Leading Your Chemical Supply Chain Through Tough Times

At SCMchem 2009, chemical supply chain executives gather to realize opportunities for cost reductions, increased effectiveness and preparation for future growth. These past months, you have undoubtedly implemented all of the efficiencies that your team identified. It is time to speak to your industry peers and find out how they have streamlined their supply chains – you are bound to take home ideas resulting in bottom line savings and top-line growth. How Will SCMchem Attendance Help You This Year?

* Recession Rebuttal: Best Practices For Freeing Up Working Capital
  Executives from BASF, Cabot, Clariant, DuPont and Intertape share how to Optimize & Re-Balance Inventories, Service Levels and S&OP Processes
* BMS Charting A Comprehensive Course For Best-In-Class SCM
  Downturn Preparedness And Upswing Capitalization According To The Chemical Industry’s Economic Cycles
  - With Dr. Haakan Jonsson, SVP & Head of Supply Chain Center, Bayer MaterialScience
* A.Schulman CPO Speaks Out On Volatile Demand, Supply Risk & Bail-Outs Around The Globe Affecting Chemical Supply Chains
  – with Gary Miller, VP Global Supply Chain and CPO, A. Schulman

Key Themes For 2009:

* Improve demand planning and forecasting accuracy in a volatile environment for planning efficiencies
* Re-balance your inventories and service levels to free up working capital
* Maintain large-scale process changes whilst dealing with day-to-day realities
* Optimize your global logistics and distribution network to increase supply chain flexibility and decrease costs
* Do more with less; Make the most of your available resources in times when resources are tight
* Position yourself for upturn growth and sustain your business during downturn

What’s exciting about this year’s program are the timely, no-nonsense topics and the predominantly interactive format to allow for first-hand knowledge sharing.