"Logistics Cost and Service 2013" CSCMP Presentation and Dinner Meeting November 21, 2013
MAIN PRESENTATION:
Establish has compiled a logistics cost and service database which is updated annually since 1973. The hundreds of companies that have contributed data represent a broad cross]section of manufacturing and service companies. Specific data elements include costs for transportation and warehousing, order and line fill rates, cycle times, and information availability. Presentation will outline the 2013 cost/service data, show the long] and short]term trends in the data, and discuss the implications these trends have for the logistics/distribution community.
MAIN SPEAKER:
Conrad Ross is a management consultant specializing in the supply chain – a discipline in which he has extensive end-to-end experience.   He also has a strong background in systems design, planning, marketing, and accounting.
While Conrad considers himself a management consultant, he is also the CEO of Establish, Inc. Client assignments have included projects in the automotive, communications, electronics (consumer and industrial), food and beverage, health and beauty aids, medical, pharmaceutical, primary metals, publish¬ing, and trans¬portation industries and the retail trade. They have resulted in multi-million dollar reductions in annual operating costs, expanded capacities and capabilities, and improved customer service performance levels that have resulted in increased sales and market share. Â
In addition, Conrad also has over 20 years of management experience in the corporate environment. Prior to joining Establish, Inc., he held several progressively responsible supply chain/logistics positions at the Matsushita Electric Company of America. He was employed early in his career by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, publishers where he managed regional and national customer service and distribution operations.
Conrad is a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He is a member of a number of professional organizations including CSCMP.
PRE-PROGRAM TOPIC
Career Tune-up:Â “Education and Skill Requirements for Today's Supply Chain Professional”
PRE-PROGRAM TOPIC:
At the ISMNY/NJ Forum's 2013 annual conference, Dr. Evelyn Thomchick, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Penn State, addressed in detail the subject of “Education and Skill Requirements for Today’s Supply Chain Professional.” The highlights of that presentation, including: job prospects, recruiting challenges, where to get the skills and training that today's employers want, and the relationship of salary to education training, will be shared.
SCHEDULE:
5:15 pm Registration & Networking
6:00 pm Career Tune-up
6:30 pm Main Presentation
7:30 pm Dinner
LOCATION:
Cooper’s Mill Restaurant @ The Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY, (914-631-2200).
COST OF DINNER AND PRESENTATION:
$30 for Members; $35 for Non-members; $15 for Members in Transition & Students
COST FOR PRESENTATION ONLY:
$15 for Non-members; Free for Members and Students
RSVP Required:Â Please contact Jennifer O’Brien at jenobrie@optonline.net or (914) 309-2774
About ISM-7 Counties
ISM-7 Counties is an affiliate of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), rich in history and dedicated to educational excellence. As our name indicates, we serve the professional, educational, and networking needs of supply chain colleagues in the six New York Counties of Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam and Ulster, plus Fairfield County in Connecticut. In 2007, we formally changed our name from NAPM-7 Counties to ISM-7 Counties in order to align ourselves with our national organization’s 21st century Supply Chain methodology and principles.
The mission of ISM is: To Lead Supply Management. ISM’s membership includes more than 40,000 supply management professionals with a network of hundreds of domestic and international affiliated associations. ISM-7 Counties, as one of those affiliates, is a not-for-profit association that provides members opportunities for expansion of personal and professional networks, promotion of the profession, sharpening of professional skills, and exposure to new knowledge and innovative approaches to supply management.
