Virtual event
Connecting Sustainability and Technology:
Unlock the Power of your Supply Chain
Discover how to integrate sustainability practices into your supply chain operations to increase efficiency. Join our online event and gain valuable insights, including carbon emission tracking, supply chain risk management and many other areas of great significance.
September 21, 2023
One thing has become clear: Technology and sustainability are two of the most important themes we are facing today. Welcome to LEAP – Westernacher Intelligent Enterprise Summit 2023, where we connect sustainability and technology to unlock the full potential of your supply chain.
In our dynamic, ever-changing global landscape, it’s never been more crucial for businesses to not only adapt but thrive in embracing sustainable and responsible practices.
Discover how innovative SAP solutions and cutting-edge tools empower supply chains from end to end with a focus on sustainability. At LEAP 2023 you will have the opportunity to attend thought-provoking presentations, engage in interactive discussions, explore new ideas and network with like-minded professionals.
Get ready to join us for an online event with innovative SAP solutions to drive progress in business and to create a more sustainable world.
The sessions.
Embrace a holistic platform for future challenges
The challenges of the 21st century cannot be adequately addressed using the tools and strategies of the 20th century. Are you confident that your supply chain and IT infrastructure are prepared for the forthcoming demands?
Alexander Greb | Vice President & Global Lead Intelligent ERP, Value and Innovation, Westernacher Consulting
Cloud ERP – The beating heart of the sustainable enterprise
Why no tomatoes?
Simply put – the impact of climate change, inflation, supply chain disruption, wage increases and talent shortages all contribute to the disappearance of tomatoes from supermarket shelves. Drought in Spain, rising fuel prices across Europe, truck drivers leaving the industry during the pandemic to work for Amazon for better pay, and supermarkets struggling with increasingly narrow profit margins all combined to create a perfect storm, particularly in Britain where Brexit has exacerbated the problems.
SAP Cloud ERP can address all of these issues directly, including fighting climate change, where SAP is leading in helping agricultural businesses grow more effectively, distribution networks deliver more efficiently, and companies manage the key elements of inflation and supply chain disruption.
Jan Gilg | President and Chief Product Officer, Cloud ERP, SAP
Sustainability for dummies – where to start.
Nowadays, one can read and hear about sustainability everywhere. Everyone talks the talk, but how many have already walked the walk? It’s fair to say that with an abundance of information, opinions and offers, one might struggle to understand where to start. At Westernacher, we already started the walk some years back when we implemented solutions for our company’s sustainability goals. Now, together with SAP, we help our customers do the same. We approach sustainability in a holistic fashion, throughout the entire organization, and we provide solutions to capture, measure, improve, manage, and report. Join Antonio Veloso and Mark Mrosek in a very informal conversation where they talk the talk about the challenges that customers are facing in tackling sustainability but also talk the walk on how to start, overcome the challenges and move on from Excel to automated solutions.
Antonio Veloso | Senior Solution Architect – Digital Transformation & Sustainability, Westernacher Consulting
Mark Mrosek | Global Lead Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
How to reduce lead times and manage risks in your supply chain with SAP Business Network.
Explore strategies and approaches to enhance supply chain performance using SAP Business Network. In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, companies need to know how to streamline processes, leverage real-time visibility, enable supply chain collaboration, manage risks, optimize inventory management and drive continuous improvement. Achieve greater efficiency, agility and competitiveness. Gain insights into SAP Business Network and drive innovations in your supply chains.
Anna Bomba | Project Manager & CU Procurement Practice Lead, Westernacher Consulting
Joanna Pachołek | Senior SAP Ariba Consultant, Westernacher Consulting
Integrated freight capacity forecasting.
With the increase in transportation costs, companies have the need to estimate future transportation requirements in time to get better deals and contract freight capacities. In this session, we will provide you with an example of how you can integrate IBP and TM to perform your freight capacity forecasting and use this information for the tendering process.
Vittorio Cotroni | Senior Solution Architect, Westernacher Consulting
Carbon emission tracking in transportation operations.
Rules and regulations, consumer behavior and new market players are changing companies’ current market position. New business models moving towards sustainability gain importance for global and local operating companies, investors and venture capital firms. Learn and understand the possibilities of how SAP and the latest technology can enable your company and business model to stay competitive and gain market positions.
