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"F ast"

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Some things are changing faster than chemical companies can hold a meeting

Chemical Industry Wild Cards
Supply chain management and logistics

Big Threat:  Mutant virus

Surveys show up to 50% of your teams, suppliers, drivers and customers will stay home within days or weeks of first cases, even if final numbers infected end up < 20,000 rather than 1 billion

 Lesson: the future is about emotion

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Vulnerable to Shocks

Declining EU Future – Without Reform

Lessons we can learn from other industries

Instant information à peace of mind
online tracking, accurate, detailed

Gold standard in online retailing: 6pm orders for 10am delivery
up to 1,000 miles away – guaranteed

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RFID Explosion is Real
Radio Frequency Identification Devices

Billions of individual items a year to track

Starting with pallets and packages

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Airline Baggage Handling - RFID

Shipping Inspections and Control

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1 billion children in Africa and Asia will be new consumers

                            Threat from China

If only this was the EU reality

 Problems with Road Freight

Internal EU Logistics Nightmare

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      Tribalism conflicts

European Union will be dominated by conflict: local identity / regional power

Internal EU Market will Remain

Dinosaur ?

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Expect More EU Consolidation

Chemical Products Reduced to Commodities

EU plastic distribution costs higher than US

Central Infrastructure

Product Exchange in EU

Low Cost World of Shipping

Arrive from China full – returning empty

Reverse Exports – Sending Them Back

China Hunger for UK Waste

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New Shape of Politics

   Every major single issue will lead to new regulation

Sustainability

Global Warming - facts

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Companies talk about

Individuals talk about…

 Ultimate petrochemical slogan

Summary