Sunday

1:00-5:00pm

Optional Round of Golf Arroyo Golf Club

6:00- 8:00pm

Welcome Cocktail Reception and Registration, Veranda Room

 Monday

7:30- 9:00am

Buffet Breakfast, Summerlin Ballroom

8:00- 8:50am

Keynote Address, Panel Discussion, Summerlin Ballroom.  

“What Drives a Winning Supply Chain in Today’s Economic Climate?”  

This panel discussion analyzes key trends and best practices from organizations on the 2010 AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25. We hear the first hand perspectives from supply chain leaders within these organizations on what their priorities were and what measures were taken to reach their goals. We explore two key themes that emerged from the group: a re-examination of the benefits of vertical integration and increasing advances in the realm of sustainability. We then establish what recommendations can be drawn from these insights and how they might apply to your supply chain. 

Panelists Include: Mark Vollrath, Worldwide Director of Strategy Systems, Global Supply Chain, Colgate-Palmolive;  Jim Matthews, Senior Director of Business and IT Solutions Group, RIM; John Jarvis, CIO - Integrated Supply Chain Planning Lead, PepsiCo; Swati Saran, Director, Customer Value Chain Management, Cisco; Simon Jacobson, Research Director, AMR Research/Gartner 

Moderator: Roddy Martin, SVP Global Supply Chain, Competitive Capabilities International

9:00- 11:00am

Targeted Research Meetings in Main Exhibit Hall in Red Rock Ballroom 

This element of the event provides the most targeted and time efficient medium to research the latest technology and innovation from the industry's premier suppliers. We will customize an appointment schedule based on your unique profile of interests to connect you with industry leading suppliers best placed to deliver real competitive advantage to your organization. 

Appointments are in 25 minute windows and in each case you will be met by a senior level executive for a relaxed, open discussion on how their solutions may be put to work for your unique needs and requirements. 

11:00-12:00pm

“Implementing New Warehouse Management Solutions to Maximize Flexibility and Profit” 

The Avnet Global Solutions Center represents a significant contribution to Avnet’s North American revenue stream.  Learn how RedPrairie solutions for ERP integration, kitting, and data capture requirements resulted in Avnet’s ability to increase revenue and improve customer service.   Avnet’s global solution rollout including 3PL projects will also be highlighted. 

John McGowan, SVP Operations and Project Management, Avnet Logistics co-presented with RedPrairie

Presentation in breakout Room Veranda E

12:00-1:00pm

“Hands-On learning for SCM:  A collaboration between Target Corporation and University of Texas—Austin”

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) program at The University of Texas at Austin partnered with Target Corporation to develop a five week program that used Target’s supply chain as a template for learning key operations skills such as process analysis, statistical process control, queuing theory, and various inventory models.  Students visited Target facilities, multiple port operations in US and China, and several Target suppliers and distribution facilities in the Pearl River Delta region of China.

Dr. Michael Hasler, Associate Academic Director, Supply Chain Mngmt Center of Excellence, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin

Presentation in breakout room Charleston E

1:00- 2:00pm

Gourmet Lunch, Summerlin Ballroom, Birds of a feather Round Table Discussions

 Set over lunch, these informal sessions are designed to connect you directly with peers in the same industry and department as you for brainstorming, benchmarking and expanding your network of influential contacts in the industry. 

2:00- 3:00pm

“Slotting Optimization: A Warehouse Success Story Yields Big Gains for Company’s Retail Stores”

Slotting occurs every day in all types of warehouses – whether your facility is automated or manual, is case pick or unit pick, has high or low inventory turns, or high SKU turnover, all products need slotting.  Optimized slotting increases productivity, drives out operational costs, mitigates the risk of injuries and improves capacity utilization, in addition to satisfy other customer-specific objectives.  Attendees of this session will hear about specific real world examples of optimized product slotting and gain an understanding of the impact that a good slotting strategy can have on the warehouse.  Proper slotting can achieve benefits such as improved:

1. Productivity
2. Retail labor savings
3. Capital savings
4. Ergonomic benefits
5. On-going maintenance & more

Numerous goals and constraints must be balanced to achieve the results specific to the warehousing operation.  Our speakers walk attendees through a case study on grocery distributor, Smart & Final Stores, LLC, and unveil the big returns achieved after successful pursuit of an optimal slotting strategy.  Technology is the capstone to this session, which showcases the warehouse slotting results. 

Tom Paolucci, Director of Distribution and Karen Korytowski, Operations Manager, Smart & Final co-presented with Optricity

Presentation on breakout room Veranda E

3:00- 4:00pm

“Designing a Distribution Center for Multichannel Retailing”
 
Retail channels of distribution are being turned upside down in the Internet Age as Fortune 500 companies race to design and build distribution facilities for the multichannel retailing age we now live in.  These new facilities are in the first instance designed to use the same product inventory.  High-volume multichannel distribution facilities also present their own set of demands for economically fulfilling customer orders for both store fulfillment and Internet selling. This session explores alternatives in system design meeting for creating the right set of processes for business success in 21st century multichannel retailing. 

