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2007 Agenda

June 25th
11:45am - 6:00pm Golf Tournament sponsored by Avery Dennison
7:00pm - 8:30pm Reception

June 26th
8:00am - 8:45am Welcome Breakfast and Opening Remarks Murray Forseter ,
Chain Store Age,
Editor-in-Chief
8:45am - 9:30am Retail Supply Chain and the Customer Experience: The End-to-End View
The Big Picture, How supply chain and RFID impact the customer experience.		 Ann Grackin ,
ChainLink Research, CEO
9:30am - 10:15am Lessons from Best Buys Supply Chain Initiatives
How Best Buy has gained market share using its supply chain to support its market segmentation strategy and RFID initiatives to improve the customer experience.		 Dan Currie ,
Best Buy,
SVP Global Supply Chain
10:15am - 10:30am Break
10:30am - 11:15pm Maximizing the Return from RFID - Making the Most of Mandates
Learn how Hewlett Packard and various suppliers are already using RFID, along with POS and other supporting data, to improve promotions, out of stock, cold chain, returns management, deductions/electronic proof of delivery and merchandiser management. Hear several actual case studies and progress made to date.		 Dr. Jonathan Golovin ,
T3CI,
CEO & a major consumer goods manufacturer

Robert Bliss , HP, Supply Chain Operations Development Manager
11:15pm - 12:00pm Research Results - RFID & the Customer Experience
Results from ChainLink's in-depth research and survey of over 100 retailers on the use of RFID to enhance the customer experience.		 Laura Faught, Bill McBeath ,
ChainLink Research
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch - "Birds of a Feather" tables by topic
1:30pm - 2:15pm Social Responsibility and Superior Performance
Walgreen's use of disabled labor in their DC's and other innovations across the supply chain took them to the next level in performance.		 Randy Lewis ,
Walgreens,
SVP Distribution and Logistics
2:15pm - 3:00pm Solving the Challenges of International Trade Logistics and Global Finance
Hear how top retailers and suppliers deal with the myriad challenges of International Trade Logistics, with a particular focus on innovations in financing.  How on-demand supply chain operating platforms can be extended to support the “Financial Supply Chain”.  The same data used for document management, in-transit visibility and supplier performance measurement can be exposed to the finance organization and bank partners, to improve working capital, cash flow and cost of goods sold.

Moderator: Greg Johnsen, EVP of Marketing and Sales and co-founder, GT Nexus

John Ling,
VP, Logistics,
Crate & Barrel

Mo Virani, SVP, Global Trade and Supply Chain Solutions,
Bank of America
3:00pm - 3:15pm Break
3:15pm - 4:00pm Building A Resilient Retail Supply Chain
Increased velocity, inventory reduction, and the off-shoring of manufacturing have created significant additional risks for retailers and suppliers. Learn how progressive retailers designed resilience into their supply chains. How they are optimizing and prioritizing their risk management investments, protecting brand and reputation, and securing a competitive edge during a disruption. You will also hear directly from a retailer on their practical experience building a resilient value chain.


Stuart Winn, Southeast Practice Leader
Resiliency Solutions

Marsh Risk Consulting,
Global Leader,
Risk Intelligence and Resiliency Solutions
4:00pm - 4:45pm VF Corporation's Role as Supply Chain Orchestrator
Case Study: VF Corp, the world’s largest apparel company, is in the middle of a transformation to new supply chain governance model.  This new model is part of the continuing evolution of businesses from vertical to virtual to federated businesses.   Hear ChainLink Research’s framework for understanding these new models and how VF Corp is taking back control and governance of it’s outsourced supply chain. 		Ellen Martin ,
VF Corp.,
VP Supply Chain Information Systems
Bill McBeath ,
ChainLink Research,
Chief Research Officer
5:30pm - 6:30pm Cocktail Reception
6:30pm - 9:00pm San Francisco's Fine Dining (with sponsors)

June 27th

8:00am - 8:45am

Breakfast

8:45am - 9:30am

Tractor Supply’s Flexible Supply Chain: Lessons in Managing Supply Volatility/Risks
Hear how Tractor Supply built flexibility into their supply chain and logistics network serving 675 stores while growing at 13% per year. With products ranging from ¼ inch bolt to 30 horsepower farm tractors, and numerous high volume commodity products, learn how Tractor Supply provides consistent service levels and efficiency in a dynamically changing retail environment.

Mike Graham ,
Tractor Supply Company,
VP Logistics

9:30am - 10:30am

Transitioning from the BackRoom to the BoardRoom- The New Chief Logistics Officer
Hear how CLO’s can leverage their day-to-day operational metrics to provide shareholder value and cash-flow improvements to a retailer’s bottom line. Case studies of logistics initiatives translated to get your CFO’s attention. Your next 1-on-1 with your CEO should include these topics.

Jose Li ,Principal, Retail & eCommerce, FedEx

Dr. Stephen Timme , Adjunct Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

10:30am - 11:15pm

Tapping the Value of Supply Information
How restaurant and retail foodservice concepts are levaraging supply information to improve cost and operational performance.

Dr. Bruce Burnham ,
President, Burnham & Tillinghast,
Former VP of Supply Chain, Burger King and Coldstone Creamery

11:15pm - 12:00pm

Item Level RFID Tagging: Marks & Spencer and New Balance Case Studies
Hear two very different paths to using item- level tagging to improve the customer experience, while benefiting both suppliers and retailers. How these two respected retailers are addressing the challenges of tagging individual items such as security concerns and working with suppliers, while enhancing their interactions with the end customers.

Philip Calderbank ,
Avery Dennison,
Director Global Marketing RFID;
TBA, New Balance,
TBA, Marks & Spencer

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Conclusions - Where do we go from here?

Murray Forseter and Ann Grackin

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Boxed Lunch

1:30pm - 5:00pm

Tour of Port of Oakland