ASCM CONNECT Annual Conference

Jim Brooksher is a group manager, supply chain planning operation, at The Clorox Company. His supply chain career spans manufacturing, planning, logistics management and procurement. He also has experience with production, division capacity planning, systems implementation, simulation and network modeling.

Sunday, October 24 at 2:45 p.m.
Digital Breakthroughs at The Clorox Company
In 2018, the Clorox Product Supply Organization (PSO) initiated a formal digital supply network program. The first pillar involved replacing a legacy advanced planning system with a digital twin capable of delivering alert-driven, exception-based concurrent planning and what-if scenarios. Attend this session to learn how this transformation project was achieved with true collaboration among Clorox's vendor-management group, the information technology team, and the PSO. Discover how Clorox achieved new application functionality, enhanced user skill sets, and organizational structure advancements as hallmarks of its digital journey.

Gina Chung is vice president of innovation Americas at DHL, where she leads the company's Innovation Center, a purpose-built engagement platform. She also manages a portfolio of projects focused on the rapid testing and adoption of new technologies, including collaborative robotics and artificial intelligence.

Monday, October 25 at 1:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Transportation & Logistics Trends to Watch in 2021 & Beyond
Supply chains are moving goods in all-new ways. Value streams are becoming more complex, consumers are instantly tracking orders across oceans, and a modern era of innovation is bringing about exciting proficiencies and opportunities. And yet, we’re only touching the surface of the logistics and transportation implications. Although many innovations are brand new — some still in the testing phases — each holds significant promise and strong potential to complement and advance existing technologies and processes. Attend this panel discussion to learn what’s on the horizon and how advanced solutions can help organizations succeed.

Carol Cunningham, CSCP, is senior sales and operations planning (S&OP) manager at Energizer Holdings. She has more than 20 years of supply chain management experience including distribution; logistics; inventory management; business analytics; demand planning; forecasting; and her great passion, S&OP.

Monday, October 25 at 1:30 p.m.
Building a Bridge Between Strategy and Execution: Incorporating S&OE Into Your S&OP Process
Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is intended to focus on the future horizon and help companies making strategic decisions that benefit both the organization and its customers. Unfortunately, something often gets lost in translation, especially when tactical, day-to-day decisions are misaligned with the strategic vision. However, it's possible to bridge the divide between strategic objectives and tactical realities by integrating a sales and execution process within larger S&OP activities. This session will illustrate how to do so by identifying the right bridge builders and guiding them toward success.

Homero Escandón, CSCP-F, CLTD-F, CPIM, is vice president of manufacturing - supply chain and operational excellence at Biotix. He served 11 years active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. Escandón is president of the ASCM San Diego Chapter and an APICS master instructor.

Sunday, October 24 at 4:00 p.m.
Engaging Lean Servant Leadership for Supply Chain Performance Results
This session will explore how the principles of servant leadership - the sharing of information, team spirit, humility, empathy, and trust - help drive employee empowerment and supply chain performance results. Topics will include cultivating a culture of engagement, leading with emotional intelligence, setting the example, aligning execution with business strategy, and the role of lean metrics. Learn how to bring tremendous value to your company's operational excellence processes and goals, drive accountability and achieve desired outcomes through respect for your people and meaningful relationship-building.

Elizabeth Hair-Estrella, CSCP, is director of supply chain inventory management at Sysco Corporation, where she leads a department of 33 people and manages $135 million of inventory. She served eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve and is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where she managed supplies and orchestrated backhaul operations and logistics planning.

Monday, October 25 at 1:30 p.m.
Sysco Discovers Not All Loads Are Equal
Take a deep dive into Sysco™s redistribution supplier optimization checklist, which provides the company with a 360-degree analysis of its suppliers while identifying areas for efficiency and load-fill improvement. The presenter will explain how to do more with less by focusing on best-practice strategies that can be applied immediately. Identify the tools and strategies that will generate the greatest improvement at your own business by thoroughly reviewing item-level data and data integrity, strategically understanding carrier equipment usage and building better loads.

Steven Melnyk, Ph.D., is a professor of supply chain and operations management at Michigan State University. He has co-authored 20 books and more than 90 articles. Melnyk's research focus includes supply chain risk and resilience, strategic supply chain management, behavioral research, and certified management standards.

Monday, October 25 at 11:00 a.m.
Eliminate Supply Chain Hurdles by Being a Good Customer
Understand fascinating recent changes in strategic thinking, communications, relationships and practices that are enabling supply chain organizations to excel. The presenters will discuss how to handle organizational relationships at different tiers and of different sizes, ways to earn preferential treatment from key suppliers, what being a good customer looks like, and tips to manage your firm’s role in a multi-tier supply chain. The backbone of a proven process will be described and the increasingly important issue of cybersecurity will be investigated through the lens of a multi-tier supply chain. 

Jean Olivieri is chief operating officer at Fictiv. She has held a range of senior positions in product design, supply chain, production and operations. Olivieri spent 17 years in procurement at Motorola and was director of iPod operations at Apple, where she was responsible for annually transitioning all four new iPod designs into production.

Sunday, October 24 at 1:30 p.m.
Mitigate New-Product-Introduction Risk with Digital Manufacturing Ecosystems
How can companies mitigate risk while controlling overhead costs? Learn how digital manufacturing ecosystems reduce the capital intensity of setting up production lines and create speed and agility during product introduction. These tools use cloud technology to connect a distributed network of manufacturing partners. Attendees will discover a proven playbook for working within these ecosystems, as well as key security and quality characteristics. This session will enable any supply chain to achieve more effective risk mitigation, less disruption and go-to-market risk, and more robust and agile networks.

Lin Stokes, CPIM, is the master data manager in corporate inventory at Shaw Industries. Previously, she was a business intelligence analyst. Stokes's programming experience includes more than 10 years working in Visual C++ and Java. She serves on the board of APICS's Tri-State Chapter.

Monday, October 25 at 2:45 p.m.
Leading Change for Data Governance in Supply Chain
A prerequisite to successfully digitizing today's supply chains is effective data governance over supply chain master data, such as bills of material and products. This requires skilled data stewards who are responsible for the management of that data, as well as an understanding of how to implement data-governance best practices. This session will dive into both the human factors associated with supply chain data governance and the formal change-management processes that are necessary in order for them and their teams to achieve optimal results.