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- 1. A collaboration between: 40+ SESSIONS OMNI-CHANNEL & E-COMMERCE INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING RETAIL E ECUTION GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY & REGULATORY IT-DRIVEN BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SUPPLY CHAIN DATA GOVERNANCE PROCUREMENT EXCELLENCE FORECASTING TRADE PROMOTION EFFECTIVENESS BIG DATA & ANALYTICS HR BEST PRACTICES COMMODITY MANAGEMENT CONNECTED MANUFACTURING Enabling the Consumer-Driven Enterprise October 5-7, 2015 Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 2. You’re Invited 2 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia Best Practices for Consumer Products unites hundreds of business and IT professionals and leaders embracing innovative solutions and best-in-class strategies to improve overall business performance. The event showcases expert insights from thought- leaders and customer case studies on how to maximize existing investments and stay on the leading edge of the industry. Designed for professionals in all roles and functions, Best Practices for Consumer Products is the only industry conference aimed at organizations using SAP, where business, functional and technology professionals in every consumer products sub-segment converge. From durables to fashion & apparel and personal care to food & beverage, the event brings together senior leadership, decision-makers, business process owners, analysts, support teams and solution providers to one location for an experiential event built around interactive learning and peer collaboration. It’s our pleasure to welcome you and your teams to this extraordinary event. We look forward to seeing you this October in Atlanta!
- 3. INTEGRATED PLANNING • Holistically leveraging data to enable integrated planning across all functions • Getting all the information from a single source • Provide visibility across the entire organization • Integrated planning analytics, simulations and alert capability in a common business context for all functions SALES & OPERATIONAL PLANNING • Visibility for supply chain teams into new innovation projects from sales and marketing • The importance of project management in delivering S&OP results • One year projection of demand and capacity • Accurately plan production schedules, coupling finished goods production with raw material purchasing • Repeatability and sustainability of the planning business process executed in SAP INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION • Greater visibility across supply and demand- enabled targeted inventory reductions • Positively impact service, inventory and growth opportunities DEMAND PLANNING • Perform comprehensive market share analysis • Gain deep insights into customer needs • Predict demand and optimally position supply • Shift from longer-term, traditional S&OP to shorter-term demand sensing ENHANCING THE USER EXPERIENCE • How to overcome the challenges of ingrained tabular reporting • How to present data graphically for improved understanding and problem solving • Enhance end user experience—reporting and analytics delivered in the method at the time and in the format that is most effective and efficient for the members leveraging it TRADE PROMOTIONS • Automated and standardized account planning and promotional event development process • Promotional event effectiveness analysis (pre and post) • Measure and improve the return on trade spend • Improve access to timely and relevant data • Deliver the business case for trade spend • Seamless integration with SAP ERP and BW on HANA • Determine which trade programs are successful and which are underperforming • A global platform for managing programs in a single system OMNI-CHANNEL • Improve consumer intimacy • Increase brand to sales conversion • Decrease marketing costs • The roadmap for building digital capabilities • How to promote an omni-channel culture within the organization • How to align operations with omni-channel retailing, from supply chain to marketing to distribution Over 90 consumer products professionals and leaders, representing over 40 customer organizations, industry thought-leaders and solution providers collaborated, debated and provided targeted feedback to identify today’s most critical challenges. These discussions formed the blueprint for the Best Practices for Consumer Products agenda focused on the topics below, offering solutions that are developed and delivered by and for the consumer products community. Your Content 3www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 4. PROCUREMENT, STRATEGIC SOURCING & COMMODITY MANAGEMENT • Best practices for deploying procure-to-pay • Improve transactional efficiency/process • A real-time and fully integrated view of commodity management from contract to final settlement • Deliver highest level of analytics and reporting available today • Reduce total cost of ownership • Divide and conquer the SAP ECC material master • Deliver an automated, repeatable material master creation and maintenance process • Identify the biggest value eroding processes for procurement • The technology breakthroughs that are changing the game for the procurement • Ensure that procurement spend is being optimized • Key actions you should take now to realize the procurement benefits in your business MANUFACTURING & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE • Improve on-time performance • Improve serviceability • Automate quality processes while collecting data across the manufacturing network—through to the point of use—for continued quality improvement and control • Identify new capabilities in the quality management space and strategies to make quality a competitive advantage • Optimize SAP quality management solutions to tighten product and process control and contain costs • Understand the SAP Connected Manufacturing strategy to leverage the explosion of customer, consumer