• What are some of the most pressing challenges facing the 3PL industry in recent times?
• How are 3PLs responding to the economic crisis to protect the company’s core interests, improve bottom-line performance and meet customers’ changing requirements?
• Acquisitions and mergers: Is now a good time for industry consolidation or expansion into new markets?

• How do companies react during the economic downturn and the impact on supply chain?
• How DHL successfully work with customers to manage their supply chain during this downturn – 3 case studies on supply chain models shift 
• Changing consumer patterns and economic recovery: How does it affect supply chain models?

• Assessing the importance of developing consistent and agile customer service – key to enhancing customer loyalty and new business growth
• How are 3PLs helping customers to achieve their supply chain objectives and KPIs in current challenging business environments?

• Facilitating true collaboration by integrating your business activities with your customers’ business functions
• Identifying relevant IT and logistics support infrastructure to enhance your customers’ business across different markets
• Implementing practices and initiatives that addresses top supply chain requirements such as flexibility, end-to-end visibility and security
• Driving additional value for your customers through greater collaboration with them to achieve their supply chain objectives

• Aligning processes and procedures to be compliant with international governmental and customs security initiatives and regulations
• Achieving certification in ISO 28000 series of International Standards to ensure safety and reduced risks in the overall supply chain

• Identifying the essential IT systems and solutions that 3PLs are implementing to improve on internal operations and planning, such as logistics optimisation, workforce planning and resource utilisation
• Leveraging on IT to create a key differentiating advantage in the 3PL business
• Nurturing customer intimacy using IT to optimise the dynamics of CRM and to enable value-added services
   

• Attributes of a supply chain in an emerging market
• How corporations handle key challenges in getting product to market
• The contribution and value of providers – solutions, infrastructure, technology, and environment protection

• How are 3PLs pushing forward with environmental initiatives to build sustainable transportation and logistics?
• How can 3PLs and clients collaborate to green the supply chain?
• What are the financial commitments in developing a ‘green’ agenda?
• Establishing a business case – how can sustainable transportation and logistics be achieved profitably?
• Operating a fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles: What are the cost implications for a 3PL?
   

• Identifying immediate actionable activities to achieve cost reduction across the supply chain
• Optimising/transforming your supply chain to create a competitive advantage
• Weathering the storm: Improving performance, delivering on commitments and strengthening the supply chain during the economic crisis
• Synchronising the global supply chain for greater visibility, improved planning and enhanced coordination between all supply chain partners

• Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve cost reduction, optimised inventory management and supply chain visibility
• Reducing your supply chain’s exposure to risk through strategic supplier management practices and expanding the company’s supplier/vendor network structure
• Examining your suppliers and vendors performance metrics to measure performance improvements to ensure compliance and accountability
• Identifying critical technologies that can ensure supply chain flexibility and responsiveness
• Optimising your supply chain functions and processes to drive operations efficiency and performance

• Understanding how customers and 3PLs are collaborating to drive waste and cash out of supply chains
• Discussing how the current crisis is reshaping the role of the supply chain manager and the way customers and 3PLs interact
• Exploring how greener supply chains leads to lower cost and competitive advantage

• What are the biggest challenges in supply chain management today?
• How can your supply chain be tuned to market conditions?
• Key insights on how to recession-proof your supply chain
• Managing and mitigating key supply chain risks 
• Assessing key technologies and innovations that drive an intelligent supply chain
• Measuring and reducing the supply chain carbon footprint
   

• Understanding the cause-and-effect between SCM business activities and financial performance
• Applying financial management strategies in the supply chain to ensure positive ROI across the value chain
• Mapping SCM initiatives to financial performance gaps to improve working capital management and increase business liquidity
• Assessing how supply chain financing helps to increase sustainable sales growth

• Gaining more cost leverage from your supply chain – A manufacturer’s perspective
• Strategising your supply chain to be a source of competitive advantage particularly during difficult financial times
• Effectively managing your supply chain expenditure to contribute to lower costs and thus improve cash flows and greater margins

• Assessing the importance of SCM in the corporate agenda – is SCM merely a tactical back-room activity or can it be a strategic tool to drive financial performance?
• How does SCM work across verticals in improving business liquidity, realise positive returns on capital and increase shareholder value?
• Applying creative and advanced supply chain finance practices to ensure a more competitive supply chain and to improve your company’s financial performance

• Designing and managing a resilient and seamless supply chain – how this is done in Canon
• Establishing the right SCM priorities and strategy – identifying key areas that need consistent improvements and innovation
• Assessing how strategic SCM can steer the high tech industry to navigate through the market downturn

• How are high tech companies driving sustainability from design to disposal?
• How can sustainability improve operational efficiencies from across your high tech supply chain?
• Setting up a collaborative sustainable supply chain network: Cost and efficiency benefits
• Mitigating trade and compliance risks through sustainability
• Improving your overall high-tech business: Where can you see the benefits?

