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The Conference
Built Around Your Needs
We create The Logistics and Supply Chain Forum Conference Program based on extensive research and feedback from our delegates, senior logistics and supply chain executives who, like you, are dealing with critical issues on a daily basis. As a confirmed delegate, you will have the opportunity to help us shape the conference program to reflect your current key issues.
First class speakers
Conference sessions are given by industry experts and leaders in thought who have a clear understanding of the business obstacles inherent in the logistics and supply chain sector.
Intimate sessions
Through small workshops and roundtables, you are able to share best practices, successful case studies, and receive opinions and suggestions from your peers.The entire conference is built around helping you become a more effective executive and opening doors to new perspectives and points of view.
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The Seven Deadly Supply Chain Wastes - "Real Lessons in Lean"
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| Joel Sutherland - Managing Director, Center for Value Chain Research, Lehigh University |
| A business value chain is an end-to-end set of activities that can be applied to a product or service making it ready for the next activity. Most resources used in an activity add value—some do not. The resources consumed (such as people, time or equipment) that do not add value add cost and should be eliminated. This is the essence of the Toyota Production System, or Lean (the term used in the U.S. for what was originally known as the "Toyota Production System"). |
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Five Rules that will Transform Outsourcing
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| Kate Vitasek - Author, educator and innovator in supply chain management |
The challenges that some of the most progressive companies rightfully waged against conventional outsourcing strategies during recent years have led to the emergence of a new model: Vested Outsourcing. Steeped in research conducted jointly by the University of Tennessee and the United States Air Force, Vested Outsourcing identifies the 10 inherent ailments in today’s flawed and old-school outsourcing agreements, and where these ticking time bombs might be lurking within every company. University of Tennessee research unveils five key rules for a successful Vested Outsourcing agreement, setting the stage for companies to take their outsourcing relationships to the next level. Companies applying Vested Outsourcing rules can create a true vested partnership that can yield massive potential benefits for both parties. Faculty member and author Kate Vitasek describes the success factors.
BIO:
Author, educator and business consultant Kate Vitasek is a nationally recognized innovator in the practice of supply chain management and outsourcing. She is the founder and lead researcher in the concept of Vested Outsourcing, which was developed in conjunction with the University of Tennessee. |
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Rethinking Transportation Management Systems
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| Adrian Gonzalez, Director, Logistics Viewpoints - ARC Advisory Group |
Only about a third of the companies that could benefit from implementing a transportation management system (TMS) have implemented one. Simply put, a surprising number of companies are still using spreadsheets and fax machines to manage their transportation operations. Additionally, in a survey of leading TMS vendors conducted by ARC Advisory Group in 2009, 31 percent of TMS implementations were to customers replacing a competitor’s solution. These results, coupled with a drop in upgrades, suggest that early adopters of TMS are weighing the pros and cons of upgrading their existing application versus installing a new solution to access enhanced functionality, or of staying with an internally-deployed solution versus switching to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering.
This workshop will highlight the key factors leading companies to implement a TMS for the first time or to take a second look at their current TMS capabilities, as well as the important trends, capabilities, and deployment options companies should consider when examining the TMS vendor and solution landscape.
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Trends in Transportation - What a Difference a Year Makes
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| Jeff Brashares - Moderator |
In 2009, we were hoping for an "improved" Retail season to fill excess transportation capacity. In 2010, we are hoping to find enough capacity to COVER the Peak Retail season. And so it goes. In just a few short months trucks are tight; flatbeds are non existent and rail rates are headed up.
Come join our Panel of shipper experts to gain insight into what's ahead for 2011.
