Argus Digital Transformation in Chemicals

- Enhancing your business through new digital techniques and technologies
- Dealing appropriately with change management
- How digitalisation can make your company more resilient in a volatile world
- Integrating external digital solutions into your own systems
- How to be cleverer and innovative with data systems
- What best practices can we learn from other industries?

The panel of expert speakers will explore new digital technology trends, including in the chemical industry, including SAP systems, transport management systems, AI, cloud, and cyber security. Hear panel members discuss their own experiences, the hurdles to look out for, what has worked, and what hasn’t

- How can we drive digital change within a business successfully?
- What has the scale of projects looked like, and how is this managed?
- What alternative channels are there in the marketplace?
- How does the complexity of the chemical value chain hinder implementation?
- What techniques have been tried and tested in the past and have not been successful?
- What main hurdles do we need to clear to put together a successful strategy?

Moderator:

Frank Jenner, Managing Partner and Global Chemicals Industry Leader, EY

Panellists include:

Marcos Pavlick Abech, Digital Change Manager, Braskem
Mathew George, General Manger, Petrochemical Sales, Indian Oil Corporation
Anna Navarro, IT Project Manager, Port of Tarragona

- Understanding the importance of accurate data
- Needing data that is connected, cleaned, and linked from all disparate sources to be successful
- Using technologies that enables on-boarding new suppliers/carriers/ customers from months to minutes
- Looking for a better approach to achieve end-to-end visibility

- Exploring the Port’s role in delivering a digitalisation strategy
- Helping the industry increase end-to-end visibility and reach supply chain efficiencies
- Using digital technologies to host connecting ships in the future and improve traffic management
 

- How are business models changing due to a new digital world?
- Using the right tools to analyse and manipulate the data
- The benefits of using a standardise approach to understand your data
- How virtual reality can aid material handling and smooth operations

Join a table of 10-15 attendees and discuss in small groups the specific digital technologies that will enhance manufacturing and the supply chain. Led by a thought leader in the industry

 

Working group 1:

Finding real innovative, concepts and solutions to improve customer experience and the value chain

Led by: Henning Schussmuller, Senior Manager, Supply Chain and Logistics, Sumitomo Chemical

Working group 2:

How to reduce risk using real-time monitoring and AI in flexitank transportation

Led by: Naïk Londono, Co-founder & CEO, AELER Technologies

 

Working group 3:

The rise of eCommerce and the impact on chemical distribution

Led by: Bharat Bhardwaj, CEO, GoBuyChem

- Understanding the importance of digitalisation in improving customer experience
- Increasing transparency for customers through integrated systems
- Using digital technologies and data for customers to access information in real time
- How to manage complexity in a smart way
- Key challenges in setting up a digital and integrated value chain

- Exploring the benefits of digitalising for chemical distribution
- Implementing a coordinated transport management system to improve transparency and cost control
- Using digital solutions across various functions
- Overcoming the main hurdles to digitalising the supply chain

- What are the main drivers for digitalisation within the supply chain?
- What are the challenges to implementing a transport-management tool?
- How can digitalisation improve transparency in logistics and networks?
- What opportunities are there with track and trace?
- How can we best integrate new software for a smooth transition?

Panellists include:

Annemie Wagemans, Logistics Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa, Chemours

Henning Schussmuller, Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager, Sumitomo Chemical Europe

David Edge, Manager, Transport Systems, Univar

- How digitalisation can improve security of supply of process steam, power, heat and other industrial products
- Investing in digital technologies to improve efficiencies
- Using tools for condition monitoring and preventive maintenance
- Innovative solutions for customer service