SmartOps Announces ELEVATE Forum Speakers
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Executives from Rohm & Haas, Schering-Plough, Micron to present supply chain solutions
PITTSBURGH, May 27 /-- SmartOps Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise-class supply chain optimization solutions, announces ELEVATE: SmartOps Forum 2008, an exclusive event for supply chain and IT executives, planners and analysts, will be held June 3, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.
Attendees will have the opportunity to network with industry leaders, discuss best practices in inventory optimization with peers and hear how other companies have achieved success within their enterprise. Registration for this free forum is available at smartops.com/forum/2008.
Stephen J. Rauscher, Vice President and Director of Operations for Rohm & Haas will deliver the event's keynote session, Driving Supply Chain Performance at Rohm & Haas. Rauscher will present Rohm & Haas' best practices in implementing a multi-echelon Enterprise Inventory Optimization (EIO) solution and the resulting change management needed within the organization to ensure success.
Other corporate leaders presenting at ELEVATE include:
o James Pleiman, Vice President of Logistics of Schering-Plough Consumer
Healthcare
o Simon Tunmore, Director of Supply Chain of Micron Technologies
ELEVATE features an industry-leading Education Series providing actionable insight to the most pressing supply chain concerns. Sessions range from answering the basics of inventory optimization to a fully-functional, hands-on training session with SmartOps' flagship MIPO application. Whether new to inventory optimization or looking for a better way to optimize their company's operations, attendees will find a track that best addresses their supply chain needs.
ELEVATE brings together supply chain decision-makers from some of the world's largest companies. The conference will provide supply chain executives with strategies to arm themselves against today's toughest challenges in inventory planning and management, distribution network optimization, and cost-effective transportation and logistics.
In addition, SmartOps executives will share an insider look into EIO
technology currently in development and how enterprises can leverage
such technology to elevate supply chain success.
"ELEVATE is an excellent opportunity for any company that needs to optimize its supply chain," said Sridhar Tayur, Founder and CEO of SmartOps. "From multi-echelon systems and forecasting, to inventory optimization basics, the forum will cover every aspect of the supply chain with real-world advice and learning from companies that are successfully optimizing their supply chain."
Information, an agenda and a registration form are available online at smartops.com/forum/2008. Attendees are invited to stay at the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa.
For additional event information contact Rhonda Brown at rbrown@smartops.com or 412.231.0115 ext. 143.
About SmartOps
SmartOps, the market leader in enterprise-class supply chain optimization solutions, enables companies to manage the uncertainty of complex, multistage supply chains to achieve rapid return on investment and long term, sustainable value. Deploying SmartOps' solutions has dramatically improved supply chain performance at Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies in discrete manufacturing, consumer durables and packaged goods, technology, process manufacturing, distribution and retail industries.
Source: SmartOps Corporation
CONTACT: Martin Barkman, Senior Vice President of SmartOps Corporation,
+1-412-231-0115, mbarkman@smartops.com
Web site: http://www.smartops.com/
http://smartops.com/forum/2008