Jeffrey Brashares - Executive- Rez-1 connecting the intermodal community to their shipments
Wayne Johnson - Director, Logistics, American Gypsum Company
Michael P. Cramer - Director, Logistics and Customer Operations Building Materials Group Owens Corning
John Rutherford - Vice President, Global Transportation, DFS Group
Paul Newbourne - Vice President and General Manager at Armada Supply Chain Solutions |
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Transform Your Supply Chain Into a Competitive Weapon
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| Reuben E. Slone, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, OfficeMax |
Companies from Wal-Mart to Amazon have underscored the significant competitive advantages that ensue from a world class supply chain: flawless delivery to customers yields higher revenues; more efficient operations reduce costs; lower inventories reduce capital requirements, and streamlined physical networks slash overall working capital. So why don’t more companies follow their lead? Why doesn’t yours? Learn about the five key “pillars” of a successful supply chain strategy, which includes real-world examples, self-evaluation tools, and actions steps that show how to:
• Hire and groom talent with the unique skills needed to build and run your supply chain
• Select and apply the right technologies, from forecasting systems to carbon footprint management
• Eliminate crippling cross-functional disconnects such as SKU proliferation and obsolete inventory
• Collaborate with external suppliers and customers
• Implement a disciplined management process to sustain success
BIO:
Reuben Slone joined OfficeMax in November 2004 as executive vice president, supply chain. He is responsible for inventory management, supply chain operations, real estate, and store development. Slone was most recently vice president, global supply chain for Whirlpool Corporation where he led the transformation of Whirlpool’s supply chain over the past four years. Prior to joining Whirlpool, Slone held various executive positions with General Motors in global supply chain, ebusiness, product development, manufacturing, and information technology. Before joining General Motors, Slone led global strategy, distribution, and information technology for Federal-Mogul. Prior to joining Federal-Mogul, Slone spent almost ten years in management consulting with Ernst & Young and EDS/AT Kearny.
Slone received a B.S. in engineering from the University of Michigan in 1984 where he graduated cum laude. In 1985 he received a Graduate Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering.
Slone has been widely recognized for his achievements in supply chain. Harvard Business Review published two of his articles: Are You the Weakest Link in your Supply Chain? in September 2007; and Leading a Supply Chain Turnaround in October 2004. Harvard Business Publishing is publishing his book, The New Supply Chain Agenda, based on the former article in MAY 2010
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Igniting Your Business Productivity through Everyday Innovation
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| Kimberly Douglas, Author, Firefly Effect |
How can you do more with less? How can you power up revenues while cutting costs? Innovation can light the way to finding new opportunities for your business success.
Using tools and techniques from her recently released book, The Firefly Effect, Kimberly Douglas will engage you in an interactive process to:
• Discover the power of turning your toughest business challenges into actionable problem statements
• Learn how to use brain writing to generate ideas on your team like never before
• Evaluate the ideas you develop using the simple yet effective impact versus effort grid
• Explore an engaging and collaborative way to build an action plan that will get done
• And an added bonus... Learn how to use mind mapping to tap into your individual creativity
BIO:
Kimberly Douglas, SPHR, President of FireFly Facilitation, Inc. is an internationally recognized team effectiveness and innovation expert. Over the past 25 years, she has collaborated with hundreds of leaders – at organizations such as Coca-Cola, Home Depot, McKesson, AT&T, and even the U.S. Marine Corps – to dramatically improve their business performance. Certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources and a Certified Professional Facilitator, Kimberly also holds a Master of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. An expert in the field of team-based innovation, she is a frequent contributor to management and leadership publications, including Investor’s Business Daily, Leadership Excellence, American Management Association, Yahoo Finance and USA Today.
Recently released by Wiley, Kimberly’s new book, The Firefly Effect, will change the way you think about your own creativity and the infinite possibilities when you tap into the innovation on your team – and catapult your business results to new heigh |
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Team Building
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| Ted Raiman, VP, Global Supply Chain, Reynolds Packaging |
While the activities of team management are not new, many of the tools used by team managers are. The more Organizational Development-oriented practitioners often use interview-based analysis and provide reportage and insights that team leaders and their management may use to adapt team practices for higher performance. Teams can also be developed through team building activities - which can also be used simply to build relationships where team members lack cohesion due to organizational structure or physical distance. Project managers may approach team management with a focus on structure, communications and standardized practices.
With the growing need to integrate the efforts of teams composed of members from different companies and geographies, organizations are increasingly turning to a new class of Internet software for team management. These tools combine planning and collaboration with features that provide a structure for team relationships and behaviors. In addition, there are tools that facilitate the forming of highly productive teams through analysis of personality and skills profiles. In this session learn about some of the best practices used to create a build a successful team.
