The 19th Annual Business & Education Forum will feature insights on lessons learned in logistics, leadership, and life; how to guarantee career appreciation rather than depreciation; how to make an ongoing sustainable impact on your employer, peers, family and yourself; improving, sharing, and promoting the one real tangible logistics asset you have to insure a maximum return on investment; and how to attain and sustain the optimum combination of fulfillment in your career and career security.

Gerard Hempstead, President of Hempstead Consulting, will share his insights on leadership and career sustainability. Jerry retired from DHL in 2006 as VP of National Accounts after 34 years with Airborne / DHL in operations and sales positions. He participates in the CSCMP, AST&L, Delta Nu Alpha and Chicago Traffic Club organizations, and has received national awards from AST&L, Delta Nu Alpha and the Mail Systems Mgt Assoc. Jerry is also a frequent speaker at national and regional industry events.

Insights in Sourcing, Developing and Retaining the Best Supply Chain Talent

A panel discussion with HR practitioners will follow lunch with the following participants:

• Roxanne LaPlante, Manager of Talent Acquisition, Covidien
• Terry Donnelly, HR Manager, Energizer
• Will Burns, Senior HR Specialist, Nestle Purina

Rebecca Kennedy, Supply Chain Leader at Energizer, will facilitate the discussion. The panelists will share their insights on strategies, methods, programs, training, and trends in sourcing, developing, and retaining the best supply chain candidates for their companies.

Roxanne LaPlante is Manager of Talent Acquisition for the Pharmaceutical Products and Imaging Solutions Sector of Covidien in Hazelwood. She is responsible for the development and execution of long-term strategy, goals and vision to support talent mapping and candidate pipeline building initiatives. Roxanne has a BS in Business Marketing and is currently pursuing her MBA.

Terry Donnelly, HR Manager at Energizer for 21 years, provides HR leadership and support to Supply Chain, IT, Retail, Finance and Internal Audit. She provides guidance to line managers for labor/employee relations issues, salary administration, performance management, compensation, retention issues, selection of new hires, and communicates strategic HR policies and procedures.

Will Burns, Senior HR Specialist at Nestle Purina for the last 5 years, focuses on recruitment and training for the manufacturing locations. He earned his MBA from St. Louis University, and graduated from the University of Iowa with a business degree in Management and Marketing

CSCMP – Lehigh Valley Roundtable

October 21, 2008

Time: 8:00AM – 10:00AM

Continental Breakfast

Tour: Walgreen’s Distribution Center

·        600k sq. ft. distribution center

·        $200 million in inventory

·        A-frame pick system

·        Pick-to-Light system

·        Unique labor policies

·        State-of-the-Art 15 mile conveyor system

·        DC layout configured to match retail store

·        Over 90,000 shipments per hour at peak capacity

Address: 125 N. Commerce Way, Bethlehem, PA 18013

Directions: From Route 22 take Route 512 North to Brodhead Rd.   Turn left at the first stop sign onto North Commerce Way. Follow to the main entrance of Walgreen’s

·        Cost $35.00 with reservations

·        Registration is limited to the first 40 people

Register online at http://cscmp.org/events/events.asp

For additional information contact: Tom Fiorini – 610-866-8001

CSCMP Atlanta October Tour

Con-Way LTL Terminal, Lawrenceville, GA

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

6-8 PM

Please mark your calendars and plan on attending the Atlanta CSCMP Roundtable’s first tour for the 2008-09 program year.  You are invited to attend an exclusive tour of Con-way Freight’s LTL Service Center in Lawrenceville, GA.  The event will begin with an opportunity to network with colleagues and a specially prepared dinner followed by a comprehensive tour of one of Con-way’s newest LTL terminals.

Whether it's across town or across North America, Con-way provides a portfolio of offerings ranging from less-than-truckload (LTL), to logistics, to full truckload.

Con-way Freight is a provider of regional, inter-regional and nationwide LTL service to customers large and small across their integrated, single North American network of LTL operating locations.

Please join us for the opportunity to tour Con-way’s 107 Door LTL Service Center located on 53 acres in Lawrenceville, GA.  This facility is a gateway to more than 450 service centers Con-way Freight services in addition to being a facility allowing for pool distribution and truckload distribution.

Registration for the tour is limited to the first 40 people who register on-line using the CSCMP’s national registration/payment system.  Registration will be open to CSCMP Members Only thru September 26.  Registration will be available to both CSCMP members and non-members based on space availability after September 26.   Payment is required at time of on-line registration using a major credit card.  No registrations or payments will be accepted by mail, e-mail, telephone or at the door.

Cost is $35 for CSCMP members and $45 for non-member and includes a specially prepared dinner. 

Detailed information (driving directions, instructions on where to meet the tour group and parking etc) will be emailed to confirmed attendees on October 16, 2008.

Tour registration, unless canceled by noon on the Monday, October 13 (via an e-mail or phone call to Chris Logan) is a commitment to pay.   The Atlanta CSCMP will enforce this long-standing policy.   For questions, contact Clogan@newbreed.com or at 404-504-6263.

JOINT SUPPLY CHAIN MEETING

October 22, 2008

Co-sponsored by

NYCONN Roundtable, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals,

Tappan Zee APICS, & ISM-7 Counties

WHY ETHICS MATTER, IN BUSINESS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE: How do you act when it’s your turn?  This unique presentation will address issues such as: Why the interest in ethics now?  Why would one want to be ethical?  What are the enemies of ethics?  Is ethical behavior an advantage or a disadvantage?  What are ethical practices in Supply Chain Management?

SPEAKER Louis R. Ferretti is currently the Director of the Center of Excellence - Environmental Compliance and Supply Chain Social Responsibility, IBM Integrated Supply Chain.  For the past 20 years  he has held management positions in engineering, materials, and procurement, as well as various supply chain roles.  Lou has successfully managed large and complex global supply chain projects for IBM, most notably creating a common worldwide planning process known as 20 Day Supply/Demand.  In addition, during a worldwide component shortage in 2000, he took on a special assignment managing the personal computer division’s Critical Parts War Room.  Lou’s other assignments have included management of: Worldwide Outsourced Supply Chain Operations; Pacific Production Procurement Operations; the Asia and Worldwide Outsourced Supply Chain; and the Asia Pacific e-Procurement/e-tool deployment.  Additionally, since 2006, Lou has been responsible for IBM’s Integrated Operations Pandemic Planning and Readiness.

SCHEDULE

5:15 PM Registration & Networking

6:00 PM Presentation

7:00 PM Dinner

LOCATION

Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY.  Dinner is in the Cabaret, on the second floor of the Student Center, which is Building 27 on the map @ http://www.marist.edu/about/map.html. 

DIRECTIONS

Marist is located on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, NY north of the Mid Hudson Bridge.  The campus has South, Main and North entrances.  Use the Main entrance which has a big sign and is opposite a large bank.  Then follow the road to the bottom of the hill to the Midrise parking lot, or further down to Riverview.  Please put a sign on your dashboard that reads: Participant - SOM and ISM dinner in the Cabaret.  Walk to the main entrance of the student center (1-2 minutes), which is a big rotunda with Marist written on top .  Go up the stairs to the second floor.  The cabaret will be to your left, past a student cafeteria.  There will be signs.

COST: $50

RESERVATIONS: Bob Dittemer: Email: bdittemer7@yahoo.com Phone: (201) 739-1040

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