-- Ron Carcamo, CPO, Yahoo
-- Kirk Eberhart, Global Director of Supply Chain, Material Sciences Corp
-- Farley Blackman, Vice President - Sustainable Cost Management, BP
-- Jean-Jacques Beaussart, CPO, National City
-- Ken Syme, CPO, Xerox
-- Olivier Dumas, SVP, CPO, EADS Defense
-- Russell Toney, General Manager, Global Sourcing, General Electric Co,
Energy Services
-- Greg Tennyson, CPO, Salesforce.com
-- Peter Connelly, CPO, Leggett & Platt
-- Kathy Disimino, VP of Procurement, Hertz
-- Scott Singer, CPO, Rio Tinto
-- General William "Gus" Pagonis, Retired US Army General, Business
Leadership Author, Lecturer, and World Renowned Supply Chain Expert
-- Mitch Plaat, CPO, Con-way
-- Geraint John, Editor-in-Chief, CPO Agenda
-- Linda Fusinati, Sr. Category Manager, Global Staff Augmentation,
Chevron IT
-- Jim Polak, Director, Purchasing (CPO) PPG Industries (Supply & Demand
Chain Executive's 2008 Executive of the Year)
CPO Summit presenters are tasked with ensuring efficient and effective
procurement performance and with delivering strategic value across the
enterprise. Each leader will present their unique strategies for success
and place them in the context of the rising role that the CPO has gained
within the enterprise. Also taking the stage will be Aberdeen's own team of
global supply management analysts who will share recent and timely research
findings, moderate CPO panel discussions, and facilitate the participation
of the executive audience in lively discussions and "real-time" research.
During the proceedings Aberdeen will also reveal the winners of its annual
industry achievement awards in global supply management. The nominees were
selected solely on based upon Aberdeen's research over the past 12 months.
The award categories are:
(1) Innovation in Technology - granted to the enterprise that has
maximized leveraged technology solutions to solve pressing
business issues to positively impact company performance.
2008 Nominees: JC Penney, Hospira Healthcare Corp, and The Ohio
State University Medical Center.
(2) Executive Stewardship - granted to the enterprises that has
overcome tremendous obstacles and achieved new performance heights
as a result of direct involvement and leadership from exceptional
executive management. 2008 Nominees: Raytheon Missile Systems Co
and Con-way
(3) Process Excellence - granted to the enterprise that has
demonstrated process ingenuity, agility, flexibility and
scalability to address evolving business requirements.
2008 Nominees: Verizon Service Organization and Becton Dickinson
(4) Business Evolution - granted to the enterprise that has
demonstrated the ability to manage the flow of information across
internal and external functional practices to achieve demonstrable
business growth. 2008 Nominees: Air Transat and Wolverine
Worldwide
(5) Performance Excellence - granted to the enterprise that has
harnessed the performance impacts of value chain activities and
mastered methodologies for financial, operational, and
customer-centric performance excellence. 2008 Nominees: Panasonic
Avionics Corp, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, and Cisco
There are still a few seats available. To register for the event that has
become the definitive meeting place for global procurement executives to
learn, network, and discuss the strategies needed to extend the broad
transformation of their organizations, please visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/events/live/CPO08
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