Agenda

CONFERENCE KICK-OFF* | Wednesday, September 19

12:00 pm	Registration Opens
7:30 pm	Welcome Cocktail Reception

DAY ONE* | Thursday, September 20

7:00 am	Information Desk Opens
7:00 am – 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:15 am	Welcome Address
8:15 am – 9:15 am	Keynote Address *The State of Logistics* Rick Blasgen, CSCMP
9:15 am – 9:30 am	Break
9:30 am – 10:30 am	enVista Keynote *Fueling Your Inspiration & Understanding: An Interactive, Fireside Chat with Executives on Their Strategic Supply Chain & Unified Commerce Initiatives* Jim Barnes, enVista \| Colin Yankee, Tractor Supply \| Mike Racer, Sephora Jeff Starecheski, CVS \| Carey Lowrey, Spencer’s
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Client Panel The Great DC Labor Crisis: Where We Stand, and What to Do About It Charlie Hillebold, HCM \| Tim Short, Wegmans Food Markets \| Jerome Dubois, 6 River Systems \| Shannon Kohl, Vera Bradley Dan Gilmore, Supply Chain Digest \| Tom Stretar, enVista
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch & Industry Roundtables
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm	Breakout Sessions TRACK 1: DC DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION How Best Buy Rolled Out a Single WMS Solution Across Its Omni-Channel DC Network Jeremy Willink, Best Buy \| Christian Nixel, enVista TRACK 2: SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION How to Mitigate Rising Labor and Transportation Costs in Your Supply Chain Jeremy Woods, CBRE \| Nate Rosier, enVista TRACK 3: TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS, VISIBILITY & IMPLEMENTATION Optimize Your Freight Spend Without Negotiation Tony Montagano, ULTA \| Michael Falls, enVista TRACK 4: TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY *How Can Regional Carriers Help You Compete in an Amazon World?* Mark Magill, OnTrac \| Elton Poisler, Urban Outfitters \| Joe Wilkinson, enVista TRACK 5: UNIFIED COMMERCE Competing in the Age of Amazon Jim Barnes, enVista
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm	Breakout Sessions TRACK 1: DC DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION *Distribution Center Design: “Both Sides of the Fence”* Vincent Pusateri, Luxottica \| Mike Kasperski, enVista TRACK 2: SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION How to Use Strategy as a Process Instead of a Project Jody Swentik, Briggs & Stratton \| Dan Avila, enVista TRACK 3: TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS, VISIBILITY & IMPLEMENTATION How Business Intelligence Shaped Our Global Transportation KPIs Oliver Huber, Lutron \| David Wedekind, enVista TRACK 4: TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY Defining Transportation Strategy Gene Mayer, Baldor Specialty Foods \| Geoff Milsom, enVista TRACK 5: UNIFIED COMMERCE Drop Shipping: Routine, but Not Simple Chadwick Hamby, GNC \| Susan Kasperski, enVista
3:20 pm – 3:55 pm	Break
3:55 pm – 4:45 pm	Breakout Sessions TRACK 1: DC DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION Organizational Change Management: If You Don’t Think You Need It, Think Again Mike Livermore, Moen \| Broc Pittsford, enVista TRACK 2: SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION Product Flow Design and Inventory Strategy Colin Yankee, Tractor Supply \| Nate Rosier, enVista TRACK 3: TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS, VISIBILITY & IMPLEMENTATION Transportation Roundtable: Managing Freight and Parcel Complexities Shannon Kohl, Vera Bradley \| John Janson, SanMar \| Joe Wilkinson, enVista TRACK 4: TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY Peak Season Surcharges and 2018 Planning Mark Taylor, enVista TRACK 5: UNIFIED COMMERCE OMS is the New POS Gene Bornac, Boston Retail Partners \| Jim Brownell, American Freight Furniture \| Jim Barnes, enVista
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm	Break
5:45 pm – 9:00 pm	Spirit of Chicago Dinner Cruise – Sponsored by HighJump

DAY TWO* | Friday, September 21

7:30 am	Information Desk Opens
7:00 am – 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:15 am – 8:30 am	Concluding Remarks
8:30 am – 9:30 am	Concluding Keynote *Defining Your Own Logistics Competitive Weapon* Adrian Gonzalez, Talking Logistics
9:30 am – 10:00 am	Break
10:00 am – 10:50 am	Breakout Sessions TRACK 1: DC DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION Show Me the Money: KeHE Distributors’ Workforce Optimization Journey Delivers the Goods Brian McCarthy, KeHE \| Chris Harkema, enVista TRACK 2: SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION Supply Chain Transformation: The Intersection of Corporate and Supply Chain Strategy Nate Rosier, enVista TRACK 3: TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS, VISIBILITY & IMPLEMENTATION Cross-Border e-Commerce: The World is Your Market Nathan Rucker, ProShip \| Dominic McGough, enVista TRACK 4: TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY Keys to a Successful TMS Implementation Matt Arnold, Sephora \| Roland Wilson, M. Holland \| Geoff Milsom, enVista TRACK 5: UNIFIED COMMERCE OMS: A Key Value Driver for 3PL Clients and Shippers Steve Congro, Saddle Creek Logistics
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Breakout Sessions TRACK 1: DC DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION *Robotics in the Warehouse* Charlie Hillebold, HCM Systems \| Mike Kasperski, enVista TRACK 2: SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION How to Use a 3PL Strategically in Your Network JJ Ethridge, XPO Logistics \| Steve Cumbo, enVista TRACK 3: TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS, VISIBILITY & IMPLEMENTATION How Do You Stack Up: Transportation Benchmarking in an Ever-Changing Landscape Rebecca Jung, AmerisourceBergen \| Joe Wilkinson, enVista TRACK 4: TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY Carrier Sourcing Strategies & Best Practices Mark Taylor, enVista TRACK 5: UNIFIED COMMERCE Unified Commerce Lessons Learned by a CIO Mike Starkey, enVista
12:00 pm	Conference Concludes

*Agenda sessions and times are subject to change.