NEWS FROM THE CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW CIRCUIT roadtrip
Saving the best for last
IF YOU WERE PLANNING TO DUCK OUT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ (CSCMP) Annual Global
Conference, you might want to reconsider. To encourage attendees to stay to the end,
CSCMP has scheduled four “mega-sessions” on hot-button issues for the final day.
One session will address the freight industry’s capacity crisis, including the causes,
timing, and potential solutions to the “worst capacity shortage in history.” A panel of
experts, including shippers, providers, and analysts, will discuss how supply, demand,
and public policy decisions affect supply chain economics and transportation budgets.
A second session will look at the talent shortage in the supply chain profession.
Executives from Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo as well as experts from supply
chain recruitment firms will discuss how to get, grow, and keep great people.
Other sessions will look at what shippers can do to improve commercial motor
vehicle safety and how young professionals are driving the next wave of supply
chain innovation through the use of social media.
The conference takes place from Oct. 2–5 in Philadelphia. For more information
about the mega-sessions or for conference details, visit cscmpconference.org/. ;
Oct. 5
The Interlog Reverse Logistics Road
Show in San Diego will look at solutions to common reverse logistics
challenges, including inventory optimization and risk management.
( www.wbresearch.com/reverselogis-ticsroadshow/)
Oct. 10–13
The Health and Personal Care
Logistics Conference’s 2011 Fall
Conference will address the challenges of managing change. The
event takes place in Longboat Key,
Fla. ( www.hpclcnet.org/main/
Conferences.aspx)
As the nation’s oldest freight transportation association, the National Industrial
Transportation League (NITL) may have the weight of history behind it. But when the group
convenes for its 104th Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Nov. 12, it will focus on the challenges of today rather than the triumphs of the past.
The meeting will kick off with a keynote address by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
LaHood is sure to discuss the government’s efforts to rebuild and extend America’s transportation infrastructure, and might also talk about the administration’s recent controversial
move to open U.S. highways to qualified Mexican truckers. Also on the agenda are educational
sessions on trade compliance, sustainability, and solutions to the capacity shortage.
Attendees will have the opportunity to visit the TransComp trade exposition, which will
run from Nov. 11–16 at the Georgia World Congress Center. For more information, visit
www.nitl.org/AnnualMeeting/transcomp2011/calendar.html#. ;
In it for the long haul
Oct. 12–14
The Retail Sustainability
Conference, organized by the Retail
Industry Leaders Association, includes
an entire track on supply chain and
logistics issues. The event takes place
in Orlando, Fla. ( www.rila.org/events/
conferences/retailsustainability)
Make sure that the law doesn’t beat you. The Transportation and Logistics Council
offers a series of Fall Seminars that promise to guide you through the often-con-fusing world of transportation law, contracts, and freight claims. The three courses, which can be taken singly or as a package, will be held in Camden, N.J.;
Elmhurst, Ill.; and Fort Worth, Texas.
The first course, “Freight Claims in Plain English,” covers a wide range of topics
related to freight claims and freight claim recovery. The second in the series,
“Contracting for Transportation and Logistics Services,” provides attendees with an
opportunity to discuss their specific contracting problems with an expert transportation attorney. The third course, “Transportation, Logistics, and the Law,” is
designed to provide a basic working knowledge of the laws and regulations affecting logistics operations.
For more information and course dates, visit www.tlcouncil.org/2011_fall_seminar.;
I fought the law …
Nov. 2–4
Georgia Tech’s executive education
course on Warehouse/Distribution
Center Layout will look at improving
throughput with systematic layout
planning, reducing handling costs,
and grouping materials for efficient
handling and storage. The course
takes place in Atlanta. ( www.pe.gate-ch.edu/courses/warehousedistribu-tion-center-layout)
Nov. 7–8
The Council of Supply Chain
Management Professionals’ Strategic
Supply Chain Management Seminar
will help participants identify their
company’s core competencies and
understand how these competencies
can be aligned in a coherent supply
chain strategy. The course will be held
in Atlanta. ( cscmp.org/events/strate-gic-scm/)
