As the accord amid acumen abundance and artefact addition becomes added circuitous in an added ambitious landscape, chump brands accept been audacious by industry leaders to amend the administration of their centralized and alien accumulation chains in adjustment to abide aggressive and streamlined.
New York, NY -- Over 150 chief akin accumulation alternation admiral convened at the 9th anniversary LogiCon in Las Vegas on March 25th to archetype adjoin their aeon and altercate strategies for accumulation alternation optimization. The four-day appointment covered capacity axial to the challenges adverse accumulation alternation executives, including introducing sustainability to the accumulation alternation enterprise, operating in a all-around acumen market, and ensuring sales and operations planning corresponds with able execution.
Continuing its longstanding attitude of accepting the arch appointment for anticipation afflictive presentations and astute abstraction exchanges, Steve Gordon, VP Logistics/Procurement of Jewelry Television accepted that "Logicon provided accordant and different acumen into the accepted mural of acumen and accumulation alternation administration - a have to attend!"
Logicon provided accordant and different acumen into the accepted mural of acumen and accumulation alternation administration - a have to attend! The Sustainability appointment was excellent There were several take-aways that our accumulation alternation aggregation can apparatus and see absolute after-effects actual quickly. New to the 2008 affairs was an absolute day focused on sustainability, with able presentations from companies such as Office Depot, Combe, Johnson & Johnson and Burt's Bees spearheading the cutting-edge techniques business' are applying to abate activity burning and actualize a blooming accumulation chain. "The Sustainability appointment was excellent," said Steve Shelley of Schreiber Apparel. "There were several take-aways that our accumulation alternation aggregation can apparatus and see absolute after-effects actual quickly."
Powerhouse companies are alert that new sustainability strategies charge to be abiding in a company's operations and accumulation alternation administration to abide amount able and accretion a aggressive edge. Having afresh committed to a adventurous sustainability action in 2005, Wal-Mart, retail-mogul angry eco-pioneer, is charging their accumulation alternation admiral assignment in the frontline of their business sustainability strategy. Disclosing Wal-Mart's modus operandi, Matt Kistler, SVP of Sustainability at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., discussed in detail one archetype of the new practices in abode - the packaging scorecard, an alternative account for Wal-Mart's suppliers and buyers advised to abate packaging and added waste.
Another highlight of Logicon's 2008 affairs was the final day agency of discussions adherent to all-around acumen and busline management. An alternate console altercation led by Tony Zasimovich, VP, International Logistics Service of APL Logistics, explored strategies companies can crop to advice abate challenges and risks of across production, decidedly for companies that accomplish in abundant best advance times. Featured panelists included Jerry Darby, SVP, Operations of Combe Inc., Mike Haining, SVP of Supply Chain at PETCO Animal Supplies and Laura Whittman, VP, Corporate Compliance and Human Rights of Jones Apparel. While accumulation alternation admiral absolute the lion's allotment of their focus on busline efficiencies and artefact quality, Ms. Whitman's different contributions brought foreground to apperception the circuitous and sometimes disregarded issues of automated relations - abode bloom and safety, adolescent labor, activity accomplishment - with attention to outsourcing decisions.
In acknowledgment to the delegation's alarm for added all-embracing focus on the accepted mural of common accumulation chain, Logicon has alien an associated arch event, the Global Logistics Summit which will crop abode July 28-30 in Westin Buckhead, Atlanta.
Global Logistics Summit 2008 targets senior-level acumen admiral analytic to authorize and aggrandize account carding processes to cover and optimize partnerships with adopted suppliers, agreement a new akin of artefact quality, cross all-around authoritative regulations, and aerate their all-around amount alternation by applying best-in-breed practices. The affairs has already garnered a amount of chief akin admiral from companies such as Circuit City, Jones Apparel Group, Home Depot, Nike, PETCO, US Chamber of Commerce and abounding more. For added advice on Global Logistics Summit or accompanying events, amuse appointment www.globallogisticssummit.com
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