SCM2013-ProgramGuide - Summit - Aberdeen Group

Executive 

The Supply 

Leadership 

Chain 

Summit 

Management Summit 

Supply Chain Innovation — Engine for Growth 

Supply Chain Management Summit 


April 9–10, 2013 • Swissôtel Hotel • Chicago 

Strategic Insights that 

Drive Results 

• Innovation: Using Internal 

Solutions to Enable Growth 

with Partners 

• Connecting All the Dots for 

Operational Excellence 

• Multi-Channel Logistics 

and e-Fulfillment 

• Innovation and Value 

Creation Through 

Supplier 

Collaboration 

• Customer Experience 

Initiative—End to End 

• Collaborative 

Execution—Supply 

Chain Transformation 

in the Wake of 

Unplanned Events 

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Welcome to Aberdeen’s 2013 Supply Chain Management Summit. We are excited 

to feature a powerful lineup of supply chain executives from some of the world’s 

most preeminent organizations. Over the next two days, we are confident that you 

will gain new insights into what industry leaders are doing with process, technology, and 

human capital to build an interconnected, resilient and intelligent supply chain; one 

that embraces growth opportunities, manages risk and leverages innovation to create 

competitive advantage. 

Aberdeen’s goal is to ensure that you leave the Summit empowered around the role of 

the Chief Supply Chain Officer. Addressing global growth and complexity will require 

“collaborative optimization” of both cost and service. We hope that you will enjoy networking 

with your peers and other recognized supply chain leaders as we share new innovations and 

key transformational initiatives being adopted to fuel growth. 

We would like to thank our valued sponsors and partners for their involvement with the Summit 

and for continuing to enhance visibility and insight into the supply chain transformation arena. 

We trust that the Summit will serve you well and that you will receive the actionable 

recommendations you need to take back to your organization. Thank you for being an 

integral part of this event. We look forward to speaking with you over the next two days. 

Best Regards, 

Bryan Ball 

Vice President and 

Principal Analyst, 

Supply Chain Management 

Bob Heaney 

Senior Research Analyst, 


Kevin Permenter 

Senior Research Associate, 


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Table of Contents 

Welcome from Aberdeen................................3 

Aberdeen Analysts.........................................6 

Keynote Speakers 

Robert Gifford — Ingram Micro........................8 

Kevin Wrenn — Fujitsu...................................8 

Summit Presenters 

Mark Baxa — Monsanto................................8 

John Evarts — Mediafly..................................8 

Tony Gabrielli — Bayer Healthcare, LLC ...........8 

Rod Gallaway — Staples..............................11 

Stacy Gleneck — Merck Consumer Care.........11 

Kevin Hall — American Italian Pasta Company.12 

Howard Hauser — Hiawatha Rubber..............12 

Gary Hirschel — Life Fitness .........................12 

Gregory Knott — Ryder ...............................12 

Jon Kuerschner — Ashley Furniture 

Industries, Inc.......................................12 

Summit Partner and Sponsors 

Diamond Summit Sponsor..............................18 

Marquee Summit Sponsor..............................18 

Platinum Summit Sponsors..............................19 

Silver Summit Sponsors.................................20 

Summit Partners...........................................21 

Lunchtime Table Top Discussions 

• 3PL, and Cloud Technology 

• Sourcing Versatility in Change Management 

• B2B Collaboration – Customers 

• S&OP 

• Managing 3PL Partners 

• Order Fulfillment to Support Omni Channel World 

• Supply Chain Visibility 

Gianluigi Mason — Barilla ...........................14 

Marcos Meirelles — Seagate........................14 

Kristi Montgomery — Kenco Management 

Services, LLC.......................................14 

Shawn Reckrodt — Huhtamaki.......................14 

Ray Scher — ReTrans..................................14 

Ben Stewart — Inteva Products, LLC ...............14 

Jon Washington — Diebold...........................15 

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Aberdeen Analysts 

Bryan Ball 

Vice President, Principal Analyst 

Supply Chain 

Bryan Ball is Vice President, 

Principal Analyst for 

Aberdeen’s Supply Chain 

and Supplier Management 

research practice, 

responsible for developing Aberdeen’s 

research coverage within the practice 

and delivering findings via published 

works, speaking engagements, on-line 

events and media interaction. 

