Pressure-Testing Your Planning Transformation Before You Commit

A practical, peer-led walkthrough of the upstream decisions that determine whether planning transformations succeed or stall before tools, vendors or programmes are locked in.

April 29, 2026

15.50 - 16.25

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Central London, UK

Spring 2026 Meeting

Discussion Points

What’s really holding back innovation in operational settings — even in capable organisations — and why volatility changes the rules.
How leading supply chains define a clear ‘north star’ operating model without over-specifying solutions too early.
How enterprise organisations design operating models that enable safe experimentation, learning and scale — and what mid-market supply chains should borrow (and avoid).
How planning and data foundations can be future-proofed without assuming unlimited budget or rip-and-replace programmes.
How operators turn innovation into a repeatable capability — not a series of disconnected pilots — by sequencing ambition against business-case reality.
Real examples of how ‘start small, learn fast, scale deliberately’ plays out differently at enterprise scale versus mid-market supply chains.