SMC³ Summer Conference to Focus on Global Supply Chain Trends
Peachtree City, Ga. - April 3, 2006— Attendees at SMC³'s 2006 Summer Conference will investigate emerging trends in global supply chain flexibility, visibility and security. The conference is scheduled to take place June 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio.
The conference, “Flexible Horizons: Expansion and Visibility in the Global Supply Chain,” will explore the impact of globalization on firms of every size in the transportation industry.
Yossi Sheffi, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, and Rosa Baumanis Hakala, vice president of international logistics for The Home Depot, will present the conference’s featured session, “The Changing Global Supply Chain.” In addition, Sheffi will talk about his best-selling book, “The Resilient Enterprise.” In the book, Sheffi demonstrates how investments in resilience and flexibility not only reduce risk but create a competitive advantage in the increasingly volatile marketplace.
Other session topics include preparing and executing a natural catastrophe contingency plan, a future vision for transportation infrastructure, the impact of globalization on technology and transportation, and conducting a successful transportation RFP/bid.
In addition, SMC³’s geopolitical update speakers will detail the most current economic trends, energy costs, political factors and legislative enactments that affect the transportation industry. Speakers include transportation attorney John R. Bagileo, principal, The Law Office of John R. Bagileo; Michael J. Economides, professor, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston; and economic forecaster Donald Ratajczak. Larry Sabato, Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics, and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, will join the geopolitical update presenters to give his analysis of the upcoming midterm elections.
“This is one of the most informative logistics events of the year,” Doug Granger, director, highway services, Hub Group, said.
Individuals representing every area of the transportation industry, as well as service providers and customers, regularly attend SMC³ conferences. To register for the SMC³ 2006 Summer Conference or for more information on SMC³’s products, services and educational offerings, visit www.smc3.com or call 800-845-8090.