With over 30 years of supply chain, 

operations and materials management 

experience acquired across multiple 

product lines and serving several 

markets, including retail, wholesale, 

commercial, OEM and private brand 

customers, Ball brings a high level of 

knowledge and insight on the challenges 

and opportunities facing supply chain 

practitioners worldwide. 

Prior to joining Aberdeen, Ball served 

as Vice President of Supply Chain for 

FuelCell Energy, a manufacturer of 

stationary fuel cells for the distributed 

power generation market. Before that, 

he served as Vice-President, Global 

Supply Chain for FluidMaster, Inc., 

responsible for all aspects of the Supply 

Chain serving major customers including 

retailers such as The Home Depot, 

Lowes and OEM’s Kohler and American 

Standard. Previously, Ball was Director 

of Supply Chain for Dover Industries 

Unified Brands where he directed sales 

and operations planning, sourcing and 

procurement across all plants. He has 

also held leadership roles in Stanley 

Mechanics Tools and software provider 

i2 Technologies. 

Bob Heaney 

Senior Research Analyst, 


Bob Heaney is a seasoned 

professional with over 

25 years of distinguished 

leadership experience 

in research, analysis, 

and advisory roles in Supply Chain 

Engineering. Bob’s coverage area within 

Aberdeen includes various elements of 

Supply Chain Execution (Transportation 

Management, Warehouse Management, 

Distributed Order Management and 

Supply Chain Visibility). 

An industry insider and internal advisor 

to company executives, Bob has been 

active in designing, reengineering, 

selling, and transforming the end-to-end 

supply chain. With small and large 

business units in Fortune 500 companies, 

he has introduced emerging technologies 

in global multi-year integrations. 

Companies include Hallmark, Crayola, 

Payless Cashways, Broadway 

Department stores and Hughes Aircraft. 

An expert in logistics and analytical 

research, he has designed and deployed 

solutions within Material Handling, 

WMS, TMS, and Demand and Inventory 

Planning and has led numerous Network 

Reconfigurations/Optimizations with 

single-project budgets in excess of $30 

Million. 

Bob was awarded an executive 

fellowship with Hughes Aircraft Company 

and graduated with distinction with 

both a MBA and a MS in Systems 

Management from the University of 

Southern California. He holds a BS in 

Industrial Engineering from Cal Poly San 

Luis Obispo. 

Kevin Permenter 

Senior Research Associate, 


Kevin M. Permenter 

provides editorial and 

administrative support to the 


Research Practice with 

two broad areas of coverage, namely 

Supply Chain Planning and Supply 

Chain Execution. In particular, Permenter 

focuses on researching and analyzing 

the enterprise processes related to plan, 

make, source and deliver components 

within a company. 

Permenter’s research coverage has a 

wide breadth which includes Sales 

and Operations Planning; Inventory 

Management; Supply Chain Planning; 

B2B Collaboration and Integration; 

Warehouse Management System and 

Labor Management; Material Handling 

and Automation; Integrated Domestic 

and International Transportation; Third 

Party Logistics Providers; Supply Chain 

Visibility; Global Trade Management and 

Retail Logistics. 

Permenter has over eleven years of 

technology market research experience, 

on a product level, in automatic data 

capture (AIDC) and RFID. On a market 

or sector level, Permenter has experience 

in retail, supply chain, healthcare, 

biotechnology and manufacturing. Prior 

to joining Aberdeen, Permenter was a 

research analyst with primary research 

responsibilities in AIDC equipment 

including barcode scanners, bar code 

printers and printer consumables. 

Permenter has a M.S. in Technology 

Commercialization from Westminster 

College in Salt Lake City and 

a Bachelors degree in Business 

Administration from Florida A&M 

University in Tallahassee, FL. 

