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2022 ASCM Connect

Created by Andrea Walbert |

Review to a week full of inspiring input

Last week I have been to Chicago to attend the supply chain conference "ASCM Connect" and to join a SCOR training for instructors, highlighting the changes in the new SCOR DS model. The week was fully packed with a mix of overwhelming new content and products, old and new professional relationships, inspiring keynote speeches, and discussions with peers. Especially I enjoyed the whole atmosphere of an in-person conference - for me the first after 3 years!

I have collected my personal highlights and comments below, feel free to comment and share your ideas:

  1. ASCM Top 10 Supply Chain Trends – I joined a panel discussion about the 2022 top 10 and got a sneak peek of them: A group of volunteer supply chain professionals and experts has been involved in the research and validation of the most recent trends. They talked about how they started with a list of 115 trends and how the top 10 have been selected. They also shared their opinion about the root causes of changes in this list compared to 2021 and before. Interestingly "lack of supply chain talent" has not made it this year into the list (was #2 last year)! The reason for this was the overall consent was, this is an underlying problem in all other trends. I would dare to call it a "super trend", although a negative one… https://www.ascm.org/making-an-impact/research/
     
  2. The 17th edition of the ASCM Supply Chain Dictionary has been released! It was compiled from ASCM certification exam content manuals and certificate programs, the new SCOR Digital Standard, the Digital Capabilities Model, Project Zebra, the Economist Resilience Benchmark and a team of supply chain industry experts. Free copies will be available by mid of October 2022: https://www.ascm.org/learning-development/certifications-credentials/dictionary/
     
  3. KPMG presented the Supply Chain Stability Index developed in Association with ASCM: I had to possibility to join a workshop done by Davis McNeil, Director, Supply Chain & Operations - Strategy & Analytics and Shreedhar Sasikumar, Director, Sales & Product Management fromKPMG US, where we could ask them of the index, how the indicators have been selected and how the AI model works. I am curious watching this index and his predictive power in the coming months! And to summarize: the index has identified that the global stress on supply chains has doubled in the last 2 years. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davismcneil_turn-supply-chain-adversity-into-opportunity-activity-6980197494169239553-JWaV
     
  4. Sustainability everywhere! Hosts Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE, CEO of ASCM, and Bob Trebilcock, editorial director of Supply Chain Management Review welcomed panelists David Click, chief technology officer, Flexe; Tom Rafferty, futurist and innovator; and Rick Watson, founder and CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting. The panelists highlighted three key goals that they believe are essential for a successful future: 1. Fill the talent gap. 2. Improve forecasts. 3. Prioritize sustainability. Not only that sustainability was one of the top 10 supply chain trends 8see above), but ASCM also demonstrated during an innovation hub the roadmap to a more sustainable supply chain. Grant Swanepoel, Fernanda Debellian have explained and showcased how ASCM is investing in an enterprise sustainability certification, the development of sustainability workshops and much more. Stay tuned! https://www.ascm.org/corporate-transformation/standards-tools/enterprise-standards/
     
  5. ZEBRA Project: Interesting Insights in #ProjectZebra and the research and projects done for the future of Supply Chain Planning in 2030 an beyond: Current inside-out models of #supplychainplanning are inefficient and neglect the rapidly changing business environment. #ProjectZebra aims to redefine supply chain planning. Replacing outdated methods with a revolutionary outside-in approach, improving enterprise agility and efficiency. Through a partnership with ASCM, the work will be documented using the SCOR methodology as an input into the improvement of the SCOR Model. I listened to the learnings shared by Lora Cecere, Founder, Supply Chain Insights Fred Baumann, Vice President, o9 Solutions Peter Bolstorff Executive Vice President ASCM  https://zebra-project.org/
     
  6. The new SCOR Digital Standard (DS) – in several workshops and panels the SCOR model has been presented and challenged. I also attended an instructor training on how to use SCOR DS to assess, improve and lead to operational success. Together with many other partners and instructors I learned about the enhancements in the new version of SCOR DS. We spent an extra day in Chicago to go with a group of over 20 experts through the new model. Check out the open source model www.SCOR.ascm.org Some impressions can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andreawalbert_ascm2022-activity-6977753786182193152-TXGH

During the next few weeks, we will provide more details about the topics mentioned above.

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