BREXIT - OSA - FOOD WASTE - DATA - DIGITAL - ANALYTICS at ECR Ireland Supply Chain & OSA Summit

Challenge in Focus - Brexit & OSA

Sensational reports about product availability post Brexit are making headlines.

How are Brexit preparations proceeding? What are the challenges of planning for Brexit? Where is the Irish grocery supply chain likely to come under most pressure?

3 Supply Chain Executives from Musgraves, Nestle and Britvic who are in the front line for Brexit preparations will discuss and debate the Brexit planning challenges ahead.

Additionally, we will consider product availability in general and how collaboration with trading partners can increase OSA.

If you are planning for Brexit - this session cannot be missed!

Chris Busby, Head of Demand & Supply Planning, Britvic Ireland

Ray Peelo, Supply Chain Manager, Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland

James Marshall, Supply Chain Manager, Nestle Ireland

Opportunity in Focus - Business Analytics

Industry is seeing an exponential increase in complexity across suppl y chain and manufacturing operations. "Data" adds to this complexity but equally holds improvement opportunities if utilised appropriately.

This presentation looks at the potential for business analytics to help address these challenges through appropriate use of data. The first half of the presentation will be delivered by Paul Pierotti of Accenture providing an overview on the potential of supply chain and manufacturing analytics, whilst the second half of the presentation will be delivered by John Mee of Glanbia who will provide number of examples of how Glanbia are applying business analytics to deliver value.

Challenge in Focus -Reducing Food Waste

The Irish & International food sector should collaborate more to reduce food waste. Chris Hill, Foodcloud will address this, explain who the ECR Community Shrink Expert Group are and why they are hosting their next international meeting in Dublin.

"The food industry in Ireland and internationally faces a growing list of challenges to remain competitive and championed by customers whilst becoming more sustainable. Challenges come from an increasingly competitive retail sector, changing consumer trends and a more extreme and unpredictable climate. Tackling such challenges through a collaborative approach is most likely to unlock business benefits across the chain, create a food industry for the future and foster innovation to address sustainability and social issues."

Chris Hill, Foodcloud

Opportunity in Focus - Supply Chain Data

Supply chain standards not only bring efficiencies to operations but meet consumer demand for accurate product information. GS1 Ireland will address the opportunities that the use of supply chain standards can bring to today's businesses, to meet industry and consumer needs for data in a digital world particularly in terms of transparency, sustainability & traceability. GS1 UK & Nestle UK will illustrate how a system built to share product data has been successfully implemented in UK, delivered huge savings and improved relationships with key suppliers. Could this system work in Ireland? Irish Delegates will hear about this system for the first time in Ireland.

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OVERVIEW

The ECR Ireland Supply Chain & Product Availability Summit is a major supply chain event for the grocery & consumer product sector in Ireland.

The speaker lineup is a high profile and experienced collection of supply chain experts from leading retailers, manufacturers, service providers and consultants delivering the latest insights, best practice, technology development and advice for supply chain performance & product availability in the Irish Grocery sector.

A key component in the concept of ECR is "Collaboration". This is most apt for the Irish supply chain community at present considering the supply chain implications of Brexit and that many Irish Supply Chain roles are UK based.

Now is the time, more than ever before, that the Irish grocery supply chain community should collaborate, network and work together.

The ECR Ireland Supply Chain & OSA Summit represents an opportunity for the Industry to discuss the challenges & opportunities ahead ... together.

CONFERENCE THEME

"The Challenges & Opportunities facing Supply Chain Managers for the Grocery sector in Ireland"

We are all aware how complex the consumer path to purchase has become.

It resembles an omni-channel spaghetti junction with many fragmented touch points and routes to market.

Such changing consumer behaviour and the irresistible rise of digital transformation & online retailing will create many supply chain challenges & opportunities and a shopper intolerance for out-of-stocks.

Then there is Brexit.

Effective & efficient supply chain management is sure to become a major determinant of competitiveness.

Consider the major challenges & opportunities facing the Irish supply chain sector, how relevant they are to your business and the impact they will have on how your future supply chain will operate b y hearing from retailers, manufacturers and experts at the ECR Supply Chain & Product Availability Summit 2019.

Eoin Butler, Supply Chain Director, Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland presenting at the ECR Supply Chain Summit 2018

SPEAKERS

Product Availability

Ray Peelo, Supply Chain Manager, Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland

With the largest distribution network in Ireland to manage, product availability is a major focus area in Musgraves. Ray will review the forces that affect product availability throughout the Musgraves end to end supply chain highlighting best practice & potential pitfalls from suppliers, distribution centres and Super Valu & Centra stores.

Meeting Customer demands for Trusted Product Information

Tim Daly, Industry Engagement, GS1 Ireland

Today's customer is looking for more and more information to satisfy their demands for product transparency, sustainability and traceability. Learn how the use of GS1 standards can help you transform and digitise your supply chain processes to efficiently meet that need.

How the UK is championing data transformation to increase consumer trust and improve supply chain efficiency

Jim Dickson, Head of Retail, GS1 UK

Leanne Cooper, Tesco customer supply chain manager (UK & Int), Nestle UK

Shoppers continue to expect more information on the products they buy, anytime, anywhere, and on a device. However, multiple shopping formats increase supply chain complexity, cost and make

it har der to innovate - particularly without a standardised process for sharing product data. This session will discuss how challenges in the supply chain have led to low consumer trust and how the UK retail industry have come together to solve this issue - developing a solution built on collaboration, not competition. As part of the session you will hear from Nestlé on how this solution has helped achieve efficiency savings of up to 67% and improve their relationships with key retailers.

Business Analytics and Efficient SCM

John Mee, Supply Chain Excellence and Business Analytics Manager, Glanbia

Paul Pierotti, Managing Director, Applied Intelligence, Accenture

John and Paul will examine the role of business analytics in delivering efficiencies in modern supply chain management today including a definition of what is available and introducing practical examples.

A Collaborative Approach to Tackling Waste

Chris Hill, Head of Food, Foodcloud

The session will look at the benefits and challenges of highlighting, measuring and addressing waste through a collaborative approach. The aim is to unlock financial and efficiency savings throughout the chain whilst reducing food waste and creating a more sustainable food industry in Ireland. Chris is a member of the ECR Community Shrink & OSA Group, a leading think-tank on Shrink & OSA. Chris will outline why Irish companies should attend their next meeting in Dublin.

Digital Supply Chain

Owen McFeely, Director - Advisory - Retail & Consumer, PwC

Owen will discuss emerging trends associated with the digital supply chain illustrating how leading companies are deploying digital solutions to drive supply chain performance & improvement.

ECR Community

Declan Carolan, General Manager & Co-Chair, ECR Ireland & ECR Community

Declan will give a summary of the Supply Chain projects being conducted by ECR Community & by the ECR Nationals globally. Highlights include projects from ECR China, ECR France & ECR Italy.

Panel Discussions + Q&A

Two Panel Discussions featuring those at the front line in Supply Chain Management in Ireland to debate the major challenges & opportunities facing Supply Chain Executives of retail & consumer product groups companies in Ireland today. This will be an interactive debate and assist in identifying the topics for future ECR Supply Chain Workgroups. The first Panel Discussion will focus on the major challenges and opportunities in the sector while the second Panel will focus specifically on the "Big Two" ... Brexit & OSA.

1. Major Challenges & Opportunities Facing Supply Chain Managers

Noel McEneaney, Head of Supply Chain, Pepsico

Ronan Clinton, CEO, Timewise Systems

John Mee, Supply Chain Excellence and Business Analytics Manager, Glanbia