• What does it mean to restructure a supply chain to stay competitive amidst vast changing market conditions?
• What are the key essentials and top priorities to address when recalibrating the high-tech supply chain?
• How can the high-tech supply chain emerge resilient and able, to tap on new opportunities when the economy turns around?

• Meeting the challenges of today’s unpredictable market – how can the supply chain react and help to deliver improvements in customer satisfaction and operating margins?
• Assessing outsourcing, offshoring and near-shoring options as key strategies to streamline and optimize the high-tech supply chain
• Identifying key supply chain processes that are strategic in helping to reduce costs that continues to deliver market competitive advantage
• Is this the time to consider and realize strategic investments on new supply chain technologies, systems and platforms?

• Gain inventory reduction and lower supply chain costs through accurate forecast and demand planning
• Identify the right processes and supporting technologies to achieve forecasting and demand planning accuracy
• Build a more effective supply chain planning environment by expanding on S&OP enhancement strategies and processes

• Identifying critical forecasting methodologies for products with short life cycle and great demand variations
• How can forecasting be more fluid and responsive to market changes?
• Selecting the right forecasting tools and methodology to track demand in finer detail to prepare for when market demand recovers

• What processes fit best to improve visibility of inventory levels to ensure maximum assets and resource utilization?
• How does forecasting and demand planning tools help to significantly plan and execute productivity improvements throughout the manufacturing chain?
• How does supply and demand planning serve as an integral process to improve customer service deliverables?

• Controlling the forecasting process in a turbulent economy: How is this done successfully?
• Developing the proper metrics to measure your supply chain performance
• Having brand control and management throughout the supply chain integration process
• Mitigating risks in inventory control and management to ensure improved customer service

• Reviewing and streamlining key working processes to reduce cost and drive improved performance
• Optimising inventory storage space and re-evaluating the entire distribution network to drive cost reduction in the DC
• Assessing the myriad of tools and technologies that will maximise productivity to ensure best-in-class practices and standards across the value chain

• What is a customer-centric supply chain in the contemporary context of economic uncertainties?
• How to tailor your supply chain to be customer-centric while strategically reducing the company’s spending across the supply chain and other customer-driven functions?
• How to measure your customer profitability? – A key function to developing a successful customer-centric supply chain strategy

• Assessing the role of supply chain in a global retail operation
• Identifying key strategies and practices for retailer-supplier collaboration to achieve greater inventory visibility to ensure consistent on-shelf availability and synchronised replenishment capabilities
• How can this collaboration work towards reducing supply chain and operating costs for retailers and manufacturers alike?

• Exploring the meaning and scope of end-to-end offerings within increasingly complex retail supply chains
• Examining the validity of 3PL's end-to-end supply chain management propositions to meet these needs
• A review of the common fault lines within integrated retail supply chains. What are the challenges faced by customers and providers in achieving truly seamless processes? How can these be overcome and what critical success factors do 3PL providers require to deliver an end-to-end promise?
• The shape of tomorrow's supply chains; pioneering the industry's next steps towards true integration

• Sharing data and developing joint forecasts and production schedules for collaborative planning amongst supply chain partners to drive optimal forecasting and replenishment plans
• Facilitating a timely and accurate replenishment process with Vendor Managed Inventory
• Executing the Vendor Managed Inventory strategy to improve order fulfillment and inventory allocation processes at the lowest total cost for a better performing supply chain

• Overview of Systematic Network Planning – what is it and how is it an essential thought ware to drive inventory reduction for better cost control and management
• Understanding the step-by-step approach to developing a successful network planning project
• Using the Systematic Planning technique to convert strategy into reality
• Case study of PBG: How Systematic Network Planning was applied to build a robust network to drive economic and operational efficiency across the supply chain

