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THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN

LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS ABOUT:

The Globally Integrated Enterprise: Global Brand Building & Local Retailing in the Consumer Electronics Space
George Bailey, IBM Global Business Services, General Manager, Electronics Industry

Global Sourcing for Quality Assurance, Just In Time Service and Competitive Cost
Ron Cuthbertson, President, InterTAN Canada, a Subsidiary of Circuit City

Optimizing the Value of POS Data
Michael Aguilar, President, Intrepid Consulting Group

Keynote: Returns Management: Plugging the Profit Leak
Stewart Muller, President, Philips Consumer Electronics, North America

A Tale of Two Supply Chains: Halo3 and Zune
Owen Roberts, General Manager, E&D Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Americas, Microsoft, and Deborah Hickey, Senior Director, E&D Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Microsoft

Innovation and New Product Development: Finding Shelf Space at Retail
Fernando Silva, Director, Private Label, Best Buy

Manufacturer & Distributor Report: the CE Supply Chain is Everybody's Business
Nick Delany, President, Vtech Corporation
Dave Lorsch, CEO, DBL Distributing
Jack Watson Sr. Director, Business Operations, Motorola
Brian Telford, Vice President, Sales Operations, Sony Consumer Sales Company
Kai Hypko, Sr. Director of Global Supply Chain , Plantronics
Paul R. Brody, Partner, Business Consulting Services, IBM
Michael Kuptz, VP and General Manager, Lenovo

Benchmarking Customer Collaboration Practices Among Major Suppliers and Retailers
Brian R. Girourad, Global CP and Retail Segment leader, Capgemini

From China to Customer in the US:  Supply Chain Strategies to Ensure Products on the shelf when Customers Want to Buy
Scott D. Smith, President, Sales and Marketing, ModusLink

RFID: What's the ROI for the CE Industry?
John Seaner, Vice President of Industry Development, EPCglobal US
Frank Lanza, Global RFID Program Director, Manufacturing and Distribution Industries, Hewlett Packard

Source-to-Shelf Optimization: Intelligent Retail Inventory Management
Ray Young, Chairman, WebConcepts
Stuart Dunsmore VP, Supply Logistics Kuehne & Nagel

CE Distribution Report:  What Does it Mean to the Supply Chain?
Speaker: Juergen Boyny, Global Director Consumer Electronics,
GfK Marketing Services

CE Industry Best Practices: Improving Supply Chain Visibility
Mark David, Industry Principal, High Tech Industry, SAP Americas
SAP America, Inc

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION PARTNERS TO PRODUCE CES SUPPLY CHAIN CONFERENCE

January 9-10, 2008 -- Event To Focus on Maximizing Efficiencies in the Manufacturing, Delivery and Retailing of Consumer Technology Products.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Consumer Electronics Supply Chain Academy (CESCA) have announced the return of the second annual consumer electronics supply chain conference, January 9-10, 2008, at the International CES, the world�s largest consumer technology tradeshow, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This training and networking event will feature analysis,  best practice applications, technology demonstrations, keynotes and panel discussions by leading experts on topics such as:

 RFID         
 vendor managed inventory         
 returns          
 forecasting         
 collaborative technologies         
 product replenishment         
 retail event promotion        
 freight and transportation        
 global logistics

For information about sponsorship opportunities contact: Deborah Rice at deborahr@netzero.com or call 513-895-2051.

Download Last year's complete conference program by clicking here.

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• Oracle to Address “Managing Risk through the Value Chain”
• Kuehne + Nagel Exec Joins WebConcepts Chairman in Presentation
• “Source-to-Shelf Optimization: Intelligent Retail Inventory Management”
• “Manufacturers’ and Distributors’ Roundtable: Supply Chain is Everyone’s Business”
• “Supply Chain Is No Game: Case Studies of Halo 3 and Zune Originals”
• Best Buy Uses the Supply Chain to Drive Innovation
• Returns and Recycling Management: Plugging the Profit Leak
• Motorola Supply Chain Exec Joins Manufacturers Roundtable
• Global Sourcing for Total Quality Assurance, Just In Time Service and Competitive Cost