2023 End of Year Newsletter
Team, 2023 was a hell of a ride... As we approach the close of another remarkable year, let's reflect on the achievements, challenges, and shared moments that have shaped our journey together. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support and look forward to embracing new opportunities and milestones in the coming year.
Face to Face Events
This year brought the launch of our SCM Leaders Forum Series, bringing together cross-industry Business Leaders to discuss and analyse supply chain transformation, sustainability opportunities and cybersecurity best-practices for manufacturers, through the lens of digitalisation and technological innovation.
These unique events, hosted by the manufacturing organisations themselves, provided tangible, hands-on opportunities, to see operational excellence and thought-leadership in action. Check out some of the cool footage we captured from our events at the Siemens Impulse in Amberg, Germany, and the Danfoss HQ in Nordborg, Denmark.
Virtual Events
As we bid farewell to 2023, it's time to reflect on a year that yet again redefined the landscape of virtual events. In the face of ongoing global changes, our community demonstrated resilience and adaptability, leveraging digital platforms to create engaging and memorable experiences. Here are some of our recent virtual events you can watch on-demand.
Podcast You'll Find Interesting
This year we also delivered 50+ new episodes for the Industrial Innovation Podcast , you can check out the full library here , but below are a few of our recent episodes we think you'll find interesting.
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Industry News & Insights - Articles we liked!
Boom! | Supply Chain 50 50 Next Generation Talent Survey 2023 by Kinaxis
"The so-called supply chain “talent crisis” remains an evergreen issue. Recent insights from Gartner reveal that the inability to access talent has interrupted or curtailed business activities for over half of supply chain organisations in the last year. Conversations with our own network of senior supply chain leaders echo this situation. If we are ever to remove this from the annual list of concerns for supply chain leaders, what better place to focus than at the very beginning of the talent pipeline? There is no quick fix here, but if we can attract more young people who bring a diverse profile to the profession, ensure they have the necessary skills, and keep them motivated to stay and develop their careers, then the workforce of the future can only become more robust. To begin to address this, in our fourth annual survey of the global supply chain profession, we set out to explore the perspectives of the next generation of supply chain talent – our future leaders..." - Authors: Beth Morgan , Melanie Salter , boom! Global Network
Article | Case Study: ABB 's digital technology facilitates predictive maintenance for Enel Green Power
In 2018, Enel Green Power and ABB joined forces to develop predictive and condition-based maintenance solutions through the ABB Ability? Collaborative Operations Center for power generation and water in Genoa, Italy. Check out the article to learn how this successful partnership has helped to facilitate Enel Green Power achieving safer, smarter and more sustainable hydro operations.
Blog | How Should General Manufacturing Think of Composability? by Tulip Interfaces
"So far in our blog series on our position as a challenger in The 2022 Gartner? Magic Quadrant? for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), we’ve discussed how composability is redefining MES, and we’ve covered the various roles and mechanisms that manufacturers require if they want to build a composable business that enables citizen developers. Now, let’s take a deeper look at real-world examples of how composability can play out in General Manufacturing, including reasons, challenges, and wins..."
"Inflation, recession, war, climate change, trade disputes, pandemics, energy access, industrial espionage, cyber attacks — for company leaders, the list of threats driven directly by or intersecting with geopolitics is getting longer by the day. This is especially true for industrial firms, which are uniquely complex and exposed to geopolitical disruptions. Many have made large, long-term investments in operating footprints that produce high-value goods in a range of countries. They also depend on inputs from sprawling supply chains; provide maintenance or other post-sale services globally to customers and consumers; and increasingly collect, transmit and analyze data from product usage internationally. Others who are less directly affected still face significant exposure by participating in the same value chains, whether as suppliers or ecosystem partners. Regardless of their scale or value chain position, industrial companies are realizing that the unprecedented, wide-ranging impact of geopolitics is not easing anytime soon. As a result, manufacturers must proactively consider a range of future states and implement new levels of agility in their strategies and operations..."
Coming Up...
The first SCM Leaders Forum for 2024 will take place at the Coca-Cola Innovation Hub in Barcelona, Spain. If you are interested in attending, you can register your interest here.