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S&OP Top Ten

Lora Cecere
Partner, Altimeter Group

Event Date: Wednesday, 12 October 2011

I will never be David Letterman, but I like the concept of a TOP TEN list.

Lora's TOP TEN list represents the most commonly asked questions asked over the period of seven years in work with clients on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). During this period, I have shared insights with over 250 supply chain leaders on process, technology and organizational evolution to improve operational results.

Cost Innovation: Driving Efficiency to Reinvest in Future Growth

Daryl Brewster
Senior Industry Executive and Turnaround CEO

Ric Schneider
SVP, Global Procurement, Starbucks

Keith Hausmann
SVP, Global Delivery, ICG Commerce

Event Date: Thursday, 15 September 2011

With continued pressure to reduce the cost base and simultaneously deliver top-line value, progressive companies are looking to leverage relationships with suppliers and value chain partners in order to successfully align these key objectives.

During this interactive discussion, business leaders from leading consumer products companies share their thoughts on how to:

• Employ new spend management strategies to offset margin pressure, support business innovation and generate funds for reinvestment


• Leverage partners to accelerate savings and value


• Utilise "cost innovation" as a platform for sustained growth and to cement market leadership

Managing Uncertainty in Volatile Global Economic Times

Caroline Dowling
President, NOVOFlex and Retail Technical Services, Flextronics

Trevor Miles
Director, Thought Leadership, Kinaxis

Event Date: Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

In the current business environment where the pace of business and competition continues to grow, responding rapidly to global economic change and/or major incidents such as the recent tragedy in Japan frequently requires organisations to collaborate and make tradeoffs. During this one hour webcast, learn how Flextronics works to synchronise supply chain actions when faced with a constant stream of value chain exceptions, ranging from ordinary daily order changes to extraordinarily large and unexpected supply chain disruptions such as blockades, strikes and regional tragedies.

2011 Supply Chain Top 25 Report: Live Q&A with Kevin O'Marah

Kevin O'Marah
Group Vice President Supply Chain Research, Gartner Research

Steve Keifer
Vice President of Industry and Product Marketing, GXS

Event Date: Thursday 30 June 2011

I am sure you are aware that at the start of the month Gartner released the results of its 2011 Supply Chain Top 25. This live and fully interactive webinar gives you the unique opportunity now to directly question report author Kevin O'Marah, Group Vice President, Supply Chain Research, Gartner, on this year's results and what he believes it takes to deliver a world-class supply chain in today's competitive and volatile business environment.

2011 Supply Chain Top 25 Report: The Results!

Kevin O'Marah
Group Vice President Supply Chain Research, Gartner Research

Fahim Afghan
Vice President of Strategy and Content, RaptureWorld Ltd.

Event Date: Thursday 2nd June

This is it! The results of this year's Supply Chain Top 25 report have been released - who has made it into the supply chain Top 25 and who has been crowned the leader in supply chain excellence 2011?

During this webcast, Kevin O'Marah, Group Vice President Supply Chain Research, Gartner Research discusses the key best practices demonstrated amongst the winners and the connection between supply chain capabilities and financial performance, while also providing you with his personal take on the results and explaining the methodology used to develop the Top 25.

RIM/BlackBerry's Journey to Supply Chain Leadership:
Executing a Demand-Driven Strategy for Continued Global Growth

Don Dinnin
Vice President, Global Planning & Supply Operations, Research In Motion

Rich Becks
General Manager, E2open

Event Date: Thursday, 28th April, 2011

From a small company in Waterloo, Canada, Research In Motion (RIM) quickly grew into one of the world's top smartphone manufacturers, today shipping up to two BlackBerry smartphones per second around the clock. But with success came tremendous challenges - not only to sustain explosive growth, but also to grow profitably and maintain superior customer service. In this webinar, Don Dinnin, Vice President, Global Planning & Supply Operations at Research In Motion, will outline RIM's holistic strategy for meeting those challenges amidst increasing supply chain complexity and variability.

Sterling Commerce - Supplier Collaboration:
Delivering Outstanding Customer Service and a Seamlessly Integrated Supply Chain

Andrew Moon
Senior Project Manager - RS Components

Chris Streete
Director, European Presales - Sterling Commerce

Event Date: Tuesday, 19th April 2011

Relationships with suppliers are significantly changing in today's marketplace. Creating a truly partnership-based model with the supply base is widely recognised as a means to not only optimise customer service levels but also drive innovation and product development.

2011 Supply Chain Top 25 Report: Early Predictions

Kevin O'Marah
Group Vice President Supply Chain Research, Gartner Research

Debra Hofman
Research Vice President, Gartner Research

Joe C. Lawler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, ModusLink

Event Date: Wednesday 30th March 2011

The Top 25 report has drawn extensive coverage from Forbes, Financial Times, BusinessWeek, and CNBC plus references on hundreds of websites in at least 20 languages around the world and is the most hyped annual supply chain report globally.

