NEWS FROM THE CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW CIRCUIT roadtrip
You say you want
a revolution?
Is it time to revolutionize the way you power your supply chain? T. Boone
Pickens certainly thinks so. In a presentation at the Council of Supply Chain
Management Professionals’ Annual Global Conference in Atlanta, the legendary energy exec will make the case for running truck fleets on domestically
sourced natural gas instead of foreign oil.
Revolutionary ideas will also be highlighted in the opening keynote address,
when Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot, will explain how he created the world’s largest home-improvement retailer and radically changed the
retail supply chain. Blank will share the stage with Shahid Khan, a Pakistani
immigrant who worked his way up from washing dishes to owning Flex-N-Gate
Corp., a $3 billion supplier to the automotive industry.
Attendees may discover their own revolutionary ideas in one of the many
breakout sessions in 20 different tracks, or at the Supply Chain of the Future
exhibition of cutting-edge systems, technologies, and equipment.
The conference will take place Sept. 30–Oct. 3. For more information, visit
http://cscmpconference.org. ;
Aug. 21–23
Leaders of the Lean Warehousing course
at the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and
Logistics Institute in Atlanta will demonstrate how warehousing can be the starting point for a lean transformation.
( www.scl.gatech.edu)
Sept. 9–11
SCOPE (Supply Chain Operations
Private Exposition) Fall will bring together buyers and sellers of supply chain technology and services in Dallas for one-on-one meetings. ( www.scopewest.com)
Whoa-oh-oh, listen to the (supply chain) music
Sept. 18–20
At the Supply Chain Council’s Executive
Summit North America in Indian Wells,
Calif., executives will explore such topics
as risk management, reshoring, and
global supply chain management.
( www.scc-execsummit.org)
Dematic, the material handling and automation specialist, hopes its lineup of more than
60 educational sessions, keynote addresses, tours, and networking events will have
logistics professionals “rockin’ down the highway” to Park City, Utah, for its Annual
Material Handling and Logistics Conference. Scheduled for Sept. 9–12, the event
will feature addresses by billionaire Steve Forbes and Fox News’s Stuart Varney; case
studies from companies like Walgreens and Lowes; and sessions on risk management,
predictive analytics, worker-centric DCs, and more.
Attendees will also have a chance to get an up-close look at innovative technology
and equipment. Armed with their newfound knowledge, they may find themselves
“takin’ it to the streets” to create “a brighter day” in their own operations.
And if that isn’t incentive enough, perhaps a concert by ’70s rock legends The Doobie
Brothers is. For more information, visit www.mhlc.com. ;
Sept. 19–21
The Warehouse and Distribution Center
Layout Seminar in Kansas City, Mo., will
focus on practical approaches to storage,
order picking, packing, material movement,
and more. ( www.continuinged.ku.edu/pro-grams/warehouse)
It’s Miller time!
Oct. 2–4
Get a fresh perspective on the challenges
and opportunities facing the aircargo
industry and see the latest products, services, and systems at the International Air
Cargo Forum and Exposition in Atlanta.
( www.tiaca.org)
Fresh ideas—and fresh beer—will be on tap at Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium’s
Supply Chain Leadership Forum. The agenda for the Aug. 27–29 program includes a
logistics tour of the MillerCoors Brewery in Denver. The event will also feature sessions
on such topics as demand-driven supply chains, sales and operations planning, supply
chain technology trends, and factors shaping supply chain networks.
Tompkins International formed the consortium to promote supply chain benchmarking and best practices. Forum attendees must be consortium members; however,
there is no charge for an entry-level membership. For more information, visit
www.supplychainconsortium.com. ;
Oct. 7–10
Speakers at the American Trucking
Associations Management Conference
and Exhibition in Las Vegas will include
ATA President Bill Graves, former
Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour,
and Stuart Varney of Fox News.
( www.trucking.org)
