Leicester Castle Business School at De Montfort University is delighted to organise this workshop network session on digital logistics and supply chain management to help UK SME businesses identify opportunities to create value for their stakeholders, and how digital logistics and supply chains can be used to tackle some of the SMEs’ tactical and operational problems. This is a great opportunity for networking and speaking to experts within the field.

Who should attend?

• CEOs/Directors/Operations/Business Owner Managers of SMEs within the UK, with an ambition to transform their business.

• UK and international research institutes in the area of logistics and supply chain management.

• Representatives from local and international authorities/governments.

What are the key takeaways?

• Identify opportunities to create value for SMEs stakeholders

• Understand how digital logistics and supply chains can provide real solutions for some of SMEs' tactical and operational challenges.
• Allow SMEs to have first-hand access to experts and explore other opportunities for assistance including funding.

Organisers:

Professor Adel Hatamimarbini, Chair, Innovative Logistics and Supply Chains, LCBS, DMU

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/business-and-law/adel-hatamimarbini/adel-hatamimarbini.aspx

Dr Pegah Khoshnevis, Lecturer in Business and Management, LCBS, DMU

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/business-and-law/pegah-khoshnevis/pegah-khoshnevis.aspx

Dr Ayham Jaaron, Senior Lecturer in Business and Management, LCBS, DMU

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/business-and-law/ayham-jaaron/ayham-jaaron.aspx

Dr Lipika Deka, Associate Professor (Reseach and Innovation) , CEM, DMU

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/technology/lipika-deka/lipika-deka.aspx

Invited speakers:

Professor Ying Xie

Director of Centre for Intelligent Supply Chain, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

Board member-Strategy Advisory Board for Digital Supply Chain Innovation Hub, Digital Catapult. UK

Professor Chee Yew Wong

Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UKEditor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Physical and Distribution Management (IJPDLM). AE for International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM), Business consultant- Inventory and distribution management and supply chain design with SMEs and multinational companies.

Agenda:

9:00 AM-9:30 AM Registration, Networking & Coffee

9:30 AM-9:40 AM Opening session (Ayham Jaaron)

Welcoming and opening speech, Objectives of the scoping workshop

Presentation Session

9:40 AM-10:20 AM Presentation 1 ( Professor Ying Xie, Anglia Ruskin University.)

Characterizing digital logistics and supply chains

Value addition of digital logistics and supply chains to stakeholder, business resilience, and risk management.

10:20 AM-11:00 AM Presentation 2 (Professor Chee Yew Wong, University of Leeds.)

Requirements for successful implementation of digital logistics and supply chains.

11:00 AM-11:20 AM Coffee Break & Networking

Scoping Session

11:20 AM-1:20 PM Interactive sessions for SME businesses to identify current business and research priorities in digital logistics and supply chains

1.20 PM-2:20 PM Lunch, Networking, and Closing Remarks