Thought Leader Power Hour:
The potential of the social supply chain

Lora Cecere
Partner, Altimeter Group

Bob Ferrari
Managing Director, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC

Trevor Miles
Director, Thought Leadership & Chief Blogger

Event Date: Thursday, March 10th, 2011

From a business perspective, there has been a huge adoption of social technologies in marketing, but what is their relevance in supply chain management? Where can the principles be applied and to what benefit? What are examples of successful adoption of social technology in consumer-focused markets that can be employed by B2B markets?

Building a Seamless Direct and Indirect Procurement Organization: Lessons from a High-Tech Leader

Dennis Omanoff
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Supply Chain, Procurement, Travel & Corporate Real Estate, McAfee, Inc.

Mark Woodward
President & CEO, E2open

Event Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011

In this webinar, Dennis Omanoff of McAfee and Mark Woodward of E2open reveal personal insights, lessons learned and best practices for building a world-class procurement organization focused on growth and innovation.

The Collaborative Supply Chain in the Cloud

Professor Martin Christopher
Emeritus Professor of Marketing & Logistics,
Cranfield School of Management

Henning Husmann
Director, Business Development,
Hermes-OTTO International

Christian Verstraete
Chief Technology Officer, Worldwide Manufacturing and Distribution Industries,
Hewlett-Packard

Andy Stinnes
Managing Director,
GT Nexus Europe

Event Date: Thursday, 02 December 2010

Cloud technology, or the ability to deploy IT beyond traditional internal boundaries is a top priority at many of the leading companies today. Cloud gives companies far better IT economics, lower IT risk, a faster path to value, and it's proven. When it comes to supply chain and its focus on inter-company collaboration and information sharing though, Cloud becomes more than just "better IT economics". The move to the cloud enables the design and architecture of entirely new information sharing models. Indeed, companies are now transforming traditional models of supply chain collaboration and coordination, leveraging cloud technology to provide a single version of truth amongst global colleagues, suppliers, logistics service providers and customers in both an economical and scalable manner. In this educational webinar industry experts share the importance of collaboration in global supply chains and why leading companies are moving to cloud-based technology platforms to manage their world-wide trade and logistics networks. Key themes for discussion will include:

Value Chain Exchange -
Dynamic Supply Chains: Unlocking the Value of People

Joe Lawler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ModusLink
Global Solutions

John Gattorna
Professor, Author & Global Supply Chain 'Thought Leader'

Event Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010

An effective and future-ready supply chain depends on the dynamics that people can bring to the flow of goods and services. During this webinar, supply chain thought leader and author, John Gattorna, explores this dynamic through a model that aligns customer expectations with supply chain design, culture and organization.

The 'dynamic alignment' model focuses on understanding customers' dominant buying behaviours, and using this insight to eliminate over-servicing and reward customers being under-serviced. Gattorna will present four distinct supply chain types - fully flexible, agile, lean, and continuous replenishment - and suggest new ways of segmenting customers and suppliers.

Translating business drivers into technology requirements: How to support today's S&OP and SCM landscape

Dr. Hau Lee
Thoma Professor of Operations Information and Technology
Stanford Graduate School of Business

David Smoley
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Flextronics International

John Sicard
EVP Marketing, Development and Service Operations
Kinaxis

Event Date: November 17, 2010

In this webcast, Flextronics CIO, Dave Smoley, discusses the technology capabilities that are required to be a partner in their customers' planning processes and pro-active in responding to their changing needs, thus avoiding the organizational chaos and business risks of being on the tail-end of a bullwhip.

Supply Chain in the cloud: Unleashing the New Business Network

Peter Fingar
Business process management expert and author

Lorenzo Martinelli
Senior Vice President
E2open

Event Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010

This webinar saw business process management expert and author, Peter Fingar and E2open Senior Vice President Lorenzo Martinelli discuss the imperatives and challenges of transforming 20th-century supply chains into 21st-century business networks. The "wow" about cloud computing isn't about on-demand IT; it's about on-demand business innovation.

Enhancing Customer-Centric Supply Chains: How B2B E-Commerce Increases Customer Satisfaction and Drives Revenue Growth

Professor Martin Christopher
Member of the Supervisory Board, SCM World and Emeritus
Professor of Marketing & Logistics
Cranfield School of Management

Steve Keifer
Vice President of Industry and Product Marketing
GXS

Event Date: Thursday September 30th 2010

In June of this year SCM World and Martin Christopher, Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management conducted a global survey of 819 cross-industry senior executives to gain an understanding of how organisations are exploiting the opportunities for collaborative working through adopting B2B e-commerce solutions. This live webinar, led by Martin Christopher, gives you the exclusive opportunity to hear the results of this very significant survey and question Martin in real-time around his findings and analysis.

