Wednesday 17-Jun-09 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM AWST

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Details for "2nd Supply Chain Risk China Summit"

Understanding & Managing Your Supply Chain Risks
in, to and from China

Commodity prices fluctuations, currency exchange rates, supplier financial stability, products recalls, strikes, natural disasters, internet cuts can all knock out your supply chains. Those are the potential hazards that companies face today, and anyone of them can put their business survival at risk.

In fact, studies show that 1/3 of companies that experience disruption of supply suffer loss of business, lower stock returns and damage to their brand. Procurement and sourcing executives are on the front line in the struggle to identify the specific supply-chain risks their companies face and plan mitigation strategies.

Risk management has now emerged as a critical discipline due to the business need for global sourcing strategies, increasingly complex contract manufacturing relationships, and the greater number of natural and political events that can disrupt the supply chain. So it's no surprise that supply chain risk management is becoming an increasingly important part of many manufacturers and retailers operations, particularly with China.

Organized by Asia's leading supply chain organization, the 2nd Supply Chain Risk Summit, to be held on June 17, 2009 in Shanghai will gather leading experts and Fortune 500 executives to discuss and share through panel discussions and interactive debates the most pressing challenges faced by today's companies operating in China.

Key issues to be discussed:

- Identifying the key risks across the supply chain
- Aligning risk management with your China supply chain
- Establishing a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for China
- Cope with fluctuations in commodities and exchange rates
- Evaluating the financial stress of your China supplier base
- Impact of the slowdown on supplier relationships
- Risk mitigation and contract manufacturing
- Suppliers reputation and risk management

- How to minimize risks in products recalls?
- Weatherproof your supply chain against acts of nature
- Securing IT systems to defuse supply chain risks
- Manage risks inherent to China exchange rate policies, change of customs rules, tax refund

This summit will provide a key opportunity for industry, procurement practitioners and leading experts to discuss the issues, the solutions and approaches to manage your most important supply-chain riskss in China.

Who Will Attend?
- Senior Managers in Supply Chain, Procurement, Sourcing in China

- Senior management executives from manufacturing and retailing companies
- Consultants, lawyers, and solutions providers specialized in risk assessment and management.

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Supplier Viability will be more important than contract performance in 2009
Several industries are destined to experience significant supplier failures resulting from the current lack of bank credit, depressed volumes and production capacity being idled or removed. Data from over 100 private Chinese manufacturing companies will be presented showing deterioration in key financial metrics that could threaten many Chinese suppliers ability to maintain a reliable supply. Allocating resources to make Supply Chain Risk Management a core competency within your company might be a better investment of effort than pushing to realize price reductions in 2009. Insuring supply continuity will require allocating resources for identifying and responding to supply chain risk and being prepared to provide assistance either operationally or financially.
Duane Bolinger, Managing Director, BBK Shanghai

How to mitigate quality risks for safety parts in automotive industry
Sourcing in China safety related parts. Is it possible? This presentation�s purpose is going to demonstrate that of course this is possible and will focus on how to avoid quality issues in safety related parts in automotive. First will be shared best practices in selecting the right suppliers, then details about how to make sure the quality stays sustainable throughout the product life. Last but not least will be shared the contractual and documentary part of risk management.
Yann Teste, Director South East Asia Purchasing & Supplier Quality Development, Truck division, Knorr-Bremse Brake Equipment Shanghai

Supply chain environmental compliance risk - a success story in the disc drive industry
Environmental performance in the supply chain can be a source of both risk and competitiveness. The session will present how a leading manufacturer of hard disc drives identified supplier chemical content data as a major source of both risk and inefficiency. With executive buy-in, the company embarked on a program of requiring comprehensive chemical content disclosure throughout the supply chain, an objective which many people feel is still not possible to achieve. Today, the company consistently achieves 95 to 100 percent validated documentation of chemical content throughout their supply chain at lower cost to suppliers, lower transaction cost, and with faster turnaround then ever before. This case study provides a ray of hope for companies still struggling to manage the quagmire of questionable RoHS certificates of compliance and other associated supplier and part documentation.
Christopher Hazen, Director (Asia), WSP Environment & Energy

