Professor Richard Wilding, Professor of Supply Chain Strategy – Cranfield School of Management.presents at CILT International Convention 2019 in Manchester

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Welcome - Global Solutions
to Global Challenges
Professor Richard Wilding OBE FCILT
Conference Chair and CILT(UK) Board Chair and
Professor of Supply Chain Strategy – Cranfield
School of Management.

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● “Accidentally fell” into academia.
● Engineer (CEng, Eur Ing, FIET)
● Logistician & Supply Chain Professional (FCILT)
● Procurement Professional (FCIPS)
● Higher Education Learning & Teaching Professional (PFHEA)
● Professor & Chair of Supply Chain Strategy
● Cranfield – Postgraduate – Technology AND Management.
● First Professor of Supply Chain Risk Management
● My goal is “Knowledge into Action”.
● Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport U.K.
● Movement of Goods and People and their associated supply chains
● Work across all sectors and industries.
Who am I?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwilding/

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The 9 components of Industry 4.0
The foundations of Logistics, Transport & Supply Chain 4.0
1: System Integration.
2: Big Data and Analytics.
3: Simulation and Virtualization.
4: Internet of Things (IoT)
5: The Cloud.
6: Cybersecurity.
7: Autonomous Systems
8: Augmented Reality.
9: Additive Manufacturing

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Designing the supply chain
© Cranfield University 2015
Supply chain
Process design
Supply chain
Infrastructure design
Supply chain
Information system
design
Supply chain
Organisation / People
Corporate strategy
Competitive strategy
Supply chain
Strategy

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• Mode 1: Focus on Predictability. (Lean)
► Efficiency and cost reduction, managing predictable swings and inventory fluctuations, and
focusing on risk mitigation and prevention.
• Mode 2: Focus on Exploration. (Agile)
► Speed; it’s dynamic and iterative, strategies for solving the unexpected or adapting to new
technologies.
“Organisations need to learn to manage both modes simultaneously”
The “Bimodal” World
Logistics, Transport & Supply Chain.
Adapted from Gartner 2016

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Innovation is taking ideas that are new to you and
creating economic, social or environmental value.
Let’s Innovate
© Cranfield University 2015

7. Get noticed | Get connected | Get aheadGlobal solutions to global challenges
Professor Richard Wilding OBE FCILT
Chair – The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
U.K
Professor of Supply Chain Strategy – Cranfield School
of Management.
www.cranfield.ac.uk/rwilding