Sustainable Supply Chains 2021 will have two keynote speakers, that will discuss sustainability issues in Supply Chains. Marc Reimann will provide us an academic perspective on the area and Pedro Lago discussing the industrial perspective, namely in the food retail sector.
The impact of proprietary parts on Closed-loop Supply Chains
Marc Reimann, Institut für Produktion und Logistik, University of Graz
Marc Reimann is a Full Professor of Production and Operations Management at the University of Graz. He also holds a fractional appointment as Professor in Operations Management at Northumbria University in Newcastle. After obtaining his PhD from the University of Vienna, he held faculty positions at ETH Zurich and Warwick Business School before joining the University of Graz in 2009. His research focuses on quantitative models supporting strategic Closed-loop Supply Chain decisions.
Global and Sustainable Sourcing at the Food Retail: is it possible?
Duarte Rocha, International Quality Leader at Sonae MC, Sonae MC
Engineer with a masters in economics and international management has more than 20 years experience managing international sourcing and developing different business units in retail. The challenge of combine economics, quality and sustainability it’s tremendous, mainly in the FMCG market and in the modern distribution, but this is what Duarte has been doing in recent years.