REMINDER/Covansys Expert to Speak at Frontline's International Supply Chain Week Conference.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REMINDER...for Wednesday (Sept. 17) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Gordon Fuller to Address Improving Supply Chain Efficiency to Offset Cost of Complying with New Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Regulations
WHO: Operations management executives (chief operating officers,
operations directors, supply chain and logistics managers),
CIOs, security officers, media, analysts and others interested
in learning more about new regulatory compliance issues and
maximizing supply chain efficiency.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 17, 2003
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
WHERE: International Supply Chain Week Conference & Expo
McCormick Place North
Chicago, Illinois
WHAT: Conference Session:
Asset Tracking and Homeland Security: Improving efficiency in
the supply chain to offset regulatory compliance costs
Upcoming regulatory compliance alters the definition of an effective supply chain. Logistics is no longer merely the movement of goods to schedules, but must encompass the movement of data about those goods to equally tight schedules. New transportation events, and new data for those events, must be incorporated into every point of the supply chain from replenishment replenishment the addition of an appropriate quantity of properly prepared solution containing the correct concentration of chemicals to the developer solutions used in radiography. decisions to sales. Improved asset tracking can meet the regulatory mandates and deliver efficiency gains to offset the costs of compliance. Electronic reporting and increasingly mainstream RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. technology are the solutions embraced by both commercial and government participants. This presentation will explain the effect of changing regulations and technology on supply chains, highlight real-world problems, illustrate the areas where management oversight can most effectively control the events and interfaces, and provide a successful approach to business and system remediation. Speaker: Gordon Fuller Practice Lead, Secure Logistics, Covansys Corporation This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Gordon Fuller serves as practice lead for Covansys' Secure Logistics Practice, where he assists clients with managing Homeland Security compliance, Sunrise remediation, and RFID adoption to achieve better asset tracking and improved operational efficiency. Fuller has more than 15 years of experience in technology, logistics, finance, marketing and strategy planning. Prior to joining Covansys, Fuller worked for more than a decade at Sea-Land Service, the ocean transportation company, most recently as manager of e-Commerce. He assisted retailers such as Wal-Mart and Nordstrom in improving their transportation and logistic lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation systems and processes, and introduced barcode technology to several West Coast ports to improve the flow and tracking of automobiles and other high-value cargo. Fuller earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. in international trade and finance, and a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. from the London School of Economics The School is a member of the Russell Group, the European University Association, Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Community of European Management Schools and International Companies, The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs as well as the Golden in operations research operations research Application of scientific methods to management and administration of military, government, commercial, and industrial systems. It began during World War II in Britain when teams of scientists worked with the Royal Air Force to improve radar detection of . |
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