Webinar: Planning for Hurricane Disasters and other disruptions in the Supply Chain
In this webinar, you will learn the methods Associated Grocers of Florida uses to minimize the impact of Florida’s unpredictable weather and devastating hurricanes.
Mitch Herman, Logility Forecaster, Associated Grocers of Florida
Ron Burnette, Director, Business Consulting, Logility
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007, 1:00 pm EST
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Associated Grocers of Florida, formed in 1945, is a member-owned retail distribution center offering a complete line of services and products to Florida as well as over 41 countries. Until recently Associated Grocers had little in the way of forecasting tools. Moving forward, Associated Grocers is confident that it can now minimize the impact of Florida’s unpredictable weather and devastating hurricanes based on how it buys items based on factors that are not always predictable or permanent.
Key points to the webinar include:
-How to become more demand-driven
-How to reduce inventory costs and improve forecasting
-To change the mix of items that sell well before or after an unpredictable event
-The power of analyzing weekly exceptions to maintain forecast accuracy
-How to protect next year’s forecast from spikes or valleys
-How to use Inventory Build and Mass Maintenance capabilities to increase inventory prior to its actual expected time of need
About Mitch Herman
As Logility Forecaster at Associated Grocers of Florida, Mitch Herman oversees the implementation and operation of Logility Voyager Solutions as part of the company's comprehensive information technology upgrade initiative. He began working at Associated Grocers five years ago as a grocery buyer, and was promoted to the corporate brands manager.
Well-known for his problem solving skills and out of the box thinking, Mr. Herman has found several unique ways to manage items quickly change the forecast for unexpected events and add functionality by combining a variety of program functions in the short time that he has been working with Logility.
About Ron Burnette
Mr. Burnette brings more than 19 years of experience in the development, support and marketing of software solutions to improve and automate enterprise-wide operations, including financial, manufacturing and collaborative supply chain business processes. Mr. Burnette represents Logility on the Voluntary Inter-industry Commerce Standards Association (VICS) Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) deployment working group. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University, he began his career working on the shop floor as a master scheduler.
About Associated Grocers of Florida
Associated Grocers of Florida, formed in 1945, is a member-owned retail distribution center offering a complete line of services and products to Florida as well as over 41 countries. This privately-held wholesale distributor of dry, meat, frozen and dairy food products has over 1,300,000 square feet of distribution space across three distribution centers in Florida. Offering a line of more than 33,000 food products and shipping more than 100,000 cases of product a day, Associated Grocers is committed to helping its retailers thrive in today’s competitive marketplace.
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