SAP Future of Government Innovation: Supply Chain and Logistics Summit

Our government and military have become more expeditionary by design.

Our nation’s security and reputation are dependent on getting the right tools and equipment in the right hands at the right time and place. From supplier to deployed organizations, this equipment must be kept functioning and ready while deployed or employed. All this in the midst of the 4^th Industrial Revolution!

Establishing a secure, efficient supply chain and supporting logistics processes is crucial to mission success. As the technological landscape of these processes continues to shift and evolve rapidly, and the need to protect against suppliers’ vulnerabilities increases, government leaders are pursuing digital strategies and creating innovative solutions to improve readiness and lethality.

On October 18, we heard from defense, civilian and industry leaders who are out front enabling the supply chain through collaboration, disruptive technologies and data-driven insights. Check out videos from the event below to learn key approaches to achieving the mission in your own agency or organization.

Agenda


8:00 AM	Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:20 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks Steve Risseeuw, Vice President, Department of Defense, SAP Public Services
8:30 AM	Opening Keynote: The National Security Innovation Base: Investments in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Eric Gillespie will discuss the impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how the federal government is investing in, and often driving, the transformative use of technology in support of business processes. The convergence of digital and physical domains will continue at a harrowing pace and is enabled by advancements in technologies like cloud, big data and machine learning. Eric will share an analytical perspective illustrating how the federal government is adapting to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and is bringing disruptive technologies to mature industries like national security. Eric Gillespie, Founder, Govini
9:00 AM	United States Transportation Command and its Journey to Global Multimodal Transportation This session will focus on USTRANSCOM's process to assess the utility of SAP TMS as a potential avenue to modernize its IT portfolio. Rick Marsh, Deputy Director, Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics, USTRANSCOM Soren Hastrup, CEO, Telesto Group
9:30 AM	Journey to the Cloud - Innovating While Keeping the Lights On Michael Golz, CIO for SAP North America will discuss SAP’s journey to S/4HANA and to the Cloud. Learn how SAP has embraced its own technology in order to become more nimble, more effective and improve our operating costs/margin so that we can be more innovative. Michael Golz, Chief Information Officer, SAP
9:50 AM	NS2 Cloud - Roadmap to SAP's Digital Supply Chain The NS2 Cloud provides an end to end, enterprise-scale cloud that includes software, infrastructure, and cloud delivery services to give organizations the optimal performance and agility for mission critical SAP applications. SAP NS2 provides the compliance and security requirements mandated by U.S. government and aerospace & defense customers. Learn how NS2 is expanding the cloud portfolio to include SAP Digital Supply Chain, SAP Cloud Platform and SAP Analytics Cloud. Rocco Perciavalle, Senior Director, SAP NS2 Naveen Agarwal, Vice President, SAP NS2
10:10 AM	Warehouse Management System Modernization Project Hear from the Defense Logistics Agency and learn about their efforts to modernize their legacy Distribution Standard System (DSS) with out-of-the-box software capability and the commercial cloud. Kim Pisall, Program Manager, Distribution Modernization Program, Defense Logistics Agency
10:30 AM	Networking Break
10:45 AM	Aviall / Boeing Global Services Supply Chain Overview A high level overview of the structure and industry support provided to the War Fighter by Boeing Global Services with a focus on its key distribution brand – Aviall. Bill Scherer, Director, Boeing Global Services Integration, Aviall Services, Inc
11:15 AM	Panel Discussion: Innovations and Success Stories in Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Supporting Technologies This panel will discuss supply chain technology within the fourth industrial revolution. The following topics will be addressed: Additive Distributed Manufacturing and how it will change the supply chain; 3D printing technology has advanced rapidly enabling faster cheaper production of more complex parts; How multi-echelon enterprise wide inventory optimization can deliver higher combat readiness; and more. Dan Miller, Supply Chain COE/Solution Architect, SAP Dominik Metzger, Managing Director, Westernacher LTC Courtney Abraham, USA Secretary of Defense Executive Fellow (Moderator)
11:45 AM	A First Look at Digital Maintenance Operations with Penn State's Applied Research Lab This session will discuss process innovation in DoD and how it benefits from collaboration across organizations to experiment and rapid-prototype solutions. Using this approach, the Applied Research Lab at Penn State University has successfully worked with DoD and industry to demonstrate emerging capabilities as business system technology advances. Aaron Spak, Digital Transformation and Innovation Leader, Penn State Applied Research Laboratory
12:05 PM	Closing Keynote: Collaborating for Mission Success The Defense Logistics Agency will discuss the tools and forums it is using to improve engagement with Department of Defense, whole of government, and industry partners. DLA is using topic-focused summits, conferences, and its Enterprise Dashboard to improve its ability to meet its customers’ needs at home as well as in contingencies and crises. Michael Scott, Deputy Director, Logistics Operations, Defense Logistics Agency
12:35 PM	Lunch and Networking