The maiden Supply Chains Connect (SCC) Conference was held on 7th December, 2018 at the Sunlodge Hotel, Accra and saw over 150 participants from Ghana, the UK and Sierra Leone. The participants were stakeholders, influencers and professionals at different stages of their career in the various supply chain professions in charge of logistics, inventory, manufacturing, procurement, customer service, health and safety, warehousing, distribution, transport etc., representing about 20 different industries.
The Chairperson for the event was the Country Manager of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Ghana, Mrs. Stella Addo. Additionally, we had seasoned speakers who spoke on various topics shown below:
Speaker
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Title
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Topic
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Mr. Cosmos Bondzie |
General Manager at Super Shipping Service, Ghana |
The Role of Supply Chain & Logistics in the Shipping Industry |
Major Eunice Koranteng |
Assistant Director Supplies and Transport in charge of Training and Organisations at the Ghana Armed Forces |
Women’s Excellence in Supply chain Management |
Mr. Felix Bani |
Site Leader for the Cummins West Africa Regional Distribution Center (RDC) |
The Mindset of a Supply Chain Problem Solver |
Mr. Eric Essah |
Sales consultant with Forms Broadcast, subsidiary of Lifeforms Group |
Supply Chain vs. Commercial- A Revolutionary Thinking |
Mr. Samuel Akrofi |
Procurement Manager for Stanbic Bank Ghana |
Overview of Supply Chain in the Banking Sector |
Also, we had special guests present that included the Supply Chain Director of Coca Cola, Mr. Farouk Sai and the Dean-Director Empower School of Health, Professor Paul Lalvani among others.
We were supported by a number of corporate and media sponsors who, along with the participants and stakeholders were impressed by the organization, patronage and success of the event, especially being that it was the first event of its kind bring all supply chain professionals together. Media reportage on the event can be found on at www.ghanaweb.com under the Business News of 8th December 2018.