Configuring manufacturing value chains - Responding to an uncertain world
24 - 25 September 2009 at the Møller Centre, Cambridge
Speakers
Julian Amey
AstraZeneca - Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Julian Amey has worked for ICI, Zeneca and now AstraZeneca for 30 years. He joined as a Control Engineer after studying General Engineering at University followed by postgraduate Production Management.
After moving to ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1982, working in a variety of roles, Julian was seconded to the US in the late 1980s with responsibility for production planning activities.
Julian returned to the UK in late 1990 and took on responsibility for establishing and building capability for aseptic product manufacture, also providing the manufacturing input for a variety of new product introduction projects.
In 1994 Julian moved to coordinate a supply chain re-engineering programme for Zeneca until, in 1998 he headed up Zeneca’s Supply Chain Group. Post-merger, Julian was appointed Vice President of Supply Chains & Logistics and from 2002-2005 led work to establish the AstraZeneca Supply System, defining and implementing lean approaches to the way AstraZeneca conducts its Supply Chain activities.
During 2005 and 2006 Julian was seconded to Global Development within R&D to lead and support change activities, before returning to Operations to lead the Transformation & Strategy Group. In 2008 he took on the leadership of the Global Supply Chain.
Professor Steve Evans
Professor of Life Cycle Engineering, Cranfield University
Steve spent 12 years in industry, finally as Engineering Systems Manager at Martin-Baker Engineering, the world leading manufacturer of ejection seats. He is Professor of Life Cycle Engineering at Cranfield University. His research seeks a deep understanding of how industry brings environmental and social sustainability concerns into its design and manufacturing practices. Steve works with organisations to develop solutions that move us towards a sustainable future. This work includes sustainable factories, food systems for people with reduced access to food, sustainable city
re-generation design, and cars with water for exhaust that do 300mpg (equivalent).
Steve tries to avoid committees, but has acted as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords on Waste Reduction, Sustainable Skills Champion in DIUS and is Board Member at the Centre for Sustainable Engineering. Sustainability brings many people and ideas together, it is this messy process that Steve finds exciting.
Dr Mike Lloyd
Rolls-Royce - Director - Gas Turbine Operations
Mike joined Rolls-Royce on the Group Executive in April 2002 as Director - Gas Turbine Operations. He has spent his working life in manufacturing companies joining Laurence Scott and Electromotors Ltd in 1971 where he held numerous engineering posts. He moved to GEC Large Machines Ltd in 1987 initially as Technical Director and then Managing Director. In 1992 Mike Joined Alstom Transport holding several International business and operations roles in the UK and overseas including Senior Vice President of Alstom's train assembly businesses from 1999-2002 based in Paris.
Born in Swindon, Wiltshire he was educated at Brentwood School, Essex and Southampton University. Mike has a degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Electrical Rotating Machines. He is married to Josephine and has four children. Interests include jogging, Grand Cru wines, Fairporting, music, philately and model trains.
Professor Kul S Pawar
Head of the Operations Management Division and the Director of the Centre for Concurrent Enterprise at the University of Nottingham Business School.
Professor Pawar has over 10 years industrial experience within product design & development, manufacturing engineering and managerial environment in large multinational firms. He has published over 200 papers and has actively participated in a number of international conferences. His research interests include collaboration in physical and virtual product design teams, organisational readiness for new product development, design performance, knowledge transfer and share in the extended supply chain and comparative analysis of supply chain networks and configurations between Europe, China and India.
He is involved in several national, European and International research and consultancy projects.
He is the founder and Chairman of a major International Symposium on Logistics (www.ISL21.net), which has been held annually since 1993 in Europe and other parts of the world (such as Japan, Australia, India, China and Thailand). He has also been involved in co-organising the International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising (ICE) since 1994. He was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Logistics: Research & Application (2002-2007) and is a member of editorial boards of several journals. Professor Pawar has been involved in more than twenty funded research projects and has coordinated and managed a number of national and international research projects and networks. Professor Pawar sits on several international professional committees and boards.
Dr Uwe G Schulte
Former VP Global Supply Management Unilever
After finishing his PhD in Chemistry Uwe joined Lever Sunlicht in Mannheim as a development chemist in 1980. From 1983 to 1985 he worked in Port Sunlight England as a research scientist.
From 1986 to 1987 he was responsible for product development for Lever Germany and in the following two years Uwe worked as head of production for detergent powders and liquids.
In 1990 Uwe moved with his family to Brazil where he became responsible for the development department and quality assurance of Lever Division a Household Products and Personal Care Market Leader.
In October 1992 Uwe moved from Sao Paulo to Buxtehude/Germany to become the works manager of the Elida Gibbs Personal Care factory.
At the end of 1996 Uwe joined the Elida board in Germany as Technical Director. With the beginning of 1997 he took over the position of Supply Director Personal Wash and Skin for Europe.
In March 2001 Uwe started in the new role of Vice President Supply Management in HPC division in London. In October 2005 his responsibilities were extended to leading procurement for both Foods and HPC in Unilever globally ( about 30 billion Euro spend).
Since the 1st of January 2009 Uwe is enjoying a sabbatical during which he is aiming to define his professional future.
Tom Sreeves, Aggreko
Tom Sreeves, Director of Manufacturing, has overall responsibility for Aggreko's worldwide Design & Assembly facility located in Dumbarton controlling the majority of Aggreko's capital expenditure on high value rental equipment.
A professional electrical engineer originally from London, Tom joined Aggreko in 1994 as Technical Manager and moved to Scotland at that time. Before joining Aggreko, he had held senior Engineering positions in a number of different industry sectors such as Induction Heating; Fire & Security Alarms and Rail Transport.
Married to Christine, they have four children - Francois (18 years); Clement (16 years); Adele (12 years) and Mathilde (7 years), living in Rhu near Helensburgh.
Outside of work, Tom's main interests are running and music, both listening and playing.
Dr Clemens Woehrle
Head of Supply Unit Management, Beiersdorf AG
Clemens is globally responsible for availability of Beiersdorf Consumer products from Supply Units at Beiersdorf warehouses. This includes strong focus on strategic development, operational and organizational excellence, but as well operational steering of the International Production Network.
He has finished his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Freiburg/Germany in 1996. Since then he has spent 13 years in FMCG Industry with various local and corporate roles in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management.
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