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Keynote Speakers 

Robert Gifford 

Executive Vice President, Global 

Logistics, Ingram Micro 

Robert Gifford serves as 

Executive Vice President, 

Global Logistics of Ingram 

Micro Inc. Based at the 

company’s headquarters in 

Santa Ana, Calif., Gifford 

has comprehensive responsibility and 

oversight for all elements of the company’s 

distribution centers and supply-chain 

operations throughout the world, including 

the Ingram Micro Logistics fee-for-service 

business unit. He joined the company in 

June 2010. Gifford has more than 30 

years of experience in operations and 

supply-chain leadership. Most recently, 

he served as senior vice president, 

global supply chain for Ecolab Inc., a 

Fortune 500 manufacturer and distributor 

serving the hospitality, institutional and 

industrial markets. He led all aspects of 

the company’s supply chain globally, 

optimizing 37 manufacturing plants and 

84 distribution sites, while integrating 

dozens of acquisitions during his six-year 

tenure. Prior to Ecolab, Gifford was the 

vice president of worldwide logistics for 

the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he 

was responsible for more than $2 billion 

in logistics operations encompassing 

everything from contracts to compliance 

to vendor selection and transportation. He 

joined HP following the 2002 acquisition 

of Compaq, where he spent seven 

years in manufacturing and supply-chain 

management. 

Kevin Wrenn 

Senior Vice President, Platform 

Production, Futjitsu 

As senior vice president 

of the Platform Product 

Group, Kevin Wrenn leads 

Fujitsu America’s mobile 

PC business unit with 

responsibility for overseeing 

the industry’s largest selection of tablet PCs. 

Wrenn drives the company’s mobile retail 

and e-commerce sales, product marketing, 

product and business planning, engineering 

support, operations and customer service 

for Fujitsu flagship LIFEBOOK and 

STYLISTIC brands. With Fujitsu since 1998, 

he has held several executive positions 

at the company including Senior Vice 

President, PC Business, Operations & 

Quality and Vice President of Operations. 

During his 25 years in the technology 

industry, Wrenn has received numerous 

awards including Top 25 Supply Chain 

Executive and Supply Chain Management 

Executive of the Year by the Council of 

Supply Chain Management. 

Mark Baxa 

Summit Speakers 

Director of Global Trade Operations 

Monsanto Company 

Currently, Mark is serving 

as Director; Global 

Trade Operations for the 

Monsanto Company and 

is based at the world 

headquarters located in 

St. Louis, Missouri. In his present capacity 

Mark leads Global Trade standardization 

& optimization efforts and oversees the 

inclusion of Trade Compliance into the 

Trade processes. Monsanto’s diverse and 

technical product portfolio coupled with 

a broad reaching global supply chain 

model requires an agile, well prepared 

and responsive supply chain that conducts 

its business in compliance with trade laws 

to meet the world’s demand for high quality 

food. Mark manages his responsibilities 

through direct staff and across global 

interdependent and cross-functional global 

teams to achieve success for both internal 

and external customers. 

John Evarts 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief 

Operating Officer, Mediafly 

As Chief Financial Officer 

and Chief Operating 

Officer, John provides 

strategic, financial and 

operational leadership 

for Mediafly. Joining the 

enterprise mobility solutions company in 

March 2010, John has served in the SMB 

C-Suite for 10 years and speaks regularly 

on dynamic discount management and 

cash management strategies. John holds 

an MBA from the University of Chicago 

and serves Chicago Booth as Executive-in- 

Residence. 

Tony Gabrielli 

Director, Logistics Supply Chain 

Systems and Services, 

Bayer HealthCare, LLC 

Tony Gabrielli is Director, 

Logistics Supply Chain 

Systems & Services for 

Bayer HealthCare LLC. 

He is responsible for the 

strategic planning and 

execution of logistics technology solutions 

and change management for the U.S. 

Customer Logistics Service Center. Mr. 

