Electro E-Biz Forum 2005 to address E2E specific issues
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Rosslyn, VA- June 21, 2005 - Blueprint for E2E Success, the theme of the Electro E-Biz Forum 2005 , will highlight the top business and technology solutions that will help companies increase productivity and drive down supply chain costs. The 2005 E-Biz Forum jointly hosted by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED); the Industry Data Exchange Association (IDEA); the Electro-Federation Canada (EFC); the National Association of Electrical Manufacturers (NEMA); and the National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA) will be held on September 20-22, 2005, in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.
The Electro E-Biz Forum is tailored to provide executives and business managers, product managers, sales and marketing and e-Commerce managers an opportunity to surround themselves with leading business experts and the industry's leading e-Commerce technology. Attendees also have an opportunity to network and assess trends with industry peers.
"E-Commerce is the norm in today's business environment and the Electro E-Biz Forum is the premier event to get inside information that will help your company increase profits and cut costs," stated IDEA President, Mike Rioux. "From the global e-Commerce perspective to specific software product demonstrations to the latest technology trends, top experts will be on hand to share their insight and recommendations."
The Electro E-Biz Forum 2005 schedule includes keynote presentations from Jordan Colletta, Vice President of e-Commerce Marketing, UPS; Neil Gillespie, Principal, Channel Marketing Group; Peter Brandt, VP Industry Solutions Group, SAP America and John Stelzer, Director Business Development, Sterling Commerce. Experts from GS-1 US, Prophet 21, Infor Global Systems, Activant Solutions, Intuit Eclipse, EDM, Full Tilt Solutions and Sterling Commerce are also scheduled to discuss topics ranging from "Six Sigma and e-Commerce" to "RFID- What's Here and What's the Hype."
Some of the issues, topics and challenges that will be directly addressed at the E-Biz Forum are: Cost Benefits of EDI Based Procurement Systems, GTINs, XML vs. EDI, RFID, Point of Sale, Mutli-Enterprise Collaboration and Organizational Strategy for Maximizing E-Commerce ROI, Synchronizing data between manufacturers, reps and distributors, EPC Global and RFID and many other pertinent topics.
New to this year's E-Biz Forum is the Tech Center, where leading solution providers will showcase and demonstrate their products and services that drive the supply chain. Participants can receive a first-hand look at the latest products, technology, software and services.
The E-Biz Forum kicks of with its third annual Forum "Golf Shamble" followed by the opening reception and Tech Fair. Other evening networking events will provide added opportunities to get the lowdown from the experts and exchange ideas with peers and industry colleagues.
View the complete agenda and register to attend the Electro E-Biz Forum at www.idea-inc.org or contact Julie Nelson, (703) 841-3247 or jul_nelson@nema.org.
About IDEA
IDEA is an e-commerce service provider jointly owned by NEMA and NAED. Developed to drive down supply chain costs, IDEA (www.idea-inc.org), provides the Industry Data Warehouse (IDW), a central repository of manufacturer product, pricing, and attributed data; the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2) is an Internet-based communications hub that enables business trading partners to exchange business documents using EDI, XML, flat file, or Web form transactions sets; the Industry Retail Database (IRD) a central repository of manufacturer retail product data to meet retail hardware, CPG and GS1 requirements and the Data audit and Certifications (DAC) Program to verify manufacturer data meets specification criteria to ensure data synchronization between business partners.
For more information, contact:
Rita Hagopian
Marketing Manager
(703) 841-5910
rit_hagopian@nema.org
