{"61625":{"#nid":"61625","#data":{"type":"event","title":"EMIL and SCOR Sponsor Supply Executive Forum in Shanghai","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChina\u0026rsquo;s ascendance as the world\u0026rsquo;s factory and as a growing consumer market is transforming global commerce and the supply chains that support it. What are the expectations for China\u0026rsquo;s rise and how are the world\u0026rsquo;s leading companies preparing for it? What challenges do we face in achieving those visions?\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Supply Chain Council\u0026rsquo;s Executive Forum provides an excellent opportunity for supply chain executives to share their experiences, challenges and successes  with each other. Gain valuable insights from supply chain leaders including \u003Cstrong\u003EJean-Luc Chereau, President, Carrefour China\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E(Carrefour is the second largest retailer globally and ranks first in 15 main cities in China)\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EYing Wu, Executive Director, Business Transformation, Global Supply Chain, Lenovo\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E(Lenovo is the largest PC manufacturer in China)\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EChris Gubbey, Executive Vice President of SGM and the GM China Group\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E(General Motors is China\u0027s top-selling foreign automaker).\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENetwork with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s EMIL class including Vice Presidents, Directors and Senior Managers from BAX, BMW, Dell, Disney, Ferragamo, Hapag-Lloyd, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Kuehne \u0026amp; Nagel, Lowe\u0026rsquo;s, Milliken, Motorola, Pitney-Bowes, UPS, etc.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Council is very honored to have John Vande Vate, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEMIL Executive Director\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and Takashi Oishi, Senior Expert, NEC Corporation, Japan, as co-chairs for this event. The program also include Breakout Discussion Groups so that attendees may participate in small-group discussion on:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026middot;Challenges to Developing National Distribution Networks In China\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026middot;Challenges for Supplying International Customers In The Face Of Constrained Transport Capacity: Lean Meets Global Sourcing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026middot;Anticipating Future Risks: What Will Be The Next Big Supply Chain Disruptions?\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Jin Jiang Hotel is in the \u0026quot;French Quarter\u0026quot; of Shanghai. This is a famous old hotel that was renovated not too long ago. It is ideally located near \u0026quot;Xin tian di\u0026quot; in one of Shanghai\u0027s nicer shopping districts.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information relating to the conference (registration form, hotel information, program, etc.), please visit the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.supply-chain.org\/page.ww?name=Events+Calendar+Detail\u0026amp;section=Events+Calendar\u0026amp;id=25\u0022\u003EShanghai Executive Forum page within Supply Chain Council\u0027s website\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"EMIL and SCOR Sponsor Supply Executive Forum in Shanghai","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"EMIL and SCOR Sponsor Supply Executive Forum in Shanghai"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2010-10-08 11:36:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:52:39","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2006-02-28T23:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2006-02-28T23:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2006-02-28T23:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2006-03-01 04:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2006-03-01 04:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2006-03-01 04:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}