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The US has seen astonishing growth in distribution over the last ten years. This is especially true in the Midwest. Even the layman notices the large box warehouses changing the familiar landscapes along the expressways. To the uninitiated, it would seem that distribution growth naturally pushes a company out of their current sites to a beautiful, new building. But as supply chain professionals, we understand the costs and interruption risks of moving from a familiar environment to a new site.

Our May tour host, Magid Glove and Safety, is one example where the costs and the risks of a move outweighed the benefits. In the late 1990's Magid's operation was exceeding the facility capacity both in storage and order processing capability. Magid considered moving to a modern operation in a new facility, but after exploring the possibilities of modernizing their existing site, they discovered that using conveyors, carousels, case flow rack, bin shelving, and variable storage location sizes, they could greatly improve the capacity of their building.

Our 25th Annual all-day Seminar!

3/19/2008

Wednesday

"Kraft Foods: Identifying Opportunities for Supply Chain Efficiency"

Paul M. Avampato
Vice President, Logistics Operations
Kraft Foods North America
Northfield, Illinois

Paul M. Avampato is currently the Vice President, Logistics Operations for Kraft Foods North America. In this role Paul is responsible for the leadership and execution of Kraft's transportation and distribution activities for the US and Canada. In Paul's most recent role he led the distribution activities for the US warehouse and direct store delivery operations of Kraft Foods.

He makes it look so easy, that guy on the UPS commercials. He draws a package on the whiteboard, labels his overseas destinations, draws his lines, and "ta-da!" the package arrives safely and on-time. International logistics can be that easy - for a novice!

What the greater public does not see, but what supply chain professionals experience every day, is how often freight changes hands from the beginning of its journey to the end. Cost-competitive supply chain solutions have created specialists that perform specific functions designed to land freight safely and timely at the intended destination. These specialists work together, often in tight collaboration, to ensure none of the links in the supply chain break while delivering your package to or from its overseas location.

Our tour will demonstrate how Target Logistics, a global air freight forwarder, Asiana Airlines, a Korean passenger and air freight carrier, and Menzies Aviation, a British cargo handling specialist, collaborate to provide a complete solution, with high service levels, to importers and exporters of services to US and global clients. We have prepared a brief presentation on the basic functions and responsibilities of each partner, to be followed by a tour of the warehouse operation as freight is received and readied for transport on giant 747 cargo carriers.

1/17/2008

Whether you are sourcing products for export or setting up a regional distribution system in China, you need a logistics solution that navigates through the maze of paperwork, carriers, forwarders, brokers, customs agencies, laws and trade agreements and still meets your bottom-line objectives.

Valerie Bonebrake, Executive Vice President, Chief Logistics Officer, YRC Logistics, will discuss strategies and share with you some of her experiences doing business in China.

Dinner meeting at the Rosewood Restaurant. Click on the above text or picture to get the details.

LOGISTIC CHALLENGES OF THE 2016 OLYMPICS

This past April Chicago was selected as the United States' pick to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Chicago will now compete with Madrid, New Delhi, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Tokyo, which are among the other world cities that have expressed interest in landing the 2016 Games. The final decision will be made in 2009.

As the U.S. Applicant City, Chicago will be bidding internationally to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the first time. The city's plan calls for compact Games, providing an ease of access to all venues for athletes, media and the Olympic Family. In the plan, the Olympic Village will be situated on Chicago's lakefront to position 88 percent of the athletes within 15 minutes of their competition venues. Urban renewal projects, along with the development of new venues and renovation of existing facilities, will leave a lasting legacy. Overall, Chicago's vision as host of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is to both strengthen the Olympic Movement and unite the city.

The State of Logistics Report©

Business logistics costs were $1,305 billion, rising 11 percent in 2006. Higher transportation costs and higher inventory carrying costs combined with moderating growth in the overall economy pushing us to just to the edge of double digit logistics as a percent of GDP. The sluggish economy, the changing face of global supply chains, and evolutions in warehousing and inventory management, and rising customer demands are contributing to pressure buildup in the logistics industry. It is difficult to think of a time in recent history when there was this much uncertainty in the near-term outlook for the transportation industry. Rosalyn Wilson, author of the 18th Annual State of Logistics Report©, will talk about how the industry performed in 2006, what has happened in the first six months of 2007 and what she thinks the future holds for the remainder of the year into 2008.

 

 

10/18/07

The Chicagoland Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) will be at the Paddock Printing Center, located in Schaumburg, Illinois. We have planned an approximately 75 minute tour of the facility, on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, with a dinner and networking session to follow.

 

The Paddock Printing Center creates approximately 160,000 Daily Herald newspapers every day, serving 17 different zones and 90 communities in the Chicagoland area. But what can supply chain professionals learn from a printing operation? The Paddock Operations teams have to manage very similar issues as any manufacturing and service-based logistics operations, including managing short order fulfillment windows, Just-In-Time inventories (daily newsworthy sections), kitting (zoned and date-specific advertising), warehousing, transportation, returns, tracking, and disaster-recovery and backup. This is a very interesting tour, and one that has application to many issues faced by Supply Chain professionals every day.

Sponsored by:
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Chicago Roundtable,
The Chicago Chapter of APICS - The Association for Operations Management,
Traffic Club of Chicago (TCC),
International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA),
Material Handling and Management Society (MHMS),
National Association for Purchasing Managers for Chicago (NAPM), and
The Warehousing Education & Research Council Chicagoland WERCouncil

Dave & Buster's
Addison, IL
Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Chicagoland CSCMP Roundtable announces a networking event for supply chain professionals throughout the Chicagoland area. Join us at Dave & Buster's for an evening of information and conversation with your colleagues. This will also be an opportunity to learn about each sponsoring organization's mission and upcoming events.