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FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO

Panel: Harmonizing Quality and Safety Excellence Across the Food Ecosystem: Perspectives from Retail, Foodservice, Restaurants & Manufacturers

October 4, 2024

Overview of the current industry of food quality, regulatory and safety ecosystem and the interplay and evolution of regulatory frameworks, and consumers wants and needs
The alignment of quality standards and the strategies employed to ensure consistent quality standards across various in house and purchase brands
Exploring how to work closely with external suppliers to align their practices with our company’s stringent quality requirements
Examining the role of technology, collaboration and education in the quality assurance and food safety systems of the future

SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: Rising to the Challenge of New Supply Chain Business Realities

September 21, 2023

Mario Rivera is CVS Health’s SVP and Chief Supply Chain & Logistics Officer. He is responsible for developing and executing the company’s strategy to transform their supply chain network to become America’s premier health and wellness destination. He leads teams in transportation & logistics, distribution center operations, inventory management, omnichannel fulfillment, and network strategy & engineering.

Mario has more than two decades of experience in roles of increasing responsibility, primarily within the Healthcare industry – from MedTech to Life Sciences to Retail/Pharmacy. He has extensive leadership expertise driving business transformation globally including in the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Europe.

SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO

Driving Change in the Retail Supply Chain

October 12, 2023

Ed Oldham, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Chief Supply Chain Officer, joined PetSmart in May 2022. In this role Ed is responsible for several thousand associates across PetSmart’s US and Canada DCs. Prior to PetSmart, he served as Senior Vice President of Inventory and Planning at Petco.

Ed has more than 25 years of experience in retail, CPG and consulting. Serving in many different leadership roles at companies including Walmart, Ernst & Young and Walgreens, Ed’s experience spans store operations, transportation, merchandising, replenishment, planning, strategy and program management.

TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: New Tech is Evolving Fast, and Customer Adoption is Even Faster

June 14, 2023

An accomplished and results driven technology executive, Cheryl has built high performing, global product and technology teams that have created some of the web’s most innovative, popular and award-winning consumer experiences, and has spearheaded transformational change within organizations to drive business results at-scale.

As SVP New Businesses & Emerging Tech for Walmart Global Tech, Cheryl leads a team of technologists with a mission to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts by delivering value, speed, efficiencies and operational excellence for retail and emerging tech capabilities.

ETAIL OPERATIONS, VIDEO, VIDEO

Customer Delivery Options: Enabling a Great Customer Experience While Balancing Speed and Efficiency

November 5, 2019

How Home Depot is building out a network to enable the fastest, most-efficient delivery in home improvement Enabling options from free pickup in-store to same-day delivery Tailoring capabilities to the type of delivery needed from parcel to flatbed jobsite delivery — Colby Chiles VP, Supply Chain Delivery The Home Depot Colby Chiles is the Vice President of Delivery with responsibility for strategy, execution, and customer experience for all appliance, store, online, and Interline deliveries. Colby joined The Home Depot in 2007 as a Supply Chain Manager responsible for Real Estate Planning and Network Strategy for the RDC network. Following…

ETAIL OPERATIONS, SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO, VIDEO

Re-Engineering the Supply Chain

October 31, 2019

Keeping eCommerce customer expectations in mind when reconstructing the supply chain Examining the rapid growth of automation and realigning capabilities with changing demands Maintaining agile and flexible operations focusing on digital channels What should leadership be doing today to get ready for the next ten years? — Gemma Kubat SVP of Engineering and Activation Target Gemma Kubat, Senior Vice President of Engineering & Activation, leads all aspects of new automation and robotics capabilities, including design, development, activation and ongoing assets management. Before Target, Gemma held various leadership roles at Walmart and most recently was Vice President of Global Business Services….

ETAIL OPERATIONS, SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO

Evolution of an Industry: Case Study

October 4, 2019

Strategies that make an impact as we navigate the eCommerce market Taking a refreshed approach to overcoming challenges in shipping and inventory management Best practices in meeting customer expectations — Maia Benson Global Commercial Lead Shopify Maia Benson is the Global Commercial Head of Shipping & Fulfillment at Shopify. In her role, she leads the commercial team focused on simplifying shipping and fulfillment for Shopify’s growing base of 600K+ entrepreneurs – via embedded product partnerships, product marketing/growth, strategy and operations. She has spent over 10 years building and commercializing award-winning products and experiences for the SMB/SME market Maia has led…

ETAIL OPERATIONS, SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO

Unified Retailing: Three Keys to Unlocking Omnichannel Sales Profitably

October 3, 2019

Flexible Systems – Shopping trends and behaviors continue to evolve, forcing retailers to quickly adapt and try new ways to capture sales from both new and existing customers Profitable Personalization – The demands of personalized, omnichannel retailing require more than just new technology to ensure retailer profitability Consistent Experiences – In an omnichannel marketplace, what is needed, beyond technology, to ensure every customer experience delivers on your promise to sell, fulfill, and engage anywhere? — Jeff Ball VP Strategic Business Development, Store Systems Manhattan Associates For over 25 years, Jeff has helped retailers both large and small transform their businesses…

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Panel: Harmonizing Quality and Safety Excellence Across the Food Ecosystem: Perspectives from Retail, Foodservice, Restaurants & Manufacturers

Fireside Chat: Rising to the Challenge of New Supply Chain Business Realities

Driving Change in the Retail Supply Chain

Fireside Chat: New Tech is Evolving Fast, and Customer Adoption is Even Faster

Customer Delivery Options: Enabling a Great Customer Experience While Balancing Speed and Efficiency

Re-Engineering the Supply Chain

Evolution of an Industry: Case Study

Unified Retailing: Three Keys to Unlocking Omnichannel Sales Profitably

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