Mark Mrosek | Global Lead Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
Furkan Aydeniz | SAP TM Practice Director, Westernacher Consulting
Learning from the pandemic pandemonium: Hubs as hidden catalysts in supply chain networks.
Most supply chain networks are based on variations of the classic “Hub-and-Spoke”-model, in which spokes represent transportation routes and hubs serve as transshipment points in between. In 2021 and 2022, the repercussions of disrupted hubs on supply chain networks were evident in numerous examples around the world, with the most notorious being the intermodal connection between the port of Los Angeles and Chicago. This example provides valuable insights into assessing critical and limiting factors in hubs, gaining control over processes and ultimately, holistically improving supply chain performance by focusing on the hubs in the network.
Matthias Platzer | Practice Director Yard Logistics Europe, Westernacher Consulting
Mind the Gap: glance of the toolset to support your move to S/4HANA Cloud
How to bridge the gap between today’s SAP solution landscape to a digital enabled future. Which tools to leverage the benefits of digitalization, automation and establish a platform of continuous innovation.
Ingmar Kat | Senior Solution Architect – Digital Transformation & Intelligent Technologies, Westernacher Consulting
Learning from the pandemic pandemonium: Hubs as hidden catalysts in supply chain networks.
Wrap-up
Sarah Yvonne Elsser | Founder & CEO Tech Well Told GmbH, Speaker and Moderator
Alexander Greb | Vice President & Global Lead Intelligent ERP, Value and Innovation, Westernacher Consulting
The recordings.
The experts.
Jan
Gilg
Gilg
Jan leads Cloud ERP, which encompasses SAP S/4HANA, SAP’s flagship product for ERP, finance, and supply chain.
In this role he has global responsibility for the development, delivery, and product management of SAP S/4HANA, as well as the Digital Supply Chain portfolio. With SAP S/4HANA, customers have the choice to balance standardization with customization when running their mission critical processes with an intelligent, sustainable ERP system. Jan is also a member of the SAP Engineering Senior Leadership Team.
President and Chief Product Officer, Cloud ERP, SAP
Antonio
Veloso
Veloso
Antonio has performed business and software consulting for multinational companies across five continents and their cultures, executing a variety of end-to-end programs and projects. Antonio has 15 years’ experience across multiple industries, and he is one of the leaders in the areas of digital transformation and sustainability at Westernacher
Senior Solution Architect – Digital Transformation & Sustainability, Westernacher Consulting
Mark
Mrosek
Mrosek
Mark is Senior Project Manager at Westernacher with more than 10 years of experience in finance and analytics across a wide range of different industries. He is lately focusing on SAP Analytics Cloud and is currently managing first-time customer implementations across three continents.
Global Lead Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
Anna
Bomba
Bomba
Anna has more than 10 years of experience in project management within procurement, finance, IT and HR areas. She has collaborated with customers globally, successfully supporting them in the definition and implementation of business processes and technology solutions e.g., SAP Ariba, along with system integration. Anna is responsible for Procurement Consulting Unit in Poland.
Project Manager & CU Procurement Practice Lead, Westernacher Consulting
Joanna
Pachołek
Pachołek
Joanna has over 5 years of experience in SAP Ariba and has successfully participated in various international projects aimed to Source-to-Pay process optimization along with SAP Ariba implementation. Since 2022 working in Westernacher as a Senior SAP Ariba Consultant.
Senior SAP Ariba Consultant, Westernacher Consulting
Vittorio
Cotroni
Cotroni
Vittorio has 22 years of experience in supply chain management. He has been working on both supply chain planning and execution, delivering various SAP implementations at many multinational companies. Vittorio is passionate about supply chain planning topics looking at processes from end to end. He works at Westernacher as a senior solution architect and leads innovations within the planning practice.
Senior Solution Architect, Westernacher Consulting
Furkan
Aydeniz
Aydeniz
Furkan is a specialist in digital solutions for supply chain management, with over a decade of experience in product management and project delivery across various industries. He currently holds the position of Practice Director for Transportation Management Solutions at Westernacher.