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Talent and Career Management for Supply Chain Professionals
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| Tom Mulherin, Director, Supply Chain Management - TASER International |
Challenging economic conditions and uncertainty are reshaping the face of the job market and raising concerns for many workers around the globe. Supply management organizations are working to ensure that they are staffed with individuals who have the requisite competencies to meet their needs. Supply professionals are searching to find and retain positions that provide job satisfaction and career advancement. This satellite seminar will explore the talent management, career management, succession planning and other human resource challenges in today’s supply management arena.
Panelists:
Jami Coop, CPSM, C.P.M. is a Procurement Manager for the Packaging Procurement team in Enterprise Procurement at ConAgra Foods in Omaha, Nebraska, where she has worked since 2006. She has held positions of increasing responsibility and is currently responsible for managing corrugate strategic sourcing. Jami is very active in ConAgra's college recruiting and internship programs. She is actively involved with the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM), serving as a review board member for the eSide newsletter and speaking at various ISM events and is a 2004 R. Gene Richter Scholar. Jami graduated from Arizona State University in May 2005, with a B.S. in Supply Chain Management. She was named the Outstanding Graduating Senior. In 2008, she completed her MBA at Creighton University in Omaha, NE and attained both her C.P.M. and CPSM. Jami holds a Green Belt certification and a Quality Analysis certification. Previously, Jami worked at Hewlett-Packard in Houston, TX in their Supply Chain leadership development program.
Tom Mulherin is currently the Director of Supply Chain Management at TASER International in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has 25 years experience as a practitioner and consultant in Procurement, Logistics, and Manufacturing, specializing in supply chain optimization and procurement strategy. Tom has extensive experience in conducting supply chain talent assessments, and coaching both at Fortune 500 companies and small and mid-market firms. He has been recognized as a Top 20 International Logistics Executive by Chief Logistics Officer magazine, and has been published in Inside Supply Management® magazine. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Penn State University and an M.S. degree in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas.
Nancy Q. Smith is Director, Strategic Partnering, for Exemplary Performance (EP), a leading performance alignment and execution firm serving some of the world's most successful companies. EP's results are evidenced in increased margins, faster time to performance, reduced turnover, and increased close rate. EP's proprietary research-based Strategic Partnering service line provides transformation consulting and skill building to align business and performance strategies and support the achievement of business goals through effective internal partnerships.
Prior to joining EP in 2007, Nancy served as People Development Manger and Global Process Manager for Delphi Corporation. As a People Development Manager she built and managed the execution of development strategy for 2,700 employees across 38 countries. This included development of process support strategies, coaching structures and learning and development programs. As Global Business Process Manager, she was actively involved in reorganization, supplier support and crisis resolution. She improved business processes, led the roles, decision rights and metrics process and created the learning, development and coaching strategy to deepen internal client partnerships to align with strategic business goals. Prior to 2002, Nancy held positions of increasing responsibility within the PACE organization.
Nancy is a featured speaker for supply management and human resources audiences and serves on the Human Capital Institute's Strategic Performance Systems Advisory Board. Nancy, together with Dave Nelson, authored, CPO Perspective on Strategic Business Partnerships, a whitepaper featuring 15 top CPO's. |
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The Newest Effective Methods of Procurement Practices to Increase your Bottom Line
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| Realizing the importance of an optimal procurement system in collaboration with suppliers can help increase the reliability factor in your supply chain network. And learning about the newest trends in renegotiation tactics in this post-recession market can greatly improve your procurement spending. Hear how one company is effectively working with suppliers to achieve increased procurement performance. |
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Getting your Warehouse and DC Management Operationally Efficient
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| Companies today are exploring cutting-edge material handling practices promote operation efficiencies. By combining design planning from both the warehouse and DC side of the house, executives are finding not only does this affect the focus on material handling but also helps in onsite governance and effectiveness. |
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Strategically Positioning your Transportation Logistics Plan for the Impending Economic Recovery
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| We can all sit and guess exactly how and when the economic recovery will happen but preparing for it might better serve your transportation logistics scenario. Learn how evaluating your priorities before the recession hit can help you get a strategic edge to stay competitive. And what factors of 3PL should be re-assessed to optimize your transportation dollars. |
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The Transparent Inventory in the Cloud
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| A wide array of practices in the industry have created highly visible inventory management methods. These proven techniques not only decrease the delay in production but also create efficient time management in both the accounting and admin departments. But integrating these practices into the cloud with your clients can be a challenge to convince them. See how some companies have achieved the perfect union with clients and how they are using the cloud to their utmost benefit. |
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Highlights from past Conference Programs
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Setting Yourself Apart through Service Innovation
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| John Cameron, Executive Vice President, Operations - DHL Express USA |
In an industry, where the principal services are essentially commoditized, the approach to the customer and an ability to address and respond to higher customer needs becomes the true differentiator.
