HARDI Announces Speakers, Content for New Supply Chain Excellence Conference.

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HARDI Announces Speakers, Content for New Supply Chain Excellence Conference.

This week, HARDI announced the lineup for its Supply Chain Excellence Focus Conference March 26-28 in Tempe, Arizona. The Supply Chain Excellence Conference is a combination of two previous Focus Conferences: Purchasing and Operations & Logistics. Sessions will cover a wide array of topics regarding distributors optimizing the flow of products in their businesses. The keynote speaker for this event is Jim Tompkins, who will talk to attendees about getting in front of the digital revolution.

HARDI members can look forward to observing the following eight sessions:

Jim Tompkins (Keynote)
The ABC’s of the Impact of Digital Disruptions to Distributor’s Supply Chains
Digital disruptions are affecting supply chains and the way business is being done. Businesses cannot be successful in the digital era with yesterday’s supply chain practices and technologies. This is the time to address the ABC’s of the supply chain digital disruptions and this presentation will lay the ground work for you to get out in front of this revolution.

Tom Cannizzo & George Muha
Transportation Today: Why You Need a TMS to Thrive
Cannizo and Muha discuss how the integration of a transportation management system (TMS) with a shipper’s existing system provides a quick ROI. In today’s on-demand Software-as-a-Service environment, integrating a TMS system has become much simpler. Learn how a TMS could reduce your operating expenses and help you make better informed decisions.

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Shelley Row
Go with Your Gut: Effective Decision-Making in an Over-Thinking World
Shelley discusses the common challenges every decision maker is faced with and offers guidance on how to improve this skill. Shelley’s interviews with 77 executives combined with neuroscience and her own engineering experience show that the most effective decision-making comes from the skilled balance of cognition and intuition.

Ken Ackerman
Leadership On the Warehouse Floor
Ackerman’s highly interactive lecture and discussion will explore six elements of leadership on the warehouse floor: 1) finding the right people 2) “showing the ropes” to the new people 3) retaining talented individuals 4) cutting from the team 5) developing the next leaders 6) the progression from “doer” to leader and coach.

Jon Melchi
HARDI Government Affairs Briefing
Jon Melchi will speak on the latest regulatory actions and legislative issues impacting the HVACR industry, specifically those impacting distribution and logistical operations. This session is designed to help HVACR businesses clear these hurdles.

Randy MacLean
Analytics & Metrics for Supply Chain & Operations
MacLean will stress how distribution can win the competitive battle by improving its core competency – moving product. This session will explore the newest thinking and analytics that give operations managers a real edge in driving their contribution to the company’s cash flow and profits.

Gregory L. Schlegel
Supply Chain Risk Management: Its Importance and How to Mitigate It
Schlegel leads a lively discussion revealing what is Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), why you should care and how to mitigate it. This session will include the ugly bottom-line financial impacts of supply chain disruptions and will share basic tools, techniques and methodologies that are driving this new discipline along.

Greg White & Jennifer Priestley
Winning in Any Economy: Using Big Data to Gain Customers and Generate Cash
New construction, abnormal seasonal patterns, new regulations, and a host of factors make the HVACR industry unpredictable at best. Big data offers new hope for you to grow no matter what the market circumstances. Using detailed customer and market data, you can transform visibility and inventory management to generate cash and improve service for your customers in the good times and bad.

HARDI members can register or get more information on this event at hardinet.org/supply-chain.

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