The SCOPE Spring Educational Program will include:

• 2 Keynote Addresses
• 12 Peer Led Plenary Presentations
• 10 Customer Led Case Studies
• 1 Meet the Analysts Round Table

PLUS

• Targeted one on one Research Meetings with Carefully Selected Leading Solution Providers

AND

• Unparalleled Peer Networking Opportunities with other high profile Executives over onsite Breakfasts, Lunches and Receptions, plus offsite evening at Ivy League Baseball Club at Wrigley Field to watch the Chicago Cubs take on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Confirmed Sessions include:

“How to Use a 3PL to Increase Your Company Performance”

• Reduce cost
• Increase on time performance
• Reduce carbon emission
• Increase profitability of the company

Scott Vrablick, Vice President Supply Chain, Rexam Plastics

"Sales Guy to Operator:  “Why You Should Trust My Forecast!”

• Key inputs and processes that the sales professional goes thru to develop a forecast
• Connecting the customer to the forecast process.
• Building internal respect for the quality of the sales forecast
• What supply chain & operations leaders owe to the sales professional

Steve Sigrist, Vice President Supply Chain and Sales Operation, Newell Rubbermaid

"Balancing Supply and Demand: Demand Pull Strategies Coupled with Statistical and Collaborative Forecasting Techniques Supported by the S&OP Team"

• Determining the appropriate planning techniques for different segments of your product portfolio
• Utilizing demand driven pull replenishment strategies in lieu of forecasting
• Obtaining support from your commercial organization to get the forecasting activity percolated through regional directors/managers
• Optimizing the tracking of collaboration and performance
• Implementing tools and processes in order to provide remote access to the system for your field force
• Harmonizing your metrics with your entire global enterprise

Matt Tichon, Head of Supply Chain, Clariant Corporation

"Contrasting Manufacturing in China with Southeast Asia:  Why Companies Should Consider Both Solutions"

• Changes in China and potential impacts to consider
• Servicing the Chinese and Southeast Asia customer
• Why India, why Malaysia?  Why these countries can be complementary to manufacturing in China
• Flextronics experience in Asia
  • What has worked, what has been a challenge
  • What we have learned
  • What we anticipate in the future

 Ronald Tarter, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Flextronics, Inc.

"Investing in Strategic Partnerships: A Recipe for Success"

.               Selecting the right relationships that require a strategic partnership

.               Understand the economics

.               Align the business objectives of both companies

.               Develop a contract that fosters innovation and collaboration

.               Implement a robust performance management system

David Burton, SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Nutrisystem 

Implementing Best Practices in Transportation Procurement

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• Best Practices in Transportation Procurement
• Optimizing Fuel Surcharge Structure to Reduce All-In Transportation Cost
• Managing Carrier Relationships Under Tightening Capacity

Tony Heldreth, Vice President Corporate Procurement & Logistics, JMC Steel Group co-presented with Mike Eaton, Principal, Transportation, Chainalytics

“Minimizing Corporate Risk Through Effective Supply Chain Management”

What does the unpredictable nature of the macro economic environment; Internet fueled competition, and the devastating impact of brand damaging quality events have in common?  All are classes of risk that have the real potential of striping a company’s profitability and damaging shareholder wealth at enterprise levels.  Effective supply chain risk assessment techniques and proactive risk mitigation will be in the next 15 years what S&OP and variation reduction were to supply chain leadership over the last 20.  They will be the successful battleground of the winning supply chains.  In this presentation we will investigate how these factors are coming to the forefront and how successful companies are navigating the challenge.

Scott Mason, EVP Global Supply Chain, Stepan Company

“Warehouse Automation-Lessons Learned from Inception Through Implementation “

• System requirements
• System design
• Preparation
• Time Period
• Inventory Accuracy
• Manpower and Personnel
• Continuous Operations

Tom Black, Director of Operations and Corporate Procurement, Vanguard Industries co-presented Mike Yezzi, Managing Partner, ScottTech Integrated Solutions

“Why do you want a Warehouse Management System?”

