cost and performance risk as a result of deteriorating freight transportation infrastructure.
Supply Chain Security for the Future
How a standardized and proactive partnership between Customer and Logistics provider can mitigate the risk for both parties?!
The nature and management of supply risk associated with freight capacity limitations.
The logistical impact of rapid demand fluctuations and approaches to managing the associated supply risk.
Assessing and effectively managing supply chain costs associated with logistics price volatility.
Modeling the economic value of effective supply chain risk management.
How to used VMI (Vendor Management Inventory) as a valid risk mitigation strategy?
SC Risk Management: Sensing and Responding
The need for SC visibility to provide the predictability necessary to effectively mitigate risk.
Best practice methodologies for taking efficient risk mitigation decisions based on ROI