Supply Chain Innovation Summit 2016 Asia Pacific

　　The event as organized by the ACE Events Limited, in partnership ith Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation（MISI）， Hong Kong Logistics Association（HKLA）， Asia Pacific Logistics Federation（APLF） and European Institute of Purchasing Management （EIPM）。 Attendees came from a range of backgrounds – 40% from the Supply Chain Procurement/ Purchasing sector, 20% from Operation/Manufacturing, 20% from Logistics/ Distribution, 10% from IT Management, and others from a variety of fields.

　　The event brought together leaders from ABB, SAP, SAP Ariba, Sealed Air, Schneider Electric, Nokia, Lloyd’s Register, SEEBURGER, Infor, Anaplan, Honeyell, DSI, officers from multilateral agencies such as International Finance Corporation, Standard Chartered and in-the-field innovators to connect, share insights and opportunities and develop ne partnerships. As one facilitator put it, “I have never been at an event here people ere so desperate to talk ith each other.”

　　The morning began ith a ele from Craig Ralings, Partner of KPMG, then set out the event’s goals in bringing people together to develop ne technologies and approaches to get ready for the uping challenges of Supply Chain.

　　Mr. Thomas as talking about the Supply Chain Transformation: Disruption as an Enabler for Supply Chain Transformation ith his extraordinary experience in China.

　　Tailored Supply Chain Transformation Case Study from Schneider Electric, hich Has a Very Large in-sourced Supply Chain ith Other 100 Distribution Centers and 200 Factories Worldide and Schneider Electric Has Embarked on a Journey to Transform its Supply Chain and Leverage it for Groth and Higher Customers' Satisfaction

　　Mr. Conlon’s presentation as highly focus on the Digitization hich may reinventing the orld economy. With Cloud, IoT, Big Data and Mobility transforming the ay e live and ork, ho business runs, and ho society functions, panies must create and capture these opportunities by using a digital supply chain that is more connected, intelligent, and predictive.

　　Ho Bis Industries Deployed an App that Automates the Asset Inspection Process, Saving the Company a Significant Amount of Time in Getting Equipment back on Hire.

　　Combating Cyber Security Risks in Supply Chain-Perspective from Information and Cyber Security Management Systems from Lloyd’s Register, discussing the Importance of interplay beteen various businesses and governmental parties and establishing effective information and cyber security controls for parallels and interdependencies

　　The second morning began ith the address of Bill Lin from Accenture Consulting acting as Supply Chain & Operations BPA Deputy Lead Greater China.

　　The presentation of Mr. Fiederling is Moving toards the "Real-Time Company"–Supply Chain Data Available Real-time and Everyhere; Digital Technologies offer the Chance for ne Sales Concepts, the expectation in Speed and Volume increase exponentially; B2B/EDI, EAI and MFT are the Basis for all plex business processes; Early planning of Business Integration of all involved Systems is essential and SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite.

　　Technology as Foundation for Supply Chain Transformation, The High Tech industry: a catalyst for change, Key technologies e see and our top 3 in terms of probability and impact; Supply chain evolution and hy do e need to act on trends; A glimpse into the supply chain of the future

　　At the end of the day, participants reconvened for a closing plenary to report back on the solutions discussed in Technology Innovations and Impact on Supply Chain Tomorro.

　　At this point, Supply Chain Innovation Summit 2016-Asia Pacific successfully concluded, the participating experts and scholars and business representatives on the summit spoke highly of hope that this summit ill be held to further promote the close cooperation beteen the orld's leading brands and solution providers.