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Gabrielli joined Bayer HealthCare LLC 

in 1998 as Customer Service Team 

Leader for National Accounts, and has 

held positions of increasing responsibility 

within Customer Logistics. He has over 25 

years of experience in customer service, 

forecasting and demand planning, 

electronic commerce, marketing, and 

finance, acquired in various industry 

verticals including consumer products, 

manufacturing, and healthcare. Mr. 

Gabrielli holds a BSBA from Kutztown State 

University in Kutztown Pennsylvania. 

Rod Gallaway 

Vice President, Logistics Strategy, 

Global Design, Engineering & Projects 

Staples 

Rod is the Vice President of 

Logistics Strategy, Global 

Design, Engineering & 

Projects for Staples, a 

leading supplier of office 

and business products 

with over $25 billion in annual revenue 

operating over 200 fulfillment and delivery 

locations totaling more than 24,000,000 

square feet. In his current role Rod is 

responsible for the location selection & 

design of existing and future locations for 

the delivery network, the facility design, 

material handling technology, field 

engineering, process improvement and the 

execution of projects. Before coming to 

Staples in 1994 he was the Vice President 

of Distribution Operations at FoxMeyer 

Drug, a 6.5 billion pharmaceutical 

wholesaler and was responsible for 

national operations and delivery. He also 

held the position of Vice President and 

General Manager at HUMCO Labs with 

total P&L responsibility for manufacturing 

in the liquid and tablet business. Rod has 

been married for nearly 30 years to his 

wife Mary and they have two wonderful 

children. 

Stacy Gleneck 

Director, Customer Supply Chain and 

Demand Planning 

Merck Consumer Care 

Stacy is Director, Customer 

Supply Chain & Demand 

Planning for the Consumer 

Care division of Merck. In 

this role, she is responsible 

for Supply Chain strategic 

planning and execution with our key 

Retailer partners, as well as customer and 

brand level Demand Planning. Stacy joined 

Schering-Plough (now Merck) in 1994 as 

a finance operations analyst, and held 

positions of increasing responsibility in the 

Finance organization for her first four years 

with the company. She has worked in the 

Supply Chain organization for the past 

fifteen years, first as a Customer Logistics 

Manager, and then taking on responsibility 

for Customer Service and the overall Order 

to Cash process. Stacy moved into the 

Customer Supply Chain group in 2005, 

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Planning in 2010. Stacy holds a B.B.A. in 

Accounting from the University of Wisconsin 

at Oshkosh, and an M.B.A. from Christian 

Brothers University in Memphis, TN. 

Kevin Hall 

Vice President, Supply Chain and 

Continuous Improvement 

American Italian Pasta Company 

Kevin Hall serves as the 

Vice President of Supply 

Chain and Continuous 

Improvement for American 

Italian Pasta Company, a 

CPG food company, with 

branded/private label products. AIPC was 

acquired by RalCorp in 2010 which was 

acquired by Conagra Foods in February 

2013. Hall directs the global supply 

chain for the three North American and 

three European manufacturing operations 

and eight global Distribution Centers. His 

scope of responsibilities include co-pack 

and contract manufacturing operations, 

commodities, purchasing, S&OP, logistics 

and customer service. He also serves as 

the enterprise continuous improvement 

leader driving business strategy, cultural 

transformation and organizational 

alignment. Hall served as an executive 

member of the turnaround management 

team guiding AIPC through a dramatic 

internal restructuring yielding a $1.2 Billion 

rise in enterprise value within 4 years. 

He was the architect for the company’s 

nationally recognized S&OP process and 

business operating system. Prior to AIPC 

Hall has served 25 years in executive and 

leadership roles with Arizona Chemical, 

International Paper, Savage Industries, 

Harris Chemical Group, Marsulex, CIL 

and ICI. Hall has extensive logistics 

operations experience serving as the 

General Manager for short line railroads, 

port terminals and trucking operations. 

Hall attended the University of Tennessee 

earning a BS Transportation and Logistics. 

