Wednesday, May 9th
Grocery / Foodservice / Convenience Industries Roundtable Discussion
Tim Hammons, former President and CEO - FMI
10:30am-12:00pm
A moderator will open this session with some key trends impacting the various businesses and walk the participants through an open discussion on how these topics are affecting their businesses, and lead the roundtable participants through questions and answers on how they can address these trends.
Food and Beverage Industry Roundtable Discussion
Michael Farlekas, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Food and Beverage - RedPrairie
10:30am-12:00pm
As a Supply Chain Executive in the food and beverage Industry, you must service a fast-paced, complex global market that challenges you with growing customer-specific and regulatory requirements -- and all at the lowest possible cost. Join professionals from this industry in a rich and interactive discussion focused on sharing requirements in Warehouse, Workforce and Transportation Management disciplines. This is an excellent opportunity to network with peers and gain insight to product innovations in food and beverage.
CPG and Life Sciences Industries Roundtable Discussion
Joe Olson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CPG - RedPrairie
10:30am-12:00pm
Supply chain professionals in the CPG and Life Sciences Industries must serve a fast-paced, complex global market that challenges them with increasing demands. Join your peers from the CPG industry in this interactive discussion focused on sharing best practices, industry trends, and industry benchmarking. This is an excellent opportunity to connect, or reconnect, with peers and share knowledge within the CPG Industry.
Building a Platform for Supply Chain Collaboration
Bob Heaney, Senior Research Analyst Supply Chain Management - Abderdeen Group (moderator)
Steeve Proulx, Director IT - Stanley Black & Decker
Del Duquette, Manager IT - Diamond Comic Distributors
Tim Fullick, Director, National Operations - Brother International
10:30am-12:00pm
Join us to learn how your peers in the Discrete Industry have successfully leveraged RedPrairie Solutions to drive productivity through their business and build a more collaborative supply chain. A panel of Supply Chain Leaders will share best practices and key lessons learned via their journeys as they transform their supply chains to be more collaborative and to operate at new levels of efficiency. Some questions we will answer along the way: Who should you collaborate with and why? What are barriers to collaboration? How “secure” is collaboration? What role does visibility play? Where to start?
Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to network with peers and gain insight into collaborative opportunities to help drive supply chain growth and keep Commerce in Motion.
Retail / Commerce Industries Roundtable Discussion
Paula Rosenblum, Managing Partner - Retail Systems Research (RSR) (moderator)
10:30am-12:00pm
As a Retail Executive, what are the challenges keeping you up at night. Join your peers and Industry Experts to discuss your challenges and share how these have been tackled across Retail Enterprises.
