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Demand Planning & Forecasting: Best Practices Conference w/ Demand Mgmt Forum - San Francisco, CA
Event Highlights
Bring more of your team to Increase productivity at your Company
Why risk disappointment? The IBF has been fostering the growth of Forecasting & Planning for nearly 30 years
No other forecasting & planning conference provides this much value under one roof.
Learn end-user (consumption based) demand driven forecasting when traditional history just doesn’t work
Learn how to determine product forecastability and what products to prioritize to preserve cash and minimize inventory
Learn how to leverage forecasting & planning to prepare for the upturn and ensure no opportunity is lost
And so Much More!
Grand Hyatt San Francisco
345 Stockton Street

San Francisco, California
April 28, 29 & 30, 2010

Companies Presenting:
Aradigm Corporation Automatic Forecasting Systems
Avnet EM Velocity Beyond Budgeting Round Table, NA
Chevron CooperVision
Hewlett-Packard IBM Global Business Solutions
Land O'Lakes, Inc Method Home
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation Monster Cable Corp.
Munchkin, Inc. Novartis US Oncology
Oracle Ruckus Wireless
Yokohama Tire Zyom Inc.
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Wednesday, April 28 2010
12:00PM - 02:00PM
Demand Management Forum Registration
02:00 - 05:30PM
Pre-Conference Demand Management Forum

05:00 - 07:00PM
Early Registration & Exhibiting Hours
Thursday, April 29 2010
07:30AM - 08:30AM
Morning Refreshments & Final Registration
08:30AM - 11:30AM
WORKSHOP I: NEXT GEN S&OP-The Building Blocks for Success


Gregory L. Schlegel
VP Business Development
SherTrack LLC

Jeff Metersky
Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy Practice
CHAINalytics LLC
08:30AM - 11:30AM
WORKSHOP II: How to Master Business Forecasting


Steve Player
Program Director
Beyond Budgeting Round Table, NA
08:31AM - 04:30PM
1-Day Introduction to Demand Forecasting & Planning Tutorial


Robin Simon
Senior Consultant
IBF
11:45AM - 12:45PM
Lunch & Chairperson's Welcome
12:30PM - 01:30PM
Keynote Presentation: Demand Sensing in this Era of Volatility


Gerry Fay
Senior Vice President
Avnet EM Velocity
01:45 - 02:45PM
How to Optimize Management Input to Statistical Forecasting for Increased Profitability


Jonathon Karelse
National Marketing Manager
Yokohama Tire
01:45 - 02:45PM
Integrating Financial and Demand Planning with Sales Forecasting, A Global Perspective


Greg Fazzaro
Director, Financial Operations
Novartis US Oncology
03:15 - 04:15PM
Chevron's Downstream Fuel Demand Forecasting: Process, Tool & People… Solution Deployment Experience


Kalyan Sengupta
Global Advisor, Demand Forecasting
Chevron
03:15 - 04:15PM
Dealing with Obsolescence and New Products for Better Inventory Management


Ruth McElheny
Global Supply Chain Manager
CooperVision

Randy Harman
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
CooperVision
04:15 - 05:15PM
Round Robin Round-Table Discussion
05:30 - 06:30PM
IBF Cocktail Reception Hosted by JDA
Friday, April 30 2010
07:45AM - 08:45AM
Morning Refreshments
08:45AM - 09:45AM
Data Cleansing and Data Grooming-Turning Data into Useful Information


Ezra Pollak
Financial Analyst
Munchkin, Inc.
08:45AM - 09:45AM
Implementation and Leadership Lessons from a Major Planning Implementation


Joseph Stackhouse
Director of Supply Chain
Land O'Lakes, Inc

Gerald O'Sullivan
Director, Value Chain Planning for North American Sales Oracle
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Creating an Effective Demand Management Process


Victoria Grillo
Demand Planning Manager
Method Home
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Reaching Forecasting Success when Dealing With Shorter Planning Time Frames


Aatish Goel
Senior Associate
Infosys
11:00AM - 11:15AM
Morning Break
11:15AM - 12:15PM
Forecasting Daily & Intra-Day Call Volumes for HP Call Centers


Jerry Shan
Principal Scientist
Hewlett-Packard

Thomas Reilly
Vice President, Sales
Automatic Forecasting Systems
11:15AM - 12:15PM
The Big Forecasting Project: How to Manage Change Successfully


Ian Watson-Jones
Senior Managing Consultant
IBM Global Business Solutions
12:15PM - 01:15PM
Lunch & Chairperson's Closing Remarks
01:15 - 02:15PM
Transforming Forecasting & Inventory Planning to Support a Global Supply Chain


Guy Pearson
Manager of Demand Planning
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
01:15 - 02:15PM
Maintenance Planning and Forecasting in Mission Critical Operations


Simon Buesnel
Principal, Advisory Services
Ernst & Young

Ravi Jha
Sr. Manager, Advisory Services
Ernst & Young
02:15 - 03:15PM
Building a Demand Responsive Operation – Strategy & Systems for an Uncertain Economic Climate


Fred Harried
Vice President, Operations
Ruckus Wireless

Rakesh Sharma
President
Zyom Inc.
02:15 - 03:15PM
Simulating Time as a Variable in Analysis to Ensure Success


Neil Turner
Senior Director, Financial and Program Management
Aradigm Corporation

 

 

 


















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