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Upcoming Events from the #1 Supply Chain Resource Site

The Sourcing Innovation Resource Site, always immediately accessible from the link under the “Free Resources” section of the sidebar, continues to add new content on a weekly, and often daily, basis. Unlike many “resource”, “best of”, or “portal sites” that are abandoned almost as quickly as they are thrown together, the resource site is actively maintained (and dead links are removed on a regular, usually weekly, basis). In fact, there have been over 50 resource additions in the past week alone!

The total number of unique, active resources exceeds the 2,600 mark, and breaks down as follows:

 

  •   21 Analyst Firms
  • 157 Blogs
  •   23 Centers of Excellence
  • 634 Companies
  • 169 Conferences
  •   26 Job Sites
  •   29 Journals
  • 316 Linked-In Groups
  •   14 Newsletters
  •   55 On-Demand Classes
  •   38 Press Release Services
  •   68 Podcasts
  •   60 Publications
  •   12 Roundtables
  •   91 Seminars
  •   91 Societies
  • 236 Training Classes
  •   36 Webcasts
  • 504 Archived Webcasts
  •   24 Workshops

 

And includes the following upcoming events, among many others:

Conferences

Dates Conference Sponsor
2009-Apr-26 to

2009-Apr-28

 HSCN National Healthcare

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (North-America)

 HSCN
2009-May-3 to

2009-May-8

 TDWI World Conference Spring 2009

Chicago, Illinois, USA (North-America)

 TDWI
2009-Sep-23 to

2009-Sep-25

 Growth & Innovation Forum 2009

Miami, Florida, USA (North-America)

 Consumer Goods
2009-Oct-18 to

2009-Oct-21

 Business & Technology Leadership Conference

Orlando, Florida, USA (North-America)

 Consumer Goods

Webcasts

Date & Time Webcast
2009-Apr-15

11:00 GMT-05:00/CDT/EST

 Guidance for the Industry: Good Importer Practices

Sponsor: CSCMP
2009-Apr-16

11:00 GMT-04:00/AST/EDT

 How to Boost Service, Cut Costs and Deliver Great Customer Experiences – Even in an Economic Downturn

Sponsor: Teradata
2009-Apr-22

14:00 GMT-04:00/AST/EDT

 Software as a Service

Sponsor: Synergy Resources

Training Classes

Dates Training Sponsor
2009-Apr-20 to

2009-Apr-20

 e-Auctions in 10 Easy Steps

Solihull, England, UK (Europe)

 CIPS
2009-Apr-20 to

2009-Apr-20

 Skills for a Recession

Crawley, England, UK (Europe)

 CIPS
2009-Apr-21 to

2009-Apr-21

 FUNDAMENTALS OF PURCHASING

Schaumburg (Chicago), IL, USA (North-America)

 Nahabit
2009-Apr-21 to

2009-Apr-24

 Kaizen Promotion Office Workshop

Durham, North Carolina, USA (North-America)

 TBM Consulting Group
2009-Apr-27 to

2009-May-1

 Supply Chain Management Executive Education

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA (North-America)

 Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

which are all readily searchable from the comprehensive Site-Search page. So don’t forget to review the resource site on a weekly basis. You just might find what you didn’t even know you were looking for!

And continue to keep a sharp eye out for even more new content that will be coming on-line in the near future!

Upcoming Events from the #1 Supply Chain Resource Site

The Sourcing Innovation Resource Site, always immediately accessible from the link under the “Free Resources” section of the sidebar, continues to add new content on a weekly, and often daily, basis. In fact, there have been over 250 resource additions in the past week alone!