Sustainable Value Chain Practices Driving
Real Organizational Value

Joe Lawler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
ModusLink Global Solutions

Stephen Stokes
Managing Vice President, Supply Chain Leaders Group
Gartner Research

Rob Auslander
Corporate Vice President, Global Logistics, Trade Compliance &
Order Fulfillment
AMD

Event Date: Tuesday September 28th 2010

Sustainable value chain practices support environmental responsibility - so why aren't more companies adopting these methods? There is a common misconception that a sustainable value chain is a costly one. In reality, many sustainable practices, such as eco-friendly packaging design and network optimization and simulation, lead to significant cost savings.

Pharma 2020 - Part 2: High product value, short product shelf-life: Solving the Biopharma-supply chain conundrum through enhanced flexibility, visibility and responsiveness

Chris Roth
Director Corporate Planning
Amgen

Elisabeth Kaszas
Director Supply Chain, Corporate Planning
Amgen

Nari Viswanathan
VP Supply Chain Research
Aberdeen Group

Trevor Miles
Director Industry Applications Marketing
Kinaxis

Event Date: Wednesday September 15th 2010

Reducing waste in Biopharma operations is a key initiative for many supply chain leaders across the industry. High product values, highly regulated operations, limited product shelf-lives, and increasing focus on network effectiveness, make this a skilful balancing act to get right.

Supply Chain Top 25: Live Q&A with Kevin O'Marah

Kevin O'Marah
Group Vice President Supply Chain Research
Gartner Research

Steve Keifer
Vice President of Industry and Product Marketing
GXS

Event Date: Thursday July 8th

With the results of the 2010 Supply Chain Top 25 now released, this live and fully interactive webinar with Kevin O'Marah is an opportunity for you to dial in and post your question to him in a live, structured format. Although we encourage you to get involved and submit a question, you are able to simply join the webinar and listen in.

Value Chain Exchange: Tapping the Profit Potential of the Reverse Supply Chain

Joe C. Lawler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
ModusLink

Tony Sciarrotta
Director, Asset Recovery & Returns Management.
Consumer Lifestyle Division, Philips

William Warren
Senior Manager of National Service, Digital Media Division.
Hitachi America Ltd.

Event Date: Tuesday June 22nd

With competition rising and profit margins shrinking, companies are looking for new ways to maximize the revenue potential of the end-to-end value chain. By stepping back and readdressing post-sale supply chain activities, such as returns management, customer service and repair quality and processing time, you can increase a product's lifecycle, enhance customer relationships, and ultimately, unleash the profit potential of your aftermarket programs.

2010 Supply Chain Top 25 Report: The Results!

Martin Christopher
Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics
Cranfield School of Management

Kevin O'Marah
Group Vice President Supply Chain Research
Gartner Research

Event Date: Thursday June 3rd

The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 is about supply chain leadership. Every year, AMR identify the companies that best exemplify the demand-driven ideal for today's supply chain. AMR also document the best practices that gain them the recognition and can help move all companies further along toward their demand-driven goals.

Part 1: Pharma 2020 - Maintaining competitiveness and operational advantage in a rapidly changing environment

Thomas Panzer
VP Global Supply Chain
Bayer Biotech

Hans Engels
CEO
DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Nari Viswanathan
VP Supply Chain Research
Aberdeen Group

Event Date: Tuesday May 25th

As the topography of the global Pharma sector changes rapidly, alongside an uncertain macro climate, responding and reacting to current and future challenges will be the key to success.

Value Chain Exchange: A Fresh Approach to Supply Chain Fundamentals

Joe C. Lawler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
ModusLink

Mark Payne
Vice President of Operations
Linksys, a division of Cisco

Alan Macintyre
EMEA Manufacturing Operations Director
Hewlett-Packard

Event Date: Wednesday April 28th

Challenges like collapsing demand, unreliable forecasts and increasingly volatile risk have forced companies to take radical action during the past 18 months in order to deliver on profit expectations. Many of these efforts were put in place to provide immediate relief, but as the economic outlook remains challenged, there is a need for companies to build long-term, sustainable processes that will continue to deliver value.

2010 Supply Chain Top 25 Report: Early Predictions

Joe C. Lawler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
ModusLink

Kevin O'Marah
Group Vice President Supply Chain Research
Gartner Research

Debra Hofman
Vice President, Supply Chain Top 25
Gartner Research

Event Date: Tuesday April 6th

Anticipation is growing ahead of the June release of this year's Supply Chain Top 25 report - which company will be crowned the 2010 Supply Chain leader? This live webinar will provide you with Kevin & Debra's views on who they believe will be rising, falling or entering the Top 25 league table as well as lessons learned from the Top 25 supply chain leaders, including the key best practices and the connection between supply chain capabilities and financial performance.