Mr. Cameron will share valuable insights and lessons learned about how and why DHL and other companies must differentiate themselves in a hyper-competitive marketplace through service innovation. He will articulate the important operational and cultural elements that companies must embrace and institutionalize in order for service innovation to become an authentic part of how companies position themselves for future growth. There are tangible ways that service innovation can be defined, measured, analyzed, improved and controlled. Without all of these elements working in tandem, companies may severely hinder growth prospects for the future.
Mr. Cameron’s 20-plus years of experience in leadership positions across the shipping and logistics industry enables him to educate you about the international aspects of service innovation and the challenges and opportunities of crossing borders successfully with this critical business differentiator. |
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A Business Ethics Lesson for Today's Business Leaders
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| Mark Whitacre |
Mark Whitacre is the subject of the upcoming Warner Brothers and Steven Soderbergh-directed feature film, "The Informant" starring Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, and the Discovery Channel TV-documentary, "Undercover" (Discovery Channel documentary to air March, 2009 and Matt Damon movie to be released September 18, 2009).
Mark Whitacre is an Ivy League Ph.D. and was the highest-level executive of a Fortune 500 company to become a whistleblower in US history. After blowing the whistle in 1992, Mark then worked undercover with the FBI for 3 years wearing a wire everyday in one of the largest price-fixing cases in history. Working undercover for such a long period of time took a tremendous psychological toll on Mark in the mid-1990s.
After his undercover tenure was completed, Mark went to federal prison for eight and a half years for a white-collar crime that occurred during his undercover tenure. What was remarkable, he was able to keep his marriage to his high school sweetheart and family completely intact. Furthermore, the FBI agents involved with Whitacre's case more recently (starting in 2008) touted Whitacre publicly as a "national hero" for his substantial assistance with one of the most important white-collar cases in history. And three FBI agents - along with a former federal prosecutor - involved with Mark's case have been lobbying for a Presidential Pardon for Mark.
His story is an important personal and business ethics lesson about "doing the right thing". But it is also a story of hope, family commitment, how to overcome extreme adversity, and a story of how redemption and second chances really do exist in America. After Mark's decade-long prison sentence was completed, he rejoined his loving family and was quickly hired as an executive back to his roots in the biotechnology industry. In less than two years, he was promoted to COO and President.
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Finding the Lowest Cost Transportation Solution in Real Time
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| Mr. Tony D'Onofrio, COO, Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. |
Leveraging state of the art financial tools and superior IT capabilities into the supply chain enterprise enabled Easton Bell Sports to get the best market rates in real time. This technology outperformed their best contract rates over 50% of the time which delivered unparalleled cost cutting while providing superior service. Additionally, it provided the company the ability to outsource their command and control centers and deliver a flawless execution mantra, thus creating an extraordinary value.
Learn how to seize marketplace opportunities, optimize loads and carriers, and cut costs by 80%
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It’s Your Ship
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| D. Michael Abrashoff, Former Navy Commander - USS Benfold |
The story of how the USS Benfold was transformed into the best ship in the Navy rekindles audiences with enthusiasm to make a difference at work.
More than that, people take away real tools they can put to use right away. Since the readiness of a ship is a matter of life and death in conflict situations, every crewmember’s contribution matters.