The total number of unique, active resources exceeds the 2,500 mark, and breaks down as follows:

  •   19 Analyst Firms
  • 156 Blogs
  •   20 Centers of Excellence
  • 629 Companies
  • 162 Conferences
  •   25 Job Sites
  •   28 Journals
  • 316 Linked-In Groups
  •   13 Newsletters
  •   28 On-Demand Classes
  •   38 Press Release Services
  •   64 Podcasts
  •   49 Publications
  •     9 Roundtables
  •   89 Seminars
  •   86 Societies
  • 236 Training Classes
  •   32 Webcasts
  • 498 Archived Webcasts
  •   24 Workshops

And includes the following upcoming events, among many others:

Conferences

Dates Conference Sponsor
2009-Apr-22 to

2009-Apr-24

 IACCM Americas

ChampionsGate, FL, USA (North-America)

 IACCM
2009-Apr-27 to

2009-Apr-28

 Trade Compliance 101 – Back to Basics

Raffles City, Singapore (Asia)

 Mondial Trade Compliance
2009-Apr-27 to

2009-Apr-29

 ProcureCon Indirect

Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands (Europe)

 WBR
2009-Apr-29 to

2009-Apr-29

 World class procurement and supply chain management

Cardiff, England, UK (Europe)

 CIPS
2009-May-26 to

2009-May-27

 3rd Annual Structured Trade and Export Finance in India Conference

Mumbai, India (Asia)

 Euromoney Seminars

Seminars

Dates Seminar Sponsor
2009-Apr-15 to

2009-Apr-17

 Fundamentals of Purchasing: The Building Blocks of World-Class Professionalism

Dallas, TX, USA (North-America)

 ISM
2009-Apr-15 to

2009-Apr-15

 Inventory Optimization Best Practices

Edison, New Jersey, USA (North-America)

 SmartOps
2009-Apr-21 to

2009-Apr-21

 Buying Advertising & Marketing

Kent, England, UK (Europe)

 CIPS
2009-Apr-22 to

2009-Apr-24

 Legal Aspects of Supply Management: The Basics You Need to Succeed

Orlando, FL, USA (North-America)

 ISM

Workshops

Dates Workshop Sponsor
2009-Apr-19 to

2009-Apr-20

 Inventory Planning & Control

Kuala Lumpur, Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Africa)

 Marcus Evans
2009-Apr-21 to

2009-Apr-21

 Implementing lean thinking in recession

Manchester, England, UK (Europe)

 CIPS
2009-Apr-23 to

2009-Apr-24

 Sourcing Innovation through R&D Alliances

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA (North-America)

 IRI

which are all readily searchable from the comprehensive Site-Search page. So don’t forget to review the resource site on a weekly basis. You just might find what you didn’t even know what you were looking for!

And continue to keep a sharp eye out for new content and even more new content categories which will be coming on-line in the near future!

Upcoming Events from the #1 Supply Chain Resource Site

The Sourcing Innovation Resource Site, always immediately accessible from the link under the “Free Resources” section of the sidebar, continues to add new content on a weekly, and often daily, basis.

The total number of unique, active resources exceeds the 2,400 mark, and breaks down as follows:

  •   19 Analyst Firms
  • 156 Blogs
  •   20 Centers of Excellence
  • 628 Companies
  • 220 Conferences
  •   24 Job Sites
  •   28 Journals
  • 316 Linked-In Groups
  •   13 Newsletters
  •   28 On-Demand Classes
  •   38 Press Release Services
  •   64 Podcasts
  •   49 Publications
  •   10 Roundtables
  •   76 Seminars
  •   86 Societies
  •   51 Training Classes
  •   65 Webcasts
  • 498 Archived Webcasts
  •   14 Workshops

And includes the following upcoming events, among many others:

Conferences

Dates Conference Sponsor
2009-Apr-2 to

2009-Apr-3

 The Supply Chain Management Summit

San Francisco, CA, USA (North-America)

 Aberdeen
2009-Apr-5 to

2009-Apr-8

 2009 Supply Chain Conference

Miami, FL, USA (North-America)

 FMI
2009-Apr-27 to

2009-Apr-30

 The Logistics & Supply Chain Forum

New York, New York, USA (North-America)

 Richmond Events
2009-May-6 to

2009-May-7

 eProcure & Supply

Nuremberg, Germany (Europe)

 Nurnberg Messe
2009-May-11 to

2009-May-13

 European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit

Dusseldorf, Germany (Europe)

 WTG Events
2009-May-27 to

2009-May-29

 AMR Supply Chain Executive Conference

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (North-America)

