Oliver Wight showcases new video channel

From webinar recordings, ITN Productions and more, Oliver Wight now showcases a video channel on their website. You can hear what their clients have to say about #supplychainoptimization, #ibp and more.

www.oliverwight-eame.com/news-events/Videos

Events for 2014

Oliver Wight sponsors a number of forums and summits across Europe, along with a number of our own events  focused on current business issues including supply chain optimization and integrated business planning (IBP), as well as providing good networking opportunities. Below are the forthcoming events for 2014.

Click the link below for further information.

Advancing S&OP to Integrated Business Planning

03-05 February 2014
Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam

The Supply Chain Forum

04 March 2014
Whittlebury Hall, UK

Oracle Value Chain Summit

18 -19 March 2014
Amsterdam

SAPICS Annual Conference

01 - 03 June 2014
Sun City, Johannesburg, South Africa

Supply Chain and Logistics Summit

16 -18 June 2014
Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, Barcelona

The Supply Chain Forum

21 October 2014
Eastwood Hall, UK

The Oliver Wight Conference

18 -19 November 2014
Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, Brussels

Oliver Wight Conference 19-20 November

Oliver Wight is delighted to announce the Inaugural Oliver Wight Annual Conference.

The Conference is being held at The Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, on Tuesday and Wednesday 19th and 20th November 2013, and with the hotel located virtually door to door with the airport and minutes away by train and road travel, it is a great location to attend what will be a great event.

We are obviously planning an agenda that is not only interesting, but also informative and challenging.

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FREE to register - Next IBP Webinar with Liam Harrington and Andy Walker

Integrated Business Planning Webinar

Wednesday 6th November 2013, 14:00 GMT

Liam Harrington

Andy Walker

Hosted by Oliver Wight Partners, Liam Harrington and Andy Walker

Business performance; it's your responsibility
You wouldn't accept under-performance driven by poor planning and silo behaviours if it was your business so why do you live with them in your organisation today?  Your organisation needs Integrated Business Planning, but done right...
This webinar will clearly demonstrate how Integrated Business Planning (IBP) allows an organisation to plan for success and then align the entire organisation to execute against this common plan.
Listeners will:

• Discover how IBP allows senior management to plan and manage the entire organisation in rapid time
• Learn how to cosy-effectively align all elements of strategic and tactical plans
• Influence executive decisions quicker, easier and more effectively
• Understand powerful steps to help your long-term planning issues

Free to register click here or for further information call Zoe Davis on +44 (0) 1452 397209.

More information can be found at the following wtg blog.

S&OP Innovation Summit 30-31 October 2013

Sales and Operations Planning Innovation Summit

30 October 2013 - 31 October 2013 

Oliver Wight is Gold Sponsor of the Sales and Operations Planning Innovation Summit in Berlin. 

Across the two days delegates will have opportunity to meet with Oliver Wight partners, Paul Archer, Andrew Walker and Birgit Breitschuh. Paul, who will be chairing Day One of the summit, will also be presenting a workshop at 11.15 on Day One on The Transition of S&OP to Integrated Business Planning.

Paul Archer, Oliver Wight Partner, presenting
The Transition of S&OP to Integrated Business Planning workshop,
30 Ocotber 2013

Upcoming Workshop from Oracle and Oliver Wight

Get more value from your value chain with Integrated Business Planning
Find the path to unlocking your company’s financial potentialThursday 17th October 2013 at the Oracle Customer Visit Center, Munich, Germany

Workshop Overview and Agenda
Oracle and Oliver Wight invite you to join us to learn more about Integrated Business Planning and how this highly effective process can be used to unlock your company's full financial potential. Companies successfully implementing Integrated Business Planning have realized the following improvements by having an effective, integrated business management process in place for aligning and realigning their strategic, business and operational objectives and core processes across all functions in their organizations:

• Reducing working capital by 25% 
• Increased forecast accuracy by 25% 
• Increased on-time delivery by 10-50% 
• Reducing obsolete inventory by 50% 
• Increased sales revenue by 15% 
• Increased productivity by 30% 
• Understanding the financial impacts of business scenarios that Integrated Business Planning delivers

Upcoming Events from Oliver Wight

Oliver Wight sponsors a number of forums and summits across Europe, along with a number of our own events  focused on current business issues including supply chain optimization and integrated business planning (IBP), as well as providing good networking opportunities. Below are the forthcoming events for 2013.

