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10/25/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/25/2021 11:47

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2021 Americas: Day 1 Highlights

October 25, 2021

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo Americas: Day 1 Highlights

We are bringing you news and highlights from Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo, taking place this week virtually in the Americas. Below is a collection of the key announcements and insights coming out of the conference.

On Day 1 from the conference, we are highlighting the opening keynote and the future of last-mile. Further sessions deal with purpose-driven supply chains and learnings from the pandemic for the healthcare supply chain.

Be sure to check this page throughout the day for updates.

Key Announcements

From Cause to Cure - Purpose-Driven Outcomes for a Fractured World

Presented by Dana Stiffler, VP Analyst, Gartner, and Simon Bailey, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner

Supply chains have been stressed and strained by multiple high-impact disruptions that have left our profession in the spotlight and our energy depleted. In their opening keynote, Dana Stiffler, VP analyst, and Simon Bailey, senior director analyst, Gartner, discuss new challenges for supply chain leaders and how to tackle them.

In the opening keynote, Dana Stiffler, VP analyst, and Simon Bailey, senior director analyst, Gartner, discuss new challenges for supply chain leaders and how to tackle them.

Gartner VP analyst Dana Stiffler delivers the opening keynote at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo.

Simon Bailey, senior director analyst, Gartner, delivers the opening keynote at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo.

Key Takeaways

  • "Leading supply chains recognize that profit and purpose are not opposites, they're complimentary components of sustainable profit."

  • "The supply chain workforce has evolved. Workers are more skilled, regardless of where they sit - on a shop floor, in an office, or now at home. In fact, we are all knowledge workers."

  • "Today's professionals want to do meaningful work. They want to help their organizations do the right thing, perhaps even save the world. But they don't want to be left exhausted on the way."

  • "Fifty-one percent of supply chain professionals expect their focus on circular economy strategies to increase over the next two years. But most of these leaders also told us that their organization lacks the capabilities needed to design out waste, keep materials in use longer and move to regenerative practices."

  • "The future of sustainable profit lies in balance. We need balanced ecosystems, where all participants bring capabilities which are traded through equitable value exchange."

It's not too late to join the conference!

Watch this space for more updates throughout the day.