Mathijs Luts, Supply Chain Planning Manager at St. Jude Medical
St. Jude Medical Logo

Mathijs Luts


Supply Chain Planning Manager
St. Jude Medical

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Mathijs.

Download The Latest Agenda

17th November – Advanced Integrated Planning Summit

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016


14:10 DRILL DOWN ROUNDTABLES

These informal subject-specific roundtables give you a unique opportunity to drill down into the details of an issue by probing the knowledge and expertise of industry market leaders. Each roundtable is limited to 10 people for maximum interaction and is designed for you to meet like-minded peers and source practical solutions collaboratively.

*Choose two tables and spend 40 minutes at each. Your chance to brainstorm and share ideas with your peers!

  1. How to set-up an effective customer driven S&OP to streamline collaborative forecasting
    Peter Trappeniers, Senior Customer Care Manager Europe, Middle East & Africa, Terumo
  2. Measuring the results of planning & strategy: what does success post-implementation really look like?
    Guido Thijs, Global Capacity Planning Manager, Nobel Biocare
  3. How to achieve lean excellence through a demand driven supply chain
    Prof. Dr. Ton de Kok, Director European Supply Chain Forum, Eindhoven University of Technology
  4. How to ensure strategic alignment and execution of S&OP processes across your different product portfolios
    Mathijs Luts, Supply Chain Planning Manager, St. Jude Medical

  5. Feedback

    Feedback from each of the Drill-Down Roundtable hosts and the key takeaways from each of the sessions. Speakers will focus on general recommendations and suggestions raised with a focus on action points for the industry.

16:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: How to build in flexibility and rapid response processes to meet customer demands in challenging environments

Panellists will put forward their thoughts and experiences and you will then have the opportunity to pose questions and take part in interactive roundtable discussions to discuss the growing opportunities and threats posed by increasing customer demands. Take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers and ask the experts what they think!

  • How to accurately forecast when demand is unpredictable
  • Developing an approach to tackle complex, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Leveraging interactive analytics to identify issues and root causes and ultimately drive changes in policy and behaviour to better manage demand
  • Combat the strain on manufacturing arising from increasing and unpredictable demand vs. the need to tighten manufacturing planning in more established markets

18th November – Driving Value Throughout The Business

Saturday, June 11th, 2016


16:00 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: How to improve internal stakeholder management: Recognising internal drivers and understanding the operational impact

In this innovative and interactive format, spend 20 minutes hearing a best practice case study before being challenged to find solutions to some of the most prevalent challenges in the medical device supply chain industry. Engage in small interactive roundtable discussions before each group presents its conclusions back to the audience. Take away different approaches to key challenges from your fellow industry peers.


  • How to position supply chain to drive commercially driven strategies at a corporate level to bring value to the business
  • How to harmonize complex internal stakeholder groups to catalyze supply chain integrity
  • How to enhance supply chain sustainability through engagement with internal stakeholders How can you align effective stakeholder management with corporate social responsibility and sustainable development policies
  • How to effectively manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders to move towards a common set of shared drivers and goals