Mike Abrashoff’s It’s Your Ship philosophy empowered his crew to take charge and use ingenuity and initiative to improve every aspect of the way things were done – all in the interest of improving efficiency and readiness.
As Mike Abrashoff talks about creating successful change within the confines of a military operation – people begin to see the possibilities for transforming their own organizations. |
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Effective Methodologies for Leadership Development for Logistics and Supply Chain Executives
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| David Parsley, President & CEO of Centralized Supply Chain Services |
| David Parsley is President and CEO of the newly formed purchasing cooperative, Centralized Supply Chain Services, the exclusive buying agent for the Applebee's and IHOP systems. He will discuss his insights and experience on leadership development by presenting the 'Renaissance Manager' approach to developing strong supply chain teams and how to 'E's your way to Excellence' in leadership development. This approach is based on a philosophy of embracing continuous improvement where change is constant and is a 'good thing'. In this environment, people are paramount and it is important for a leader to provide not only the education, resources and 'space' they need to evolve and gain experience, but to encourage ingenuity and create a 'safe environment' to make errors and learn. Accountability, responsibility and authority are key aspects of the environment and are developed and enforced on the basis of strong ethics and empathy. |
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Reducing Your Greenhouse Gases
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| Mark Servidio, VP Logisitics and Environmental Supply Chain, Sharp Electronics |
| With the constant threat of environmental regulations possibly imposed upon the trucking industry, most Logistics executives are left fearing about the severity of the impact on costs and manpower for all supply chain parties involved. This case study will focus on the challenges and lessons learned at Sharp Electronics during the past 5 years as active participants in the Smartway Program established by the EPA and where we have found the most cost-effective methods to achieve benefits without compromising our business strategy. |
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Supply Chain Talent Acquisition, Development and Retention
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| Tom Mulherin, IBM Global Business Services - Industrial Sector, Supply Chain Mgt. |
Transforming procurement into a competitive advantage depends on winning the battle for talent and staff development. With the marketplace's shallow talent pool and internal financial constraints, it can not depend on hiring to fill all the gaps; you need to develop expertise among existing staff.
And, with today's economic and competitive pressure, organizations do not have time for traditional staff development approaches. The reoutfitting of procurement personnel needs to happen in months, not years.
- Think about how it boils down to people, process & technology with people still being our most important resource
- Be able to articulate the people development issues and why procurement people development is now crucial to enable procurement to add value
- Recognize the challenges in delivering people/capability development
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Purchasing At All Costs? Understanding Your Supplier’s Cost Structure
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| Patrick S. Woods, CPSM, C.P.M., CPIM, Founder - Supply Chain Education |
This presentation will explain the importance of understanding your supplier’s cost structure. It will also detail the elements that make up a supplier’s costs and provide practical examples of how understanding/improving costs benefited a Fortune 100 company and can also benefit and strengthen your company’s future in the competitive marketplace.
Simply eliciting three or more supplier proposals may allow you to pick the lowest of the quoted prices and give you an artificial feeling of security; “I am paying the lowest price since the other two or more sources were more expensive.” However, what if the lowest quote was $5.00 per unit but you should have paid no more than $2.50!
How would you know this? The answer lies in analyzing a supplier’s actual or anticipated cost structure. In this session:
- Appreciate the importance of going beyond price analysis and understanding your supplier’s cost structure
- Analyze and apply various cost elements in reviewing supplier pricing
- Utilize and apply practical tools such as Learning Curve Analysis
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A Value Added Approach to Leveraging RFID and GPS Technologies
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| Mr. Craig Casto, Global Leader - RFID, GPS and Auto ID, Dow Chemical Company |
| The Dow Chemical Company uses a comprehensive approach to deploying RFID and GPS technologies. Learn how the company created their overall strategy, and how they are leveraging these technologies to track various container types worldwide -- enhancing security and customer satisfaction while seamlessly reducing costs. This session will reveal both the benefits of Dow's technology and how the technology is changing work processes globally. |
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Social Networking for Improving Collaboration in the Supply Chain
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| Mr Paul Seaback, VP, Global Supply Chain, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation |
| Social networking (e.g., wikis, micro-blogging, etc.) has been called 'simply the most explosive outbreak in the information world since the Internet itself.' (Business Week, 2009) These new concepts and technologies are being leveraged in B2C & B2B Customer Relationship Management (CRM) processes to connect businesses more closely with their customers (e.g., monitoring customer complaints, generating sales leads, fielding information requests, sending shipping notifications, etc.). But the potential remains largely unrealized in facilitating Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) processes. With the increased prevalence of outsourced operations and strategic purchasing across the globe, the need to communicate and collaborate with supply chain partners is more critical to driving decision-making and successful outcomes |
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Going Green in Today’s Leading Supply Chains
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| Phil Berry – President - Sustainable Product Works, LLC - Former Director of Footwear Sustainability at Nike, Inc. |
Many companies are implementing changes in their businesses to be “greener” or “more sustainable.” Doing this work makes economic sense. An increasing number of businesses are finding that programs to reduce environmental impact can also reduce operating costs.
