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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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NEWS RELEASE
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LogicTools: Aimee Ortiz, Sr. Marketing Manager
888-265-4706 or Email
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ILOG: Monika Raj, PR Manager, U.S.
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Supply Chain Experts from GE Healthcare, Pepsi, MIT and AMR Research to Speak at LogicTools Symposium
Speakers to Share Best Practices and Supply Chain Strategies for Coping with Natural Disasters, Geopolitical Risks, Volatile Fuel Prices
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Chicago - September 10, 2007: LogicTools, a Division of ILOG® (NASDAQ: ILOG, Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364), today announced the speakers for its upcoming sixth annual symposium, “Supply Chain Excellence 2007: Managing Risk in the Global Supply Chain.” Leading supply chain experts from GE Healthcare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Pepsi Bottling Group, Accenture, AMR Research and Fonterra, Co-Operative Group Limited and ILOG will be speaking at the conference and sharing best practices and strategies for coping with natural disasters, geopolitical risks, volatile fuel prices as well as operational challenges such as forecast accuracy or sourcing problems.
Speakers for this year’s conference include leading supply chain authority, Lora Cecere, research director, AMR Research, Sharan Singanamala, Global Logistics Planning Manager, GE Healthcare, Greg Cudahy, Managing Partner, Supply Chain Management Practice, Accenture, Anna Ross, Strategic Sourcing & Optimization, Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited, and Timothy Russell, Operations Specialist, Integrated Planning, Pepsi Bottling Group. Also presenting are David Simchi-Levi, Co-founder of LogicTools and Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT and Jean-François Abramatic, Chief Product Officer, ILOG.
Sponsored by Accenture, this 6th annual event will address how recent trends, including outsourcing, off-shoring and lean manufacturing, are reducing supply chain costs, but are also significantly increasing the level of risk faced by companies. The symposium will be held on September 27 in conjunction with LogicTools’ annual user conference on September 28 at The Metropolitan Club at Sears Tower in Chicago.
The event will also feature a panel discussion, Supply Chain Risk Management: Stories from the Trenches, led by industry experts and breakout sessions targeted towards director-level and above practitioners involved with Distribution, Finance, Logistics IT, Manufacturing, Production, Operations, Supply Chain and Transportation.
Conference tracks include:
- “Who Cares about Risk? Lessons learned in Supply Chain Risk Management.” Greg Cudahy, Managing Partner, Supply Chain Management Practice, Accenture
- “We Should Design, Not Inherit the Supply Chain Response.” Lore Cecere, Research Director, AMR Research
- “Production Sourcing Strategies.” Timothy Russell, Operations Specialist, Integrated Planning, Pepsi Bottling Group
- “Reliance on Technology and the Risk it Poses to the Global Supply Chain.” Anna Ross, Strategic Sourcing & Optimization, Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
- Risk as a Variable in Strategic Network Design Sharan Singanamala, Strategic Logistics Planning Manager, GE Healthcare
- Countering the Risks of Off-shoring & Lean Manufacturing David Simchi-Levi, engineering systems professor at MIT and LogicTools Co-founder
- TBD Jean-François Abramatic, Vice President, Chief Product Officer, ILOG
For information and to register please visit http://www.logic-tools.com/sce2007/ or contact Aimee Ortiz, Sr. Marketing Manager at 888-265-4706.
About LogicTools
Founded in 1995 by David Simchi-Levi, Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, LogicTools, a division of ILOG, provides strategic and tactical supply chain optimization applications designed to complement existing IT investments. LogicTools’ product suite allows companies to make a wide range of supply chain decisions, from choosing the best strategic network design, deciding on the most efficient sourcing strategy to optimizing inventory placement throughout the different levels of the supply chain. For more information, please visit www.logic-tools.com.
About ILOG
ILOG delivers software and services that empower customers to make better decisions faster and manage change and complexity. Over 2,500 corporations and more than 465 leading software vendors rely on ILOG’s market-leading business rule management system (BRMS), supply chain planning and scheduling applications, and optimization and visualization software components to achieve dramatic returns on investment, create market-defining products and services, and sharpen their competitive edge. ILOG was founded in 1987 and employs more than 850 people worldwide. For more information, please visit www.ilog.com.
ILOG is a registered trademark of ILOG, Inc. and ILOG S.A. LogicTools is a trademark of LogicTools, a division of ILOG. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Media Contact
LogicTools: Aimee Ortiz, Sr. Director of Marketing 888-265-4706 or Email
ILOG: Monika Raj, PR Manager, U.S. (408) 991-7128 or mraj@ilog.com
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