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NEED A BETTER SENSE OF HOW YOUR OPERATION FITS INTO
the overall supply chain? Then consider enrolling in the University of
Tennessee’s Integrated Supply Chain Management Program. The
program consists of a series of courses designed to give attendees a
better understanding of the interrelationships among areas like
demand planning, customer relationship management, and logistics.
Course offerings include “Supply Chain Management Strategy,”
“Demand Management in the Supply Chain,” “Logistics and
Operations in the Supply Chain,” “The Lean Enterprise and the
Supply Chain,” “Supply Chain Resource Management,” “Integrative
Supply Chain Experience,” “Vested Outsourcing,” and “
Performance-Based Logistics.” Students who complete six courses and “pass” all six
exams will earn a Supply Chain Management Certificate.
Each course runs for two and a half days over three non-consecu-tive weeks and is taught by University of Tennessee faculty members.
Upcoming classes include “Logistics and Operations in the Supply
Chain” on Aug. 22–24 and “The Lean Enterprise and the Supply
Chain” on Aug. 24–26 at the university’s campus in Knoxville, Tenn.
For more information, visit http://TheCenter.utk.edu. ;
We’ve all debated whether it’s worth the time and expense to travel to a
conference. Will we get enough out of it to justify the trip? Or will we just
end up dozing off in a dim conference room while the work piles up back
at the office?
The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) wants to ease
your mind on that count. The group is offering attendees of the upcoming
WERC Annual Conference a money-back guarantee. If the conference
does not deliver a quality educational and networking event, WERC says, it
will refund your money or give you a credit certificate toward any future
WERC national educational program.
Attendees at this year’s conference, which takes place May 15–18 in
Orlando, Fla., will be able choose from 73 presentations and roundtable discussions. Speakers will probe such topics as whether cross-docking is still
beneficial to the customer, the hidden costs in equipment purchases, and
the 50 most widely used DC performance metrics.
Conference-goers can also sign up to tour several area facilities, including
Walt Disney Resorts’ distribution facility, the CHEP pallet innovation center,
and Southern Wine and Spirits of America’s 1. 8 million-case-capacity DC.
The conference will also feature the Warehousing Industry Resources
Event (WIRE), which will include exhibits and product demonstrations by
approximately 80 suppliers and service providers.
For more information on the conference, visit www.werc.org. ;
Satisfaction guaranteed?
May 5
The Virginia Maritime Association’s eighth annual
International Trade Symposium includes a panel discussion on the relationships between shippers and
their ocean carriers. The event takes place in Norfolk,
Va. ( www.vamaritime.com/symposium/index)
May 9–11
SupplyChain360 (formerly LogiCon) will focus on
ways to deal with a rebounding, yet volatile, economy. Speakers at the event, which takes place in Las
Vegas, include executives from Cooper Tires, Sharp
Electronics, and Jack in the Box. (
www.wbre-search.com/logiconusa/)
May 10
The 2011 Georgia Logistics Summit in Atlanta will
explore logistics business opportunities and requirements for six key markets: agribusiness, air freight,
energy, life sciences, manufacturing, and ocean
freight. ( http://summit.georgialogistics.org/)
May 10–11
Supply Chain Canada—one of Canada’s leading
supply chain conferences and trade shows—will
focus on current research and education in the field.
The event will be held in Toronto, Ontario.
( www.sclcanada.org)
June 9–10
The annual Agriculture Transportation Coalition
Conference will address challenges faced by agriculture exporters, such as finding containers and negotiating ocean contracts. The conference takes place
in Los Angeles. ( www.agtrans.org)
July 25–27
Performance-Based Logistics 2011, a conference
designed for military logisticians, includes sessions
on PBL best practices and lessons learned. The event
takes place in Alexandria, Va. ( www.pblusa.com)
Oct. 2–5
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Annual Global Conference will offer breakout sessions on third-party logistics, warehousing,
sales and operations planning, and more. The conference takes place at the Pennsylvania Convention
Center in Philadelphia. ( http://cscmpconference.org)
