i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITWO), the supply chain results company,
will present i2 Planet, the supply chain best practices summit April 30–May
2 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix. As i2
celebrates 20 years of delivering supply chain results to its customers
around the globe, the event will highlight supply chain challenges
facing businesses today such as supply chain risk management, lean
manufacturing, global transportation and logistics, cycle time
optimization, sales and operations planning, inventory management and
more. Case studies will also be shared during general session
presentations, focused industry sessions and breakout tracks. The i2
User Group will sponsor special interest group meetings to facilitate
networking and the sharing of best practices.
“i2 Planet is a time for discovery and growth,
bringing together our customers and partners to share best practices and
what they have achieved through their implementations of i2 solutions
and services. The supply chain industry is at a turning point and now
more than ever, companies are focused on driving business efficiency and
bottom-line value through business transformation projects. With i2’s
history of domain expertise and intellectual property, the company is
well poised to serve as the strategic advisor to companies looking for
rapid, measurable and world-class business results in the wake of some
intense business challenges,” said i2 Chief
Marketing Officer John Cummings.
General session activities during i2 Planet will be emceed by Dan
Gilmore, president and editor-in-chief of Supply Chain Digest. With
a 15-year career in the supply chain industry, Gilmore has held
management and supply chain analyst positions in a variety of
industries. He is known as one of the supply chain industry’s
knowledge leaders, and has written dozens of articles for major trade
publications and spoken at dozens of industry shows and seminars.
Headlining general session, Continental AG, General Motors, Old Navy,
SanDisk Corporation, Penske Logistics and i2 will discuss trends in the
industry as well as share real-world examples of how i2 solutions are
transforming supply chains and delivering rapid results. Speakers
include:
Bo I. Andersson, Group Vice President, Global Purchasing and Supply
Chain, General Motors – Andersson
oversees the company’s global purchasing,
supplier quality, logistics, order fulfillment and supply operations.
He also served as the company’s vice
president of global purchasing and supply chain.
Dr. Pallab Chatterjee, Interim Chief Executive Officer, i2 –
Chatterjee joined i2 in 2000 and became the company’s
interim CEO in July 2007. Previously, Chatterjee served as i2’s
executive vice president and chief delivery officer, focusing on i2
solutions operations and the evolution of i2’s
industry-leading solutions.
Cecilia Claudio, Senior Vice President and Chief Information
Officer, SanDisk Corporation –
Claudio has served as senior vice president and chief information
officer for SanDisk Corporation, a flash memory data storage company,
since February 2007. Prior to her current position, Claudio served as
chief information officer for Mercury Interactive Corporation and
chief information officer and vice president, Engineering for Align
Technology.
Tom McKenna, Senior Vice President, Logistics Engineering and
Etienne Visser, Vice President, Global Transportation Management,
Penske Logistics – McKenna leads the
team responsible for design and engineering support for new and
existing global customers and logistics operations. He has worked for
Penske for more than 22 years. He started as a project manager of
Decision Support Services and has held positions of increasing
responsibility including director of Design and Development. Visser
establishes and implements Penske’s
strategic approach to providing regional and transportation management
solutions and services. Visser’s career
spans 21 years in the transportation and logistics business. In 1997
Etienne joined Penske Logistics Europe as an operations manager and he
has held positions of increasing responsibility including vice
president of IT and Implementations and vice president of Operations.
Dr. Dirk Petermann, Head of Competence Center, Supply and
Logistics, Continental AG – Petermann
is responsible for the global information technology for supply chain
management, logistics and material management for all tire business
units of Continental. He lead a large European project to completely
reorganize the supply chain organization in Continental’s
tire divisions and also lead this new organization as Head of
Supply Chain Management, Passenger and Light Truck Tires, Europe.
Matt Salmonson, Senior Vice President, Inventory Management, Old
Navy – Salmonson has spent the last 15
years with Gap Inc. in roles across all three of the company’s
major brands. In 2006, Salmonson took on a Gap Inc. initiative
chartered with exporting best practices and introducing new
demand-driven technology to all brands. In 2007, he joined Old Navy as
senior vice president, Inventory Management, and in this role he has
been part of a leadership team reinvigorating the brand through
strategy and new process.
About i2 Planet
i2 Planet 2008 is the supply chain best practices summit where leading
companies from around the world demonstrate how they are leveraging i2
solutions to deliver value to their organizations today. Business
transformation stories are shared during two days of general session. i2
Planet special interest groups and industry sessions demonstrate
firsthand how supply chain management is reshaping the industry.
Interactive breakout sessions feature in-depth supply chain stories
including lessons learned and detailed results. i2 Planet 2008 will take
place April 30–May 2, 2008 at the JW Marriott
Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix. To learn more, visit www.planet.i2.com.
About i2
Throughout its 20-year history of innovation and value delivery, i2 has
dedicated itself to building successful customer partnerships. As a
full-service supply chain company, i2 is uniquely positioned to help its
clients achieve world-class business results through a combination of
consulting, technology, and managed services. i2 solutions are pervasive
in a wide cross-section of industries; 20 of the AMR Research Top 25
Global Supply Chains belong to i2 customers. Learn more at www.i2.com.
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