|
TRACK 1 SESSION 2
|
|
|
A Good Time To Reinvent Your Network
|
|
Monday, September 14th : 10:15am - 11:15am
|
|
|
Economic uncertainly, weak consumer demand, global complexities, increasing service demands, restrictive capital markets, and volatile fuel costs are just some of the many challenges that supply chain members face today. Sound familiar? One proven way to objectively and analytically identify ways to reduce cost, improve service and, very importantly, position your company for the inevitable economic turnaround is to perform a network strategy. This presentation will help you decide if you are a candidate for network realignment, what the roadmap to optimization looks like, and what output to expect.
|
Speaker:
|
Richard Thompson - Executive Vice President
Jones Lang LaSalle
|
Rich Thompson is Executive Vice President and co-leads the firm's Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions consulting team for Jones Lang LaSalle. Rich is responsible for leading highly experienced consulting professionals focused solely on delivering value to clients by formulating and implementing solutions to complex supply chain/logistics issues.
Rich is a recognized supply chain veteran with over 20 years of combined consulting and industry experience. Rich has experience working in the U.S., Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing results for a wide range of clients across a number of industries. He specializes in transportation and distribution, network optimization, decision support technology, third party logistics, and logistics management.
Achievements:
Prior to joining the firm, Rich held several senior positions in both industry and consulting, most recently as a Partner with Charter Consulting and as a Partner with Ernst & Young and member of the leadership council for the global supply chain consulting practice. In these roles, Rich was responsible for engagements focused on growing shareholder value by identifying and implementing cost reduction and operational service improvements for middle market as well as multi-billion dollar, multi-national clients.
Prior to his return to consulting, Rich was a Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer with Schreiber Foods, a $4 billion global food company, where he was accountable for supply chain management including transportation, distribution, and inventory management functions. He began his career at Airborne Express where he held progressive management positions in both the domestic and international divisions.
Education/Affiliations:
Rich has been an active member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) since 1989, the Warehouse Education Research Council (WERC), and is on the Editorial Advisory Board for DC Velocity magazine.
His research work with The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and publications have appeared in many industry journals, including Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, CSCMP Comment, and Traffic World magazines. He is a frequent speaker and session leader at supply chain conferences around the world.
Rich holds a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from Miami University (Ohio) and an M.B.A. degree in Finance and Marketing from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
|
|
|
If you would like to ask this speaker a question in advance of the Conference please enter it here.
|
|
|
|
|
|