Overview

Bringing forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark innovation in forecasting & planning within the Consumer Goods industry.

Only the Consumer Packaged Goods Forecasting & Planning Summit brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the CPG industry together in one place at one time. The Summit is known for its interactive format, encouraging audience interaction and participation.

Through cutting-edge plenary gatherings, candid onstage conversations, rapid-fire dialogue and presentations, and in-depth workshops and roundtable discussions. Executives from CPG organizations will present their unparalleled perspective on strategic planning, S&OP, forecasting, supply chain management & pricing. You'll learn what business models and processes are working, how all of this will affect your own business & what's next on the horizon.

The agenda will allow for plenty of time for catching up with acquaintances within the industry, making new connections, and for reaching out to the leaders redefining the CPG industries business opportunities.

Attendance at the Summit is limited to maintain an intimate setting and foster dialogue among all participants. Registration is by invitation only.

About CPG Forecasting & Planning 2011

Challenge & Opportunity

Effective planning is central to business success. In the modern business environment technological developments and the advances of globalization have created unparalleled opportunities for businesses to expand their markets. But new opportunity has opened the door to new challenges.

As competition intensifies, businesses have never been under as much pressure to consistently provide the products their customers want, when and where they want them. Shifting customer expectations and the increasingly global nature of CPG supply chains and partnerships place formidable demands on planning, as the number of relevant variables balloons and the predictability of data becomes increasingly uncertain.

In this context, businesses are turning to a variety of business processes, techniques and technologies to identify and capitalize on the challenges of modern markets. This summit will focus on the solutions offered by innovative strategy, demand planning and business forecasting. The Summit will comprise of learning objectives, illustrated intermittently with a number of illustrative case studies:

•How to create business excellence with optimal communication, collaboration and co-ordination
•Discover how demand planners can optimize the demand management process to increase profitability
•Learn how to optimize the role of new product forecasting & planning in your company
•Hear Innovative ways to collaborate with your key clients
•Discover innovative inventory and replenishment strategies