10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Direct Connect
Say hello and seek advice from your peers through Direct Connect—all contained in the virtual platform with no additional emails. Have questions or need feedback on an idea? Struggling with a strategy? Seeking to solve operations issues? Want to check in with a friend? Getting to know a new partner?
This complimentary tool facilitates quick and easy virtual meetings.
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
At the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference in January the industry’s senior executives called for a reimagined supply chain and a reset of trading partner collaboration to eliminate friction and get products to consumers in our new marketplace. In this session we discuss ways to heed the call to action through consumer demand planning, assortment optimization, seamless collaboration alignment and omnichannel supply chain management. And, we’ll explore the industry pillars that will drive real and profitable growth.
Sponsored by CHEP and Introduced by Dan Ahrens, Director, Customer Solutions, CHEP
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bring your ideas to this problem-solvers caucus of industry partners ready to address on-shelf availability and interruptions in perpetual inventories. Our discussion leaders will tee up the conversation on how they have made adjustments in collaboration, planning, and supply chain execution/store operations to improve in-stock positions as well as some practical tips.
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This session will feature the release of critical supply, delivery and labor metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) from the anomalous year that was 2020. Get the metrics on on-shelf availability, on-time performance, cost per case, and inventory on-hand as well as labor insights related to COVID.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Managing supply chain risk in today’s volatile times requires a knowledge of the economic environment, current and expected challenges in strategic sourcing and logistics and the geopolitical dynamics impacting trade and global supply chains. This session will leverage findings from the EPIC Global Supply Chain Risk Assessment Report to provide a foundation for informed decision-making.
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Direct Connect
Say hello and seek advice from your peers through Direct Connect—all contained in the virtual platform with no additional emails. Have questions or need feedback on an idea? Struggling with a strategy? Seeking to solve operations issues? Want to check in with a friend? Getting to know a new partner?
This complimentary tool facilitates quick and easy virtual greetings.
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Modernized infrastructure will be a key to a more resilient and responsive supply chain. Join this session to hear how American’s Infrastructure ranks currently as well as a policy outlook for the new administration, covering potential infrastructure investment and coordination among departments that will help improve America’s competitiveness and ability to keep goods moving.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
This Solution Spotlight Session features 4 quick-fire presentations filled with solutions to supply chain needs and details the latest and greatest in supply with a focus on micro-fulfillment. Moderated by Marc Wulfraat, we'll hear insights from four different companies and close out the session with a robust Q&A with our panelists.
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4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
On February 24 President Biden signed an Executive Order aimed at encouraging Supply Chain Resilience. While the food industry is already engaged in significant federal agency relationships that support supply chain activities, this new presidential priority will likely start a multi-year process of sustained strategic engagement in supply chain resilience across the whole of government. Join this panel of industry executives as they share their perceptions on the resilience, we seek in our shared supply chains and the private sector collaboration needed to help us do what we do best.
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Direct Connect
Say hello and seek advice from your peers through Direct Connect—all contained in the virtual platform with no additional emails. Have questions or need feedback on an idea? Struggling with a strategy? Seeking to solve operations issues? Want to check in with a friend? Getting to know a new partner?
This complimentary tool facilitates quick and easy virtual meetings.