The pre-registration list for the Second Annual Entertainment Supply Chain Academy features a who's who of operations executives from the leading studios, their partners and their vendors. There's still time to register, though space is severely limited at this time. Join the following industry leaders in perfecting the physical supply chain and developing the digital supply chain.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: BECOMING EVERYONE’S BUSINESS

Executive Summary:

• Today the sales executives realize that they must understand and manage the demand-driven supply chain.

• Today the battleground for maximization of customer satisfaction depends to a large extent on the execution in the last 100 feet of the supply chain - the distance between the receiving docks of a retail store and its checkout counters.

• The studios carry a huge burden, which its large staffs of financial personnel handle,  resulting from the data discrepancies.

• E-proof of delivery has the potential to really reduce the time and cost associated with charge backs for discrepancies

• Broad use of EPC and utilization of RFID for electronic POD would significantly remove this expensive kink out of the supply chain.

• The labor-intensive operations of handling, processing and matching billions of transactions of EDI, ASNs, PODs, inventory, planograms, etc. is best out-sourced for improved customer service and cost reduction.

• The industry incurs a cost of nearly two billion dollars annually in handling, processing returns and so-called damaged goods.

• The total system cost of handling returns of nearly $1.20 per unit is considerably greater than the cost of manufacturing a DVD. Would it be more economical to scrap the excess product at the retail store and remanufacture for additional demand?

• The research of MNDS International indicates that over the last five years all the major studios except one and their three major replicators have invested nearly $1.5 billion in installing SAP systems, mainly the financial and the human resource management suites.

• The challenge today is to connect retail stores with manufacturers to monitor business activity and enable real- time decision-making and not merely have a warehouse of real time data.

• The touch points for the IT systems of a home video company can be with at least 130 with major suppliers, customers and service providers.

                                                               
• If business processes are the lifeblood of any organization, it is the visibility, efficiency and effectiveness of these processes that enable organizations to reach and exceed their goals and differentiates them within a fiercely competitive market.

• Real time RFID data promises to empower store and supplier management to make optimal decisions in a very dynamic marketplace.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: BECOMING EVERYONE’S BUSINESS

Over a decade ago when video sell thru became dominant in the home video industry,  the operations executives launched direct store delivery and developed a competitive edge in the marketplace. Since then the triad of operations, information technology and sales and marketing executives have embraced on a holistic approach of supply chain management while moving from being manufacturing-centric to consumer-centric in the global market place.