Resilience Ridge

Resilience Ridge is designed for supply chain leaders ready to move beyond box-ticking and build future-proof operations. Across manufacturing, wholesale, retail and logistics companies are facing mounting challenges: escalating supply risks, increasing pressure around Scope 3 reporting, and the complexity of developing Digital Product Passports that meet regulatory demands while delivering business value.

In today’s volatile environment, compliance is no longer enough. Companies must rethink how they manage risk, ensure transparency and collaborate across ecosystems to create resilient, adaptive supply chains. As highlighted in previous editions, the shift from obligation to opportunity is essential to remain competitive in a rapidly changing landscape.

In the breakout sessions solution providers will demonstrate how to tackle these challenges with a strategic, long-term perspective. Expect concrete approaches to integrate supply risk management, sustainability data and product traceability into core operations, transforming compliance into a driver of resilience, agility and sustainable growth.

Volatility as the new normal: Managing bullwhip

Speaker: Joeri Spoor, Senior Manager Digital Supply Chain, IG&H

Supply chain disruption is the new normal. There is no relief cycle anymore because each disruption is followed by the next. Geopolitics, energy shocks, and trade restrictions are amplifying the bullwhip effect as companies fall back on buffers, overordering, and short‑term fixes. These reactions feel safe, but they add noise rather than resilience.

We saw this dynamic during COVID‑19, when small demand signals turned into massive upstream swings. Today’s drivers are different and more persistent. Wars and sanctions disrupt raw materials, energy price spikes distort cost structures, and geopolitical uncertainty undermines forecasts. Companies react faster, but not necessarily smarter.

This presentation explores why the bullwhip effect is resurfacing under today’s macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures, and why traditional fixes no longer work. Volatility is not temporary: it must be designed for in our supply chains. Leading companies are already shifting toward scenario‑based planning, sharper demand sensing, smarter decoupling, and stronger cross‑functional decision‑making to absorb shocks without overreacting.