The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to an afternoon seminar examining 'Maximise Your Supply Chain' at the Renaissance Zhongshan Hotel on Thursday 9th September, starting at 2pm. 

Supply Chains in China are in a state of constant flux, as companies work towards optimising the efficiency of their supplier network. Natural disasters in the Asian region alongside lingering global economic woes have also raised the pressure as European companies put more and more resources into the Chinese market.

At the same time, the pursuit of efficiency can often conflict with an increasing global awareness of the importance of responsible and sustainable management.

This seminar will assist Small and Medium sized Enterprises in honing their strategies for meeting the high standards required by Multinational Companies, while allowing MNCs to look at new ways for procuring the best from their suppliers.
Our expert speakers will also be offering some best practices for creating an equilibrium of efficiency and sustainability.

This seminar will address crucial questions including:
- How can Small and Medium sized Enterprises meet global standards?
- How can Multinational Companies benchmark to increase their productivity?
- How can companies increase their Value Chain?
- How to maintain efficiency while promoting responsibility?

Speakers

1/. Mr John Paul, Managing Director, iCognitive

2/. Mr Sam Y.S Lee, Founder and CEO, InnoCSR

3/. Ms Mari Engh Brekke, Project Manager, DNV Sustainability Centre

Mr John Paul (PhD, MBA, MSc, BEng) is an expert in Supply Chain Management and operational improvement for manufacturing and services. He has over 25 years experience in Supply Chain Management working as a top executive in, then later as consultant to, global corporations.

From 1997 to 2003, John Paul was a top executive at SIMTech. He successfully started and developed the supply chain research management center that supported regional SMEs, PLEs and MNCs in their supply chain improvement strategies. In 2003, he founded iCognitive. He is currently a Professor and Research fellow at BEM (Bordeaux Ecole de Management - France).  Founder and current Secretary of the South East Asia Chapter of the Supply Chain Council, John is a member of the Technical Development Committee of the Supply Chain Council. He is the sole SCC certified SCOR® instructor in the region and has trained over 2000 Supply Chain executives from 200 different companies in the region.

Mr Sam Y.S. Lee is the founder and CEO of InnoCSR, located in Shanghai, China. InnoCSR is a strategic CSR consultancy dedicated to Sustainable CSR programs that deliver high value for the society as well as the business. InnoCSR currently plays an active role in Supplier CSR consulting, Social Enterprise Development, and Strategic Ranking projects which derives to different management implications.

Prior to InnoCSR, Sam worked as a business consultant for Trilogy, and for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Sam holds an MBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and a B.A. from Korea University. Sam authored China MBA and co- authored “In Search of Economic Frontier” and “World Guide to CSR”.  

Ms Mari Engh Brekke graduated from London School of Economics where she studied political risks and Corporate Responsibility (CR) in international trade and investment. She moved to China in 2006 to investigate CR practices among Norwegian companies, and is now working on CR projects for the DNV Sustainability Centre in Beijing. Mari has previously been responsible for the implementation of EU funded projects in China, organising training programmes for Chinese companies exporting or supplying products to Europe. Mari also has experience with policy and risk analysis related to environmental, HSE and reputational issues.

Agenda

14:00 - 14:30 Registration

14:30 - 14:35 Introduction by EUCCC

14:35 - 15:35 Presentations

15:35 - 16:00 Q+A

Terms and Conditions

To register for this event please register online by 18:00pm Wednesday 8th September. Please note that we will send you a registration confirmation. We require 24 hours notice for cancellations, no-shows who fail to cancel before this time will be invoiced for the event. Registrations done after the deadline will be accepted only if space permits and are charged an additional 50 RMB walk-in fee. For any further enquiries or registration, please contact us at sgoodfellow@euccc.com.cn.

Please note that registration starts at 14:00 and the seminar starts at 14:30. Fees will be collected in cash at the entrance.

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