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Conference & Tutorials: Conference Details

Demand Planning & Forecasting: Best Practices Conference - Las Vegas, NV

Event Highlights

Unprecedented Offer! $695 (USD)
Regular Price
$1595 (USD)

This Conference will Teach You How to Preserve Cash in a Declining Economy

Optional Consumer Products & Retail Forecasting & Planning Forum

Plus feel confident that our speakers will be there to shake your hand as well as share knowledge. No webcam gimmicks, no pricing gimmicks either. No disappointment!

The Palms Hotel 4321 West Flamingo Road Las Vegas, Nevada
April 29, 30 & 1, 2009

Companies Presenting:
	Autobox	Bayer CropScience
	BoardwalkTech	Carharrt
	Demand Solutions	Hershey's
	Honeywell	J.E. Boyer Company Inc.
	Jostens	KPMG
	Litehouse Foods	Logitech
	Mercury Marine	Nestle
	Oliver Wight LLP	Phredtek Inc.
	Renfro	Timberland
	Tredegar	Ventura Foods
	Well's Dairy	Zappos

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[Companies Registered to Attend]

Wednesday, April 29 2009

02:00 - 05:30PM
CPG/Retail Forecasting & Planning Forum

05:00 - 07:00PM
Early Registration & Exhibiting Hours

Thursday, April 30 2009

08:30AM - 11:30AM
Workshop 1: Bayer Cropscience Introduces Improving Communications with CPFR

Head of Consumer Forecasting
Bayer CropScience

08:30AM - 11:30AM
Workshop 2: Organizing Data and Information for Successful S&OP

President
J.E. Boyer Company Inc.

08:31AM - 04:30PM
1-Day Hands-On Statistical Forecasting & Planning Tutorial

President
Phredtek Inc.

11:45AM - 12:15PM
LUNCH

12:30PM - 01:30PM
Keynote Address

Zappos

01:45 - 02:45PM
Getting Past the Plateau-the Next Step in Demand Planning

Global Director Sales Inventory and Operations Planning
Honeywell

01:45 - 02:45PM
Timberland’s Journey through Demand Planning / S&OP Evolution - Stage 1

Director of Planning
Timberland

03:15 - 04:15PM
Successfully Implementing Executive Demand Review – Hershey’s Journey & Others

Director
Hershey's
Principal
Oliver Wight Americas

03:15 - 04:15PM
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): The Carhartt Journey

Director of Planning
Carharrt

04:30 - 05:30PM
Forecasting & Planning round Robin Discussion

05:30 - 06:30PM
IBF Cocktail Reception

Friday, May 1 2009

08:30AM - 09:30AM
How Nestle Manages Customer Events to Enhance Business Results

Senior Demand Planner
Demand Planner
Nestle

08:30AM - 09:30AM
How Wal-Mart & Major Retailers Forecast Using POS and Retail Inventory Data

Forecast Manager
Renfro

09:45AM - 10:45AM
Demand Planning, Inventory Management & S&OP: The Axis for Success: Wells Dairy’s Experience

Collaboration Planning Manager
Well's Dairy

09:45AM - 10:45AM
How Tredegar Film Products Forecasts Products Based on Business Importance

Global Sales, Operations, and Inventory Planning Manager
Tredegar

11:00AM - 12:00PM
Optimizing Inventory Levels with Product Segmentation

Director of Logistics
Ventura Foods
Demand Solutions Northwest
Demand Solutions

11:00AM - 12:00PM
How Logitech Setup & Ran a Multi-Channel, Collaborative CPFR Process

Sr. Mgr., CPFR Program
Logitech
VP of Marketing
BoardwalkTech

12:00PM - 01:00PM
LUNCH

01:00 - 02:00PM
New Products and their Impact on the S&OP Process: Jostes’s Experience

Sr. Planning & Forecast Analyst
Jostens

01:00 - 02:00PM
Data Cleansing, a Case Study From Mercury Marine

Director of Business Intelligence
Mercury Marine
Sr. Vice-President
Autobox

02:00 - 03:00PM
The Demand Planning Process: Litehouse’s Challenges and Solutions

Director of IT
Litehouse Foods
Senior Solutions Consultant
CDC Software

02:00 - 03:00PM
Scaling S&OP. Can it Work in a Mid Sized Company?

Senior Manager
KPMG