Click the link below for further information.

Integrated Business Planning Interactive Workshop

17 October 2013
Munich, Germany

Sales and Operations Planning Innovation Summit

30 October 2013
Berlin, Germany

Integrated Business Planning Webinar

06 November 2013
Webinar

Workshop Bundles from Oliver Wight EAME LLP

As of today, 29th July 2013, you can save 33% off your next workshop booking.

Workshop Bundles

Are you looking to expand your knowledge to achieve your goals? 
Our workshop bundles will help you tailor an education programme at discounted rates.

Oliver Wight education workshops are designed to give your executive and general management teams an insight into each of the core processes supporting the Integrated Business Planning model (Product and Portfolio; Demand and Supply; and Integrated Business Optimization), as well as an introduction to Supply Chain Optimization and the overall Integrated Business Planning process itself.

To achieve a full understanding of the overall process it is crucial you also have a detailed understanding of the supporting processes, and it is likely you will want to attend two, three or more Oliver Wight workshops.

So to help you make the most of your education programme, you are able to buy Oliver Wight Workshop Bundles at a discounted rate - when you buy an Oliver Wight workshop at the full price, you’ll receive 33% off any other workshop booked within six months.
We have two suites of education designed to equip you with the breadth and depth of knowledge you need to ensure your Oliver Wight programme is a success.

We have two suites of education designed to equip you with this broader knowledge.
Integrated Business Planning: Overview, Product & Portfolio, Demand & Supply, Integrated Business Optmization and
Supply Chain Optimization: Supply Planning, Demand Management.

You can use the discount for any of our seven public workshops, giving you complete flexibility in tailoring a programme to meet your specific business goals.
Obviously there are a few terms and conditions, and you can read these here
Click here to download our Workshop Programme or click here to view our Workshop Descriptions.

Bundles are available for the following workshops:

• Integrated Business Planning
• Integrated Business Optimization
• Product & Portfolio Optimization
• Demand Management
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Supply Planning

To book a Workshop Bundle email lisa.bolton-depimentel@oliverwight-eame.com or call +44 (0)1452 397213, referencing Workshop Bundles.

Official Sponsor of the 15th Annual European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit, Berlin

15th Annual Europe Supply Chain & Logistics Summit starts today: 25-27 June 2013

Oliver Wight is the Official Sponsor of the 15th Annual European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit in Berlin.

Interactive Workshop, Day 1 - Wednesday 26 June:

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Les Brookes, CEO
Oliver Wight EAME LLP

Design for success: How supply chain segmentation, collaboration and optimization can transform performance and value
Presented by: Les Brookes - CEO, Oliver Wight EAME LLP

Optimization of your supply chain is essential to successfully meet the needs of customers, efficiently and cost-effectively.  Varying demand for product, service levels and routes to market can be better served through market segmentation and a corresponding realignment of the supply chain.  Collaboration through mutual capability and integrated strengths, lends itself to continuous improvement in supply chain efficiency.  This workshop discusses how to design and optimise your supply chain structure to bring greater integration up and down the supply chain.

One-to-One meetings:

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Paul Archer, Partner

Jerry Shanahan, Partner

Across the two days, delegates will have opportunity to meet with Les and his colleagues, Paul Archer and Jerry Shanahan, partners of Oliver Wight.  For details on how to book a one-to-one meeting please contact veronica.lake@oliverwight-eame.com

We will be at stand 47 & 48 to answer any questions with regards to your Supply Chain and Logistics queries.

Oliver Wight EAME LLP at the SCL Europe 2013 event: 26 June

Les Brookes, Paul Archer and Jerry Shanahan
at the 15th Annual SCL Europe 2013, Berlin

Les Brookes and Jerry Shanahan one to one meetings
with the SCL Europe 2013 delegates

Les Brookes and Jerry Shanahan discussing
Supply Chain and Logists issues with delegates

Jerry Shanahan, hosting a discussion panel.

