Procurement leaders and category managers are facing a daunting challenge—balancing cost-cutting, risk management, and securing supplies with the tough goal of making progress on sustainability goals. With access to Smart Data strategy combined with powerful collaboration initiatives, procurement is uniquely poised to make an impact – while keeping costs low at the same time. Webinar Discussion Topics: – From Surviving to Thriving: The Importance of Sustainability – Understanding and communicating trade-offs – Accessing and leveraging the right data at the right time

Danone is on an ongoing transformation journey to create a consumer-centric and proactive supply chain so that it can more rapidly adapt to changing market conditions and unexpected disruptions, while also ensuring that operations become more sustainable. Improving forecasting accuracy is one of the enablers of this journey. By using advanced forecasting techniques enabled by Artificial Intelligence, Danone can more effectively predict and plan for potential disruptions or events. In this Supply Chain Now webinar, hear from Marc Martinez, Global Operations Transformation Director at Danone, and Anna Linden, Global head of Supply Chain Planning at SAP, about how you can initiate and steer a successful digital transformation journey in your company that brings you ahead of the competition. Learn how you can … · Start transforming your business with a digital, integrated planning approach. · Approach the sensitive topic of change management and acceptance for an automated process. · Improve forecast accuracy with embedded AI technology and external data in SAP IBP. · Drive supply chain efficiency with an automated planning approach. · Increase customer satisfaction.