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IBF's Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting Conference w/ FREE GOLF and Forecasting Tutorial
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Only $1499 USD when you register before February 22, 2013!
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For your Sales & MarketingTeam w/ paid registr*Solution providers and consultants not eligible.
IBF GOLF OUTING
Sunday, February 24th FREE w/ paid registration!
All Levels welcome!
SPECIAL BONUS: Ping Golf Factory Tour! (Contact IBF to be added to the Wait List.)
IBF members receive an additional $100 off!
Registration Includes:
Conference and Tutorial (optional), Breakfast & Lunch & Cocktail Reception.
Meet the Game Changers in Business Forecasting and Planning!
Special Business Forecasting & Planning Debate Forum
And much more!
Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas
6333 North Scottsdale Road

Scottsdale, Arizona
February 24, 25 & 26, 2013

Companies Presenting:
Avata Avnet
BASF Carter's/ Oshkosh
Chamberlain Group Combe Incorporated
Compco Industries, Inc. Digital Marketing Group
DuPont Elanco Animal Health/ Eli Lilly & Co.
Emerson Technologies Firmenich
Gartner, Inc. Integrated Business Planning Associates
J.E. Boyer Company Inc. Kellogg's
Lehigh University Merck & Co., Inc.
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Nestle
Ping Golf Pinnacle Foods Group
Seventh Generation Skullcandy
Suntech America Syncro Distribution, Inc.


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Sunday, February 24 2013
08:00AM - 01:00PM
IBF Golf Outing
09:00AM - 05:00PM
1-DAY Fundamentals of Demand Planning & Forecasting Tutorial


Robin Simon
Sr. Consultant
Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning, IBF
05:00 - 07:00PM
Early Conference Registration
Monday, February 25 2013
07:00AM - 08:00AM
Morning Refreshments, Registration & Visit with Exhibitors
08:00AM - 08:15AM
Welcome Address
08:15AM - 09:45AM
Business Forecasting & Planning Debate Forum

09:45AM - 10:45AM
How Carters Collaborates and Forecasts for Seasonal New Product Launches


Steve Tribou
VP of Sales Forecasting and Planning
Carter's/ Oshkosh
09:45AM - 10:45AM
The Power of Metrics in Achieving Supply Chain Excellence – A Firmenich Case Study


Stephen P. Crane
Director of S&OP North America
Firmenich
09:45AM - 10:45AM
Value Added: Understanding the Cost/ Benefit of Forecast Accuracy


Jonathon P. Karelse
President
Syncro Distribution, Inc.
10:45AM - 11:00AM
Morning Break | Visit with Exhibitors
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Leaving the Pier: Launching S&OP from the Ground Up


Mark C. d'Agostino
Director of Supply Chain Integration
Chamberlain Group
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Lean Forecasting & Planning: Prepare Forecasts Faster with a Better Allocation of Company Resources


John Gallucci
Senior Director of Planning
Pinnacle Foods Group
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Optimizing Your Collaborative Demand Planning Process


Geoff Fisher
Business Excellence Consultant
BASF
12:00PM - 12:45PM
Lunch
12:45PM - 01:00PM
Welcome Remarks from our Sponsor Kinaxis
Kinaxis
01:00 - 01:40PM
Keynote Presentation: 3 Axioms for Managing People


Michael Birch
VP Operations
Ping Golf
01:40 - 02:15PM
Afternoon Break | Visit with Exhibitors
02:15 - 03:15PM
Creating a Worldwide S&OP Model


Tracy Cherba
Supply Chain Global Leader - S&OP/OSSCE
Elanco Animal Health/ Eli Lilly & Co.
02:15 - 03:15PM
Managing Complex Demand Signals and Forecasting in a Highly Promoted Environment


Rick Davis
Vice President, Business Planning
Kellogg's
02:15 - 03:15PM
Next Gen S&OP: The New World of Profitability—Everybody Wins!


