The collaboration within an organization is ever increasing by better involving the entire corporation into the supply chain. But collaboration should extend beyond the organization itself if a company wants to be agile. In order to increase the value in the end-to-end chain, suppliers, partners and logistic providers should therefore all be accounted for. Companies need to make a shift towards not only monitoring their own operation but also those of their direct suppliers. Making collaboration, transparency and trust within the whole supply chain, a key for success. To discuss the network economy, what it was before and why it should change, host Goedele Weynants sits down with 3 Deloitte specialists for tips on how to achieve the best results.

Many supply chain leaders of major organizations are making the shift toward the digitalization of their supply chain. Yet certain questions remain on how this strategic vision manifests itself in concrete tactical decisions. How best to set up the application ecosystem? Which criteria drive the software selection process? And how to make use of emerging technologies like Machine learning and Artificial intelligence?

Organisations that focus on data and analytics are getting better business results. Yet many times systems and tools are set up without checking the business for their exact reporting requirements. Julien Morret & Frederik Van Holle explain what advantages looking at data and analytics first will bring, and what happens if you don’t.

How does a yearly financial budget support the actual business in a world that is as volatile as the last couple of years? We see that many organisations struggle: their agility is constrained by strict budgets and sky-high ambitions that lack created in the ivory tower of Finance. Yoann Busigny will show that most of them have everything at their fingertips to plan as agile as the business needs to be today. Find out how you, from your financial view, can actually contribute to better business.

Even if upcoming regulations require every organisation to actively work on sustainability, many just don’t. What are the challenges that seem so overwhelming, and how does sustainability create value? Laurent van Melckebeke brings along fellow sustainability expert Reinout de Clercq and technology implementation specialist Elise Van Pée to discuss the sustainability journey for companies, the challenges that lie ahead and how to address them via practical examples.

Agility is key for any organisation’s sustainability: its ability to adapt to new situations is a predictor for a sustainable future. Contrary to common beliefs, current Cloud ERP’s can speed up transformation processes and improve agility. Arnaud Debrulle will debunk today’s common view on cloud ERP and show that its implementation is neither slow nor rigid or expensive.