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OCTOBER 4, 2021

About NESCON 2021
Economy
Leadership
Procurement Strategies & Tools
Operations/Logistics Strategies & Tools

NESCON is a one-day, virtual conference for the supply chain industry, and features educational forums encompassing economy, leadership, procurement strategies/tools, and operation/logistics tools, across the supply chain spectrum. This year’s conference will be held on October 4, 2021.

  • Fully leverage your training budget (free!)
  • Learn about the latest cutting-edge topics, trends and technology within multiple areas of the supply chain management (SCM) field!
  • Help your organization evolve its supply chain into a true value chain
  • Translate innovative ideas into immediately workable and practical solutions for you and your organization
  • Enjoy an immediate return on the investment of your time and organization’s money
  • Be transformed by our captivating keynote speakers!
  • Earn 5.0 Continuing Education Hours (CEHs) towards your certification/recertification

Supply Chain 2030 — A Bridge to the Future!

A One-Day Virtual Conference
SCM: Prepare for the Future — Improve the Present

Programs
NESCON 2021 programs take place on October 4, 2021 (EDT).

Click on the titles below for a brief overview of each session.

What has the last year and the pandemic/stimulus etc done to our economy? This AM Keynote features world-renowned economist Jeff Carr will explore what has happened, as well as the effects on jobs, interest rates, inflation, the supply chain & shipping (as it relates to the economy), etc. Event Details

This presentation features the legendary Carol Ptak & Dick Ling, and will describe the Sales and Operations Planning process, that provides the basis of this adaptive transformation that must occur, for a company to become a Demand Driven Adaptive Enterprise, and realize sustainable and significant return on investment. Event Details

Former APICS CEO Alan Dunn will present tools and mechanisms that professionals use to manage global supply chains will be dramatically different in the future. Technology advances will change how professionals interact with their complex supply chains, how they manage and optimize them, and how they transfer value to customers. Event Details

In this panel, Buyers Meeting Point Owner and Managing Director Kelly Barner brings together an author, an academic, and an experienced/trusted advisor, to apply their unique perspectives to the complex challenge of imagining and strategically looking at their visions of the future of our profession. Event Details

The Hall of Fame award will be presented, as well as another special recognition to someone very instrumental in the supply chain profession. Event Details

The founder of MassRobotics & Vecna Robotics CEO Daniel Theobald will explain why real innovation & efficiency in the supply chain (for now AND the future), comes from flexible orchestration technology (looks at a warehouse as a system, unifying humans, robots, and equipment). Attendees will get an understanding of what it takes to set up their warehouse, for automation success by 2030. Event Details

This PM Keynote will offer leaders three key outcomes: 1) A comprehensive framework and understanding of the Future Of Work, 2) Insights based on diagnostics/data, on key issues companies face, in adopting Future of Work, and 3) How and Where do you start the journey of transforming how work is done. Event Details

What has the last year and the pandemic/stimulus etc done to our economy? This AM Keynote features world-renowned economist Jeff Carr will explore what has happened, as well as the effects on jobs, interest rates, inflation, the supply chain & shipping (as it relates to the economy), etc. Event Details

This presentation features the legendary Carol Ptak & Dick Ling, and will describe the Sales and Operations Planning process, that provides the basis of this adaptive transformation that must occur, for a company to become a Demand Driven Adaptive Enterprise, and realize sustainable and significant return on investment. Event Details

Former APICS CEO Alan Dunn will present tools and mechanisms that professionals use to manage global supply chains will be dramatically different in the future. Technology advances will change how professionals interact with their complex supply chains, how they manage and optimize them, and how they transfer value to customers. Event Details

In this panel, Buyers Meeting Point Owner and Managing Director Kelly Barner brings together an author, an academic, and an experienced/trusted advisor, to apply their unique perspectives to the complex challenge of imagining and strategically looking at their visions of the future of our profession. Event Details

The Hall of Fame award will be presented, as well as another special recognition to someone very instrumental in the supply chain profession. Event Details

The founder of MassRobotics & Vecna Robotics CEO Daniel Theobald will explain why real innovation & efficiency in the supply chain (for now AND the future), comes from flexible orchestration technology (looks at a warehouse as a system, unifying humans, robots, and equipment). Attendees will get an understanding of what it takes to set up their warehouse, for automation success by 2030. Event Details

This PM Keynote will offer leaders three key outcomes: 1) A comprehensive framework and understanding of the Future Of Work, 2) Insights based on diagnostics/data, on key issues companies face, in adopting Future of Work, and 3) How and Where do you start the journey of transforming how work is done. Event Details

Meet the Keynote Speakers
Hari Abburi
Global Director
Caltech Executive Education
Jeff Carr
President
Economic & Policy Resources, Inc.
Supporting Sponsor Associations

NESCON 2021