• What is Supply Chain Scheduling and how can it works to significantly improve SCM efficiency?
• Forging tight knit supply chains with suppliers and sub-contractors to successfully integrate supply chain scheduling in your processes
• Working strategies to minimise inventory holding and delivery costs
• Addressing challenges in supplier-buyer collaboration in a vertically integrated supply chain

• Understanding how supply and demand planning affects inventory management and production efficiencies
• Identifying essential tools and techniques to achieve accuracy in demand planning and forecasting
• How to effectively integrate forecasting tools across the supply chain to achieve maximum cost efficiencies
• What are the challenges presented in supply and demand planning during economic uncertainties?

•  How does effective inventory planning and management contribute to production flexibility to meet fast-changing market demands and requirements?
• Understanding how the current market demand/supply is impacting long-term forecasting and supply chain planning
• Establishing a strategic inventory management strategy that is responsive and adaptable while aiming to reduce cost and inventory holding levels
• Building a supply chain strategy with customer satisfaction as a critical priority

• Defining the key elements to improving forecast accuracy
• How do you integrate supplier and customer data and intelligence to achieve effective S&OP capabilities and significantly improve forecast accuracy?
• Utilising IT tools to enhance your forecasting practices and drive business process optimization

• How has the changing market affected global sourcing strategies?
• Assessing the critical aspects of sourcing and procurement that need to be addressed when faced with volatile demand/supply
• What are the implications or challenges in ensuring supply continuity in current market conditions?
• Global sourcing and procurement for raw materials – how to meet cost reduction and supply chain efficiency objectives in an evolving market?

• How does the overall procurement strategy impact your strategic supplier management approach?
• Engaging with suppliers to keep costs low and deliver mutually beneficial advantages – How can this be done?
• Increasing your supplier monitoring to reduce supplier risk
• Leveraging on supplier collaboration and relationship management to drive your procurement and corporate agenda

• How to increase your organisation’s cost savings while working with drastic cuts in procurement budgets
• Dealing with changing market dynamics and supply base instability  brought on by the economic uncertainties
• Developing a low-cost country sourcing strategy to meet the cost reduction challenge
• Handling the CPO’s increasing involvement in cross-functional issues across the organisation
• Outlining your procurement strategy with an environmental agenda

• Understanding how the current economy has presented a unique set of challenges for the aviation supply chain
• Measuring your supply chain to evaluate each metric’s profitability and performance
• Identifying critical areas of change – what is necessary to turnaround your supply chain?
• Implementing innovative strategies to drive out costs and revamping business processes for improvements and optimisation

•  Maximising return on investment through greater visibility across all business functions
• Achieving agility and operational efficiency for airlines 
• Case study on sustaining cost and gaining profitability through implementation of industry leading solutions

• What elements make up a successful global sourcing strategy?
• Integrating suppliers into your global sourcing strategy and corporate objectives to maintain market competitiveness
• Evaluating suppliers performance to develop their capabilities and  to enhance your supply base
• Identifying the essential methodologies, processes and tools in sourcing management

• Implementing collaborative planning between airlines and OEMs to optimise operations and improve customer service
• Reviewing how the current economic climate affects airlines’ inventory management strategies and practices
• Driving inventory reduction to drive cost minimisation in the aviation supply chain
• Ensuring consistent components availability through inventory management outsourcing

• Historical demand planning integrated with future flight scheduling.
• Order Planning, Forecast Consumption and Availability-Based Optimization for long lead time, expensive items with sporadic demand
• Case Study on procurement and repair avoidance with an airline
• Case Study on inventory reduction based on advanced forecasting tools with an airframe manufacturer

• Strategy of Air France – KLM on Component Availability programs
• Strategy of Air France – KLM on supplier relation management
• Cooperation with Boeing on 737 and 777 availability
• Cooperation with Aero Maintenance Group on 757 and 767 availability
• Cooperation with Honeywell and Epcor on APU repair and availability

• Understanding major issues in procurement in the beginning of airport project.
• Important areas, needs attention in the beginning of the project.
• Innovative ways and strategies for cost effective procurement.
• How to ensure timely availability of material.
• Key purchase contract terms to focus, on to minimise the risks involved

Pranay Ghosh, Head-Technical Supply Management, Bangalore International Airport Limited
 