ITN Productions film Oliver Wight for new supply chain news channel

Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, have teamed up with ITN Productions to film a revealing documentary, ‘Turning Fortunes Around - uncovering the secrets of Supply Chain success’. 

The programme, produced for the Global Logistics and Transport News channel, a partnership between ITN Productions and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), aims to capture the current state of global supply chains and how to manage them.
Introducing the film, presenter Natasha Kaplinsky, explains that optimising the supply chain can bring down costs by half but as well as more accurate forecasting and reduced overstocking, a mind-set change is also required.


“The recent horse meat scandal brought the complexity of global supply chains and the difficulties of controlling them, sharply into focus,” says Oliver Wight consultant Liam Harrington, interviewed in the documentary. “The industry is dominated by the dogma of price, however the lowest price doesn’t actually mean lower costs and it can put reputation on the line when the price quest leads to a fragmented supply chain.”

The film includes interviews with Oliver Wight customers, furniture manufacturer the Quality Furniture Company, which says it owes its survival to supply chain improvements, and Inks manufacturer Akzo Nobel, which has achieved £1 million of savings in just nine months.
Oliver Wight consultant, Anne Marie Kilkenny, who also appears in the film, says, “The collaboration with ITN Productions and CILT is an excellent opportunity to tackle the impact of globalisation, transparency and the environment on the supply chain, and provide some insight in to how to create a more integrated, cost-efficient model.”

The channel will be regularly updated with stories on the latest innovation, thought leadership and best practice – providing an essential tool for professionals working in logistics, transport and supply chain.


Launched at the 2013 Annual Logistics Conference this month, the Oliver Wight documentary is hosted on ITN Productions’ Transport News Channel as part of its ‘Thought Leadership’ series. Watch it here.

Filming with supply chain optimisation experts Oliver Wight and ITN Productions - Behind the scenes

SAPICS 2013 Annual Conference & Exhibition

 

02 June 2013 - 04 June 2013 

For the third year running Oliver Wight was the Gold Sponsor of the Annual SAPICS Conference and Exhibition which took place on Sunday 2nd - Tuesday 4th June 2013 in Sun City, Johannesburg.

Knowing and Controlling your Demand in an Integrated Supply Chain

Lloyd Snowden

Monte Maritz

Managing Partner, Lloyd Snowden, hosted an interactive workshop on Sunday afternoon, along with his colleague, Monte Martiz.  Delegates heared leading edge thinking about Demand Management and understood the difference between Demand Planning and Demand Control.  The 3 hour interactive session provided the opportunity to listen to other company challenges and successes.




SAPICS 2013 - Event Images

Oliver Wight Event with Oracle Tomorrow 6th June 2013, UK

Get more value from your value chain with Integrated Business Planning
Find the path to unlocking your company’s financial potentialThursday 6th June 2013 at Oracle, Blythe Valley Park, Solihull, United Kingdom

Workshop Overview and Agenda
Oracle and Oliver Wight invite you to join us to learn more about Integrated Business Planning and how this highly effective process can be used to unlock your company's full financial potential. Companies successfully implementing Integrated Business Planning have realized the following improvements by having an effective, integrated business management process in place for aligning and realigning their strategic, business and operational objectives and core processes across all functions in their organizations:

• Reducing working capital by 25% 
• Increased forecast accuracy by 25% 
• Increased on-time delivery by 10-50% 
• Reducing obsolete inventory by 50% 
• Increased sales revenue by 15% 
• Increased productivity by 30% 
• Understanding the financial impacts of business scenarios that Integrated Business Planning delivers
  
  

This week's event! Integrated Business Planning Innovation Summit

Integrated Business Planning Innovation Summit

25 April 2013 - 26 April 2013 

Oliver Wight is delighted to be returning as Gold Sponsor to the Integrated Business Planning Innovation Summit. 

 

Managing Uncertainty with Integrated Business Planning

Oliver Wight workshop presented by Andrew Purton, Managing Partner - Oliver Wight EAME LLP.

