What does a sea of trucks parked in a former NASCAR speedway look like? Ford could tell you… Over 60,000 F-150 pickups are sitting there awaiting essential parts to be completed. Recent aerial footage of the Kentucky speedway has shaken the world, displaying the magnitude of the disruptions manufacturers are facing since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Severe supply constraints have created significant challenges for supply chain executives and managers across the globe. The resulting backlog of demand for finished items impacted by supply constraints has made it exceedingly difficult for companies to maintain customer service levels and stabilize operations. It is now more than ever crucial for companies to challenge the status quo in their supply chain management and embrace a new planning paradigm that will bring agility in a world filled with greater uncertainty. Join us for this webinar hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White and featuring Erik Bush, CEO and co-founder of Demand Driven Technologies, where they will expose the core issues companies are facing when encountering supply constraints from their vendors. Erik will also cover a range of disruptive methods and tactics that companies can implement to gain better control of their supply chain…

Bio-Rad is a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing innovative products for the life science research and clinical diagnostic markets. Join Supply Chain Now’s Scott Luton & Greg White to hear how Bio-Rad has embarked upon a journey to total supply chain transformation; improving forecast accuracy and speed of supply planning, inventory management, end to end visibility, and ultimately improving service to their customers for Finished Goods. Learn how working collaboratively with Kinaxis and IBM, Bio-Rad positively redefined and stabilized core supply chain processes, implementing Kinaxis’ Rapid Response solution. Understand how Bio-Rad adopted a phased approach, beginning as a foundation with demand planning, followed by supply planning, and reporting & analytics. Once this foundation is in place then embarking on a journey to establish robust S&OP and S&OE processes, extending functionality vertically & horizontally, and modelling & optimizing inventory. The overarching goal of this transformation is to deliver improved customer service and responsiveness, whilst simultaneously providing network visibility, driving optimal use of manufacturing assets, and improving cashflow.