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What you need to know in 2005
The best speakers from the 2004
CLM Conference in Philly
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Speakers at the 2005 CSCMP-NYC
seminar.
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The impact of offshoring on the global
supply chain.
 
David Simchi-Levi will discuss a new
approach to positioning inventory in the
supply chain to increase service levels
and reduce inventory liability costs.
The approach is based on identifying the
optimal location of the Push-Pull
boundary in the supply chain, taking
into account the entire network,
forecast and forecast error, average and
variability in transportation and
processing times as well supplier
characteristics.
David Simchi-Levi is a professor of
Engineering Systems at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. His research
currently focuses on developing and
implementing robust and efficient
techniques for manufacturing and supply
chains. He has published widely in
professional journals on both practical
and theoretical aspects of supply chain
management. He has been the principal
investigator for more than two million
dollars in funded academic research. He
is the Editor-in-Chief of Naval Research
Logistics and a member of the board for
several scientific journals.
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What you need to know about data in 05
Mr. Ross will discuss the current trends
and planned investments for companies to
address their "data currency exchange".
We will include the inputs of over 300
companies from across all major sectors
(from our annual study) and will address
example case studies.
Mr. Ross is a Senior Manager with
Capgemini and is the Logistics &
Fulfillment Solutions Sales Leader for
the Americas. He has recently managed
large-scale projects at both a global
pharmaceutical company and a global
retailer. He has been interviewed and
quoted in periodicals such as Supply
Chain Management Review, Inbound
Logistics, Transportation &
Distribution, and Logistics Management.
He has co-wrote the last three years of
the "Trends in Logistics & Fulfillment"
study with University of Tennessee and
Georgia Southern University. .He has
over 28 years of combined experience in
corporate SCM management and consulting.
He has presented at numerous conferences
including Council of Logistics
Management, WERC and Georgia Tech
Logistics Institute. He has held
management positions in distribution,
engineering, sales, and consulting
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What you need to know about your career in
2005.
 People
buy insurance to protect their most
valuable assets and keep them from
sustaining significant economic loss. As
you consider all the time you invest in
your personal and professional
activities, here is a simple question to
consider: How much of an asset is your
career, and what is the economic loss
you experience when you're out of work
and looking for a job? At this session,
we'll cover strategies to "purchase"
career insurance and protect one of your
most important assets: Your career. So
if you're interested in investing in
yourself - and let's face it, if you
won't invest in your career, who will,
take the time to develop important
strategies to build and sustain your
career.
Michael A. Regan is Chairman & CEO of
Tranzact Technologies, Inc., which
provides logistics decision support
technology and expertise that enables
companies to generate significant
savings through sound logistics
solutions.
He is extremely active and well known
within the logistics industry, serving
as Chairman of the American Society of
Transportation & Logistics, and as a
board member of The National Industrial
Transportation League and the National
Association of Small Shippers. He is
also very active in several key industry
organizations, including the CLM and the
Transportation Consumer Protection
Council.
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What you need to know about
Small
Package Carriers
Join Rick Collins from AFMS in one of
the most informative sessions on how to
negotiate, manage, and monitor your
company's carrier contracts. You will
learn how UPS, FedEx, DHL and others in
the industry negotiate and discount
their prices and services. Find out how
the carrier commissions structures work
and how that effects the negotiation
process. Finally, learn the behind the
scenes process and how to achieve
steeper discounts with the right
negotiation strategies. This session
exposes the hidden secrets of
negotiating carrier contracts - tips you
can take home with you and employ to cut
costs. These secrets come from the
people who used to be on the other side
of the table!
- This presentation exposes the
inside secrets of negotiating
contracts and will show you secrets
of negotiating contracts.
- Important contract verbiage and
negotiation strategies that work
- How to collect and analyze the
right shipping data.
- The carriers discounting
policies and commission structures
and how they effect the negotiation
process.
- Learn how to benchmark and
monitor your contracts once they are
implemented.
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