Accenture Executive to Present Supply Chain Best Practices for the Beverage Industry at LogicTools' Symposium & User Group Events.CHICAGO Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. -- Accenture's Robert B. Lennox will discuss supply chain best practices for the beverage industry in his presentation, "Integrating Inventory Optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. with Supply Chain Network Design," at the LogicTools Symposium symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. on September 14th in Chicago. "There is a significant opportunity for companies in the beverage industry to improve supply chain performance with new approaches to network design and inventory optimization," said Lennox, senior manager in Accenture's Supply Chain Management practice. "The sophisticated optimization tools that we're helping clients deploy are enabling them to capture sustainable benefits." Lennox will discuss industry and economic drivers behind the recent renewed focus on supply chain network inventory optimization. These drivers include larger, more complex global supply chains; longer, more variable lead times from offshore suppliers; and an increase in inventory carrying costs Carrying costs Costs that increase with increases in the level of investment in current assets. . LogicTools' symposium and user conference, Sept. 14 and 15, is the premier forum to meet analysts and practitioners and learn about the latest industry developments, trends, and technology for supply chain professionals. Leaders from industry and academia such as Accenture, enVista, Gartner, GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a $18 billion (USD) unit of General Electric (GE). It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment headquartered outside the United States. , Limited Brands, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Pepsi-Americas, PRTM PRTM Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management PRTM Printing Response Time Monitor PRTM Pittiglio, Robin, Todd and McGrath (management consulting firm) Management Consultants, SAP and others will present. Registrations are being accepted online at: www.supplychain2006.com. Contact Aimee Ortiz at 888-265-4706/info@logic-tools.com for additional information. About LogicTools LogicTools (www.logic-tools.com) a leading provider of supply chain planning solutions was founded in 1995 by David Simchi-Levi, Professor of engineering systems at MIT. LogicTools provides the expertise, software, services and support that enable comprehensive supply chain planning processes in a variety of industries. LogicTools' suite of supply chain planning solutions includes network design, inventory planning, and multi-site production sourcing. LogicTools is an SAP software partner. |
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