 AMR

Webinars

Date & Time Webcast
2009-Apr-7

14:00 GMT-04:00/AST/EDT

 Generating Working Capital in Today’s Credit Crisis

Sponsor: Receivables Exchange
2009-Apr-8

8:00 GMT-07:00/MST/PDT

 Explore Revenue and Margin Growth in a Recession

Sponsor: QAD
2009-Apr-8

11:00 GMT-07:00/MST/PDT

 Creating Safer Communities: Technology for Improving Public Safety

Sponsor: SAS
2009-Apr-8

8:00 GMT-07:00/MST/PDT

 Measuring World-Class Finance Performance

Sponsor: The Hackett Group
2009-Apr-21

13:00 GMT-06:00/CST/MDT

 Measuring Your Green Initiatives

Sponsor: APICS

which are all readily searchable from the comprehensive Site-Search page. So don’t forget to review the resource site on a weekly basis. You just might find what you didn’t even know what you were looking for!

And continue to keep a sharp eye out for new content and even more new content categories which will be coming on-line in the near future!

The 6th International Supply Chain Management Symposium is Almost Here

This is your friendly reminder that the 6th Annual PMAC/MeRC International Supply Chain Management Symposium is happening in two weeks. It starts with the 3rd annual Doctoral Colloquium on Wednesday, October 15 and the welcome reception that night and the main body of the conference is on Thursday, October 16 and Friday October 17.

This year, their keynotes are from Mr. Dean D. Loria from Shell Canada Limited, Dr. Terry L. Esper from the University of Tennessee, and Jason “The Prophet” Busch, the Spend Master of Spend Matters. Jason’s always an energetic speaker, Dr. Esper is rather well reknowned, and although I must confess that I don’t know the dude from Shell, I’ve never attended a bad presentation from a Shell representative. (Not that they’ve all be gems, but compared to some presentations I’ve attended, including an Ariba keynote from last year, they were never bad.)

In addition, they again have a number of tracks on timely supply chain issues that include green supply chains, health care supply chains, energy sector best practices, and remanufacturing supply chains as well as the old standby topics that include global logistics, procurement management, and negotiation. In addition, this year’s panels are on green supply chains, non-profit supply chains, and supply chain education.

As I noted in last year’s announcement, there aren’t a lot of good Supply Chain / Sourcing / Procurement conferences north of the border, and this tends to be one of the few. So, if you’re in Canada or the northern states and do business in, or with, Canada, I strongly encourage you to consider checking it out. Plus, you get to check out Cowtown this year, which might be a nice change after five years of Hogtown.

For those of you who haven’t been to Canada’s wild wild west, you can check out the the city web site, the Tourism Calgary site, the Calgary Community Events Guide, and eventhe WorldWeb.com travel guide and vacation planner. And even though the event is not being held during the annual Folk Festival, Blues Festival or during the world famous Stampede, you can always check out the Calgary Zoo and Heritage Park and see how your average Canadian still lives outside of the big nine Canadian cities (which, from east to west are: Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver). In addition, you can also check out the Calgary Herald, the Calgary Sun, and The Gauntlet from the University of Calgary for the down-low on what’s going on. (And you music lovers can check out Calgary Music Lives here, Music Calgary, and the Calgary Music Special Interest Group.) And, for us bloggers, there is the Wild Rose Brewery and the Brew Brothers Brewery … so we’ll be just fine.

Three Bloggers and Beer

the doctor will be in Chicago, Illinois next Friday (July 11, 2008) and will be joining Jason Busch of Spend Matters fame and Lisa Reisman of Metal Miner fame at Wilde (3130 N. Broadway, Chicago, Il 60657) between 8:00 and 10:00 pm, EDT. We’ll be in the “back bar” area.

This is an open invitation to bloggers, procurement and supply chain practitioners, consultants, vendors, and anyone else with an interest in supply management and sourcing innovation that would like to meet the bloggers. However, please note the rule of thumb for technology or service vendor representatives is that if you plan to pitch us, you have to buy the group one drink and sponsor some appetizers. The alternative, as Jason Busch points out, is to do two shots of Jager or, if you prefer, single malt whiskey, yourself (in front of us) before starting the pitch. ( In other words, if you’re not going to feed and water us, you have to entertain us. )

If you think you can make it, drop Jason a line at (jbusch <at> spendmatters <dot> com) or post a comment to his announcement.