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COVID-19: The Logistics Challenge of the Century & the Short and Medium Term Impacts to Supply Chains

Join us for a deep dive into the brave new logistics world with vaccine distribution.

This Webinar was recorded on 02 February 2021

The massive vaccine distribution effort is changing logistics as competition for space rises and COVID-19 ravages supply chains.

Part 1: The Logistics Challenge of the Century

Our high level webinar will provide you with expert up-to-date discussion on the logistics challenges around the distribution of vaccines and their enormous effect on future supply chains globally.

Hosted by: Joe Lombardo, Co-Hosted by: Stephanie Krishnan

Panelists

Wolfgang Lehmacher
Operating Partner at Anchor Group SA

Dr Christopher Holmes
Editor At Large, APAC at Foundry

Part 2: The Short and Medium Term Impacts to Supply Chains

Deep-dive into the immediate practical tactics in facing a permanantly-transformed logistics landscape. How will supply chains be affected in 2021? What should we do and what should we be aware of as Logisticians in the next 12 months? Get answers from experts.

Professor Richard Wilding, OBE
Professor & Chair of Supply Chain Strategy at Cranfield University, U.K.

Dr. Raymon Krishnan
President at The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS)

Find out more with LSCMS’ Blueprint for COVID-19

Get your own copy of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society’s blueprint on the vaccine distribution, developed in collaboration with IDC, Conquering COVID-19: An Assault Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain Distribution.

For solution providers, this is a webinar platform unlike any other.

If you have a solution in any of these categories or in an area relevant to supply chain, we want to partner with you to reach out to a wider and untapped customer base.

Please email elee@lscms.org for more details

People

Speakers & panelists

Wolfgang Lehmacher

Operating Partner · Anchor Group SA

Wolfgang Lehmacher is a global supply chain expert, partner at Anchor Group, and advisor at Topan AG. The former director at the World Economic Forum and CEO Emeritus of GeoPost Intercontinental, is an advisory board member of The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society, ambassador F&L, and advisor GlobalSF and RISE. He is a member of the Dynex Ethical Committee, contributes to the knowledge base of Maritime Informatics, and is co-editor of the book Maritime Decarbonization.

Dr Christopher Holmes

Managing Director · IDC Insights Asia Pacific

Chris Holmes is Managing Director for IDC Insights Asia Pacific responsible for leading the Retail, Energy, Manufacturing, Health, Government, and Telecom- munications groups. He is responsible for setting the direction of the research and managing the delivery teams. His research focuses on industry transfor- mation, the application of new technologies to enhance business processes, and cross-industry learning. Prior to joining IDC, Dr. Holmes worked at the Singapore Institute of Manufac- turing Technology (SIMTech). Here, he pioneered the use of technology road mapping across Singapore, working with start-ups to multinationals, to help companies match their business needs with technology. Before relocating to Sin- gapore, he worked in the aerospace sector in the United Kingdom and focused on process efficiencies. Dr Holmes holds a Doctor of Engineering degree from Warwick University, United Kingdom completed while working for the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and a Tier 1 Aerospace Organisation, focused on Re-Engineering the New Product Development Process.

Professor Richard Wilding, OBE

Professor & Chair of Supply Chain Strategy · Cranfield University, U.K.

Professor Richard Wilding OBE, is recognised globally for his thought leadership in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Richard is a highly acclaimed presenter and regularly speaks at Industrial Conferences and has undertaken lecture tours of Europe and Asia at the invitation of local Universities; Confederations of Industry. He is passionate about taking and creating academic knowledge that creates ACTION in business.

He has published widely in the area of supply chain management and is Editorial Advisor to a number of top journals in the area. Richard was appointed in 2005 as the first ever Full Professor and Chair of “Supply Chain Risk Management” in the World in recognition of his significant contribution to this subject area.

In 2019, Richard was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession within U.K. Higher Education.

Dr. Raymon Krishnan

President · The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Dr. Raymon Krishnan is President of The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS).