Pretty exciting two days! The Grand Hyatt in Melbourne was packed with senior supply chain executives for Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference. The two-day event was filled with packed sessions, engaging discussions, inspiring keynote messages and awesome giveaways. Here are my top 5 moments from the event.
#1 Optimization technology in supply chains
My personal favorite was the presentation by Dr. Victor Allis, CEO of DELMIA Quintiq – “The Missing Piece of the Profit Economy”. (too biased!). There was a good turnout, thought-provoking questions and Victor was his usual enthusiastic self. He spoke of generating more profit by looking at how to better plan for the future. What’s the piece most businesses are missing? Find out when you catch DELMIA Quintiq COO, Arjen Heeres, presenting at Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in London.
Victor’s presentation was such a hit with keynote speaker Lim Chin Chye, VP of Haier Home Appliance Group. He referenced it in his speech on supply chain innovation.
“@susan_m: Next: Dr. Victor Allis from @quintiq on ‘The Missing Piece of the Profit Economy’ #GartnerSCC” Most fun sesh of the day. Real too
— Paulo Johnston (@PJohnno) August 12, 2013
#2 #GartnerSCC
I like the fact that we’ve got awesome supply chain advocates on Twitter. With so many sessions throughout the two-day event, it would have been difficult to keep track of everything. But with the hashtag #GartnerSCC, messages from keynote speakers and supply chain evangelists were shared in real-time, keeping our Twitter community updated. Check out some of the tweets:
Welcoming Gartner’s top supply chain analysts including @KSterneckert and @psumattdavis to Melbourne, Australia for #GartnerSCC this week!
— Susan Moore (@susan_m) August 11, 2013
Enhancing the product portfolio is the CEO’s top investment strategy for growth – Gartner CEO survey 2013 #GartnerSCC
— Susan Moore (@susan_m) August 11, 2013
“Supply chain planning & optimization calls for a platform that embraces the end–to-end #supplychain” CEO Dr. Victor Allis at #GartnerSCC
— DELMIA Quintiq (@Quintiq) August 12, 2013
#3 Puzzle solving
With DELMIA Quintiq being the platinum sponsor, I had the great opportunity of sharing insights into supply chain planning and optimization with supply chain execs at the event (glad you had fun with our custom-made Rubik’s Cubes and USBs, too). In between sessions, I also caught up with Gartner analysts James Lisica, Debashis Tarafdar (excellent demand management session!) and Director of Press Relations, Susan Moore.
#4 Gartner Magic Quadrant Theater
These short presentations were very informative on topics including supply chain planning tools, global third-party logistics providers, and warehouse management systems. Kudos to Gartner for putting this together!
#5 Supply chain community
A strong supply chain community is what made this event an excellent one – enlightening sessions, engaging discussions and great messages. I feel proud to be part of this year’s Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference with so many case studies, company co-presenters and inspirational keynotes. As Gartner analyst, Matthew Davis said, “The supply chain community will continue to create value for our customers and provide the globe with the products and services needed, every day.”
#6 BONUS: Chocolate fountain
It’s not every day you see a delectable-looking chocolate fountain at a supply chain conference. And yes, I am a chocoholic (how did you guess?) and it was indeed delicious.
Got an interesting moment to share from the event? Drop us a comment below or tweet us @Quintiq.
Looking forward to seeing you in London next!
Contributed by Loris Toffano.
