THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF THE FUTURE CHAIR
The Chair, "Supply Chain of the Future" was launched in February 2019 for four years, with the support of the Casino Group (represented by its subsidiary Cdiscount), Louis Vuitton, Michelin and Renault. The partnership agreement between École des Ponts ParisTech and the four industrial partners was signed on February, 14, 2019. This Chair, intended to be a complete chair, both for research, teaching and sharing, adresses a common goal between École des Ponts ParisTech and its four partners : to drive forward supply chain training, innovation and research and meet the challenges of the supply chain of the future.
ROADMAP OF SHARING AND RESEARCH ACTIONS OF THE CHAIR
THE CHAIR IN FIGURES
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Post-doc research topicsCHAIR’S OBJECTIVES
Develop supply chain models able to answer new client’s needs
Work on environmental transition of operations and support sustainable development strategies
CHAIR’S MISSIONS
Why create a supply chain for the future chair at School of Ponts ParisTech?
CONTEXTE
- In an environment of increasing globalization and ever-increasing demands in terms of services, the supply chain has become in two decades one of the major functions of a company.
- The four partners of the chair, the group Casino (represented by Cdiscount), Louis Vuitton, Michelin and Renault, four companies considered among the most advanced in a number of supply chain practices, share their thoughts on the new challenges of supply ecosystems in terms of performance costs/stocks/services but also in terms of sustainability and green transformation of operations. Among the key questions, the optimisation of the supply chain taking into account the environmental impact and the impact of new technologies : internet of things, data sciences, blockchain, artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing...
- Thus those challenges of the supply chain of the future appear to be highly dependent on the ability to integrate these technological developments and to define new appropriate uses, all this in a sustainable and environmentally friendly perspective.
THE CHAIR’S ANSWER
- Through this Chair, the four partners companies intend to further increase their skills, in a process of innovation, agility and green transformation of operations, with the following objectives :
- Optimize customer experience and satisfaction.
- Improve profitability in production and distribution.
- Better orchestrate operations from suppliers to stores.
- Integrate new HR skills and improve working conditions.
- Support the sustainable development and CSR strategies of their respectives organizations.
- The École des Ponts ParisTech brings to the Chair its expertise through its teaching departments (Industrial engineering / Mathematical and computing engineering / Economics Management Finance...), its research laboratories including CERMICS and the d.school (for its design thinking expertise).
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