and social data • Best practice techniques and integration strategies for connecting the shop floor with ERP system for real-time data access • Options for leveraging the cloud to orchestrate and optimize global operations • Use predictive analytics to lower costs and better utilize assets E-COMMERCE • Single site supporting all types of devices • Platform that will support a global web presence in multiple markets • Significantly more flexibility in content management RETAIL EXECUTION • Faster order entry in the field • More insight into competitor products in store • Share of market analysis and consumer insights • Augment retail execution with “health of shelf” photo data • Provide real-time feedback in store • New report types from photo-generated data • Enable effective execution in retail stores FINANCE & ACCOUNTING • Make year-end and month-end closing faster, smoother and more seamless • How to adapt to global economic changes—how to be flexible and adaptable while maintaining the integrity of business processes • Manage inter-company imbalances • Streamline the logistics planning across entities • Standardize inter-company transactions • Overcome real-world issues in the finance function with SAP BPC • Align internal processes and people to establish the foundation and infrastructure for implementing BPC • Avoid common mistakes to minimize risk and ensure success in your implementation process • Gather support for a budgeting and reporting transformation • Tools and reporting improvements FORECASTING & ANALYTICS • Increase speed of decision making through customized analytics and modeling business scenarios • Design for improved business processes shortened forecast cycle times • Leverage technology for direct source data feeds, flexibility/usability through SAP attributes and analyzing product and customer profitability • Dramatically reduce forecast cycle times 4 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 5. View the comprehensive hot topics at www.best-practices-for-cp.com/cp/topics OPTIMIZING & MANAGING THE WORKFORCE • The practical implications of major workforce trends impacting consumer products companies • Manage millennials in the multi-generational workforce • Understand how to successfully initiate a hybrid project utilizing SuccessFactors Cloud together with existing SAP HCM on premise • Drive better alignment across all parts of your HR applications PEOPLE, INFRASTRUCTURE & DATA SECURITY • Optimize role-based access to data and information • Align automated security processes with overall risk tolerance • Reduce risk exposure • Develop a new global security governance model ANALYTICS & BIG DATA • Drive insights—give analysts the time for true analysis and insight generation rather than data extraction, cleansing, harmonization and report generation • Common business language for reporting and analytics • Combine analytics and transaction data to deliver instant insight—anytime, anywhere • How timely data and powerful analytics can drive proactive decision making • Enable customer and product profitability to support ongoing business planning • Create sound business cases and pragmatic plans to drive adoption by the business • Support new capabilities with proper service delivery and talent models • Leverage cyber-physical systems to monitor analyze and automate businesses • Combine business data with intelligent analysis of new signals from devices WAREHOUSING • Improve customer satisfaction • Reduction in load/unload times per warehouse • Reduction in vehicle cycle times • Increase worker productivity, while improving workplace safety THE BUSINESS OF IT • How to drive continuous improvement of business processes and the technologies that assist organizational excellence • Build strategic and competitive value creation through IT capabilities and driven business transformations • Simplify, standardize and automate the ERP processes, IT platform and the full value chain scope • Transform disparate systems and processes into a single global enterprise • Make better technology decisions that support faster implementations • Understand technical readiness for HANA and Fiori • Improve and simplify key-user testing through the use of cloud automation DATA GOVERNANCE • Best practices in master data management and governance • One source of truth—organizational transparency, consistency and accuracy in metrics and reporting • Role of data governance in supply chain optimization • Data warehousing methods that drive data consolidation and availability 5www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 6. Keynotes The Digitization of Everything & the Pursuit of the Ideal Customer Experience Brian Vellmure is an accomplished business leader, management consultant and award winning syndicated blogger. He has helped organizations of all sizes across a variety of industries accelerate growth through customer focused transformation initiatives, as well as advised countless technology and solution providers on market and product strategy. In this groundbreaking keynote, Brian will discuss the rapidly shifting tech landscape, explore what’s to come and the ongoing impact that digitization will have on consumer behavior and consumer products companies. Bridging the Generational Divide: Connecting, Leveraging & INSPIRING a Multi-Generational Workforce Christine Hassler is a bestselling author and renowned expert on bridging generational gaps in the workplace. Christine has been featured extensively on CNN, ABC, CBS and in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Her expertise on the life issues facing Generation Y has made her a popular columnist in The Huffington Post since 2006. Join Christine as she shares ways to leverage each generation’s distinct skill sets and work values. Christine Hassler Leveraging & INSPIRING a Multi-Generational Workforce E. J. Kenney Understanding the Consumer Products Market: SAP’s Strategy Viewpoint E. J. Kenney