Dr Aristides Matopoulos, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Design and Logistics Systems at Aston University provides some valuable steps in how organisations can continuously improve the design of their supply chains.

Ankur Bhan, Founder and Head of WING Business Line at Nokia reveals how IoT contributes to raising the income levels for farmers and enables them to further modernise their operations.

Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the University of Derby looks at how companies can effectively manage their digital supply chain transformation.

Dr John Gattorna, Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, describes how to design a contemporary supply chain to achieve genuine customer centricity and network optimisation.

Dr. Gunter Beitinger, Vice President of Manufacturing at Siemens, provides an in-depth look at their “Lean Digital Factory” project, which will connect more than 30 plants to one Manufacturing Data Platform via MindSphere and implement a purpose-built Industrial Edge layer.

Sascha Tittelwitz, Project Lead “Porsche Production 4.0” at Porsche describes how they are developing their Factory of the Future in an era of disruption.

Dr. Jorge Calvo, Professor Strategy, Operations and Industry 4.0 at GLOBIS University, provides a framework to uncover the characteristics of Amazon’s Digital Supply Chain capability.

Dr Wayne Visser, Professor of Integrated Value at Antwerp Management School, explores the merit in using a value framework to create innovation with a purpose.

Thomas Ulrik Lund, Digital Strategy Advisor and former Head of Digital Strategy at Novozymes, addresses how to prevent your MVP ending up in the digital graveyard without adding business value.

Paurav Shukla, Professor of Marketing and Head of the Digital and Data Driven Management Department at Southampton University discusses how organisations can develop a customer engagement strategy in a digital driven marketplace.