Andrew Purton

Debbie Bowen-Heaton

The last five years have seen businesses having to deal with unparalleled levels of uncertainty. The debate continues - when will we come out of recession, and how quickly? The view of many organisations still seems to be that S&OP only "works" in a stable environment and so devote a large amount of time to working around the process. In this session, Andrew will demonstrate how Integrated Business Planning is the key to helping organisations deal effectively with uncertainty and make timely decisions in order to secure a profitable future.

Andrew will also be chairing day two of the summit. He will be joined across the two days by his colleague, Debbie Bowen-Heaton, Partner of Oliver Wight. Delegates will have opportunity to meet with Andrew and Debbie both at the stand and through scheduled 1-2-1 meetings. 


Event Photos

Andrew Purton talking to an attendee

Andrew Purton and Debbie Bowen-Heaton at the Oliver Wight stand

 

TODAY! Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar - Today at 14:15

Have you signed up to listen in on the Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar? Attending this webinar is free, all you need to do is register.   

Presented by Oliver Wight Partners, Kirsty Braines and Dawn Kynaston

Kirsty Braines,
Oliver Wight Partner

Dawn Kynaston,
Oliver Wight Partner

Location: Global
Telephone: +44 (0) 1452 397209
Website: http://www.wtgwebinar.com/webinar/design-for-success-how-supply-chain-segmentation,-collaboration-and-optimization-can-transform-performance-and-value/338 

Listen in on the Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar

Supply Chain Design and Optimization Webinar - 11 April 2013

Design for success: How supply chain segmentation, collaboration and optimization can transform performance and value
 
Presented by Oliver Wight Partners, Kirsty Braines and Dawn Kynaston

Kirsty Braines,
Oliver Wight Partner

Dawn Kynaston,
Oliver Wight Partner

This interactive webinar provides an understanding of why optimization of your supply chain is essential to successfully meet the needs of customers, efficiently and cost-effectively.  It explores how the varying demand for product, service levels and routes to market can be better served through market segmentation and a corresponding realignment of the supply chain.  

Listen in to Kirsty and Dawn at 14:15 GMT+1 to learn how to design and optimize your supply chain structure to bring greater integration up and down the supply chain.

Attending this webinar is free, all you need to do is register. 

Location: Global
Telephone: +44 (0) 1452 397209
Website: http://www.wtgwebinar.com/webinar/design-for-success-how-supply-chain-segmentation,-collaboration-and-optimization-can-transform-performance-and-value/338

New Event Date added! 23 April 2013

JDA and Oliver Wight Integrated Business Planning Workshop - 23 April 2013

The ability to respond to changing market conditions is the key to business success. The Integrated Business Planning and S&OP Workshop will help you understand how to stay ahead of your competition.

Since 2007, businesses have experienced unprecedented levels of market volatility, and this volatility has led to wholesale adoption of Integrated Business Planning practices and S&OP processes. However, many companies are now concluding that management of such an important process is inefficient when relying on Excel, email and Powerpoint. JDA S&OP is designed to specifically address these requirements.
The workshop will enable you to:

• Understand how to manage the “gap” between the current plan and the annual operating plan.
  
• Analyse and view data through multiple lenses and to cope with a regional/global matrix process
• Administer the S&OP process itself using workflow, exceptions and audit trails
• Identify performance gaps early to ensure optimal profitability
• Learn how appropriate aggregation underpins the process of timely decision making
• Understand the importance of enabling accountability through transparent impact analysis and providing a “corporate memory”
• Support adoption through familiarity and ease of use
  

For further information and to register for the workshop click here

 

Event - Oliver Wight - Sponsoring the Supply Chain Forum

Oliver Wight are pleased to be sponsoring The Supply Chain Forum - an event providing senior industry professionals with access to new ideas, solutions and innovations to help take their departments and companies forward.

Lloyd Snowden, Managing Partner of Oliver Wight, will be hosting a series of one-to-one meetings throughout the day and during the evening events.  Lloyd will also be making a presentation, which will explore why achieving Supply Chain Excellence is now business critical.

Lloyd Snowden, Managing Partner of Oliver Wight, hosting breakfast table.

Opening address speaker -
Excellent talk on the economy saying it is all about confidence.
Things are not as black as they are being painted.