Practice Director Transportation Management, Westernacher Consulting
Matthias
Platzer
Platzer
Matthias Platzer has 13+ years of experience in the field of terminal operations, maritime procedures, cargo handling in ports and railway hubs and is experienced in yard automation. He assesses customer and market requirements and supports clients on their digitization journey to achieve operational excellence in supply chain networks. For the best support, he offers a combination of business process design and the selection of appropriate IT-tools
Practice Director Yard Logistics Europe, Westernacher Consulting
Ingmar
Kat
Kat
Ingmar supports customers in the definition of the solution roadmap and solution architecture in the move to S/4HANA cloud solutions (private and public cloud). Ingmar has 16+ years of experience in designing, optimizing and implementing SAP solutions for global companies in multiple industries.
Senior Solution Architect – Digital Transformation & Intelligent Technologies, Westernacher Consulting
Sarah Yvonne
Elsser
Elsser
In addition to her founding position at Tech Well Told, where she and her team bring understandable tech communication in content form to social media platforms, Sarah is also in demand as a speaker: keynotes at OMR 2023, CMCX 2023, Digital X 2022, at Best of Events, as Chairwoman of Management Events and already twice for SAP as well as for clients such as Volkswagen and Frankfurt Business School.
Sarah is also already a well-known voice in the podcast world: In her podcast “Stbnhkr”, she regularly talks with Sascha Pallenberg and exciting guests about tech, new work and everything that moves the (tech) communication and start-up world. She has also been an expert guest on many podcasts, such as Sales Excellence, Happy Voices, BIZZfluencer and New Learning by Daniel Jung.
As an internationally renowned tech and automotive presenter, Sarah has hosted various big stages, videos and livestreams for Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Porsche, Telekom, Vodafone, SAP, etc. (German and English)
As a thought leader, she is particularly active on LinkedIn, where she has built up a community of decision-makers. a community of decision-makers and tech enthusiasts from over 14k followers. Just last year, she also published a LinkedIn Learning Course on tech communication.
Sarah is also already a well-known voice in the podcast world: In her podcast “Stbnhkr”, she regularly talks with Sascha Pallenberg and exciting guests about tech, new work and everything that moves the (tech) communication and start-up world. She has also been an expert guest on many podcasts, such as Sales Excellence, Happy Voices, BIZZfluencer and New Learning by Daniel Jung.
As an internationally renowned tech and automotive presenter, Sarah has hosted various big stages, videos and livestreams for Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Porsche, Telekom, Vodafone, SAP, etc. (German and English)
As a thought leader, she is particularly active on LinkedIn, where she has built up a community of decision-makers. a community of decision-makers and tech enthusiasts from over 14k followers. Just last year, she also published a LinkedIn Learning Course on tech communication.
Founder & CEO of Tech Well Told GmbH, Speaker and Moderator
Alexander
Greb
Greb
As Customer Advisory Lead and Tech Evangelist at SAP, Alexander has collected vast experience in customer centric strategy implementation, processes, and technology over the past two decades. Having implemented digital transformation programs with strategic customers from the shop floor up to C-Level has helped him gain in-depth knowledge of best practices that help customers acquire “the unfair competitive advantage”. At Westernacher he heads the Intelligent Enterprise practice for customers that want to put the horsepower of digitalization and SAP’s next-gen ERP fully to the street to become digital champions.
Vice President & Global Lead Intelligent ERP, Value and Innovation, Westernacher Consulting
Get inspired by our last LEAP events.
LEAP 2021.
How to become a digital champion with SAP S/4HANA.
Be inspired by our 2021 LEAP event where participants learned from top experts in ERP, Finance and Digital Supply Chain how to comprehensively transform their business with SAP applications. Companies that have already set out on their transformation journey shared their experiences and the success they have achieved. We invite you to: LEAP – Westernacher’s Intelligent Enterprise Summit together with SAP, Microsoft and many others.
LEAP 2022.
Make your business sustainable and resilient with SAP. Now.
Participants exchanged information with experienced experts from Westernacher, SAP and Miebach Consulting. They learned from Vestas – named „the most sustainable company in the world“ in 2022 – which challenges have to be mastered in their logistics. A “LEAP” for more sustainability and resilience.
Take part in LEAP 2023 and move your business into a new future.
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