Members of the AWESOME community will be participating as speakers and panelists at the CSCMP EDGE conference September 15-18 in Anaheim, California. Their sessions will be focusing on a range of topics – from talent to benchmarking to customer expectations.
The opening session on Monday, September 16, will feature presentation of the 2019 Distinguished Service Award to AWESOME Advisor Kathy Wengel, EVP & Chief Global Supply Chain Officer for Johnson & Johnson.
The following is a current list of sessions featuring AWESOME leaders in senior supply chain leadership roles: Please note: Speakers and panelists may be added or changed between now and EDGE; we will try to keep you updated.
Monday, September 16
Opening General Session – Distinguished Service Award presented to Kathy Wengel
8:45 am – 10:00 am
Kathy Wengel, EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Johnson & Johnson, and an AWESOME Advisor
A Look Down the Road—Carrier CEOs Speak
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Gail Rutkowski, Executive Director, NASSTRAC
Attracting and Retaining Distribution Center Talent—How Dealer Tire Created Their Own Roadmap
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Debbie Jacquin, Director of Distribution Operations, Dealer Tire
Jill Marcotte, Partner, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Dealer Tire
The Intelligence-Driven Supply Chain: Current and Future State
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Heidi Benko, VP Solutions Strategy & Marketing Infor Supply Chain, Infor
Weaving a Seamless Supply Chain with Communication, Cross-Training and Goal Alignment
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Annette Danek-Akey, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Penguin Random House
Tonya Jackson, Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Lexmark
Research Grant Recipient Presentations
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Diane Mollenkopf, McCormick Professor of Logistics, University of Tennessee
The Amazon Effect—Adapting to Sky-High Customer Expectations
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Kim Ballewske, Vice President of Distribution and Customer Experience, La-Z-Boy, Inc.
What Are the Best Practices for Supply Chain Integration?
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Wendy Tate, Professor, University of Tennessee
What’s New at the Port of Long Beach
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Sharon Regan, Director of Transportation, Bumble Bee Seafoods
Tuesday, September 17
A Conversation On Effective Leadership Skills
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Shelley Simpson, Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, President of Highway Services, J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
Cheryl Stuckmeyer, Head of Vegetable Seeds Supply Chain Management, Bayer Crop Science
CSCMP’s 30th Annual “State of Logistics Report®” Presented by Penske
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Jill Donoghue, Vice President of Supply Chain, Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC
How to Solve the Challenge of Last Mile Logistics
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Lucelena Angarita, Director, Supply Chain Systems and Standards, IPC/Subway
From Patchwork Planning to Thriving Integrated Business Planning: The Fonterra Story
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Angela Geraghty, Vice President of Operations, Fonterra USA
Beyond Benchmarking: How to Inform Strategic Planning Through Quantitative, Peer Group Analysis
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Heather Shilt, Global Logistics Director, Fortive
Successfully Leading Teams Through Significant Change and Transitions
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Cheryl Stuckmeyer, Head of Vegetable Seeds Supply Chain Management, Bayer Crop Science
Build Tomorrow’s Supply Chain Team Today
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Jennifer Krueger, Director, S&OP, Ulta Beauty
Step into the Future…Freight Futures
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Gail Rutkowski, Executive Director, NASSTRAC
For a complete list of EDGE sessions, visit cscmpedge.org