Howard Hauser 

Vice President, Operations 

Hiawatha Rubber 

Howard Hauser is a rare 

entrepreneur who can roll up 

his sleeves and get it done 

as well as coach and train 

others how to do what he 

has learned over the past 

25+ years. Through his years of leading 

small companies, he has developed 

a unique approach to competing that 

produces strategic and dramatic growth 

of market share, revenue, profits and 

shareholder value. Howard has held 

leadership roles in over 20 companies; 

mostly in manufacturing and distribution 

with a few service companies thrown 

in to round things out. The depth of his 

experience encompasses virtually every 

aspect of running and growing a business 

– business model conceptualization and 

design, R&D, marketing, sales, operations 

and finance. His core values of helping 

others, solving problems and making the 

world a better place is at the heart of his 

approach to both life and business. You 

can’t have a conversation with Howard 

without these themes emerging. At the same 

time, he believes in competing to win. 

Gary Hirschel 

Vice President, Global Operations 

Life Fitness 

Mr. Hirschel is currently the 

Vice President of Global 

Operations for Life Fitness, 

a $650M division of the 

Brunswick Corporation with 

distribution in more than 

120 countries. His current responsibilities 

cover manufacturing, supply chain, delivery 

and installation, service and quality. Mr. 

Hirschel has 23 years of experience 

in operational roles in healthcare and 

durable goods for both the commercial 

and consumer market places. Mr. Hirschel 

also has a strong understanding of the 

various distribution models which exist 

in various channels and sectors. Prior to 

Life Fitness Mr. Hirschel was the Director 

of Supply Chain for Baxter Healthcare 

headquartered in Deerfield, IL. Mr. Hirschel 

graduated for Illinois State University with 

a BS in information systems and earned 

his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg 

Graduate School of Management. Mr. 

Hirschel has hands-on responsibility for 

multi-plant and multi-country facilities 

and focuses on continuous improvement 

utilizing lean practices and aligning the 

needs of the customer with the operational 

capabilities. Mr. Hirschel has a passion 

for the “customer experience” and creates 

competitive differentiation by improving the 

customer experience through operational 

capabilities. 

Gregory Knott 

Vice President and Division Chief 

Information Officer, Global Supply 

Chain Solutions, Ryder 

Greg Knott is VP & 

Division CIO of Global 

Supply Chain Solutions 

at Ryder System, Inc. 

He is responsible for all 

Information Technology 

solutions provided by Ryder to help 

companies optimize their supply chain 

operations. Prior to joining Ryder, Mr. 

Knott served as the CIO of HUMMER, the 

CIO of General Motors Global Service 

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Worldwide Parts Division. He has more 

than 20 years’ experience in supply chain 

IT. He was Chairman of the Board of 

OEConnection, an e-commerce company 

serving automotive dealers, and served on 

the board of GM Products and Services. 

Mr. Knott was a member of President 

Reagan’s Private Sector Survey of Cost 

Control in the Federal Government, also 

known as the Grace Commission. 

Mr. Knott graduated from Iowa State 

University with a BS in Computer 

Science and has a MBA in Operations 

Management from the University of Iowa. 

Jon Kuerschner 

Senior Director, Supply 

Chain Systems 

Ashley Furniture 

Industries, Inc. 

Jon Kuerschner’s current role 

involves daily interaction 

with the Ashley Distribution (ADS) Team 

to review/implement/enhance new and 

existing WMS/LMS/YMS/TMS/etc. 

solutions that provide immediate ROI on the 

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Gigi Mason is in charge 

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countries. Prior to this role, he was in 

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in Barilla Headquarters offices in Italy. His 

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Marcos Meirelles 

Vice President, Supply Base 

Management 

Seagate 

Marcos Meirelles is the 

Vice President of Supply 

Base Management 

at Seagate. He has 

responsibility to deliver 

a strategy for managing 

reverse and forward logistics along with 

EMS,ODM, JDM, fulfillment partners 

as common resource aggregating 

and consolidating spend and creating 

capability for late stage postponement 

and regionalized manufacturing. Marcos 

has over 22 years of experience with 

high-technology Procurement and Supply 

Chain management with previous roles 

at McAfee/Intel, Moduslink and IBM. He 

has lived and worked in Brazil, France 

and Japan before settling in California. He 

holds a Master of Business Administration 

from UC Berkeley and an EE from 

Universidade de Campinas, Brazil. 

