Sam Geist, Keynote
No idle armchair philosopher, Sam's insights stem from years of
front-line business  experience. He grew his single sporting goods
store into a 15-store $40 million dollar a
year national chain before he sold it to his
competitor. He opened a marketing and
consulting agency, based on the full-service
customer concepts he had honed in the
retail arena, and went on to learn an entirely
new set of skills and experiences. Sam's early business roots taught
him well about our volatile, ever-changing marketplace. His business
programs are not just theoretical speeches, they offer tangible
ideas, and solutions. They provide a wealth of applicable information
as well as the impetus to act on it. Sam questions. He challenges.
He informs. He refocuses participants. He provides
actionable strategies to address the obstacles faced by so many of
today's organizations.
General Sessions
Execute or be Executed
Keynote: Sam Geist, Keynote Speaker
This program addresses the biggest issue in business today: a failure
to execute. In order to survive you must execute your plans and
strategies. The program focus, therefore, is on moving strategy to
action. It assists participants in developing a personal step-by-step
approach that empowers them to act and enables them to do so
successfully. It outlines the primary focus of a customer’s value perspective.
It emphasizes the advantages of incorporating product
and service excellence into the organization's vision. And finally, it
highlights the tangible benefits to be accrued by effectively executing
in every area.
Collaboration – The Key to Supply Chain Transformation
Ralph Drayer, founder & chairman, Supply Chain Insights, LLC
The model for creating business value is changing. Companies today
participate in Extended Value Chains, where real operational efficiency
and revenue enhancement can only come from greater visibility,
integration and synchronization among the partners in the extended supply chain. Collaboration beyond the physical walls of the enterprise
is the new arena for value creation. Supply chain collaboration
can produce dramatic improvements in operations and financial performance.
2007 IWLA Business Outlook
Joel Anderson, president & CEO, IWLA
This presentation will discuss the state of the association, review legislative activity affecting the industry and reveal insights and trends gained through a comprehensive IWLA survey of warehouse logistics members.
Industry Outlook
Rick Blasgen, president & CEO, CSCMP
Rick Blasgen will share his expertise and outlook on the current
state of the logistics industry. Rick will draw from his years of experience
on the customer side as former senior vice president - integrated
logistics for ConAgra Foods and vice president – supply chain for
Nabisco. National Providers Panel
Moderator: Robert Moran, CLP, president RJM Consulting.
Some of the larger companies in our industry who have been very
successful developing, nurturing, and maintaining collaborative relationships
to grow their businesses. Learn how they improve their
profitability and win in the competitive marketplace. Panelists will
then talk candidly about their successes and challenges. Panelists
include: Bruce Abels, CLP, president, Saddle Creek Corp.; Bob
Koerner, president & CEO,Total Logistics Control; Bob Auray, CLP,
president & CEO of GENCO Marketplace,GENCO. |
Explore other industry topics during breakout sessions, including:
Tuesday, March 6:
Q &A with Sam Geist – Geist & Associates, Inc.
Sam Geist, president, Geist & Associates, Inc.
Spend quality time with our keynote speaker, Sam Geist, as he
answers your questions on executing business strategy.
Reasonable Care – Don’t collaborate in an expensive security failure
Barry Brandman, Danbee Investigations Catherine Pawluch, Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson LLP; Kevin Phillips, Fisher Kanaris.
Find out security approaches to safeguard reasonable standard of
care and the things to avoid. A security expert and IWLA’s
retained counsel will discuss standard of care and real world
examples of failures you must avoid.
It’s a Small World with BIG Differences
Jay Fortenberry, vice president supply chain integration, Honeywell, Inc.
Global supply chains face complex challenges: cultural, financial and
people issues. Europe has one set of challenges…Asia another. It is
first necessary to understand these issues and then proceed to work
with them. In this session, learn from someone with first-hand experience.
Hear how Honeywell has met the challenges and get their advice
to help face yours.
Supply Chain Transportation Challenges Panel
Cliff Lynch, president, C. F. Lynch & Associates moderator
Hear about the challenges panelists are facing in the transportation
arena across multi-modes, learn the creative ways and collaboration
initiatives they are bringing to bear on the issues.There will be time
allotted for you to ask questions and gain insights to apply to your
operations.
Supply Chain Collaboration
Dan Gilmore, president and editor in chief, Supply Chain Digest
Supply Chain Digest editor Dan Gilmore will explore the topic of
supply chain collaboration, especially as it relates to collaboration with
customers.
Wednesday, March 7:
Transforming Supply Logistics: Collaborative Ways to Reduce Inventory &
Improve Efficiency and Velocity VP supply logistics of Material Movement
through the Supply Chain
Stewart Dunsmore, vice president Supply Logistics,
Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.
Companies pursuing the advantages of international trade, global
sourcing and outsourced manufacturing, are at the mercy of fluctuating
demand, imprecise forecasts and pressure to reduce inventory
levels. An effective Supply Logistics solution – which may include
postponing ownership of the inventory until shipment to the manufacturing
site or end customer – may be the answer. Learn ways to:
meet the procurement challenges of implementing Vendor-Managed
Inventory programs for retail and understand the value of integrated
solutions and visibility through customer collaboration. A case study
will further illustrate best practices in action
Governmental Collaboration for Results
Pat O’Connor, Kent & O’Connor, Doug Sibila president, Peoples Services
You are either at the table or on the menu with government achieves
results.This session will review critical government affairs issues of
concern to the warehousing industry, association activities and successes
in this area and provide your company with suggestions for
collaborative actions.
How to Outperform & Outlast the Competition:The Reality of Change
Chip Scholz, president, Scholz and Associates
Change or die. Today, the spoils and riches go to those people and
organizations that can constantly adapt to new and better ways of
doing things. Whether it's embracing technology, responding to competition,
penetrating new markets or finding better ways to serve customers.
Find out what winners know...the secrets of getting
RESULTS!
The Logistics Services Locator (LSL): Making it work for you
Jere Van Puffelen, CLP, president PRISM Team Services, Inc. and
Carrie Gremer, vice president marketing & communications
IWLA
Due to popular member demand, IWLA is re-engineering its
online warehouse logistics services search engine. Learn how the
new tool works and how your company can maximize its exposure
to potential customers.
* Subject to change without notice
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