Billy Duty

Keynote: Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization
William Duty, Director, SIOP, Momentive Performance Materials

Multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) is a new way of thinking that allows organizations to respond to markets, be flexible, save money and better service their customers. Organizations that previously functioned in silos - procurement, demandplanning, factory scheduling - which made decisions independent of one another are instead placed in a framework where they understand how each group's decision-making affects others. By building cross-functional teams that think about what will be of the greatest benefit to the business - rather than one department - MEIO allows for constantly improving performance. This will keynote will help you:

• Identify the need for, and then develop a tool to enable a more sophisticated inventory analysis system
• Incorporate internal and external intelligence to inform modelling
• Roll out new tools and processes to various business units, using them to reset safety stock levels and allow performance tracking
• Bring all stakeholders into the information gathering stage
• Overcome challenges in education and integration
  

Adam Bevier, Global Supply Chain Director, Sherwin Williams
Billy Duty, Director, Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Momentive Specialty Chemicals

It takes a lot of work to keep your customers happy and complaint free. You have to deliver the right product to the right place, on time, in the right condition, package and quantity (with proper
documentation and invoice). Of course, there are tangible benefits when you have a high perfect order rate – being able to carry less inventory, shorter cash-to-cash cycle times and fewer stock-outs. On the flip side mistakes can be costly: increased shipping costs, the need for replacement products and lower revenues due to lost sales & customers. This panel will share the perspective of three supply chain leaders who are driving their organizations to achieve
perfection.

Talking with your peers about how to confront shared business challenges is the most valuable piece of this event. LogiChem 2014 has set aside three hours across two days so supply chain, procurement, operations, logistics and transportation management leaders can share best practices that will help their organizations
reduce risk, cost and deliver more to the bottom line. Each attendee is able to select two roundtables that they would like to attend over the course of an hour. Table facilitators introduce the topic at hand and encourage participants to share their ideas; full notes are delivered to participants post-event so that there’s
a tangible takeaway and key points are not forgotten.

1. Rolling Out Appropriate Global Metrics Around Cost, Quality, Safety, Service & Talent - Facilitated by Adam Bevier, Global Supply Chain Director, Sherwin Williams
2. Master Data Management: Ensuring Data Accuracy And Integrity - Facilitated by Ian Cornelius, SAP Master Data Analyst, Braskem
3. Who Controls The Process Flow? Operations Vs. Supply Chain- Facilitated by David Kreh, Director, Asset Management and Supply Chain, Fluoropolymers, Arkema Inc.
4. Do’s and Don’ts Of Emerging Markets - Facilitated by Siva Narayanan, Director, International Operations & Warehousing
Solvay
5. Utilizing Next Generation Predictive Analytics To Drive S&OP And Forecasting - Facilitated by William Duty, Director, SIOP, Momentive Performance Materials
6. Driving Continuous Process Improvement - Facilitated by Debra van Holst, Global Business Director, Polyethylene, NOVA Chemicals
7. Economic Considerations Around Imminent Tank Car Regulations: Buy New Or Retrofit? - Facilitated by John Tevebaugh, Vice President, Supply Chain, Sika - US
8. Feedstock Trends: Bio-Based Chemicals On The Rise? - Facilitated by Ephraim Rabin, CEO, Parchem Fine & Specialty Chemicals
9. Supply Chain Competency Development - Facilitated by Randall Willis, Director, North America Operations and Supply
Chain, Axalta Coating Systems
10. Integrated Business Planning Optimization In Support Of Vertically Integrated Chemical Complexes - Facilitated by Jack Weiss, CEO, WAM Supply Chain
11. Simplifying Label Creation And Tackling New GHS Challenges - Facilitated by Andrew V. Scherz, Senior Product Manager, Epson & David Rau, Global Director, Enterprise Sales, Seagull Scientific

Heath Dhayer, Supply Assurance Leader, NOVA Chemicals
Diana Gilliam, Americas Process Excellence Leader - Logistics, Celanese
William Duty, Director, Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Momentive

How can you best engage with plant maintenance groups around outages? A key aspect of supply chain risk management is ensuring you have the inventory levels – or production capabilities at other locations – to hold you over during an outage, which is especially difficult given the limitations of forecasting. Learn how some of today’s top companies are managing this process and making their supply planner the conduit between maintenance and the business.

William Duty, Director, SIOP, Momentive Performance Materials
Diana Gilliam, Americas Process Excellence Leader - Logistics, Celanese
David Kreh, Director, Asset Management and Supply Chain, Fluoropolymers, Arkema
Randall Willis, Director, North America Operations and Supply
Chain, Axalta Coating Systems
Paul Lord, Research Director, Gartner Supply Chain Research

• Attaining optimal inventory levels in diverse and complex supply chains
• Segmenting and ensuring you’re not sitting on aged inventory
• Managing your slow moving inventory
• Continuously focusing on improving forecasting – defining your process and effectively working with sales, marketing and finance
• Analyzing days of inventory on hand (DOH)