9.00 Welcoming Remarks From The Chair

9.10 INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY: Investing In The Lessons Learned: Challenges And Successes Of Working Within The International Market At Eastman Chemicals

Eastman Chemicals is a global chemical company that has been in operation for more than 80 years within the area of manufacturing of chemicals, fibres and plastics. This case study will explore the various challenges and successes that have been encountered within the Asia Pacific market and working with global counterparts, suppliers and clients.

• Outlining the challenges of working in a global company and with American counterparts within the chemicals market
• Learning from the challenges and building on the successes of the supply chain at Eastman Chemicals
• Leading and managing supply chain personnel and processes in order to streamline and optimise the supply chain
• Fulfilling demand and supporting demand generation across Eastman Chemicals

CAPT Raymond Heman
Regional Manager - AP Chemical & Energy Procurement
EASTMAN CHEMICAL ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.

9.50 Assessing Compliance And Regulatory Challenges Essential To Be Adhered To Within The Chemical Supply Chain

• Identifying regulatory developments: how do regulations affect supply chain operations and what should the chemicals and plastics industries be aware of?
• Looking at the different regulations restricting chemical supply chain: environmental and operational
• Writing regulation into business processes to ensure all practices adhere and are compliant
• Ensuring regulation compliance in order to reduce costs and the risk of fines

Dr Marion Healy
Director
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME (NICNAS)

11.00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Bridging The Gap Between Innovation And New Business Strategies: Identifying And Understanding The Selection Criteria For Vendors To Be Used By Chemicals & Plastics Companies To Assist And Benefit Their Supply Chain

There are various tools, strategies, systems and products available to help chemicals companies with their supply chain processes. But, how do you choose the right one for your business which matches your internal strategies, systems and how your people work? This session looks at how to bridge the gap between new technology and your business to ensure optimisation of business processes and ensuring all practices are streamlined.

• Streamlining business processes and strategies: ensuring all elements of the business (processes, strategies and systems) are on the “same page” and are able to “talk to each other”
• Aligning systems along the supply chain: making sure technology and systems between supplier, distributor and manufacturer “talk to each other”
• Knowing your business well enough to be able to pick the right product: analysing your business first before choosing what’s right for you in terms of new innovation
• Examining the main risks associated with working with solution providers
• Beware of the pitfalls: are there commonly held views or frustrations about the solution providers in our industry?
• Developing good relationships with technology to further boost business processes and management within your chemical supply chain

1.00 CASE STUDY: Ensuring Energy Efficiency And Sustainable Practices: Being Aware Of Environmental Impacts From Within The Supply Chain

With more importance being placed on environmental effects of business processes, and climate change legislation and greenhouse gas emission reductions in the pipeline, it is essential for your supply chain to be operating effectively and efficiently. This case study will look at how to reduce the environmental effects of the chemical supply chain by implementing sustainability practices throughout the whole business.

• Knowing your carbon-intensive processes: the supply chain and the strategies required to drive down carbon emissions and effectively reduce operational costs = reduce your bottom-line
• Outlining the environmental regulations and the strategies in place to adhere
• Analysing the appearance of the green supply chain within the chemicals industry: how does being green affect business processes and effective supply chain management?
• Drawing parallels between business processes and environmental sustainability within BASF Australia: how supply chain and the environment area are working together to make a more energy efficient and sustainable supply chain

1.40 INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY: Applying Practical Solutions To Mitigate Risks In The Chemical Supply Chain & To Deliver SH&E Assurance And Compliance

Sasol is an integrated energy and chemicals company with manufacturing facilities in Africa, Europe, the US, the Middle East, and Asia and selling its products globally. This international case study will provide you with information about the approach followed to manage chemical supply chain and SH&E risks in order to apply practical solutions to mitigate the risks in whilst adhering to SH&E assurance and compliance.

• The challenges, problems and regulatory requirements faced by companies involved in the chemical supply chain.
• Outlining the strategies and frameworks to manage and mitigate risks within the supply chain at Sasol
• Assessing the potential incidence of various risks across the chemical value chain and the minimum requirements for good SH&E management
• Identifying what is required for effective chemical storage, handling and transport to meet safety and quality assessment
• Practical methods used to assess facilities and systems to reduce risks and improving compliance with internal and external SH&E policies and regulations

Hans Kruger
Manager SHE and Supply Chain Risks
SASOL SOLVENTS

2.50 Working With Your Chemical Supply Chain To Drive Sustainability Outcomes

With more importance being placed on environmental effects of business processes, and climate change legislation and greenhouse gas emission reductions in the pipeline, it is essential for your supply chain to be operating effectively and efficiently. PACIA recently developed a Sustainability Leadership Framework for the chemicals and plastics industries which has become a key platform for integrating sustainability into core business strategies.

• Outlining PACIA’s Sustainability Leadership Framework and how it assists the chemicals and plastics industries in embedding sustainability into business practices
• Linking business operations, processes and cost reduction with environmental and sustainable processes: finding a place for sustainability in your budget
• Identifying sustainability opportunities not only within your own company but by engaging with supply chains and markets: branching out of your business and looking at what you can do as a whole supply chain in terms of sustainability
• Analysing the appearance of the green supply chain within the chemicals industry: how does being green affect business processes and effective supply chain management?
• Looking at pivotal case studies exemplifying sustainability at its best within the chemicals and plastics industries

Krista Berger
Manager – Sustainability Projects
PLASTICS & CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (PACIA)

3.30 CASE STUDY: Utilising Your Supply Chain To Increase Sales And Business Profitability: Efficiency And Cost Effectiveness For Supply Chain Operations

• Identifying the tools and areas required for refreshing to ensure an increase in sales, a decrease in redundant activities and a focus on business profitability
• Reengineering your internal supply chain processes: the benefits of integrating internal processes and developing cross-functional synergies for cost reduction and increased efficiency
• Increasing customer collaboration to enhance performance improvement and cost reduction: improving communications and relationships with customers to increase sales and remove excess stock issues
• Utilising supply chain modelling and cost to market tools to ensure visibility and cost effectiveness within supply chain operations

Brenda Smith
Group Supply Chain Manager
ORICA CHEMNET GROUP

4.10 Final Remarks From The Chair

4.20 Close Of Day One