Leading business are even going further: using the concepts of sustainability to create better products, develop new markets and gain new customers.
For more than twenty-five years, Phil Berry has been helping businesses define environmental opportunities and create programs to turn those opportunities into competitive advantage. In this session, Phil will cover:
- Environmental and “sustainability” trends in business, supply chains and logistics
- Changing expectations of customers and society and what they mean for the future of business and supply chains
- What your business absolutely needs to be doing, how to know you are doing the right things and some of the potential pitfalls
- Models and opportunities for creating more sustainable sourcing and more effective supply chains – working with in your suppliers and customers – as well as your own operations
- Assessing your specific opportunities, choosing metrics for tracking progress and some examples of how companies are implement programs
- Specific case studies, and key learnings on reducing costs while also creating environmental benefit: energy, greenhouse gas emissions, waste and linking to LEAN Enterprise programs
- Game changing opportunities and examples of how leading companies are using sustainability concepts to gain competitive advantage and change markets
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Managing the Supply Chain Organization's Changes
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| F. Micheal Babineaux CPM, APP, President & CEO - Babineaux Educational Services and Training |
Managing stress is the secret to success in a changing world. Research indicates an increase in stress-related diseases as a result of work places saturated with excessive change and chronic tension. If you're feeling burnout, you may be a victim of stress. This condition adversely affects Logistics and Supply Management Leaders personally as well as professionally, but it need not be your undoing, if you manage the stress created by our changing world.
Everyone is, to a greater or lesser extent, likely to suffer the unwanted effects of too much pressure at work. But everyone has a personal best level of stress at which they can work and live most productively and enjoyably. Logistics and Supply Management Leaders without some stress are unlikely to be particularly effective. While a degree of stress is
generally good for all individuals, the problem is when stress levels are not recognized or are allowed to get out of control.
Stress can be simply defined as a response made by people to demands placed on them. Everyone needs a certain amount of stress to remain healthy, alert and be productive - so not all stress is bad. It is when demands and pressures are prolonged or excessive that individuals find their ability to cope challenged. This creates a vulnerability that can manifest itself in a range of ill-health effects for the individual and can have negative consequences on the effectiveness of Logistics and Supply Management departments.
As in many organizations, Logistics and Supply Management Leaders face factors such as change, insecurity, increasingly demanding targets and resource constraints which can be stressful for individuals. The challenge for all of us is to ensure that individual and organizational responses to these factors recognize and attempt to alleviate their potentially
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Empowering Payables in the Logistic Industry to strengthen your Supply Chain
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| Joerg Obermueller, VP, Financial Supply Chain, Deutsche Bank AG |
Global commerce and finance are in a tumultuous period. Consumers are cutting back on purchases, creating a ripple effect that is impacting logistics companies. The domino effect of the slowdown is impacting supply chains both upstream and downstream. Large buying organizations are challenged to improve working capital to drive liquidity and returns, while many suppliers are fighting just to stay in business. Supplier financing can help stabilize the supply chain by allowing buyers to improve working capital and suppliers to gain quick access to funds.
