Logility & Brown Shoe Co to present at APICS Intl Conf & Exposition
10 Oct '06
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Logility Inc a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, announced that it will be presenting with Brown Shoe Company, a $1.9 billion footwear company with worldwide operations and a Logility customer, at the APICS International Conference and Exposition on Oct. 29 in San Antonio.
The Executive Edge presentation "Improving Consumer-Driven Responsiveness: Key Steps to Shorter Lead Times" will be led by Karin Bursa, Vice President Marketing, Logility and Marc Desaulniers, director of process engineering, Brown Shoe Company.
The presentation will discuss how an effective postponement strategy for sourcing operations can be a key to a company's long-term profitability.
Attendees will learn how effective demand planning can maximize the benefits of postponement to accurately predict consumer demand and finished goods inventory, manage suppliers, reduce long lead times, increase sales, avoid mark downs and better satisfy customers.
Logility is a sponsor of the 2006 APICS conference which gives operations management professionals from around the world the opportunity to explore issues surrounding RFID implementation, inventory accuracy, global supply chain challenges and demand management.