Gain the Insight You Need to Make Your IT Strategy a Core Business Driver & Competitive Differentiator

As the Logistics CIO & Supply Chain Technology Forum enters its 13th year we are back bigger and better than ever before!  This is THE place to be to meet over 100 CIOs & VPs of IT from top transport and logistics companies.  Join them to tackle the top issues facing your company & your competitors, and ensure you have the latest competitive insight to craft your IT strategy.

Get the most from your IT budget
Learn what technologies you should be investing in over the next 12 months to guarantee IT ROI.  Listen to case studies that show how to streamline your decision making process.  As the CIO you need to know how to maximize your IT spend and achieve undeniable ROI fast.  Get the latest case studies and top tips from the leaders in your industry.

Dispel that cloud confusion! 
It is 5 years since the ‘birth’ of cloud computing and that air of mystery still remains.  Hear from the top experts with real success stories to discover exactly WHAT the cloud is, WHY you need it and HOW it can improve your operations.•How to align IT strategy and business goals – Compare across your competitors how leading CIOs gain top-level project approval, and how to seamlessly align business and IT goals

Boost your CIO Profile
Find out how you can put the IT department on the boardroom map and pick the brains of the industry to discover how to source the best transport and logistics IT talent.

Don’t miss these crucial discussions. Register now for your Complimentary Pass & Hotel Room – available for CIOS, VPs of IT and senior IT decision-makers from transportation & logistics companies.

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The Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum is the most elite gathering of the Heads of North America’s Best-in-Class supply chains. Nowhere else will you find a greater concentration of top executives sharing strategies and engaging in board-level discussion and debate.

If your role depends on knowing the key supply chain management strategies of the industry leaders, and meeting and developing relationships with the executives who lead those supply chains, then you cannot afford to miss this event!

Join the highest level, most cutting edge forum for the industry executives who are driving their organizations and their careers towards a new era of innovation and success.  See speakers, agendas & who attends on www.CSCOforum.com

Click here for the Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum agenda

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 Supply Chain Middle East Strategy Summit
Date: 7th and 8th February 2012
Location: Dusit Thani, Dubai
Organiser: Fleming Gulf Conferences

Post the hit from the recession, companies across the globe are trying to get back on their feet and streamline and strengthen their Supply Chain. This is that time for them when the right strategic moves can not only improve their supply chain functions but also steer them to become market leaders.

To withstand competition in the global market while enhancing profitability, adaptive and secure supply chain networks need to be built. Supply Chains which are transparent and flexible enough to brace market dynamism, political unrest as well as natural disasters. The Middle East is well positioned in many ways, beginning from their geographical name – they are smack in the middle of the world, which is where buoyant economic activity exists. Given these inherent advantages, the industries here can evolve to play a pivotal role in international trade per se, making them a fulcrum of all supply chain strategy and execution.

In this Conference the whole focus would be on Supply Chain Strategies for the Middle East. Case studies, panel discussions and networking opportunities with experts and industry leaders will give the delegates a platform to interact, learn and collect business intelligence and strategic insight. The Supply Chain Middle East Strategy Summit has the SUPER SIX SESSIONS which provide an holistic purview on Supply Chain Management.

Key themes:
Identifying Solutions for Middle East companies: Core Competency of Supply Chain Management
Supply chain innovations in the post recession era.
Meeting the Talent Development Challenges for Supply Chain Management
Developing the Middle East to be a Top Choice for all Supply Chain Directors
Exclusive Leaders Panel and CIO Interactive Sessions

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 Advanced Forum on Supply Chain Security
Date: Monday, January 30 to Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Location: Le Méridien Hotel, Brussels
Organiser: C5

With organised crime on the rise and terrorist activities a constant threat, having a secure and impenetrable supply chain is essential to a company’s continued success. The cost of goods lost during transportation is estimated at € billions per year, with manufacturers suffering losses amounting to approximately five times the value of those goods damaged or stolen.