Gregory L. Schlegel
Adjunct Professor, Supply Chain Risk
Lehigh University
03:20 - 04:20PM
Monthly Business Planning at Nestle DSD: A Full Context Sport


Geoff Fisher
Director of Demand & Supply Planning
Nestle

Anthony Reese
Partner
Integrated Business Planning Associates
03:20 - 04:20PM
New Product Forecasting & Planning in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Space


Patrick Bower
Sr. Director, Corporate Planning & Customer Service Combe Incorporated
Combe Incorporated
03:20 - 04:20PM
Transforming Demand Planning in a Mature, Globally Diverse Industrial Manufacturing Business


James Roemke
Business Process Leader
Emerson Climate Technologies
04:30 - 05:30PM
Round Robin Roundtable Discussion

05:30 - 06:30PM
IBF Cocktail Reception

Tuesday, February 26 2013
07:00AM - 08:00AM
Morning Refreshments, Registration & Visit with Exhibitors
08:00AM - 09:00AM
Executing the Product Launch: Why Your Forecast is Critical Throughout the Process


Michael Birch
VP Operations
Ping Golf
08:00AM - 09:00AM
Integrating Sales, Marketing and the Economist in your Demand Plan


Michael Moore
Demand Workstream Program Manager
DuPont
08:00AM - 09:00AM
The New Normal - Dual Role Planners for Supply and Demand


Brad Sayers
Manager of Supply and Demand
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
08:01AM - 08:30AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: OM Partners
OM Partners USA
08:30AM - 09:00AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Oracle/Avata
Oracle
09:00AM - 09:30AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Chainalytics
Chainalytics
09:05AM - 10:05AM
Sales & Operations Planning at Compco Industries


Rick Fryda
President/CEO
Compco Industries, Inc.

John E. Boyer, Jr.
President
J.E. Boyer Company Inc.
09:05AM - 10:05AM
The Softer Side of Soft Forecasting: Lessons on New Product Forecasts and The People Who Use Them from Merck


Randy Wilp
Leader of Global Commercial Forecasting
Merck & Co., Inc.
09:05AM - 10:05AM
How to Make Your New Demand Planning Process a Home Run


Kevin Lambert
Director of Supply Chain
Suntech Americas
09:30AM - 10:00AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Kinaxis
Kinaxis
10:00AM - 10:20AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Infor
1Infor
10:05AM - 10:15AM
Morning Break | Visit with Exhibitors
10:15AM - 11:15AM
Leveraging the Capabilities of Your Demand Planning Application


Chuck Adams
Sr. Forecast Analyst
Seventh Generation

George Reeder
Sr. Supply Chain Consultant
Infor
10:15AM - 11:15AM
Demand Planning in a Dynamic High-Growth Consumer Electronics Business


Shannon DeRosa
Global Planning Manager
Skullcandy

Duane Hardacre
Managing Partner
Avata
10:15AM - 11:15AM
Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Can Transform Your Supply Chain


Douglas Kent
Global Vice President
Avnet
10:21AM - 10:40AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Logility
Logility
10:40AM - 11:00AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: John Galt Solutions
John Galt
11:00AM - 11:20AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Demand Works
Demand Works
11:15AM - 12:15PM
S&OP as the Forum for Key Business Decisions, Operational and Strategic


Marko Pukkila
Research Director, Supply Chain Research
Gartner, Inc.
11:15AM - 12:15PM
Managing Forecasting Through Market Changes & Supply Chain Turbulence


Gwendolyn Steinmetz
North American Business Manager - Ford Account
Illinois Tool Works - Global Fasteners

Kenneth Bassey
Founder & Chairman
Saphran Inc.
11:20AM - 11:40AM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Smart Software
Smart Software
11:40AM - 12:00PM
Software Demo/Company Overview: DemandCaster
CadentResources
12:00PM - 12:20PM
Software Demo/Company Overview: Arkieva
Arkieva
12:20PM - 12:30PM
Closing Remarks
12:20PM - 12:30PM
Software Demo/Company Overview: BoardwalkTech
BoardwalkTech
12:45PM - 03:00PM
Ping Golf Manufacturing Tour


 

 

 
















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