Avoiding Reputation Risk in your Supply Chain
Reputational Risks can lead to a greater financial and business risk within the supply chain. Often times, globally used code of conduct is sent to suppliers without further explanation and sometimes merely imposed upon them. At the same time, procurement offices are always questioning the ethical behaviors of their auditors, resulting in counter audits of auditors. Media and Public are always curious about the Human Rights issues in the supply chain and yet, it's never transparent and comprehensive. This is especially true for companies who buy and manufacture from China. The session will also discuss various reputational risks, how to minimize as well as communicate them.
Sam Y.S. Lee, Founder and CEO, InnoCSR

Supply Chain Risk Analysis: Intelligence, Forecasting and Quantification
This session will present a set of forecasts and case studies regarding the increasingly challenging political, regulatory and operational risks affecting global sourcing. Simon Sole will highlight tools to help participants quantify and price how political risks affect them, anticipate emerging threats and opportunities, improve due diligence for sourcing products and materials from reliable partners globally. Participants will benefit from clear, actionable ideas about how to implement basic as well as comprehensive supply chain risk analysis techniques.
Simon Sole, CEO, Exclusive Analysis

Operational resilience
Supply Chain risk comes in many forms and shapes. Based on historical data and assumptions, it is possible to model some risks and follow �cost-benefit� based mitigation strategies. The underlying assumption in such an approach is that the models are correct; but are they really? Can we model the unknown? And can we mitigate all known and unknown risks at reasonable cost? We will look at some examples and ideas to find complementary ways of risk management and build some air-bags in your business.
Marnix Ettema, Interim Manager Operations and Supply Chain Management

Topical Supply Chain Risks in China � Pandemic Preparedness & Restructuring
The A/H1N1 flu outbreak has the potential to add further stress to supply chains already working hard to cope with the global financial crisis. Companies may need to consider the worst case scenario should China suffer a pandemic, while many firms face risks from restructuring as overseas markets continue to stagnate. What can manufacturers, distributors and shippers do to prepare themselves for a possible pandemic outbreak in China? What risks do firms face as they restructure their China business to adapt to a changing global business environment? A leading international risk management consultancy will share recent experience in pandemic preparedness and crisis management training in China.
Neal Beatty, General Manager, Control Risks

Supply Chain Risk Management - From Cradle to Grave
� What are the threats and vulnerabilities to not achieving the required delivery service and what impact will this have on your corporate performance?
� Identify leading practice approaches to be used for a holistic approach to evaluating threats and vulnerabilities
� Engagement of supply chain partners into the evaluation process.
Mark Jarman, Vice President, Risk Management Services, Chemicals and Power, Lloyd's Register Asia

Leveraging China Sourcing to mitigate global sourcing risks
In this presentation, we will describe how one of the largest mining equipment manufacturers in the world leveraged new sourcing opportunities for steel castings in China in order to balance its LCC sourcing which was heavily biased towards Latin America. More particularly, the session will describe our client�s current sourcing strategy for steel castings; identify the risks associated with the current strategy, review the approach taken to identify and select new suppliers in China and summarize the results achieved in terms of risk mgmt and cost improvement.
Olivier Levy, Managing Director, Dragon Sourcing

CALL FOR SPEAKERS
If you are involved in supply chain, sourcing or logistics with relevant risk management experience in Asia, and would like to participate in this summit as a speaker or panelist, then email us at speak@supplychain.cn

As a speaker or panelist, you will get a complimentary registration for the entire event including a five-star hotel lunch; free event program, training materials and CD-Rom, assistance in booking discounted airfare and hotel accommodations and additional editorial coverage in CHaINA Magazine. Hotel and travel expenses incurred for the event will be your sole responsibility.

Space is limited, so interested speakers are encouraged to respond early.