CSCM Workshop on Supply Chain Resilience

On the 14th of November, CSCM organized a day-long workshop on supply chain resilience. Besides discussing issues on supply chain (SC) resilience relevant to New Zealand, this workshop also brought together SC academics from all over New Zealand and practitioners from industry to get to know each other and build future collaborations.

There were four speakers on the day: Simon Dedman from Kuehne+Nagel, Dave Christie from NZTE, Suhail Sequeira from Ports of Auckland, and Carel Bezuidenhout from Massey University.

In his presentation, Simon Dedman explored global supply chains from a macro shipping perspective by reviewing the trends of freight rates, global container traded volume, and global congestion. He also provided advice on building resilience in supply chains, and what to expect in the future.

Dave Christie then painted a picture of the supply chains in New Zealand using his extensive experience consulting SC companies during the pandemic at NZTE.

He shed light on the unique SC challenges of Kiwi SMEs, such as the level of SC maturity and technology, our geographical position, and container volume.

After that, Suhail Sequeira provided the audience with the story of supply chains in New Zealand from the Ports of Auckland’s view and how they tried to cope with all the disruptions and build resilience.

He finished his presentation with the company’s vision of becoming a sustainable, profitable port, its approaches, and its challenges.

The final speaker was from Massey University. Carel Bezuidenhout started his talk by explaining his projects and how academia can help the industry to build resilience in supply chains. He continued with the differences between risk management and resilience building in supply chains.

After the presentations, a panel discussion with Subhamoy Ganguly from the University of Auckland's Business School, Lincoln Wood from the University of Otago, and Dave Christie from NZTE took place.

The workshop concluded with team activities, followed by networking.