• Strategies and processes that can cut costs while improving customer service deliverables
• Developing a ‘win-win’ partnership for greater cost reduction through improved supplier relationship management
• Enhancing demand visibility throughout your supply chain and improving communications with your suppliers for more a more efficient and responsive value chain

• How did economic uncertainties affect manufacturing supply chains and operations? What kind of supply chain risks has the volatile economy created?
• Re-looking into your supply chain design, processes and infrastructure to determine the level of risks exposure and ways for risks minimisation
• Identifying methodologies and strategies to mitigate supplier risks in the supply chain
• How are companies developing their supply chain risk management strategies to meet market uncertainties?

• Identifying new approaches to supply chain management to help businesses generate cash, reduce cost, improve customer service/revenue uplift and ensure asset productivity
• Presenting the research findings of Accenture’s recent Supply Chain Mastery survey,  where more than 1500 executives were surveyed to determine what supply chain masters do differently
• Examining supply chain masters strategy to achieve high performance in today’s challenging environment and the implications on businesses in Asia Pacific

• Employing a performance management framework for holistically identifying and reviewing key metrics and strategies to address supply chain performance, profitability and risk factors
• Addressing regulatory and compliance mandates and extending capabilities to improve operational efficiencies and drive product and service differentiation
• Operating responsive and resilient supply chains with leading-edge capabilities for supply chain visibility, partner collaboration, process automation and proactive monitoring

• What is the trade off between leverage and flexibility?
• Identifying when and how centralisation or localisation works best to be cost-effective and efficient in an evolving supply chain operating environment
• Ensuring the involvement and buy-in from all key stakeholders across the value chain
• Finding the right mix – is there an optimal strategy?

• An overview of  the impact created by recent economic developments on the supply chain
• How manufacturers drive cost minimisation efforts through strategic warehouse and inventory management?
• Case Study: Stay competitive and resilient through optimised transportation modes

• How can effective 4PL/3PL partnerships reduce overall supply chain and logistics costs?
• Understand how to work closely with 4PL/3PL partners to drive optimised inventory management, achieve supply chain flexibility and improve your distribution capabilities
• Collaborating with 3PLs in supply chain sustainability and greening initiatives

• Keeping your logistics model and strategy aligned with your company’s corporate objective in adapting to new changing market dynamics in challenging times
• Enhancing your inventory visibility to satisfy the customer’s expectations in a consumer-driven market
• Leveraging on strategic 3PL collaboration and partnerships to streamline and optimise your distribution network to improve cost and operational efficiencies

• Navigating the complexities of international logistics in today’s globalised supply chains, particularly in a market downturn
• How can logistics operate to provide value in driving costs reduction and supply chain efficiency?
• Building an integrated logistics chain that is agile and consistent and achieves products speed-to-market  with end-to-end visibility
• Assessing the IT tools and capabilities critical in establishing the right logistics strategy and system

• How can you manage increasing customer expectations while streamlining your inventory to drive costs down?
• Assessing the critical data and systems necessary to provide full visibility for better inventory planning and management
• Considering vendor-managed inventory and vendor stocking program as a potential strategy to reduce inventory levels while maintaining excellent customer deliverables
• Working collaboratively with your supply chain and logistics partner to achieve excellence in your order fulfillment processes and objectives

• How to use the momentum of the downturn to increase speed of change?
• Maintaining relationships while driving critical cost reduction in your procurement organisation
• Leveraging on opportunities during the downturn to drive supplier consolidation

• Building a supplier engagement model to qualify and engage the right partners that aligns with your corporate objectives
• Establishing the multinational supplier development strategy and relationship frameworks
• Developing long-term investments for your organisation by engaging the right global partnerships through a supplier screening process, supplier development and procurement strategy options

• Identifying the pros and cons and key challenges of low-cost sourcing in Asia
• Assessing the key requisites of procuring from low cost countries – what to look out for? When is near-shoring a better option?
• What are the latest sourcing and procurement strategies for high-tech manufacturers?

• Managing supplier performance across  the supply chain
• Knowing your suppliers’ supply chain strategies and objectives and assessing how they fit in your overall SCM planning and priorities
• Integrating the supply chain with that of your suppliers’ to enhance product quality, supply chain efficiency and service levels

• Sourcing and procurement challenges and risks in Asia
• Is China getting too expensive? Can China remain a low-cost sourcing option for the future?
• Identifying the complexities and challenges in strategic purchasing and supply management  
• How to adapt your procurement strategy with the changing market?

