Supply Chain Strategies for Managing Integrated Business Planning and Complexities Within The Chemical Supply Chain

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Take a more holistic approach to supply chain, compared to just limiting it to an S&OP process. Learn how to work with the business leaders to identify customer requirements, what the market drivers are, and any persistent trends in the marketplace.
• Move supply chain within an organization from S&OP to IBP
• Balance supply and demand with your knowledge of key customer drivers – early enough in the process
• Create a holistic approach for better visibility into raw materials, optimizing inventory levels and supply demand approach
• Mitigate risk by understanding demand to ensure a robust process is in place

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Multinationals today are complex organizations made up of many business units spanning various locations around the globe. Their product offerings stretch from upstream commodities to downstream specialties. In the late 1990s and early 2000s logistics companies touted “one stop shop” logistics services under one umbrella. However, in recent times, the problems to be addressed have become more complex. Customers are looking for direct interaction with solution providers. Technology and entrepreneurship are now offering solutions that are more targeted and precise. Regardless of the trend, learn how to:
• Address the fundamentals, including earnings, cash, working capital and sustainability
• Meet the expectation of both the customer and the service provider

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Companies have organized complex matrixes within their organizational structure in response to an ever-changing economy. These hierarchies impede efficient decision making because they make it difficult to bring the best people together. Hear real life successes on companies that successfully managed to break vertical siloes to achieve true cross functional integration.
• Understand the key components towards achieving true cross functional integration
• Bring employees together across levels and functions, from acquisition to the actual process

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The past couple of years have seen a focus on close cooperation with suppliers in exchanging data and connecting systems business to business. Now more than ever, we have more info for our customers. Leverage this and learn how to:
• Manage contracts and rail rates based on commodities and finished goods
• Achieve optimization by exploring GPS technologies that enable companies to exchange information and data with the tanker profiler
• Understand data’s part to play in a world with more customer visibility

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Attendees will select 2 of the following round tables. Each discussion will last 30 minutes, after which the attendees will rotate.

1. Understanding the Globally Harmonized System of Chemical Classification and Labeling and the Rollout of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard
Anthony H. Murray, Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team, Eastern Region, U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (US DOT PHMSA)

2. Mergers & Acquisitions: The Name of the Game
Laara Williams, Director, Global Supply Chain and Logistics - Resins and Chemicals, Honeywell

3. Strategic Agreement to Recognize the Benefits Between Rail Lines and Chemical Manufacturers
Stephen Klejst, Deputy Managing Director, National Transportation Safety Board

4. Realigning Supply Chain Roles and Responsibilities
Gaëlle Bellet, Technical Polymers Fluoropolymers, Global Supply Chain Director, Arkema

5. The Falling Price of Oil and Its Widespread Effects
Jeremy Pafford, Managing Editor Americas, ICIS

6. Implementing Integrated Business Planning
John Bozec, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Schneider National

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Reduce noncompliance by understanding what you need to know before you start moving goods through various customs points and ports. This panel of regulatory bodies will discuss how to:
• Understand the full scope of responsibility for moving goods internationally, including the importance of export licenses
• Consider what DOT Programs are available, and choose the one that is right for you

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Businesses and institutions everywhere are facing growing pressure to improve the safety of their products, services and operations. How are they managing the pressure to create safer products?
• Develop products that will enable us to use less energy and less fuel
• Implement ethical models that push social responsibility within the organization

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