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Speakers:

Graham Mountain

Leigh Sanders

Head of Enterprise Technical

IT Infrastructure Lead

Focus Group

United Living

Why Attend?

This event is a must-attend for supply chain professionals and business leaders who are looking to enhance their planning capabilities and integrate automation into supply chain management.

Westernacher are a leading SAP partner and this session will be hosted by our experts, ready to help you every step along the way of your supply chain transformation initiatives.

12:00 - 12:45pm Arrival and lunch
12:45 - 1:00pm Introduction to the day
1:00 - 1:30pm SAP IBP overview and roadmap by SAP
1:30 - 2:30pm Planning best practices (interactive workshop) – Processes and change management
2:30 - 3:00pm Break
3:00 - 3:45pm Customer presentation of their own SAP IBP implementation
3:45 - 4:30pm Business scenario solving with SAP IBP  
4:30 - 6:00pm Drinks and networking

Arrival and lunch

Food and drinks will be available upon arrival.

Introduction to the day

Tom Hodges, from Westernacher, will present the overview of today’s agenda and introduce the speakers

SAP’s Supply Chain Planning overview and future roadmap

Matthew Gilbey, Solution advisor from SAP, will provide an overview of the current and future vision of Supply Chain Planning at SAP.

Planning best practices (interactive workshop) – Processes and change management

Westernacher will present the importance of following best practices in planning processes and highlight how technology can then compliment an organisation’s processes and vision.

Break

A presentation from IMI on their Supply Chain Planning journey

Our special guest, IMI, will present their journey from manual, heavily EXCEL-based planning to the implementation of SAP’s latest supply chain planning software (IBP).

Business scenario solving with SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning)

Westernacher will present real-life case studies, namely business challenges and achieved ROIs experienced in our past customer projects. In these, we will take a deep dive into advanced planning scenarios such as short-term planning, inventory optimisation, or the advantages of having a centralised control tower.

Drinks and networking

Speakers:

Tom Hodges

Sales Director – Westernacher Consulting

Tom provides in-depth expertise in both people and technical skills which is a guarantee for success. With his high degree of integrity and technical knowledge he turns every project into a successful story.

Dr. Russell Sadd

Practice Director Supply Chain Planning UK&I, Westernacher Consulting

Russell is highly experienced solution architect for SAP-based business planning and predictive solutions, offering both the strategic management expertise of a business school PhD and the technical know-how of over two decades of global SAP implementations, and, as a popular speaker and presenter, proud to be the “Voice of Westernacher” on company videos.

Matt Gilbey

Supply Chain Solution Advisor, SAP

Matt leads a team of experts from the UK, Nordics and Benelux and is focused on supporting customers with SAP solutions around Supply Chain Planning, predominantly SAP Integrated Business Planning, with a heavy focus on the integration with the wider Digital Supply Chain and SAP Intelligent Suite. This covers end-to-end planning - from strategic level planning down to short-term planning, across demand, supply and inventory elements.

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