SAP
SAP Digital Supply Chain
PLM Info Days

September 14-15, 2023

Hershey, PA

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Why Attend

 

Join us for the 2023 SAP Product Lifecycle Management Info Days, a premier in-person event showcasing the breadth and depth of the PLM solutions that have helped solve many business challenges for our customers. This exclusively in-person event will be held from September 14-15, 2023 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA, with a welcome networking reception on the evening of Wednesday, September 13, 2023. 

 

Hear how the cloud and the digital thread are revolutionizing the product development process for many companies, as well as opening the door to new revenue streams and better, more sustainable products.  You'll get the opportunity to explore the following activities:

 

  • Customer presentation sessions – Hear directly from SAP customers and their implementation partners discussing their supply chain planning transformation projects. Current customer speakers include Hershey and Watco.

 

  • Engage with SAP PLM leadership – Discover insights from solution management and technology partners, on the SAP PLM strategies and capabilities that are a key to SAP’s Supply Chain portfolio.

 

  • Engaging panel sessions – Listen and learn from supply chain PLM thought leaders discussing a variety of PLM topics.

 

  • Exploration and engage with the SAP PLM ecosystem – Re-engage with the SAP PLM community face-to-face to learn and grow together. There will be many networking opportunities to connect with likeminded attendees focused on PLM best practices and innovations. Meet and interact directly with SAP partners focused on SAP PLM.

 

Featured Speakers
Kathy Swann
Director IT, SCM & OPS Applications
Edgewell Personal Care

After spinning off from Energizer Holdings, Edgewell Personal Care was tasked with governing the corporate data split impacting product development. Burdened with a costly and inefficient legacy system, Edgewell set out on an end-to-end process transformation with SAP PLM. In this session, learn how R&D & IT leadership navigated this journey from a siloed document driven platform to an integrated, single version of the truth, data-driven platform for its global businesses.

Adarsh Prakash Meda
Global Technical Owner
GlobalFoundries

Adarsh is passionate about solving problems in the Product Management space, having spent 16+ years as an advocate for digital product transformation and Innovative strategies using PLM. Adarsh’s focus has been in crafting holistic PLM systems that streamline processes, optimize data management, and elevate collaboration. Adarsh’s background includes experience in the Semiconductor, Aerospace and Automotive industries. In his free time, he is a passionate chess player. Adarsh lives in Idaho with his wife and daughter

Amit Mistry
Directory of IT
Coty

Amit is an information technology specialist with experience in IT project strategy, solution delivery, business process knowledge, and PLM processes.  He currently serves as the Director of IT – Business Facing R&D for Coty, based in the New York metropolitan area. Amit is responsible for partnering with the R&D business teams to determine best in class R&D solutions to streamline business processes, accelerate innovation, and support the sustainability agenda. He is currently leading the SAP global implementation project of integrating packaging and finished good capabilities into SAP RD.

Agenda-at-a-Glance
Wednesday, September 13
All Day

Arrivals

6:00-8:00pm

Welcome Reception 

Optional Badge Pick-Up

Room Location: Trinidad

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Thursday, September 14
7:30-8:30am

Reigstration & Networking Breakfast

Room Location: Aztec

8:30-8:40am

Welcome, Housekeeping-Info & Agenda

Michael O'Donnell, SVP & Head of Digital Supply Chain, SAP North America

Room Location: Nigerian

8:40-9:00am

Thought Leadership Session

Mindy Davis, Global Vice President, Marketing, SAP

Room Location: Nigerian

9:00-9:20am

Hershey Presentation

9:20-10:00am

Keynote Session: PLM at SAP -- Digital Future (Today & Tomorrow)

Anu Shah, Head of SAP PLM Solution Management

Room Location: Nigerian

10:00-10:20am

Break

Room Location: Aztec

10:20-11:00am

Process Session

Evolution of PLM for Process

Manoj Kaippilly, Solution Manager PLM-4-Process

Room Location: Nigerian

 

Discrete Session

SAP PLM Integration Strategy

Mark Landrosh, Senior Director – R&D/Engineering Solutions

Room Location: Magnolia C

11:00-11:40am

Process Session

Digital Transformation of R&D at Edgewell Personal Care

Kathy Swann, Director IT, SCM & OPS Applications, Edgewell Personal Care

Room Location: Nigerian

 

Discrete Session

Global Foundries

Adarsh Prakash Meda, PLM IT Solution Owner, SAP

Room Location: Magnolia C

11:40-12:20pm

Process Session

Sounding Board Session - SAP PLM for Process

Room Location: Nigerian

 

Discrete Session

SAP Teamcenter - State of the State

Mark Landrosh, Senior Director – R&D/Engineering Solutions

Room Location: Magnolia C

12:20-1:10pm

Lunch

Room Location: Aztec

1:10-1:50pm

Process Session

Chobani's Recipe for Success: Innovating with SAP for Sustainable Growth

Jeff King & Justin Bolak, Chobani

Room Location: Nigerian

 

Discrete Session 

Varian Medical

Simin Doddamani

Lino Messerschmidt, SAP

Room Location: Magnolia C

1:50-2:30pm

Process Session

Designing Packaging & Delivery Method with ECTR

Manoj Kaippilly, SAP

Achim Rossell, DSC

Room Location: Nigerian

 

Discrete Session

The Watco Story S4 Rise and BTP

Corey Corrick, VP of Applications, Watco Companies LLC

Room Location: Magnolia C

2:30-3:10pm

Process Session

SAP Panel Discussion with Hershey's Product Lifecycle Management Team

Room Location: Nigerian

 

Discrete Session 

Sounding Board Session - SAP PLM for Discrete - attended by SAP PLM ProdMgmt, SolMgmt, Executive Staff

Room Location: Magnolia C

 

3:10-3:30pm

Break

Room Location: Aztec

3:30-4:10pm

Coty's PLM Journey: Forward-Thinking Beauty

Suzanne Galluccio, VP, IT - Commercial & R&D, Coty

Amit Mistry, Director, IT - Business Facing R&D, Coty

Room Location: Nigerian

4:10-5:00pm

Closing Keynote

Room Location: Nigerian

5:45pm

Transportation to Evening Experience 

Location: Front Lobby of Hershey Lodge

6:00-8:00pm

Evening Experience at Chocolate World

Location: Chocolate World

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Friday, September 15
7:45-8:45am

Networking Breakfast

Room Location: Aztec

8:45-8:55am

Welcome, Housekeeping-Info & Agenda

Michael O'Donnell, SVP & Head of Digital Supply Chain, SAP North America

Room Location: Nigerian

8:55-9:35am

SAP PLM and Sustainability Innovations

Jim Sullivan, Global Head of Product Management, Sustainability, SAP

Room Location: Nigerian

9:35-10:15am

Leveraging the Cloud and Cloud Native Tools to Extend PLM

Ismail Serin, Head of Product Management, SAP Enterprise Product Development

Room Location: Nigerian

10:15-11:00am

Break

Room Location: Aztec

11:00-11:40am

The Sustainability Thread - Designing Your Product Data Model to Drive Green R&D

Klaus Brettschneider, PLM Green Global Alliance, Sustainability Director, Linx-AS

Room Location: Nigerian

11:40-12:00pm

Closing Remarks

Room Location: Nigerian

12:00-1:00pm

Lunch & Departures 

Room Location: Aztec

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