Thorsten Wessel

Vice President Supply Chain Management Central Europe
Universal Music Entertainment GmbH (Germany)

Thorsten Wessel, Vice President Supply Chain Management Central Europe, is responsible to lead Universal Music’s supply chain for physical and digital product.

Thorsten is in leading positions in the music industry for more than 20 years. He’s an expert in different aspect of music and media businesses including CD and vinyl manufacturing, logistics, digital delivery, data base management, collecting societies, books publishing, audio books, film business, synchronisation live entertainment etc. Aside of revenue focused business, he is also experienced and interested in lobbying and cultural for non profit organisations.

Thorsten obtained a Master in Economies and Musicology at the University of Lüneburg (Germany); Master of Arts (Cultural Sciences)

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Main Conference Day Two

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

10:00 AM Plenary panel: Supply chain revolution and reinvention for the new reality: What should we do when our industries are moving away from physical and heading into a digital world?

More and more industries are experiencing the shake from the digital world, especially in retail, entertainment, travel etc. where the digital world is overtaking the physical world. It is simply not enough for supply chains to make incremental improvements, but rather a fundamental revolution is required to take businesses through this change. This panel session will provide strategic views from industry leaders on what they are doing to set themselves apart and adapt in a fast-paced environment:

•From standardisation to individualisation: Developing a customer facing supply chain

•Creating a brand new supply chain model for the digital age

•Dealing with market reshuffling through strong business partnerships

•Develop end-to-end digital supply chain for the new business model to deliver both assets and data to customers