Post-conference full-day in-depth learning sessions - Thursday 12 October
Registration and morning coffee for both sessions is at 08:30 and sessions will conclude at 17:00. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea provided.
In-depth learning session A: Towards a 21st century logistics strategy for online retail
This workshop is designed for supply chain, logistics and warehousing managers and will guide you through developing a comprehensive and up to date logistics strategy for your business. We’ll uncover how to align your logistics with your business strategy and how to optimise for productivity, accuracy and reliability. You’ll learn how to put in place a development plan to build logistics processes and systems that will scale with your growth and how your particular business profile will require a unique solution for your logistics. Participants will be sent a pre-workshop questionnaire to profile their business ahead of the workshop. They will receive copies of presentations, notes and templates for developing their logistics strategy through the day. There will also be some flexibility to focus on particular areas of interest according to the preferences of the group. Attendees can join in instant case studies and design sessions with Andrew to highlight the strategies discussed in their own business context.
Key topics and take away skills/benefits:
- Learn the essentials of inventory planning and forecasting, how to forecast the unforecastable and how purchasing practice can have a huge impact on your cashflow and ROI
- Understand how to manage your physical inventory, optimise your warehousing for storage density and throughput and speed your distribution to your customers.
- Find out about the current state of software and technology for logistics and how you cannot afford not to be using it
- Assess how to avoid the pitfalls that plague almost every software & technology implementation
- Explore the benefits and traps of in house vs outsourced logistics
- Q&A – Bring your questions about your logistics struggles and get them answered
Session Facilitator:
Andrew Clark
Managing Director
Logistics Help
In-depth learning session B: The Path to Operations Excellence – the Roles of Leadership and Management
Leadership is the key to profitably employing and sustaining Operations Excellence (OE). Leadership can define the OE journey, appropriate organisational structures established and skills and processes developed to improve OE. Leadership articulates shared values, a common purpose and prioritizes the things that truly matter to drive the highest levels of OE. Support for OE is delivered through proper tools and training, as well as employee involvement, clearing communicating the rules and open dialogue.
Key topics and take away skills/benefits:
- Learn how to match your leadership style to suit the needs of your staff
- Understand the importance of developing empowered, high performing and self-managing teams
- Identify the benefits of a well-developed and aligned business plan
- Gain insights into developing goals that stretch the performance outcomes of staff
- Discuss the importance of training and the later effect on business performance
Session Facilitator:
Peter Nemtsas
Managing Director
Myoora Transformations