DIGITAL & TECHNOLOGIES LAB

THE DIGITAL & TECHNOLOGIES LAB

A COMMUNITY AT THE SERVICE OF SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION

Just as fundamental as it is complex, the subject of the digitalization of the supply chain is at the heart of France Supply Chain's thinking and actions. Focus on its dedicated Lab, with its manager François Martin-Festa, VP End to End Offer Data of the Schneider Electric group.

"Creating a forum for exchange, discussion and investigation on the digital transformation" was the primary ambition of the Digital Lab and its instigator Jean-Michel Guarneri, former President of Aslog. To accelerate the development of this community and before handing over to his successor, Yann de Feraudy, the latter will call on François Martin-Festa of the Schneider Electric group to lead the Lab in the spring of 2019. " Our ambition was to bring together major French industrialists around their digital issues and to advance the awareness, knowledge and experience sharing of these members", underlines François Martin-Festa.

THEMES

THE DIGITALIZATION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN

The first project initiated by the Lab is materialized by the realization of a digital panorama, published in June 2019 and presented at the congress of the association: "this work has brought together a number of players, in particular Wavestone, Hardis and industrialists.".

Starting in September, the Lab unveils an annual program and gradually welcomes new members, while being structured around six major themes:

AI

RPA

DATA

IoT

Intralogistics

Supply Chain Innovation

Digitalisation of transport

Blockchain

Cybersecurity

Thanks to this organization,
, the community now includes about fifteen industrialists and consultants.

On this last point, we have noted that many companies innovate, set up POCs (''proof of Concept''), but very few then go to scale. We want to accompany them in this transition. In our view, digital represents a set of capabilities that can fundamentally transform the supply chain in terms of the value it can bring to the customer, or to the company in terms of efficiency and resilience.

Jean-Marc Soulier,
Supply Chain Practice Lead of Wavestone.

We have structured ourselves by having a leader emerge on each of the 6 chosen themes. We meet every six weeks, coordinate our agendas and each of us discusses the news and progress of his or her sub-lab.

François Martin-Festa
VP End to End Offer Data of Schneider Electric Group

ACTIONS TO GUIDE

AND ANIMATE A DIGITAL COMMUNITY

Through these six axes, the Digital and Technologies Lab of France Supply Chain intends to think about improving the knowledge of its members but also and above all to try to bring a concrete entry point for companies around use cases, meetings, testimonials, successful or not, and to offer in fine "a forum cleared of all mercantile considerations", as François Martin-Festa put it. With two new members from the Rexel and Decathlon groups joining the LAB at the end of the year, the LAB will continue in 2021 to animate and question the community through a dozen conferences, exchanges and reflections:

Our vocation is to participate actively and sustainably in this digital awareness and the need to place the subject at the heart of our organizations.

François Martin-Festa

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OF THE DIGITAL & TECHNOLOGIES LAB

White Paper - Supply Chain x RPA 2022

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White Paper - Supply Chain x Cybersecurity

The objective of this white paper is to present this cyber risk on supply chain activities with the digitalisation of operations and Industry 4.0. This risk is already present and concerns all companies.

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Mechanisation: an approach to achieve CSR objectives

Automation has exploded in France, driven by the development of offers and the growing interest of sectors such as food processing, distribution and e-commerce.

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But also all the service providers who contribute to its development.

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You are a member of France Supply Chain, welcome to your private area.

The world's speeding up, so are you. Here, it is the space of the supply chain by those who make it: manufacturers, trading companies, distributors, large companies, ETIs or SMEs... But also all the service providers who contribute to its development.

You, as Supply Chain actors, wish to participate in this dynamic: to be informed in time to anticipate, manage and take the right decisions.
Your missions are more and more complex. Collective intelligence, the exchange of best practices and feedback are now essential. Whatever your function or that of the members of your teams!

Here you will find exclusive, pragmatic and concrete information

Recruiting, training, attracting the best talent
Design your supply chain, make it evolve or transform it
Implementing it operationally with the most relevant indicators
Reduce your environmental impact
Being up to date in all facets of digital technology

Here, all the practical information to participate

Follow the agenda of major events and subscribe
Create or maintain your network
Interact with other members privately or in a small committee setting
Participate in one of our Labs
Sign up for a private tour of state-of-the-art facilities
And many more initiatives to come...

Stay tuned!

Dear friends,
I hope that you have managed to spend a wonderful holiday season with your friends chers !
For 2021, I wish you success in business, happiness in family and friendships, and of course good health.
We have become aware of our vulnerability to the "little things" because like every year, 2020 has had its share of surprises.
Among these surprises and consequences of the health crisis, we have seen exceptional growth (in 3 or 4 digits) in e-commerce volumes that our internal and external teams have faced.

However, e-commerce is at the crossroads of many Supply Chain paths:

Customer Satisfaction ... for meeting the very short deadlines to deliver a "perfect" order...

Technology... to forecast demand, to take, allocate or execute orders, to allocate inventory...

Omnicanality to leverage physical stores or multiply delivery modes

The Logistics Strategy of sub-contracting or internalization, mechanization or not, to get through the peaks .

Sustainable Development with the impact of non-returnable packaging, overpackaging and the negative externalities of urban deliveries.

At France Supply Chain, we know that technology and tools are important, but what is most important is the internal or external teams that we lead that make and will make the difference.
It is by sharing our experiences and co-constructing new solutions that we will make progress in our businesses.

Our manifesto, written at the end of the work carried out during the summer of 2020, is the materialization of our project that we want to be sustainable, in a changing world, where our businesses, highlighted in 2020, are eagerly awaited. This manifesto is proof that together we can go further. Let's trace our path.

Very friendly,

Yann de Feraudy

THE SUPPLY CHAIN "MADE IN FRANCE":
WHAT IF WE CHANGE THE WORLD?

The Supply Chain "Made in France", we want it to be innovative, enterprising, fully aware of its ecological footprint and the new demands of consumers. We want it to be stronger, bigger and more decisive. And always profoundly human and vibrant, like all those who keep its pulse beating on a daily basis.

DEVELOP, INNOVATE: A LOCAL DYNAMISM THAT TAKES ON BOARD

Our Supply Chain model is agile, connected, resilient. It contributes to the local development of companies as well as to their growth by enabling them to export worldwide. The example of national champions such as Michelin, L'Oréal and Schneider are clear evidence of this. Our sector now employs 1.8 million people in France and we do not intend to stop there.

AN URGENCY AND A STRONG DESIRE: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

The shift to a more sustainable production method is inevitable. All the indicators point to the urgency to act, with the Covid-19 health crisis in mind. We are aware of this and we want to be an active part of the change.
Supply that preserves resources, less polluting transport...
Every choice we make is a responsibility.

AT THE HEART OF OUR COMPANIES: BUILDING TOMORROW'S WORLD TOGETHER

Within France Supply Chain, the managers of more than 450 companies exchange and find together solutions to fully succeed in the transformation of their companies. The "LABS" that we run are great places for dialogue and progress: best practices, conferences, workshops on digital or sustainable development.
All of these interactions feed in depth into the work of those who are driving the evolution of the profession. A profession that offers first jobs, career stepping stones, and qualifying paths, a profession that gives everyone a chance, and where no barriers stand in the way of success. This is what the Supply Chain is all about, all of which contribute to the sector's influence.

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