Jim Apple, Founding Member, The Progress Group co-presented with Reddwerks

Presentation in breakout room Charleston E

4:00- 6:00pm

Targeted Research Meetings in Main Exhibit Hall in Red Rock Ballroom 

This element of the event provides the most targeted and time efficient medium to research the latest technology and innovation from the industry's premier suppliers. We will customize an appointment schedule based on your unique profile of interests to connect you with industry leading suppliers best placed to deliver real competitive advantage to your organization. 

Appointments are in 25 minute windows and in each case you will be met by a senior level executive for a relaxed, open discussion on how their solutions may be put to work for your unique needs and requirements. 

6:00- 7:30pm

Networking Drinks Reception

7:30pm

Gala Dinner, Pavilion Ballroom

Tuesday

7:30- 9:00am

Buffet Breakfast, Summerlin Ballroom

8:00- 8:50am

Keynote Address, Panel Discussion, Summerlin Ballroom  

“Integrated Business Planning – Building Transparency of Insights directly into your Demand and Supply planning processes to Sense and Shape Responses In Real-Time...a cross industry view of how our customers are driving profitable demand fulfillment”

Learn how Oracle's Integrated Business Planning customers are able to:

• Align day-to-day sales forecasts and operations with strategic goalsa
• Leverage demand signals to sense actions in the market and evaluate the effectiveness of promotions executed to define promotion offerings in the future
• Evaluate how different scenarios / decisions affect your top and bottom line
• Sense and identify emerging problems and take actions aligned to your objectives
• Create more reliable revenue forecasts and commitments
• Correlate operational decisions with business outcomes

Panelists include: Kedar Kulkarni, Director Supply Chain Division, VTech Communications; Curtis Marshall, Director of IT, Sara Lee; John Gattorna, Author and Supply Chain “Thought Leader”

Moderator: Linda Peel, Value Chain Planning Solutions, Oracle

9:00- 10:00am

“American Apparel leverages transportation business intelligence to improve profitability” 

American Apparel, based out of Los Angeles, California, is a vertically integrated company, reining as the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States and boasting more than 260+ retail storefronts, as well as a significant e-commerce presence. 

The company’s expansion into retail was the fastest retail roll out in American history. In 2003 American Apparel opened company stores in Los Angeles, Montreal, and New York, and in 2008 the company had more than 200 stores worldwide. AmericanApparel.net, the company’s e-commerce sales hub, saw sales grow from $13.3 million in 2006 to roughly $40 million in 2009. 

With such substantial growth, American Apparel set out an initiative to better link freight to finance and find a comprehensive transportation business intelligence solution to make better, faster, driven decisions. 

Raz Schionning, Web Director, American Apparel  co-presented with Jonathan Shaver, IntraVex Logistics Information Services

Presentation on breakout room Charleston F

10:00- 11:00am

“Collaborative Distribution: the Next Major Advance in Supply Chain Management” 

Collaborative Distribution is a revolutionary new strategy that could cut distribution costs for CPG manufacturers and retailers by as much as 35%.  This session will explain how multiple manufacturers and retailers are working together to consolidate orders that ship together from the same warehouse on the same truck.  

Chris Kane, Chief Customer Strategy Officer, Kane Is Able

Presentation in breakout room Charleston E

11:00 – 12:00pm

The Best Case: How Distributors Transform Their Supply Chain and Achieve Excellence

To remain competitive and respond to business growth, distributors will overhaul entire distribution operations, from designing and moving to a new facility, to evaluating and implementing new systems and processes. In this must-hear session, Nature’s Best President & CEO Jim Beck and enVista’s CEO Jim Barnes detail how Nature’s Best transitioned its $250M business from a four-building, multi-touch mechanized operation into a LEAN, one-touch, right-touch, one building system – without missing disrupting its supply chain or losing a single customer. The 18-month project included: a Material Flow Analysis, Facility Design, WMS Selection & Implementation, Labor Management System, Labor Performance Standards and Slotting. As a result, Nature’s Best significantly reduced labor and inventory costs, improved cube utilization and inventory accuracy, improved visibility, eliminated the use of temp workers and improved on-time performance and delivery.  

Jim Beck, President and CEO, Nature’s Best co-presented with enVista

Presentation on breakout room Charleston E

12:10- 12:50pm

Closing Keynote Panel Discussion, Summerlin Ballroom

“Key Insights for the Conference”           

You can only be in one place at one time, and with so many excellent presentations running simultaneously there will be many useful sessions you will have missed. We take this opportunity to regroup at the close of the event and draw on the perspectives from a number of high profile attendees from different Tracks to summarize the key insights they took from sessions and networking at the event. This synopsis will round up key themes and winning strategies you can take back to your organization and is a session you won’t want to miss! 

Panelists Include: Jennifer Hughey, Vice President of Supply Chain, Home Care Products, Electrolux; Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Management Review; Roddy Martin, SVP Global SC, Competitive Capabilities International; Dr. John Gattorna, Author and Supply Chain “Thought Leader” 

Moderator: Nari Viswanathan, Vice President & Principal Analyst, Aberdeen Group

1:00pm

Prize Draw and Gourmet Lunch, Summerlin Ballroom

Stick around for your chance to be one of 20 lucky attendees to go home with a free ipad!