COVID-19: Business Resilience Advisory Initiative

KPMG in Singapore is one of the key partners of the Singapore Business Federation’s (SBF’s) Business Resilience Advisory Programme, created to help business leaders deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and equip them for the future. We have developed a series of webinars to help businesses understand the business implications of COVID-19 and focusing on key aspects in building a resilient enterprise.

Below is a calendar of the Business Resilience Advisory Programme:

Webinar 1: COVID-19 Impact: Private Equity and Credit Solutions – Alternate Financing Options for Businesses (Past event held) – Slides are available for download below.
Webinar 2: Regaining Business Visibility: Leveraging technology to automate governance and monitoring (Past event held)

Upcoming webinars:

Webinar 3: Future of Finance (7 October 2020, 3.00pm - 4.00pm)
Webinar 4: Building Supply Chain Resilience (23 October 2020, 9.30am - 10.30am)
Webinar 5: Fighting back against COVID-19 with Smart and Safe Management Solutions
Webinar 6: Cyber Security Assessment

Date: Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Fee:
SBF Member: Complimentary
Non-SBF Member: S$107*

*Complimentary passes are available for KPMG clients. Please reach out to your KPMG contact or events@kpmg.com.sg.

It’s time for finance to transform; time to replace transactional processing and historical reporting with a finance organization that performs as a true business partner; time to deploy the strategies, technology, and process changes that will drive your organization to sustainable growth and profitability. And that time, begins now…

The furious speed with which COVID-19 has evolved from a health care issue to an economic issue has created unprecedented challenges for Chief Financial Officers (CFOs). To manage these challenges and position their organizations for recovery, CFOs need to take decisive action now.

Join us at our live webinar to gain insights on how leading finance organizations are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, explore top-of-mind issues, and identify the steps your organizations can take to stay ahead of these changes. 

This session will focus on the following:

• Four focus areas that can enable CFOs to steer finance and enterprise through the COVID-19 environment
• Extreme automation and its impact on finance operations
• Insights & analysis: The data stewardship debate
• The future of talent management in finance

Click here to register for the ‘Future of Finance’ webinar.

Complimentary passes are available for KPMG clients. Please reach out to your KPMG contact or events@kpmg.com.sg.

Who should attend:
CFOs of any medium to large enterprises that would like to tap into technology and data analytics capabilities.

Date: Friday, 23 October 2020
Time: 9.30am – 10.30am
Fee:
SBF Member: Complimentary
Non-SBF Member: S$107*

*Complimentary passes are available for KPMG clients. Please reach out to your KPMG contact or events@kpmg.com.sg.

The recent pandemic has impacted industries around the world, making C-suites rethink and reassess the viability of their supply chain operations. Amidst the volatile conditions of demand shocks, travel restrictions, domestic and international shutdowns, the supply chains of companies are under immense pressure to be consistent and reliable. This is where one has to relook at not only their local and overseas supply chain management, but also investigate new markets and customer bases to survive in a Low Touch Economy.

A vital element of building supply chain resilience and managing disruptions is to understand key risks in supply chains by conducting periodic and disciplined risk assessments. The supply chain risk assessment can give upper management an in-depth strategy and operational view of areas of improvement. Under the risk assessment, companies will also be required to strategize and operationalize short (3 to 6 months), medium (6 to 12 months) and long term (more than 12 months) actions to build on supply chain digital capabilities.

 Additionally, it is important for companies to understand and take into consideration cross border tax implications (e.g. transfer pricing, permanent establishment, withholding tax) in supply chain planning and restructuring. Companies that are looking to redesign and restructure their supply chains can also tap on a slew of government grants and incentives to help provide financial or tax support.

This webinar will give participants a better understanding of managing disruptions and making the right decisions on building supply chain resilience through:

• Preparing for different types of demand recovery pattern (V, U or L shape)
• Building omni-channel supply chains
• Increasing the digital footprint of supply chains
• Considerations for a tax efficient supply chain
• Available government grants to support supply chain design and restructuring

Click here to register for the ‘Building Supply Chain Resilience’ webinar.

Complimentary passes are available for KPMG clients. Please reach out to your KPMG contact or events@kpmg.com.sg.

Who should attend:
This webinar is targeted at the Board of Directors and C-suites in Medium and Large SMEs and Large Corporations with significant manufacturing, warehousing and customer service operations in the Asia Pacific region. It will give them a broad understanding in managing and taking the right decisions on supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19. Additionally, it will assist COOs, CSCOs and Supply Chain Executives across industries such as Life Sciences, High Tech, Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, etc. in planning and executing how to optimally navigate the COVID-19 global pandemic in the short and long term.

KPMG in Singapore will be offering complimentary clinic sessions to 5 companies to further help them during this period. Please register your interest for the complimentary clinic sessions via the post-webinar survey form. Registration is on a first-come first-served basis.