DAY 1 – Thursday, October 13, 2011
8:00 Registration and Coffee Served
9:00 Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair
Kevin A. Maynard, CAE
Executive Director
Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council
9:15 Including Commodity Market Fluctuations into Your Procurement Plans
Kara Slemko
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young LLP
- Evaluating the current market value of important materials like cement and steel: Based on examples from the last construction boom, to what extent and over what timeline can those prices shift outside the boundaries of existing budgets?
- Discussing what drives these price changes: Is it as simple as supply and demand?
- How does the Canadian energy sector fit into the larger global context when seeking secure sources for construction materials, assets, and equipment?
- To what extent can stockpiling or overestimating requirements ensure resource availability and purchase price? How does that impact a project’s bottom line? Are better options available?
CASE STUDY
10:00 Building and Maintaining Long-Term and Highly Effective Business to Business Relationships with Suppliers and Service Providers
Sean O’Brien
President
Acklands-Grainger Inc.
- What does a mutually beneficial long-term and successful business partnership look like? What advantages does it offer? Does it cost more? How does it impact the flexibility in your planning?
- Outlining the crucial contributions of win-win supplier relationships to secure contract fulfillment reliably with a minimum of leakage
- Offering working examples of ways to strengthen a new or existing business relationship
- Communicating your needs and understanding the factors influencing your supplier during a limited inventory environment to find alternatives and compromises that satisfy both parties
10:45 Networking Refreshment Break
11:00 WestJet’s Experience with Strategic Collaboration for Developing an Effective Outsourced Service Network
Kevin McGregor
Category Manager
WestJet
Les Harkness
Manager, Engines & Components
WestJet
- Describing the responsibilities of the technical manager and procurement specialists in the sourcing process
- Detailing the challenges in developing service network priorities, sourcing goals and negotiation strategy
- Debating the role of the supply chain in managing vendor contracts and performance
CASE STUDY
11:45 TransCanada’s Experience in Aligning Vendor Capabilities with Program Requirements
Nicole Wershler
Manager, Supply Chain Service Programs
TransCanada
- What differentiates TransCanada’s supply chain service program from other companies? How is the program implemented?
- Describing the importance of collaboration within an organization to make informed decisions regarding suppliers and service providers
- Making the case for prequalification’s value for buy-in purposes, rather than as a mandatory requirement
- Illustrating the added benefits of qualifying safety, technical, quality and financial factors
- Offering best practices when coordinating with third-party partners during the qualification process
- Explaining the improvements in key performance indicators that TransCanada’s program initiatives have produced
12:30 Flexible Procurement Sourcing Options to Help Optimize Savings and Enable Smarter Spending
Gerry Pelletier
Business Development Executive,
IBM Global Process Services
To mitigate the impact of a challenging global economy, companies are taking a fresh look at their supply chains for ways to drive cost improvements and operational efficiencies. Creating a smarter supply chain roadmap means today’s sourcing and procurement organizations need a strategic sourcing approach that delivers greater savings, enhanced visibility, increased control and ongoing process innovation.
1:00 Networking Luncheon for Delegates and Speakers
Keynote Luncheon
Sponsored by:
CASE STUDY
2:15 ConocoPhillips Canada’s Logistics as an Integral Part of Project Planning
Debashis Ghosh (Invited)
Logistics Manager
ConocoPhillips Canada
- Outlining the scope and scale of ConocoPhillips Canada’s operations:
- What are some of the issues inherent in maintaining transportation and logistics for such a diverse group of projects?
- What are some of the benefits and opportunities available to such a large organization?
- How are new or growing operations accommodated into the existing system?
- Debating the pros and cons of Canadian and international manufacturers for oil sands modules
- Offering methods to increase visibility of assets in transit
- Coordinating the efforts of the logistics team with operations
CASE STUDY
3:00 Best Practices and Lessons Learned in the Quest to Reduce Leakage in Procurement Contracts
Alain Guerard
Director, Procurements & Contracting
SNC Lavalin ATP Inc.
- Identifying where money goes between the contract price and the bottom line. How much of that can realistically be recovered, and how much needs to be worked into the budget as additional expense?
- Illustrating the importance of clarity in communicating expectations
- How can purchasing behaviours be improved to maximize desirable outcomes?
- Minimizing poor quality, limited quantity, and late delivery through effective pre- and post-conference management and monitoring best practices
3:45 Networking Refreshment Break
CASE STUDY
4:00 Major Learnings on Supply Chain Management Model Implementation
R.O. (Ron) Huculak
Procurement Manager – Kearl Operations
Imperial Oil
A. A. (Agata) Lotocka
Procurement Materials Management Team Lead
– Kearl Operations
Imperial Oil
- Offering the critical “Do’s and Don’ts” when creating a new SCM model:
- Defining the scope of the operation
- Identifying the critical components and resources
- Gaining the support of senior management and major stakeholders
- Establishing guidelines for sourcing and procurement
- Creating a culture of stewardship management
- Managing implementation through project development and growth
- Building the right framework for long-term sustainment
4:45 Furthering Productivity and Innovation Along the Asia Pacific Gateway Corridor
Kevin A. Maynard, CAE
Executive Director
Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council
Linda Lucas
Chair
Calgary Logistics Council
- Describing the project envisioned by the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table, the Calgary Logistics Council, and the Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council:
- What are the economic motivations?
- What are the primary goals?
