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Why Attend?
Top–notch supply chain capabilities often spell the difference between market leadership and being an also ran. That's why generating superior supply–chain performance has risen to the top of executive agendas everywhere.
Attend the 2008 Supply–Chain World Conference & Exposition and learn how some of the world's leading businesses developed and implemented innovative supply chain strategies — with the help of the Supply–Chain Operations Reference model (SCOR®) — that have enabled them to substantially out–execute their competitors and achieve strong financial results year over year.
Take advantage of four content–rich educational tracks designed to help you:
- Create and implement cutting-edge supply-chain processes
- Develop supply-chain leaders to breach the talent deficiency in the marketplace
- Build new skills and encourage new behaviors among supply-chain personnel
- Measure supply-chain performance
"The insight I gained from the speakers and the practical knowledge I gained of SCOR applications will have a direct impact on our supply chain."
– Supply-Chain World 2007 attendee
Conference Educational Tracks
Choose from four content–rich educational conference tracks:
Supply–Chain Performance Management: Metrics & Benchmarking
More than ever, companies demand measurable results from their supply chain investments. That's why supply chain executives must measure their supply chain performance and how the supply chain supports the overall enterprise's ability to achieve its strategic objectives. After all, you can't improve what you don't measure. In this track, attendees will learn how organizations plan, measure, and review their supply chain performance and business process improvements, and demonstrate the supply chain's operational and financial impact on the overall business. Session topics include methodologies and metrics for measuring supply chain performance and business process improvements, deploying supply chain management technology (such as supply chain event management), and the impact on organizational alignment and behavioral change.
Truly Great People — Applying Game Changing Strategies through Leadership, Change Management and Education
Successful strategy execution only happens through engaged people doing great things in the right place at the right time. Yet this critical human element of the integrated supply chain process is too frequently minimized or ignored. This track will showcase how the latest people–management strategies and practices are used to increase the productivity and contribution of the supply chain workforce and, in the process, get the greatest possible return from various supply chain management tools and techniques, including the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) model and other models.
New Challenges and Leading Practices
Today's changing global competitive landscape and increasingly demanding customers make it critical for companies to continuously improve the way they plan, source, make, and deliver their products. More than ever, companies face the need to give customers a greater variety of offerings, more tailored interactions, and better services — all more quickly and at a lower cost. Simultaneously, managers face emerging challenges in regulatory compliance, operational disruptions, transportation constraints, and security and sustainability. Speakers in this track speakers will share their experience in responding to these with leading supply chain practices, advanced tools and technologies, and transformation approaches leveraging SCOR, DCOR™, GreenSCOR, and SCORmark™.
Strategy to Execution — Implementing Strategic Supply Chain Change
Game–changing strategies are not static: the increasingly rapid pace of change in products, customers, competitors, and global markets require constant testing, evolution, and renewal of your business strategy. Industry leaders have the ability to rapidly align their supply chain strategy, configuration, and execution to enable their business strategy. Using SCOR, they are able to define the critical, strategic supply chain changes and projects, and by integrating SCOR with Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, they are able tap a strong culture and capability to implement change at all levels. This track will highlight concepts and case studies of how leading companies have been able to integrate SCOR, Six Sigma, and Lean to create a seamless management system for defining and implementing strategic, game–changing supply chain change and improvement.
For our preliminary conference program, download our program PDF
Schedule
Sunday, March 16, 2008
| 11:00am | Early Registration opens |
| 1:00pm – 5:00pm | First–time Attendee Welcome and Introduction to SCC & SCOR |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | New Member/First Time Attendee Reception |
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday Conference Session Hours
9:45–10:45am / 11:00am–12:00pm / 1:30–2:30pm / 2:45–3:45pm / 4:00–5:00pm
Monday Exhibit Hours
11:00am–2:00pm / 4:00pm–7:00pm
| 7:00am – 6:00pm | Registration |
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am – 9:30am | Welcome & Introduction / Keynote Address |
| 12:00pm – 1:30pm | "Meet the Exhibitors" Networking Lunch |
| 5:00pm – 7:00pm | Happy Hour with complimentary hors d'oeuvres in Exhibition Hall |
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Tuesday Conference Session Hours
9:45–10:45am / 11:00am–12:00pm / 1:30–2:30pm / 2:45–3:45pm / 4:00–5:00pm
Tuesday Exhibit Hours
11:00am–2:00pm / 4:00pm–7:00pm
| 7:00am – 6:00pm | Registration |
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am – 9:30am | Keynote Address / Awards Ceremony |
| 12:00pm – 1:30pm | "Meet the Exhibitors" Networking Lunch |
| 5:00pm – 7:00pm | Happy Hour with complimentary hors d'oeuvres in Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
| 7:30am – 8:30am | Registration / Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30am – 11:00am | Round Table Discussion or SCORmark Training Session |
| 11:00am | Wrap Up |
Registration Information
| Member | Non–Member | Speaker | |
| SCW Only | $1,795 | $1,995 | $200 |
| SCOR Framework Training Only | $1,295 | $2,495 | n/a |
| SCOR Implementation Training Only | $1,295 | $2,495 | n/a |
| SCW/Training | $2,781 | n/a | n/a |
Conference fees include all program guides, pertinent speaker materials, educational materials and access to the exposition. Show Only fee includes access to the exposition only. A portion of the room rate is rebated to cover conference expenses.
To Register
Online: Click here to securely register online
Mail or Fax: Click here to download the registration form (PDF), then
fax to +1–202–962–3939
or mail to
Supply–Chain Council
1400 Eye Street NW
Suite 1050
Washington DC 20005
Conference Hotel
Hilton Minneapolis & Towers
1001 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Click here for hotel information.
Reservations
Room rates: $145 single/night plus 13% tax
Cut-off date: Friday, February 15, 2008, at midnight
Call: 1–888–933–5363 or 1–800–HILTONS
Rooms are available at the Supply–Chain Council group rate of $142 single/night until the February 15, 2008, cut–off date. Thereafter, rooms are available on a space–available basis. All reservations require one night's deposit plus tax payable by check or credit card for each room reserved. All deposits are fully refundable if a room is cancelled three days or more prior to the arrival date.
Contact
Please call us at the Supply–Chain Council headquarters (202–962–0440) for more information:
Registration Questions — Liz Murray–Rust
General Conference Information — Rachael Levine
Sponsor/Exhibitor Questions — Rachael Levine
Membership Questions — Linda Baxter
Speaker Questions — Natalie Sorkin
Training Course Questions — Pat Scanlon