Kristi Montgomery 

Vice President, Information Technology 

Kenco Management Services, LLC 

Kristi Montgomery is the 

Vice President of Information 

Technology for Kenco 

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LLC, with 21 years of 

experience in the IT field 

specializing in logistics and supply chain 

management technology as well as general 

IT management. Since joining Kenco 

in 1990, Kristi has served as Network 

Support, IT Operations Manager, Director 

of Technology Services, and most recently 

as Vice President of Technology. As the 

senior technology officer, she serves on 

Kenco Logistic Services’ Strategic Planning 

Committee and develops the vision 

for technology for the Kenco Family of 

Companies. Kristi delivers business value 

through technical innovation for the 200+ 

customers that Kenco serves in North 

America. 

Shawn Reckrodt 

Director, Supply Chain Planning 

Huhtamaki 

Shawn Reckrodt is currently 

the director of Supply Chain 

Planning at Huhtamaki 

Inc., makers of speciality 

packaging for consumer 

goods, food service & 

retail markets including most notably 

Chinet®. Prior to Huhtamaki, Shawn 

held a similar position with KGP Logistics, 

formally known as Embarq Logistics, 

a distributor of telecommunications 

products. Shawn’s career spans 20 years 

& includes experience in procurement, 

logistics, planning, forecasting & project 

management along with various system 

implementations across all areas. Shawn 

has a bachelor’s degree in Transportation 

& Logistics from Iowa State University & 

currently resides with her family in Kansas 

City. 

Ray Scher 

Vice President of Customer Care 

ReTrans 

Ray Scher is the Vice 

President of Customer Care 

for ReTrans headquartered 

in Memphis, TN. Ray 

received his undergraduate 

degree from the University 

of Tennessee in 1993 and completed his 

Executive MBA from the Owen Graduate 

School of Management at Vanderbilt in 

1999. Ray’s prior experience includes 

work with J.M. Huber, Ryder, Dollar 

General, and ArvinMeritor in various 

Supply Chain Management positions 

including logistics optimization, carrier 

management, and production scheduling. 

In addition to logistics experience, Ray 

also developed and operated a restaurant 

franchise in the Nashville market before 

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some independent supply chain consulting. 

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continuous improvement efforts for all 

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confection, retail, and commercial building. 

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Enterprise Applications Director 

Inteva Products, LLC 

Ben Stewart serves as 

Enterprise Applications 

Director at Inteva Products, 

LLC, a $2 billion leading 

global automotive 

interiors supplier. Stewart 

has combined 20 years of software 

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adjust to changing customer demands. 

With status updates for both package 

and freight shipments—incoming 

and outgoing—your supply chain is 

more visible, and, consequently your 

business is more responsive. 

3) SIMPLIFY RETURNS When 

customers need to return, repair 

or replace a product, UPS has one 

of the largest portfolios of reverse 

logistics solutions to help streamline 

the process. And with millions of 

UPS access points worldwide, your 

customers can easily return their 

purchases to you. 

For more high-tech industry insights, go to thenewlogistics.com/technology or snap the QR code. 

thenewlogistics.com/technology 

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from benchmark companies like EDS, 

Delphi, and State Farm with a customerfocused 

approach to build straightforward 

solutions solving business challenges. 

Recently, he led Inteva’s replacement of 

SAP with SaaS ERP solution Plex Online 

in a 12-month, 14-location project 

spanning four countries, completing 

the project on time and under budget. 

Inteva subsequently received Managing 

Automation’s 2010 Progressive 

Manufacturing PM100 award for Data & 

Integration Mastery, based on the project’s 

success. Currently, he leads Inteva’s global 

team implementing an additional 20 

acquired locations converting them from 

QAD’s MFG/Pro to Plex Online SaaS ERP. 

