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Thomas Foerster

VP Supply Chain Operations EMEA
BASF

Thomas joined BASF in 1998 into the logistics organisation before relocating to Asia in 2006. Between 2006 and 2010 Thomas headed up the Supply Chain Management and IT organisation of BASF in Korea and in 2010 became the Director of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in China as a result of a joint venture with Sinopec. Following his return in 2013, Thomas is now Vice President of Supply Chain Operations for Europe. Thomas joined the LogiChem Advisory Board in 2014 and has played an integral role in ensuring the programme addresses the industry's most critical challenges.

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Focus Day - Harnessing Digitalization To Drive The Supply Chain

Sunday, February 4th, 2018

14:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: How can you best use digitalisation irrespective of your company’s size?

Panelists will put forward their thoughts and experiences and you will then have the opportunity to pose questions and take part in interactive roundtable discussions to discuss the growing opportunities and threats posed by increasing customer demands. Take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers and ask the experts what they think!

14:40 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: Using advanced track and trace capabilities to transform your chemical supply chain and create greater end-to-end visibility

In this innovative and interactive format, spend 20 minutes hearing a best practice case study before being challenged to find solutions to some of the most prevalent challenges in the chemical supply chain industry. Engage in small interactive roundtable discussions before each group presents its conclusions back to the audience. Take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers.

Exploring how RFID can help you overcome supply chain inefficiencies and decrease costs
How to improve traceability through enhanced harmonization across supply chain operations
Developing relationships with 3PL’s to use data gained during delivery to further optimize the supply chain
Using track and trace to provide a greater customer service level and manage expectation

Day 1 - Driving value and innovation throughout the business

Sunday, March 4th, 2018

16:00 ADVISORY BOARD PANEL DISCUSSION: How can you collaborate with suppliers and supply chain partners to identify additional sources of value creation?

Discussion points:

Examining whether there is a disconnect between customer’s and the chemical supply chain and how to work together to challenge this
Leveraging better internal integration to deliver increased transportation collaboration and eliminate unnecessary costs in the manufacturer/ supplier relationship
Improving internal collaboration through increased visibility of cross-functional collaboration and performance metrics/KPIs