HAVI Global Solutions presents an approach to doing more frequent network optimization to respond to ever-changing consumer demands and continuously impact cost savings.
Event Details
Background
HAVI Global Solutions (www.havigs.com) is considered a forerunner in the supply chain and packaging industry. They develop, source, market, and set up strategic supply chain and packaging services solutions from idea to end-of-life. The company has industry-leading experience, global reach, expert competencies and capabilities in packaging, promotions, analytics, supply chain, sustainability, recycling and waste solutions. They help customers better manage risk, achieve operational excellence and realize their growth strategies while addressing the most demanding, complex challenges across their business value chain. Facts:
- One of its oldest and largest clients is McDonald's.
- HAVI is ranked #19 in the 2014 Best Places to Work in IT, by Computerworld.
- HAVI is ranked in the "Winners Circle" with Accenture and Capgemini by HfS Research, in its Supply Chain Management BPO Blueprint Report for excellence in innovation and execution of supply chain processes.
- HAVI is listed as a prominent SCM BPO vendor along with Capgemini, Accenture and FedEx in the Global SCM BPO Market 2014 - 2018 report, prepared by Technavio.
Presentation
In today's fast-paced environment with consumer demands changing based on a tweet and product availability changing based on a snowstorm, additional flexibility and agility in your supply chain is more important than ever. Network optimization exercises that are only done once every 2 or 3 years leave business exposed, unable to respond to ever-changing consumer demands, and can miss critical cost savings measures.
The experts at HAVI Global Solutions (HGS) developed an innovative approach to network optimization that meets critical business needs by managing project costs and risks for customers while guaranteeing best in class results.
By starting with the premise that network optimization is best achieved by leveraging a continuous ongoing risk management and optimization strategy, customers realize considerable savings to the organization, along with improved responsiveness to consumer demands and increased speed-to-market. HGS designs the recommendations and/or changes to ensure minimal risk to implementation and actively partners with customers by sharing risks and benefits with customers.
In this presentation HGS will discuss their unique approach of Supply Chain Network Design paired with Network Utilization (effective asset management), an approach that allows customers to minimize risk across the supply chain.
By reviewing customer case studies in the food service industry, the presenter will illustrate how this approach solves common customer challenges like:
- High initial cost of identifying and implementing changes to network
- Dynamic nature of business, where the solution is outdated shortly after implementation
$10 - Hors d'Ouerves & Cash Bar
Program
6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Networking & Presentation
Speaker Profiles
Pan Chen, Nkhil Thaker & Lisa Pell (Speaker), HAVI Global Solutions
http://www.havigs.com
Pan Chen is a Senior Director in the Analytics & Supply Chain Services division. Pan has 15+ years of Analytics experience over multiple industry sectors, including Food, CPG, Financial Services, Automotive Industries and Management Consulting. At HAVI Global Solutions Pan is leading the Supply Chain Analytics practice, responsible for end-to-end supply chain visibility and optimization, integration between supply chain and marketing, as well as other innovation opportunities in supply chain related areas. Pan holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University, and a double B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics from University of Victoria in Canada.
Nikhil Thaker is Senior Manager in the Analytics & Supply Chain Services division. Nikhil has a Masters in Industrial engineering and 10+ years of supply chain experience. Nikhil has been a consultant and worked with multiple companies and industry verticals throughout his career. Nikhil specializes in Optimization technology and has in depth knowledge of network, inventory and transportation optimization. Nikhil is CPIM certified with APICS and an active member of IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers). Nikhil has a B.S. in industrial engineering from the Nagpur University, India, and an M.S. in industrial engineering from Oklahoma State University.
Lisa Pell is a Senior Manager in the Analytics & Supply Chain Services division and has 20 years of supply chain and marketing analytics experience across multiple companies and industries. Lisa is currently leading the Network Innovation group at HAVI Global Solutions which focuses on bringing new optimization and analytic solutions to HGS clients. Lisa has a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Applied Statistics both from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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