Stewart’s diverse background includes 

time as an adjunct professor teaching 

Management Information Systems at 

Rochester College, where he is an alumni 

and former valedictorian, as well as 

insurance agency ownership, during which 

he earned securities and insurance licenses 

in the State of Michigan. He was also 

recognized in Supply & Demand Chain 

Executive magazine’s 2011 Pro’s to Know. 

Jon Washington 

Senior Director, Product Sourcing 

Diebold 

Jon has over 20 years’ 

experience in entrepreneurial 

product, process, and 

service solution development. 

This includes a demonstrated 

record of innovations with 

small start ups, mid size businesses, and 

fortune 1K corporations. The portfolio 

of work focuses on creating unique and 

practical product and process innovations 

in various industries of financial, 

commercial, medical, automotive, and nonprofit 

businesses. His design and process 

portfolio includes design and collaboration 

on 38 U.S. patents that have generated 

over $1B in revenue and $300M in cost 

savings. As Senior Director at Diebold 

Incorporated, his focus is leadership and 

collaboration in the areas of supply chain, 

procurement category development, and 

innovative global strategy development 

and supplier partner technology matching 

combined with end-to-end sourcing 

management throughout the product 

lifecycle. The sourcing team he leads 

is responsible for approximately $600 

million in Diebold product spend for the 3 

primary business units of the corporation. 

His education includes a mechanical and 

polymer engineering degree from the 

University of Akron, Masters of Business 

Administration from Malone College, 

and is a certified project management 

professional with extensive program 

management experience. Outside of his 

current assignment, he enjoys spending 

time with his wife, building cool stuff with 

his kids, writing, and running. 

What makes a 

Global Supply Chain 

resilient in a dynamic world? 

• Having global visibility of items, 

orders and shipments 

• Re-allocating inventory 

in transit 

• Identifying & securing 

alternate sourcing and 

transportation lanes 

Supply Chain 

Visibility 

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Diamond Summit Sponsor 

NeoGrid has been at the forefront of supply chain collaboration for more than a decade, 

helping companies balance inventory, minimize out-of-stocks, increase sales and find 

the right suppliers with which to partner. Beyond just software, NeoGrid delivers secure 

cloud-based solutions that are faster and easier to implement than traditional models — 

empowering retailers, manufacturers and distributors to quickly gain visibility and take 

control across domestic and global supply chains. With over 600 people working in 

nine languages across 34 countries spanning five continents, NeoGrid supports some of 

the largest retailers and brands worldwide. 

For more information about NeoGrid, please visit www.neogrid.com 

Marquee Summit Sponsor 

UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions including the 

transportation of packages and freight, the facilitation of international trade, and 

the deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of 

business. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories 

worldwide. 

Learn more about how UPS can help your business at www.thenewlogistics.com 

Platinum Summit Sponsors 

E2open is a leader in collaborative execution, delivering a strategic, cloud-based 

solution for brand owners managing businesses across global trading partner networks. 

Collaborative execution enables brand owners and manufacturers to leverage the 

collective brainpower of their trading partner communities to efficiently manage end-toend 

supply chain processes and respond intelligently to continuous change in supply, 

demand, products, and partners. E2open customers include Celestica, Cisco, Dell, 

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, IBM, LSI Corporation, Motorola, Panasonic, 

Research In Motion, Seagate Technology, and Vodafone. E2open is headquartered in 

Foster City, California with operations worldwide. 

For more information, visit www.e2open.com 

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Platinum Summit Sponsors 

JDA® Software Group, Inc., The Supply Chain Company®, is the leading provider of 

innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions 

worldwide. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal 

decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process 

manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. JDA 

leverages the powerful heritage and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders 

including i2 Technologies®, Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur® to provide an 

integrated solutions offering and multiple service options that are delivered via the JDA® 

Private Cloud. 

To learn more, visit www.jda.com 

LeanLogistics is a global solutions provider of transportation management system 

(TMS) applications and supply chain services enabled by one of the industry’s largest 

transportation networks. 

