Challenges of the global component shortage – Welcome to the 1st MEX Finland breakfast webinar

To support the collaboration between MEX Finland members and encourage dialogue on interesting topics, MEX Finland will begin hosting monthly breakfast webinars starting this February. MEX Finland is hosting the “Challenges of the global component shortage” webinar on Wednesday, February 16th, 8:00-9:00.

Speakers will share their experiences and provide perspectives on this topical issue and how it has affected their companies and, more broadly, global supply chains.

We are pleased to welcome Professor Petri Helo of the University of Vaasa as our keynote speaker. Professor Helo will discuss how component shortages are linked with other global trends, such as Covid-19, globalization, geopolitics, and digitalization. He will also present some recent cases on how component shortages have come about, the reasons behind them, and, above all, what the companies can do to better navigate the uncertainty in the future. The keynote address will be followed by comments from the companies represented at the webinar, Jukka Saari of Wärtsilä and Peter Lindgren of ABB, who will discuss how their companies have responded to the challenges of global component shortages.

Agenda

8:00 Opening
Juha Päivike, Chairman, MEX Finland

8:05 Keynote
Petri Helo, Professor, University of Vaasa

8:20 Company comments
Jukka Saari, Director, Wärtsilä and
Peter Lindgren, Vice President, System Drives, ABB

8:40 Open discussion
facilitated by Johan Wallin, Synocus

9:00 Webinar ends

The webinar is open to anyone interested. You can sign up for the webinar from this link. MEX Finland members will receive a direct calendar invitation to the webinar and are encouraged to share the invitation with colleagues.

Please contact Niklas Koski (Niklas.koski@synocus.com, +358 44 298 8909) if you have any questions.

Stay tuned for upcoming MEX Finland breakfast webinars.

Note: the language of the webinar is Finnish.

Guest speaker:

Petri Helo

Petri Helo is Professor of Industrial Management, Logistics Systems, and the head of the Networked Value Systems research group, at the School of Technology and Innovations, University of Vaasa, Finland.

His research addresses the management of logistics processes in supply-demand networks, which take place in various industries. This research has developed new approaches to analytical modeling and the use of computers to solve industrial management problems. Helo is also a partner and board member at Wapice Ltd, a software solution provider of CPQ and IoT solutions.