Operational Intelligence: Delivering enhanced visibility and productivity across the global enterprise

Nari Viswanathan
VP & Principal
Aberdeen Group

Jan De Jong
Worldwide Industry Solutions Manager
Microsoft

Uwe Kuppers
Director Information Software EMEA
Rockwell Automation

Event Date: Wednesday March 10th

Organizations across the globe are being pushed to deliver results despite significant budget constraints, and challenging economic conditions. Operations, manufacturing and supply chain leaders are faced with a number of challenges as global operational networks become increasingly complex, sophisticated and interconnected. They need to ensure an increase in efficiency and productivity to enable enhanced customer responsiveness and flexibility while at the same time, delivering bottom-line savings and working capital efficiencies.

Supply Chain 2010: Be Prepared

Kevin O'Marah
Group Vice President Supply Chain Research
Gartner

Professor Martin Christopher
Emeritus Professor of Marketing & Logistics
Cranfield University

Mark Woodward
President & CEO
E2open

Event Date: Wednesday February 3rd

As economists and financial analysts suggest that the global economy is moving towards recovery, the focus is very much on operational and strategic initiatives that will help to position the enterprise for the upturn. Flexibility, agility and visibility across the global supply chain are key, and successful strategies in these areas are separating the industry leaders from the laggards.

'AAA' Supply Chains In A Turbulent World

Dr. Hau Lee
Thorma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
Director of the Global Supply Chain Management Forum
Director of the Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains Executive Program
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Steve Keifer
Vice President Industry & Product Marketing
GXS

Event Date: 3rd December 2009

With increasing pressure on cost reduction together with potential trade barriers, fuel cost fluctuations and demand uncertainties, the need for companies to create Agility, Adaptability and Alignment (AAA) is greater than ever. AAA supply chain companies are better prepared to weather the storm.

Achieving Supply Chain & Operational Excellence: A Medical Device Case Study

Stefan Zuger
Logistics Director
Stryker Osteosynthesis

Event Date: 18th November 2009

Managing a reliable and robust supply base is a key priority for global organisations looking to maximise supply chain efficiency and customer availability.

Ensuring your suppliers have timely visibility of your requirements and can align their operations to optimise the flow of product supply can drive significant efficiencies for both parties. These savings can be realised through reduction in administration costs, inventory levels and working capital investment, while offering improved visibility, control and agility.

Achieving Global Supply Chain Visibility: Providing your Customers, Suppliers and Partners with superior responsiveness

Professor Martin Christopher
Emeritus Professor of Marketing & Logistics
Cranfield School of Management

Professor Rob Handfield
Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management & Director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative
North Carolina State University

Event Date: 2nd November 2009

As global supply chain and operations executives respond to increasingly volatile demand and supply patterns, the pressure is on to eliminate disruptions and respond rapidly to contain costs and reduce customer impact.

Supply Chain Simplification: Delivering sustainable inventory reduction and working-capital savings to optimise business performance

Paul Annett
E-Fulfilment Manager
GM Holden

Mickey North Rizza
Research Director
AMR Research

Event Date: 7th October 2009

Join GM Holden, a division of General Motors and a world-leading automotive manufacturer who share best practice and critical insights into their after- market spares supply chain visibility and collaboration implementation.

Supply Chain Strategies in a Multi-Polar World

Dr. Hau Lee
Thorma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
Director of the Global Supply Chain Management Forum
Director of the Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains Executive Program
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Event Date: 15th September 2009

Current trends of rising wages in the emerging economies, increasing legislature, and transportation cost pressures have resulted in some arguing that supply sources need to be totally redesigned.

AMR Top 25 Supply Chain: 2009 Results Webinar

Kevin O'Marah
Chief Strategy Officer
AMR Research

Event Date: 28th May 2009

This webcast is the first place to hear Kevin O'Marah's views on this year's Supply Chain Top 25 outside of AMR Research's awards ceremony.

Integrated Business Planning: Linking financial decision making to financial performance

Christian Verstraete
CTO WW Manufacturing & Distribution
HP

Nari Viswanathan
VP Research
Aberdeen Group

Event Date: 28th May 2009

In today's challenging macro climate, the pressure to balance financial objectives with operational realities has never been greater. However, many organizations suffer from a lack of alignment between their finance, product management and supply chain professionals which leads to sub-optimal performance and reduced profitability.

Driving Working Capital Savings & Inventory Optimization through Enhanced Supplier Collaboration

Dr. Hau Lee
Thorma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
Director of the Global Supply Chain Management Forum
Director of the Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains Executive Program
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Mark Lincoln
VP Global Operations
Terumo

Event Date: 29th April 2009

With many organisations expanding lean processes to manage a global supplier base, delivering the right information at the right stage of the supply process whilst providing visibility into the inbound supply chain is critical to optimise inventory levels and create efficient operating procedures.