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Highway, Roads, Infrastructure & Fuel Conservation
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| Gregory B. Bostick - Vice President of Transportation - Pinnacle Foods Corporation |
With the US economy entering a recession, companies look for ways to reduce costs -- transportation is a prime opportunity. Transportation accounts for more 50 percent of an average company's logistics costs and these costs are rising for many companies. As we come out of a season with the shipper’s advantage, it appears the carriers foot hold could be strengthen due to low capacities and higher rates. This session will address some of your pressing questions and provide insight on how one company prepared and plan to whether the impending crisis.
- How to implement the right processes and technologies to achieve ongoing operational and financial success in transportation management
- Define Key Performance Indicators Upfront, Establish Baseline
- Determine aggregated spend across our network, current rates and volumes per lane, number of carriers used, and how much overlap (carriers and lanes) exist across your supply chain
- Provide Detailed Information and Expectations to Carriers
- Leverage External Benchmarking Data and Developing Honest Internal Metrics
- Streamline & Automate Freight Settlement Process
- Use of Business Intelligence and Analytics Tools at all function levels
- Costs on the transportation horizon…2009 and beyond
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Inventory Optimization
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| Mr. Ravi Vancheeswaran, Director, Global Planning , ON Semiconductor Corporation |
| ON Semiconductor will address how it reduced inventory and maintained excellent service levels despite shrinking average customer order lead times. In this session learn about the How ON Semiconductor gained greater awareness of customer ordering behavior, its inventory mix, and part classifications that drive other processes, How the semiconductor manufacturer can now differentiate service levels and supply chain strategy based on chosen segmentation, How ON Semiconductor can react to changing business conditions by segmenting and re-segmenting its customer and product portfolios in a matter of hours, How order lead times affect inventory targets. |
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Team Building: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing
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| Mr. Ted Raiman, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Reynolds Consumer Products |
While the activities of team management are not new, many of the tools used by team managers are. The more Organizational Development-oriented practitioners often use interview-based analysis and provide reportage and insights that team leaders and their management may use to adapt team practices for higher performance. Teams can also be developed through team building activities - which can also be used simply to build relationships where team members lack cohesion due to organizational structure or physical distance. Project managers may approach team management with a focus on structure, communications and standardized practices.
With the growing need to integrate the efforts of teams composed of members from different companies and geographies, organizations are increasingly turning to a new class of Internet software for team management. These tools combine planning and collaboration with features that provide a structure for team relationships and behaviors. In addition, there are tools that facilitate the forming of highly productive teams through analysis of personality and skills profiles. In this session learn about some of the best practices used to create a build a successful team.
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Power of Warehouse Analytics: Leverage your WMS Data to Improve Service, Lower Costs, and Make Better Strategic Decisions
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| Steve Banker Director of Supply Chain Management ARC Advisory Group |
Some companies have built their very businesses on their ability to collect, analyze, and act on data to make a range of core strategic decisions. What can we learn from those companies? How can Business Intelligence be used to make better tactical decisions in the warehouse?
How can that tactical data, in turn, be leveraged by the firm to make better strategic decisions? What capabilities do our people need in order to better leverage the increasing amounts of analytic data that now resides in Warehouse Management Systems and other related logistics applications? |
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Trends and Best Practices in Transportation Procurement
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| Mr. Adrian Gonzalez, Director, Logistics Executive Council, ARC Advisory Group |
| If you haven't conducted a transportation procurement engagement in the past year or two, you're probably missing out on cost savings. The downturn in the economy has led to excess trucking capacity in the market, which is benefiting shippers. Recent case studies show companies saving 25 percent or more off their annual transportation spend. This workshop will highlight best practices in conducting a transportation procurement engagement; the role of technology, consultants, and logistics service providers; and common mistakes to avoid to ensure your results are executable and sustainable. |
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Maximizing the Value of 3PL-Customer Relationships
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| Mr. Adrian Gonzalez, Director, Logistics Executive Council, ARC Advisory Group |
| In this discussion group participants will have the opportunity to explore ideas for how 3PLs and customers can break out of the rut they are in and achieve a higher level of sustained value. The moderator will lead a discussion revolving around performance-based outsourcing and gain-sharing as potential solutions. |
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