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Ernst Beer

Director of Planning and Product Management
Wacker Chemie AG

Ernst Beer started his professional career as a chemist 1995 at Bayer in Dormagen. In 1998 he moved to Wacker Chemie and hold several positions in Marketing and Supply Chain. During last years he was Heading two Global Downstream Supply Chains. Since beginning of 2016 he is globally responsible for Productmanagement and Planning of Basic Silicone Materials.

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Day 1 – Tuesday 28 March 2017

Monday, February 4th, 2019

15:40 DRILL DOWN ROUND TABLES FOR TOPICS ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN

These informal subject-specific roundtables give you a unique opportunity to drill down into the details of an issue by probing the knowledge and expertise of industry market leaders. Each roundtable is designed for you to meet like-minded peers and source practical solutions collaboratively.

How to measure centralized and decentralized SC performance: What are the best practices? What are the key metrics?
Tove Andersen, Head of Supply Chain, Yara International

The value of digitalization: Is end-to-end supply chain visibility simply a hygiene factor or source of competitive advantage?
Henning Schussmuller, Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager, Sumitomo Chemical

Assessing the characteristics of planning employees: What are the human factors that need to be taken into consideration of running a successful centralized or decentralized planning system?
Ernst Beer, Ernst Beer, Director of Planning and Product Management, Wacker Chemie AG

Innovative transportation solutions – How to use logistics brokerage services and the physical internet concept to improve logistics efficiency
Florian Kache, Global Supply Chain Strategy, BASF

Why isn’t everyone using multi-modal transport yet? Exploring challenges and opportunities
Frank Andreesen, VP Logistics Operations EMEA, Covestro

Road and rail infrastructure: What is the outlook for the EU in the next 5 years and how will this impact the SC?
Sven De Winter, Logistics Supplier Relationship Management Leader - EMEA, Dupont

Integrated business planning: Does that force centralization? What is the right model and why?
Tim Bett, Head of Supply Chain, Archroma

How to overcome challenges caused by adverse weather conditions in order to minimise SC disruption
Stefan Ritschel, Europe Head of Supply Chain Management Industrial Petrochemicals, BASF