- Within what timeframe can they be achieved?
- How will improvements be implemented?
- How can additional companies and organizations contribute?
- Offering examples for stakeholder-driven projects to strengthen supply chain, logistics, and transportation connections between British Columbia and Alberta
- Illustrating opportunities to incorporate this project into regional, provincial, and national human resources
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- Outlining the potential to expand this initiative to include northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
5:30 Chair’s Recap and Conference Adjourns
DAY 2 – Friday, October 14, 2011
8:30 Coffee Served
9:00 Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair
Kevin A. Maynard, CAE
Executive Director
Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council
PANEL
9:15 Working Solutions for Your Skilled Labour Shortages
Moderator:
Linda Lucas
Chair
Calgary Logistics Council
Panellists:
David MacLean
Vice President of Communications and Policy
Alberta Enterprise Group
Brian F. Fleming
Associate Professor
Mount Royal University
Sher Zaman
Director, Human Resources
Supply Chain Management
Other Panellists to be Announced
- Building upon lessons learned from the last boom, evaluate recruitment and retention strategies: How can you secure the right people and hold onto them in a competitive market?
- Developing orientation, training, cross-training and retraining programs to get the most out of your people
- Discussing the approaching retirement of the most experienced workers:
- How can this transition best be anticipated and mitigated?
- Are there ways to incentivize key people to stay on the job longer?
- What knowledge transfer and job shadowing approaches actually see results?
- What’s the silver lining to this demographic shift?
- Illustrating opportunities in training and recruitment among First Nations, women, and foreign workers
10:45 Networking Coffee Break
Sponsored by:
11:00 The Benefits of Innovative Thinking Across the Supply Chain in Attracting, Retaining and Developing the Next Generation of Skilled
Workforce and Management
Christopher Lange
Associate Partner, Strategy and Operations Consulting
Deloitte
As the crunch for labour continues, and the baby boomer generation begins to retire, it is incumbent that new, innovative ways are developed for buyer and supplier organizations. This discussion will focus on new ideas and approaches to manage supplier relationships, with an emphasis on streamlining operations, reducing costs, labour needs and helping to train and retain new workers as the boomer generation exits the workforce.
- Strategic approaches to managing supplier relationships while integrating a new generation of workers
- Preparing to retain skills and knowledge as a workforce ages: What steps can be taken to transfer knowledge to younger team members?
- Working with suppliers to identify working style gaps
- Using technology to improve supplier relationship management
CASE STUDY
11:45 Sustainability in the Supply Chain as Both a Commitment to Responsible Development and a Positive Impact on the Bottom Line
Lesley Smith
Vice President, Logistics
Wal-Mart Canada Corp.
- Identifying the motivating factors for sustainable supply chain practices for all industries, and for the energy sector in particular. What is expected by your shareholders and stakeholders? How can you satisfy both?
- What does world-class sustainable logistics look like? Is it realistic to assume that your organization can or should achieve that level?
- What are some easily implementable first steps and pilot projects that can serve as ambassadors in the drive to large-scale sustainable initiatives?
- What are realistic metrics? How can that information be collected and how can the benefits be translated?
12:30 Networking Luncheon for Delegates and Speakers
1:45 Organizing Project Development in Remote Locations: Lessons Learned from the Challenges of the Last Boom
Sue McGregor
Sales Director
Aggreko Inc.
- Reviewing current project construction plans. Based on the experiences from the last economic surge, what opportunities exist to...
- Prevent cost escalations and overruns?
- Minimize risk and increase deliverables?
- Reduce fuel consumption?
- Limit environmental impacts?
- Describing strategies to coordinate and consolidate the requirements and services of onsite operators, including specialists, vendors, and suppliers
- How can the early development of an overall site plan for utilities and other infrastructure improve project performance and compliance?
CASE STUDY
2:30 Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank: Applying the Latest Thinking in Supply Chain Management to a Charitable Organization
Jim Bergeron
Member of the Board, Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank
Vice Chair of the Calgary Logistics Council
- Describing Calgary’s Inter-Faith Food Bank and the crucial role modern supply chain management plays in its success
- How does a volunteer-driven non-profit organization share 1.45 million kilograms of food across 26 food banks in Alberta, Whitehorse and Yellowknife?
- Describing some of the logistical challenges of dealing with the collection, storage, transportation and distribution of food of varying quantity and availability throughout the year
- Illustrating examples of cooperation and coordination between government, charities, and the private sector that create new opportunities for growth
- What can other organizations do to help?
3:15 Networking Refreshment Break
Sponsored by:
3:30 The SCMP Program: Integrating Procurement, Logistic, and Operations Responsibilities Into a New Professional Designation
Darren Caines, BA, MBA in progress
Executive Director
Alberta Institute of the Purchasing Management
Association of Canada (AIPMAC)
- Describing the Purchasing Management Association of Canada and its provincial and territorial institutes
- Discussing how the role of a supply chain professional evolved in recent years: What are the key competencies and responsibilities? What competitive advantage is expected from this position?
- Explaining the need for a new professional designation to replace CPP. What are the key benefits? What further professional development is required to hold an SCMP accreditation?
- Outlining the Strategic Supply Chain Management Leadership Program (SSCMLP)
- What opportunities exist for AIPMAC and the oil and gas industries to cooperate on the challenges facing Alberta’s supply chain professionals?
4:15 Chair’s Recap and Conference Adjourns
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