Event summary
We are pleased to invite you to an exclusive networking event by Inspirage and Oracle in collaboration with The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK, focusing on how to transform your Sales & Operations Planning Processes.
We will explore real world examples and use cases on how companies have been able to take their S&OP processes to the next level against Gartner’s maturity model. We will examine the different elements of successful transformations as well as identify typical pitfalls. We will also discuss the role of technology in these transitions and demonstrate successful ways of utilizing technology for modern S&OP.
For this event, our guest speaker will be John Beat, from GKN Driveline, who will explain the S&OP journey at GKN.
At the event, you will learn to:
- Get to the next levels of the maturity curve after establishing a basic S&OP process
- Find new ways of improving the outputs and the engagement with your stakeholders
- Gain a new perspective and boost the results of your S&OP process
- Innovate and automate some of the most burdensome manual tasks your team is struggling with
We are looking forward to welcoming you at our event!
Event attendees are Experts, Managers, Directors and Executives who are in charge of introducing and supporting transformational approaches for Sales & Operations Planning. They come from the Business side (Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement), from the IT side (CIO, Technical IT) and from Finance (CFO).
This networking event is organized in cooperation with:
The event is free of charge and you will be registered only after receiving the system confirmation. Please note that in order to foster quality discussions, the number of attendees is limited.
Any attendee who would like an additional 1:1 meeting with us after lunch, please send a note to dean.jones@inspirage.com and we would be happy to accommodate it.
Our speakers
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John Beat
Enterprise Application Programme Manager - GKN Driveline LtdExperienced Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in Business Process, Medical Devices, Value Stream Mapping, Business Process Improvement, and Cross-functional Team Leadership.
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Dean Jones
Solution Director – InspirageDean Jones joined Inspirage in 2016 as Solutions Director covering the UK, Norway and Denmark. Dean brings 13 years Oracle Sales & Consultancy experience. During his 5 years as ERP Account Director at Oracle, Dean worked with Strategic Accounts across Construction, Professional & Business Services industries.
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Steve Bessant
Master Principal Sales Consultant, OracleSteve is a passionate about business planning in supply chain and has over 30 years IT industry experience. During his career he has been involved in all aspects of IT solutions including software development, project management, presales and implementation consultancy. He has worked in many industries including Aerospace & Defence, Automotive, CPG, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing and Medical Devices, and has a detailed understanding of the business drivers of each of these industries.
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Lisa McShine
Supply Chain Specialist – InspirageLisa brings 18 years of supply chain consulting experience to Oracle cloud solutions. She is a solution architect and project manager that has worked for many industries, including manufacturing, medical devices and delivery, consumer goods, and food and beverage.
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David Hobson
Industry expertDavid has been working in IT over the last 35 years for a range of organisations including the last 11 years at Oracle helping Customers move their applications and processes to the Cloud. Now working as an independent consultant continuing his mission to help organisations achieve continuous innovation in the most pragmatic, efficient and cost effective manner.
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Mo Khurana
VP, Global Management Consulting - InspirageWith over 20 years supply chain and commercial experience, Mo Khurana leads Inspirage’s global Management Consulting practice and is an active supply chain thought leader. He helps the Inspirage clients with transformational challenges and opportunities with the Management Consulting practice that specializes in: Benchmarking, Business Process Management, Organizational Change Management, Strategic Advisory Services and Business Process Services (BPO/BPaaS).
Event agenda
John Beat - GKN Driveline
This session will present the S&OP journey at GKN Driveline with a detailed review of the challenges, the program as it was designed and executed over several years and show the business benefits the company has obtained so far. Some guidance from this return of experience at GKN will be highlighted.
Steve Bessant - Oracle
This session will present Oracle strategy to achieve excellence in S&OP processes using Oracle Cloud applications for S&OP. Our speaker will go through customer examples in various industries and how they implemented this modern Oracle solution set with various ERP backbones.
Dean Jones and Mo Khurana – Inspirage
This session will deep dive into the S&OP journey from NCR, a global leader in developing transformational transaction technologies including online banking, POS systems, mobile payments and omni channel ... Inspirage is NCR’s global partner for this succesful S&OP journey and the presentation outlines critical sccess factors thanks to direct NCR testimonials.
Lisa McShine – Inspirage
This session will go through an end-to-end guided demonstration that illustrates the various stages of activities for an S&OP Planner using Oracle Cloud S&OP solutions. This demonstration has been built from Inspirage’s experience with ‘real life’ projects. It is therefore fully representative of the S&OP user experience.
John Beat, Steve Bessan, Dean Jones, Lisa McShine, and Mo Khurana