Used by many Fortune 1000 companies and leading third-party logistics providers, the 

LeanLogistics network empowers shippers, carriers and other participating members to 

reduce costs, improve services and gain complete supply chain visibility. 

For more information, visit www.leanlogistics.com 

With more than 1,250 customers worldwide, Logility is a leading provider of 

collaborative, best-ofbreed supply chain solutions that help small, medium, large and 

Fortune 1000 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility 

Voyager Solutions is a complete supply chain management solution that features a 

performance monitoring architecture and provides supply chain visibility; demand, 

inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); supply 

and inventory optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation 

planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers include 

Fender Musical Instruments, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Stanley Black & Decker, 

Tiffany & Co, and Verizon Wireless. 

For more information about Logility, visit www.logility.com 




Silver Summit Sponsors 

Amber Road is a leading provider of on-demand Global Trade Management (GTM) 

software and solutions. The company currently has over 15,000 global users in a 

variety of industries, including 3PLs, carriers, brokers, manufacturers, retailers, and high 

technology companies. By helping organizations comply with country-specific trade 

regulations, as well as plan, execute and track global trade, Amber Road enables goods 

to flow unimpeded across international borders in the most efficient, compliant and 

profitable way. 

Our GTM software solutions encompass a wide range of trade compliance and global 

trade management capabilities, including: import management, export management, 

global logistics management, and trade agreement management. 

For more information, please visit: www.amberroad.com 

Plex Systems is the provider of Plex Online Cloud ERP, the innovative solution that 

transforms manufacturers into industry leaders. Plex Online replaces disparate, paperbased 

systems with an integrated solution that enables efficiencies and improved 

communications across extensive supply chains. The solution includes comprehensive 

supplier and customer web portals that provide access to Web EDI (including product 

labeling and ASNs), quality scorecards, online problem reporting and resolution, quality 

certificate tracking, receipt and payment details, and two-way document exchange. 

Plex Online streamlines part and process non-conformance tracking across supply chains 

and provides real-time visibility to optimize quality, inventory management and customer 

satisfaction. 

For more information, visit www.plex.com 

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Summit Partners 

APICS The Association for Operations Management is the global leader and premier 

source of the body of knowledge in supply chain and operations management, including 

production, inventory, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957, 

individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior training, internationally 

recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and worldwide network of 

accomplished industry professionals. 

For more information or to join the APICS community, visit www.apics.org 

SupplyChainBrain is the world’s most comprehensive supply chain management 

information resource. In addition to providing complete coverage of all fundamental 

supply chain principles, SupplyChainBrain identifies emerging trends, strategies and best 

practices, forward-thinking ideas, cutting-edge solutions and the latest innovations - and 

continues to write and report on these as they evolve and mature. SupplyChainBrain is 

for the high-level executive concerned with managing risk, aligning the supply chain with 

corporate planning, achieving competitive advantage, balancing customer demands with 

the need to control cost, and improving the bottom line. The industry’s most experienced 

staff and many well respected content partners offer executive decision-makers a synthesis 

of many minds, singularly focused and delivered in the medium they choose. 

For more information, visit www.supplychainbrain.com 




Enhance Your Value with Supply 

Chain Expertise 

Master and implement supply chain best 

practices with the APICS Certified Supply 

Chain Professional (CSCP) program. 

Demonstrate your ability to add value across the supply 

chain to your current and prospective employers. Earn 

the only supply chain certification that encompasses the 

end-to-end supply chain. 

Join more than 12,000 APICS CSCP 

designees worldwide. Try a free demo of the 

APICS CSCP Learning System at 

Upcoming Aberdeen Events 

The 8th Annual Chief Service Officer Summit: 

Gr8 Service and the Customer Experience 

October 22-23, 2013 

Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA 

The 8th Annual Chief Procurement Officer Summit: 

Navigating Global Change 

October 29-30, 2013 

Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA 

Please email us at summits@aberdeen.com for additional information 

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