This presentation will share the experience of IRLY Distributors Ltd. in Vancouver Canada.  They decided to purchase and implement a Warehouse Management System with Pathguide Latitude and Intermec in 2008.  The implementation took place in 6 months in 2009 with a further implementation in 2010.  Join this highly interactive session with plenty of room for questions and transparency around the wins and challenges involved!

• How do you decide what to buy?
• Who should be involved?
• How much time should it take?
• What should it cost?  Why would we make an investment like this when the economy is in a slump?
• Who will benefit?

Susan Robinson, President, IRLY Distributor co-presented with Intermec

“Analyzing Data on the Fly - Considerations for On-boarding your Team”

• Select a tool that is easy to install and use for everyone
• Start small, focusing on specific business needs
• Introduce filtering and drilling to consumers of the data – filter on the fly to get exactly what you need
• How to think in dashboards rather than worksheet

Ronald Nyegard, Director of Operations Systems Development, STERIS Isomedix Services co-presented with Tableau Software

What Operationally-savvy CFOs know about the Supply Chain

Operationally-savvy CFOs know the greatest risk to your business is inventory. High-volume, seasonal businesses, such as Haggar Clothing, must synchronize inventory investments and customer service to find the sweet spot that maximizes revenue and minimizes costs. The ability to accurately plan for demand and execute across the supply chain from sourcing to production to distribution has set forward-thinking companies ahead of the pack. Hear how Haggar Clothing is managing its business with more certainty, greater visibility and better control by leveraging Logility Voyager Solutions to:

• Improve forecasting and demand planning
• Optimize inventory investments in both financial and volumetric measures
• Streamline replenishment and improving customer service
• Free up working capital
• Formalize sales & operations planning

Jean Nelson, CFO and Vice President, Supply Chain, Haggar Clothing co-presented with Karin Bursa, Vice President Marketing, Logility

Spansion: Using S&OP Solutions to Forecast in a Flash

• Technology-enable a better process
• Automate a single view from hundreds of spreadsheets; cut planning time 400%
• Power “what-if” scenario testing for real-time decision making; Improve forecast accuracy 40%
• Create a collaborative, repeatable and streamlined workflow to drive more integrated, agile enterprise
• Ensure that demand and supply data information is available across the global enterprise

Pete Pichette, VP of Business Operations , Spansion co-presented with Steelwedge

“Supplier Collaboration on the Cloud”

• Learn how a company that ships 600,000 orders per day, changes it's product line up every 2 weeks and launches almost 40,000 items per year keeps aligned with its supply base
• In a highly complex, high velocity supply chain, synchronization with suppliers is essential
• Leveraging a cloud based collaboration approach, Avon is benefitting from a rapid deployment to almost all of its key materials suppliers
• As the benefits become apparent, Avon is now extending this platform to tightly integrate contract manufacturers

Neil Hampshire, VP IT, Global Business Units & Business Support Functions, Avon Products, Inc.

"Are You Ready for the Fourth Quarter?"

This presentation will share the story of an international 3PL company that purchased and implemented an S&OP solution to 1) obtain client demand forecasts, 2) associate demand to capacity centers in manufacturing, packaging, and distribution, and 3) successfully balance production capacity with cross-client retail demand in the fourth quarter of 2011.

• Selecting a Sales and Operations Planning system that meets your needs
• Implementing an optimal business solution that balances forecasted capacity and demand
• Achieving unprecedented collaboration across competitors in the supply chain

Michael Woore, Former Program Director, IT Services, Technicolor co-presented with Pelyco

We will also shortly announce the Titles and Abstracts for the Peer Led Plenary Presentations from the following Confirmed Speakers:

Robert Gifford, EVP Global Logistics, Ingram Micro

Roddy Martin, SVP Global Supply, CCI.

We will update the site as we continue to confirm and received details of additional Presentations.  If you are interested in speaking please contact Marin Silvers @ msilvers@quartzevents.com or (310) 706-4150