Supply Chain: Charles Smart Joins Supply Chain IT Advisory Council
The A2B Network announced recently that Charles Smart, President & CEO of Smart Software, Inc. will join with the 22 Trailblazers in the Supply Chain IT Industry as a member of the Supply Chain IT Advisory Council, due to launch at the May 2007 D/C Conference & Expo.
"I am happy to have the opportunity to work with such an accomplished group of supply chain experts" says Charles Smart. "I hope to add the perspective of someone who has worked nearly twenty-five years to help companies meet their strategic goals to improve their forecasting, demand management, and inventory planning processes."
The new Supply Chain IT Advisory Council will have its first meeting on May 23, 2007 during the D/C Expo and Conference in Chicago's Navy Pier. At this meeting they will discuss the state of the industry and how they can work to address future challenges.
"This Council will have a major impact on the future of this industry," states Shubhra Wells, President of The A2B Network, producer of the D/C Expo and Conference. "Each member was carefully handpicked not just for their vast experience, but their personal history of groundbreaking contributions in every area of the supply chain and logistics industry. Collectively, their accomplishments have been most far-reaching and high impact; the industry is fortunate to have such a powerhouse of leaders willing to give even more."
The members of the Supply Chain IT Advisory Council include: Eric Peters, CEO of TrueDemand, Graham R.F. Napier, President & CEO of TradeBeam, Ken Ackerman, Publisher & Editor of The Warehousing Forum, John Hill, Principal of ESYNC, Sue Welch, Founder & CEO of TradeStone Software, Bob Burrows, Managing Principal of The On-Point Group, Mike Loughrin, Partner of Transformance Advisors, Jason Busch, Managing Director of Azul Partners, Alan Dabbiere, Chairman of Wandering WiFi (and founder of Manhattan Associates), Tom Glassanos, President & CEO of Xign Corp., Charles Ballaro, Director Product Management at SciQuest, Jeff Karrenbauer, President of INSIGHT, Tehseen Ali, CEO & President of Verian Technologies, Art Van Bodegraven, Partner of The Progress Group, Greg Hackett, Goodyear Professor at Kent State University (and founder of Hackett Group), Dr. Charles Watts, Professor at John Carroll University and Executive Director of ISCEA, Ralph Harper, President of HarCon & Professor at Florida Institute of Technology, Gail Rutkowski, Director Operations at AIMS Logistics and President of NASSTRAC, and professors Dr. Hokey Min from Bowling Green State University, Dr. Steve Melnyk, Michigan State University, and Robert J. Vokurka, Professor of Operations Management at Texas A&M and President-Elect of APICS. And now Charles Smart, President & CEO of Smart Software, Inc.
This council is the "cherry on top" for the 2007 D/C Expo & Conference, which brings executives face-to-face with the movers and shakers in the Supply Chain and Logistics IT industry. The new Executive Professional Development Conference, coupled with a 25 year old successful tradeshow, makes this the only, exclusively end-to-end supply chain & logistics IT event in the world. The only fitting place for this Council to exist.
About Smart Software, Inc.
Founded in 1984, Smart Software, Inc. is a leader in providing businesses with enterprise-wide demand forecasting, demand planning and inventory optimization solutions. Smart Software's flagship product, SmartForecasts, has thousands of users worldwide, including customers at mid-market enterprises and Fortune 500 companies, such as Monsanto, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Disney, Pfizer, GE and The Coca-Cola Company. SmartForecasts gives demand planners the tools to handle sales seasonality, promotions, new and aging products, multi-dimensional hierarchies, and intermittently demanded service parts and capital goods items. It also provides inventory managers with accurate estimates of the minimum inventory and safety stock required to meet future orders, thereby ensuring the most cost-effective inventory allocation to achieve desired service levels. Smart Software is headquartered in Belmont, Massachusetts and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.smartcorp.com.
The A2B Network
The A2B Network is the producer of the D/C Expo & Conference www.dcexpo.net which has been creating a unique marketplace for supply chain & logistics information technology executives and providers for 24 years.
SOURCE: The A2B Network