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May 4-6
Chicago, Illinois
Corporate United invites you
to join us at SYNERGY 2010, one of the most
well-established and widely-anticipated
conferences in the supply chain industry.
SYNERGY 2010 will be held May 4-6 in
Chicago, Illinois at the Hotel Sax.
Corporate United’s SYNERGY conferences are
designed to educate and empower attendees
while encouraging networking among the
nation’s foremost procurement, sourcing and
supply chain professionals.
This year’s conference
boasts two notable additions to the
agenda.
Due to the extraordinary response to last
year’s regional meetings on "Negotiating in
Tough Times," Corporate United secured
Charles Dominick – a leader in procurement
education – to present a three-hour training
session at SYNERGY 2010. The session will
provide attendees with five essential
purchasing best practices. In addition, last
year’s CFO panel discussion provided
attendees with valuable insight, which led
them to request the same format in 2010, but
with CPOs as the panelists. Hence, SYNERGY
2010 will include a CPO panel discussion.
This is a great opportunity to better
understand the thought process of
procurement leadership; come prepared with
questions.
Following is a select list
of SYNERGY 2010 presentations. These
speakers will prepare you to thrive in the
new and unfamiliar post-recession
procurement world.
 Supply
Chain 2010:On the Frontline of Economic
Recovery
Marci Rossell,
Ph. D., Former CNBC Chief Economist and
Co-Host of Squawk Box
The global economy is in the early stages of
recovery: orders are picking up, exports are
rebounding and prices are once again on the
rise. Join Dr. Marci Rossell as she explains
how these crucial elements of the
supply-side of the economy are driving the
business cycle today.
Toward the Sustainable Supply Chain:
Risks, Opportunities and Critical
Capabilities
Andrew K. Reese,
Editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Regulatory compliance, green
product transitions and corporate social
responsibility initiatives are presenting
sourcing and procurement executives with new
supply-side challenges at a time when most
companies are focusing on growth in the
aftermath of the recession. This
presentation will explore the role of Supply
Management in mitigating the risks – and
taking advantage of the opportunities –
presented by the paradigm change as
enterprises move toward the sustainable
supply chain.
 Developing
Category Management Results through Improved
Market Intelligence
Robert Handfield,
Ph. D., Bank of America University
Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain
Management at North Carolina State
University, and Director of the Supply Chain
Resource Cooperative
Organizations are facing
increased uncertainty in economic markets
and are increasingly aware of the need to
closely monitor market conditions and
respond to these changes through improved
supply chain strategies. As more
organizations seek to build sourcing
strategies to identify cost savings
opportunities, they are recognizing that
there are major shortfalls in market
intelligence and cost modeling capabilities
that form the basis for effective strategies
and negotiation. Dr. Handfield’s
presentation provides insights from a recent
research study covering over 100
organizations implementing category
management strategies, and brings to bear
several important themes and insights.
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Purchasing Best Practices – Three-hour SPSM
training session
Charles Dominick,
President & Chief Procurement Officer of
Next Level Purchasing, Inc.
At SYNERGY 2010, Charles Dominick, SPSM,
president of Next Level Purchasing, will be
presenting the workshop "5 Purchasing Best
Practices." This seminar will make it
realistic for you to quickly and
significantly improve your performance and
the performance of your purchasing
department. You’ll become a respected
purchasing leader by following this
seminar’s step-by-step instructions,
examples, and exercises, as well as the
Sample, Tool, and Template Pack provided
when you attend. Get ready to deliver
world-class purchasing results!
 Procurement
Technology Deployment: The Four-Phase
Journey to Best-in-Class
Deborah R. Wilson,
Research Director for Procurement Systems
& Strategy of Gartner Inc.
Procurement is in the midst
of a quiet revolution – and organizations of
all sizes and in all industries are
gradually increasing their use of software
to improve productivity and effectiveness.
This session will describe the stages along
the journey from just getting started to the
state-of-the art use of technology to
support procurement.
Other SYNERGY 2010
speakers include:
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Daniel Lynch, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor and Director for the
Centre for International Trade and
Transportation, Dalhousie University and
Former Assistant Professor of Marketing
and Supply Chain Management, Michigan
State University
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Pierre Mitchell,
Director, Procurement Research and
Advisory, The Hackett Group
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Allen Rittscher, Chief
Technical Officer and Joanne Roth, Chief
Procurement Officer, Volt Information
Sciences
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Brian Sommer, President,
TechVentive
To see the complete
SYNERGY 2010 agenda or to register for the
conference, visit
www.corporateunited.com/synergy.aspx.
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updates:
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