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Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting: Best Practices Conference w/ Optional New Products Forum
Event Highlights
BRING A COLLEAGUE AT HALF PRICE & FREE GOLF:
When You Register Before
October 13, 2008 - EXTENDED
Learn how to Forecast & Plan with big box retailers such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target.
Learn how to perform a S&OP Gap Analysis including what data is required
Learn when to stop pursuing lower forecast error and prevent wasting resources
Learn how to get Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) started at your company
Learn how to prepare forecasts for New Products & what KPI’s to use
Learn how to calculate optimal safety stock levels with Forecasts
And Much More!
Disney's Contemporary Resort
4600 North World Drive

Orlando, Florida
October 19, 20, 21 & 22, 2008

Companies Presenting:
A. T. Kearney Amgen
Aspreva Pharmaceutical Corporation Autobox
Avnet Axon Americas
BASF Corporation Bayer CropScience
Bearingpoint Canadian National Defence Dept.
Covidien Eli Lilly
Emery Waterhouse Fiserv Corporation
Fujitsu North America GlaxoSmithKlein
Hollister Jarden Conumer Solutions
John Galt KMG Electronic Chemicals, Inc.
Logility Method Home
Oliver Wight Americas On-Point Group
Phredtek Inc. Quality Bicycle Products
Roche Diagnostics, US RockySoft
SAS Sylvania
Trojan Battery Tupperware
Walt Disney World World Kitchen, LLC
Hotel Information Travel Information City Information Press Information
Event Sponsors
14logility John Galt
Smart Software

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[Companies Registered to Attend]

Sunday, October 19 2008
08:00AM - 12:00PM
IBF Golf Outing
05:00 - 07:00PM
Early Registration/ Exhibiting Hours
Monday, October 20 2008
08:30AM - 04:30PM
1-Day Hands-On Statistical Forecasting Tutorial

President Phredtek Inc.
08:31AM - 00:30AM
An Introduction to Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR®)

Head of Consumer Forecasting Bayer CropScience
Sr. Planner, Contract Manufacturing GlaxoSmithKlein
08:31AM - 00:30AM
The S&OP Process Your President Wants

Principal Oliver Wight Americas
08:31AM - 00:30AM
The Demand Management Game—An Interactive Board Game on How to Match Supply with your Demand and Improve Business Performance

Managing Principal On-Point Group
Principal On-Point Group
12:00PM - 01:45PM
Lunch
12:45PM - 01:45PM
Keynote Address: Forecasting Perspective: When your Position Changes from a Preparer to User of Forecasts

Executive Director – New Products Marketing Amgen
01:45 - 02:45PM
How to Implement and Sustain a Demand Planning Process

Business Process Education Manager BASF Corporation
01:45 - 02:45PM
How Industry Segmentation Impacts Forecasting & Planning in the High-Tech Sector: An Avnet Experience

Director Supply Chain Services Avnet
01:45 - 02:45PM
Speaking The Big Box Retailers’ Language: How to Forecast with a Major Retailer

Demand Planner Hollister
01:45 - 02:45PM
Pharmaceutical / Healthcare Rountable

03:15 - 04:15PM
Safety Stock—Everybody Wants to Use It But Nobody Wants to Own It

Associate Supply Chain Consultant Eli Lilly
Senior Demand Management Coordinator Eli Lilly
03:15 - 04:15PM
Moving from ROP to a Time Phased / Statistical Forecasting Method: Quality Bicycle Products Story

Supply Chain Manager Quality Bicycle Products
03:15 - 04:15PM
How to Succeed With A Bottoms-Up Consensus Forecasting Process

Sr. Manager, Demand Planning and Replenishment World Kitchen, LLC
Demand Planning Manager World Kitchen, LLC
03:15 - 04:15PM
Technology Rountable
04:30 - 05:30PM
New Product Forecasts: Development, Trends & Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

New Product Development Logistics Manager Covidien
04:30 - 05:30PM
Cash Forecasting: ATM’s, Branches, & Vaults

Director of Business Strategy & Decision Science Fiserv Corporation
04:30 - 05:30PM
Overall Product Forecast from Individual Demand Zones—Fundamental to Improving Forecast Accuracy

Statistics ResearchManager, Revenue and ProfitManagement Walt Disney World
Sr. Statistics Research Analyst, Revenue and Profit Management Walt Disney World
Project Manager, Revenue and Profit Management Walt Disney World
04:30 - 05:30PM
Consumer Products/ F&B/ Retail Roundtable
Tuesday, October 21 2008
08:30AM - 09:30AM
Worst Practices in Business Forecasting

Product Marketing Manager SAS
08:30AM - 09:30AM
DRP Innovations at Emery Waterhouse—Lowering Cost While Improving Fill Rates

VP of Supply Chain Emery Waterhouse
VP of Business Development RockySoft
08:30AM - 09:30AM
Forecasting Foreign Currency Exposure in the Canadian Department of National Defence

Ph.D. Defense Scientist Canadian National Defence Dept.
President Autobox
09:45AM - 10:45AM
Data Mining in Forecasting

Senior Consultant IBF
09:45AM - 10:45AM
Forecasting Through the Product Life Cycle

B.Sc., Director, Strategic Business Analytics Aspreva Pharmaceutical Corporation
09:45AM - 10:45AM
The S&OP Assessment: A Practical Discussion on Key Components to Make S&OP a Success Within Your Company

Global Supply Chain Manager KMG Electronic Chemicals, Inc.
11:15AM - 12:15PM
KPIs & Forecasting for a Direct Selling Organization

Manager of Forecasting and Inventory Management Tupperware
11:15AM - 12:15PM
Cooking Up an Exceptional Global Demand Planning & Forecasting Process: Jarden Consumer Solutions Story

Senior Director Forecasting Jarden Conumer Solutions
Account Executive Logility
11:15AM - 12:15PM
The Evolution of A Successful Forecasting & Planning Process: Method Home’s Journey

Demand Planning Manager Method Home
Vice President of Sales and Service John Galt
12:15PM - 01:15PM
Lunch
01:45 - 02:45PM
S&OP as a Supply Chain Differentiator

Consultant Bearingpoint
01:45 - 02:45PM
The Socket Model: An Innovative Forecasting & Planning Approach to Disruptive Technological Change

Manager of Market Analysis Sylvania
01:45 - 02:45PM
Proving Your Forecasting Departments Worth: Is it Adding Value?

Forecasting Principal Roche Diagnostics, US
03:00 - 04:00PM
The Forecast Efficiency Frontier

Partner A. T. Kearney
Senior Manager A. T. Kearney
03:00 - 04:00PM
How Forecasting Can Improve Your Supply Chain Management (SCM) Strategy

Project Manager Fujitsu North America
03:00 - 04:00PM
Managing the Trade Offs Between Service Level and Stocking Level to Optimize Inventory Levels

Director Supply Chain Trojan Battery
Senior Manager Axon Americas
Wednesday, October 22 2008
08:30AM - 12:30PM
New Products Forecasting & Planning Forum


 

 

 
















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