Organised crime is becoming increasingly inventive with criminals continuously developing new techniques to gain access to goods in transit, leaving freight across all industries vulnerable to attacks. To avoid being a target for theft, it is essential that companies keep up-to-date on the latest trends on freight security risks and know the latest strategies for protecting goods while they are in transit, be it by truck, sea, air or rail freight.

The need for tighter security while goods are in transit has been demonstrated by countries across the globe adopting programmes such as the Authorised Economic Operate (AEO) and providing benefits to companies that can demonstrate that they have taken the necessary measures to prevent their goods getting into the wrong hands. 

In order to help you maintain and safe and secure supply chain, C5 has developed The Advanced Forum on Supply Chain Security. This event is designed as an in-depth, practical course on how to overcome the everyday challenges of keeping your supply chain secure, including assessing risks to your supply chain, identifying and avoiding known dangerous routes and working with freight forwarders to ensure that your goods are safe once they are outside of your physical control.

Key Topics Include:
•Best practices for assessing and mitigating risks along the supply chain
•Strategies for avoiding hijackings while your goods are transported via truck
•How to make the most of your resources by aligning audit procedures for AEO, C-TPAT, Know-Consigner and Simplified Customs Procedure certifications
•Best practices for updating and maintaining your supply chain security compliance programme in order to minimise risks throughout your supply chain
•Choosing the best inland ports for your freight to be dock in: key factors to consider
•How to overcome the challenges of moving goods across borders: assessing where the greatest risks are and how to avoid them
•Strategies for ensuring on-site security throughout the year

Three Easy Ways to Register:
1.    EMAIL your details to registration@c5-online.com
2.    PHONE our registration hotline on +44 20 7878 6888
3.    FAX your details to +44 20 7878 6885

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Business Improvement specialist, Oliver Wight EAME, is hosting an interactive webinar on supply chain benchmarking for senior executives of manufacturing, distribution, service and government organisations on 31st October 2011 at 2:15pm (BST).  Delegates will learn how benchmarking can help them to provide best-in-class service, whilst reducing supply chain costs by 50% or more.

This free-to-attend interactive webinar will last one hour and is suitable for organisations of all sizes, including those with matrix structures and multiple supply chains. It will be led by Oliver Wight associates Liam Harrington and Flavio Pietrocola and will help attendees to understand how benchmarking supply chain performance can identify performance gaps, reveal financial scope of the gains that can be made, and provide a detailed roadmap for improvements.

Harrington believes supply chain benchmarking is now a more important issue than ever before. “With continued uncertainty in the worldwide economy, it is vital you know where your business stands,” he says.  “Ignorance is not bliss; in fact it’s a very dangerous business practice.  If your competitor’s supply chain is delivering better service than yours, you’ll find out eventually but if you don’t take the initiative, it might be the hard way.“

Liam Harrington has over 40 years experience helping a wide range of companies, in a variety of industry sectors, to improve their supply chain performance and achieve business excellence.  Flavio Pietrocola has worked with organisations all over Europe and has an in-depth knowledge of project management, finance, HR and supply chain management.

To register for the webinar visit http://www.wtgwebinar.com or call Oliver Wight on 01452 397 209.

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Oliver Wight EAME is holding an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) seminar on 10 November 2011 at Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxfordshire.  The one-day event is designed to provide an introduction to IBP for senior executives and middle managers in manufacturing and service organisations.

The seminar, which will be led by Oliver Wight associates Paul Archer and Dave Manning, is suitable if you are implementing an IBP process for the first time or transitioning to IBP from S&OP.  The event will include a presentation from Oliver Wight client, Ian Furlong, Head of Corporate Branch at Humberside Police on the success IBP has brought his organisation, plus an interactive panel discussion.  In addition to learning more about IBP and its benefits, delegates will also receive practical advice on implementing IBP within their own organisation.

“With the continued uncertain economic environment, it is more important than ever to have control of your business, and IBP can help you do that,” says Dave Manning.  “It integrates business processes and aligns people behind the business plan so it can be executed in a cohesive and effective manner, which means it can help you increase revenues, improve profitability and reduce inventory.  In fact Oliver Wight clients report profitability gains of 15 per cent or more as a result of IBP. The leadership team also get a realistic view of where their business is, ensuring early focus on any potential gaps in business performance, so they can predict and respond positively to changing conditions, in plenty of time.”