• Identifying the challenges of managing distribution in a tight economic market
• Logistics planning and integration with the supply chain to achieve better cost and operational efficiencies
• Assessing the key elements in developing a cost-effective local and regional distribution network

• Overview of India’s untapped retail sector – huge opportunities with major challenges
• Identifying the weak links in a retail supply chain and how to overcome them
• Managing transportation in a fragmented market – what is the best approach and strategy?
• Assessing the growth drivers and opportunities for LSPs, especially after implementation of unified tax structure in April 2010

• Identifying the essential criteria and requisites in selecting a 3PL partner
• How to work closely with your 3PL to drive supply chain efficiency and cost reduction?
• Case studies of real issues and challenges when working with 3PLs – how to overcome these challenges to ensure that the right processes and systems are in place for your logistics and distribution strategy to be successful?

• Assessing the current supply chain infrastructure challenges on the growth of Asia Pacific’s petrochemicals industry
• Developing key strategies and partnerships to efficiently and cost effectively move raw materials and products from production facilities to the market
• Establishing key environmental, safety and security priorities and initiatives in the supply chain planning process
• Case study of Dow Chemical’s proactive and strategic approach to supply chain management to ensure market competitiveness and effective capitalisation on expansion opportunities in the region

• Understanding key challenges in chemical logistics and distribution in the current demand/supply market situation
• Where does logistics planning fit in the entire chemicals supply chain management strategy?
• Re-assessing your long-term logistics strategy to identify critical aspects that need restructuring to reduce costs and drive efficiency
• How can you achieve flexibility and responsiveness in the supply chain through effective logistics planning?

• Identifying and addressing various challenges in chemicals logistics and distribution amid current market conditions
• What is the general forecast for transportation costs for the next 6-12 months?
• How can shipping and logistics service providers provide reprieve for cost optimisation during the current downturn?

• Identifying key compliance priorities that are critical in establishing a safe and secure chemicals supply chain
• Risk assessment and prioritisation approaches for chemicals supply chains
• Deploying the right strategy and model
• Role of distribution and logistics in enhancing safety throughout the chemicals supply chain

• An assessment of the current regulatory safety, health and environment compliance challenges facing the chemicals supply chain
• Establishing a safe and secure chemicals supply chain through strong Product Stewardship
• The role of distribution and logistics in enhancing compliance throughout the chemical supply chain
• The value of Product Stewardship as a differentiator in the marketplace

• Assessing the potential incidence of various risks across the chemical value chain and the minimum requirements for good SH&E management
• Deploying audit measures on all SH&E management systems to ensure complete compliance with internal and external SH&E policies and regulations
• Identifying what is required for effective chemical storage, handling and transport to meet safety and quality assessments

• Assessing various risk models and methodologies to ensure legislative compliance and  to reduce or eliminate supply chain risk
• Understanding how 3PL collaboration can help drive chemicals supply chain HSE priorities and practices
• Anticipating future HSSE challenges in the chemicals supply chain

• Setting up a customised inventory management solution to eliminate obsolete inventory and reduce costs
• Assessing ways to minimise warehouse management costs
• Increasing parts availability and shortening delivery lead times
• Identifying best practices in component management 

• Developing an effective inventory management system to ensure consistent parts availability while maintaining low-cost inventory levels
• Identifying when inventory should be acquired and when it should be reduced
• What are the necessary requisites in establishing an efficient materials and logistics management system?
• What are the challenges in logistics and materials management that airlines face particularly in the current aviation industry?
   
• What are the challenges in logistics and materials management that airlines face particularly in the current aviation industry?

• Reducing material cost and improving maintenance turn times 
• Using “off the shelf” delivery to ship FAA-PMA parts
• Exploring “on site” warehousing consignment programs for high usage parts
• Ensuring timely and cost effective distribution of parts through customers freight forwarders

• Inventory management – reducing variation in inventory planning to standardize your logistics processes
• Identifying the key tools and methods available to help determine the right inventory levels
• Exploring the option of outsourcing your inventory management to focus on core business activities
• What are the challenges of an in-house vs. outsourced vendor-managed inventory system?