S&OP was originated by Oliver Wight more than thirty years ago.  Today, at the leading edge of management thinking and practice, the Oliver Wight IBP model extends the concepts established by S&OP to all aspects of company planning and execution; from the boardroom to operational levels.  It links diverse processes – in the extended supply chain, product and customer portfolios, customer demand and strategic planning – into one seamless management process.

To register for the event click here or for more information call Oliver Wight on 01452 397 209.

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Attend this session to learn how JDA can enrich your assortment management process though the use of:
-Product, location and customer attributes within Merchandise
-Financial planning to build customer centric merchandise targets
-Intelligent store clustering accounting for customer preferences
-Time Phased assortment plans that enable localised assortments
-Advanced allocation techniques that cater for store specific demand

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Oliver Wight and JDA invite you to join our interactive advanced S&OP workshop:

Date: 11:00 – 15:00, 25 October 2011
Location: JDA FocusConnect conference, Sofitel London Heathrow, United Kingdom

The difference between successful organisations and the rest is their ability to respond to changing conditions. At this workshop, you will learn how Integrated Business Planning (Advanced S&OP) will make sure your organisation is prepared for the future, whatever lies ahead:

• Transition S&OP into a rolling business management process
• Stay ahead of demand – and the competition
• Enable business scenario modelling
• Establish the optimum plan for your business
• Provide full financial appraisal of rolling business plans
• Leverage technology to enable mature S&OP process

This workshop will enable an interactive exploration of best practice, providing the opportunity to explore common shortcomings; set appropriate ambition through role-play to demonstrate the potential of IBP and enable gap analysis. Find out more on http://bit.ly/na34RF

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This upcoming two-day corporate event is the 3rd annual edition in this successful series of seminars. The main theme of this years edition is on “Effective Management in a time of Crisis” and how large companies and organisations are aligning and implementing their SCRM strategies with the overall organisational goals, not only to remain competitive but to strive in a time of economic instability. These challenges are still evident throughout all sectors and becomes increasingly so as we move through these uncertain times.

Topics include:
This international benchmarking event brings together several thought leaders in the Supply Chain & Risk Management spheres to assist you to derive maximum benefit from this unique interactive seminar.

• SC Risk Management: Sensing and Responding
• Supply Chain Risk Mgmt – Deliver the Markets most Resilient Supply Chain
• Reducing the risk in a supplier relationship by a business check up.
• An ERM Model in Telecom Business.
• Behavioral decision making as an enabler or impediment of effective risk management.
• Susatainability and Business Performance: A Risk Averse Collaboration
• The role of supply chain risk management in global competitiveness
• Supply Chain Transparency to Manage the SC Risks
• How to used VMI(Vendor Management Inventory) as a valid risk mitigation strategy?
• Modeling the economic value of effective supply chain risk management.
• Supply Chain Collaboration to Enhance Performance
• How a proactive partnership between Shipper & LSP can mitigate the risk for both Parties!

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LogiCon 2012 is uniquely positioned as Europe’s leading FMCG and retail supply chain conference

Attend and hear from over 35 world-leading supply chain directors giving you a multi-faceted perspective into the latest industry issues, trends and progress. Bigger and better than ever before, LogiCon is THE place where the future of the supply chain is shaped.

Now in its 16th year, LogiCon 2012 has been specifically designed to help supply chain professionals develop practical techniques to improve supply chain efficiency and agility while driving customer service and lowering costs.

NETWORK: Collaborate with over 150 retail and FMCG supply chain thought leaders across the entire extended value chain.

LEARN: Hear working examples of how you can deploy strategies to address your top supply chain challenges, deliver sustained growth and achieve cost inefficiencies.

BENCHMARK : Achieve measurable performance improvement by benchmarking your supply chain against world-renowned global brands.

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