leads the consumer products industry and agribusiness sector for SAP. In his role as the Global Head for Consumer Products, E. J. is responsible for the strategic growth plans and solution portfolio for consumer products. In his 28 years of business leadership, he has developed and implemented innovative transformational strategies to drive business outcomes for global companies. E. J. will discuss the latest industry trends that are impacting consumer products companies and how SAP is supporting these challenges. Hear about SAP’s key focus areas and the roadmap aspects you need to know. Brian Vellmure International Big Data Law Cartography – the New Mare Incognitum Dr. Brian Bandey is a leading expert on the international application of the law to computer and internet technologies. He is a scholar at the University of Oxford, a Research Associate of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Center and his work is published internationally. His law practice provides specialist legal support to software authors and manufacturers throughout the world. Come hear the legal issues explained in a common-sense manner as Brian discusses international data privacy and big data law, including addressing the data privacy issues in consumer big data aggregation, analytics and use.Dr. Brian Bandey Energizer’s SAP-Enabled Corporate Restructuring Journey Tony Bender is the CIO at Energizer Holdings, Inc. a global consumer products company with strong brands. Tony is a member of the Executive Council and Editorial Advisory Board for Consumer Goods Technology magazine, GMA Information Systems Committee, SAP Advisory Council for Consumer Products and is recognized as one of the industry’s leading experts in IT management and business process improvement. Tony will take you on a corporate restructuring journey and discuss the creation of two publicly traded companies, strengthened by a global omni-channel marketing strategy and a world-class human resource system supporting 42 countries and 8,000 employees – all fueled by adoption of SAP systems and ecosystem. Tony Bender 6 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 7. Conference Highlights Jumpstart Session Monday, October 5, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM SAP’s Special Sessions Jumpstart the conference by joining Mike Robach, Vice President of Corporate Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory at Cargill, Inc. as he discusses the challenges surrounding the global food supply network. Mike is past the President for Safe Supply of Affordable Food Everywhere (SSAFE), Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a member of the Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Council Executive Committee for the Grocery Manufacturers Association and a member of the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association’s Research Advisory Committee. Digitize, Simplify & Monetize with S/4HANA for Consumer Products Monday, October 5, 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Suite on S/4HANA is the non-disruptive evolution of SAP’s unrivaled portfolio of consumer product solutions based on an in-memory platform. It combines analytics and transaction data to deliver instant insight anywhere to help companies transform their business in a rapidly changing world. This session will focus on the latest information for S/4HANA that you need to know. We will examine the consumer products-specific S/4HANA roadmap, as well as key business and IT benefits, and considerations on how best to evolve your own technology journey in order to gain the most value. How to Create Efficient Finance Operations with SAP Simple Finance Tuesday, October 6, 10:30 AM - 11:25 AM Real-time insight to action are a must for today’s CFOs. Whether accelerating close processes, managing cash flow and working capital or providing deep analysis to support strategic decision making, CFOs are required to transform how they and their teams operate. A fundamental shift towards real-time processing and analysis of data is needed, a platform supporting collaborative finance operations is a must. SAP Simple Finance combines this platform with innovations that help bring together managerial and financial accounting. Integrated Business Planning (IBP) can be a reality. Learn what is possible and take a sneak preview into SAP’s roadmap. The Next S-Frontier: Simple Logistics Tuesday, October 6, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Consumer products companies have always been at the forefront of adopting logistics process improvements. S-Logistics, SAP’s newest member in the “Simple Suite,” helps keep this tradition alive and well. Learn how fast planning and analytics enable better decision support on the most accurate and actual information, and how the promise of real-time visibility across the supply chain is truly real. Understand how inventory management, plan-to-procure and procure-to-pay business processes will be featured within the new S-framework. Getting There: Realizing the S/4HANA Destination Tuesday, October 6, 12:20 PM - 1:05 PM You know you want it… now learn how to get it! You’re ready to take advantage of the massive simplifications including adoption, data model, user experience, decision-making and business processes, and innovations for the internet of things, big data, business networks and mobile first that S/4HANA can enable. Hear from SAP experts on how to plan your journey, whether you are starting from the SAP Business Suite, Suite on HANA or Simple Finance, we will discuss various deployment options and help you plan next steps. Mike Robach 7www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 8. 7:00 AM Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing 8:00 AM Conference Welcome Steve Morris - Managing Partner, Content & Global Production, The Eventful Group 8:15 AM Keynote: The Digitization of Everything & the Pursuit of the Ideal Customer Experience Brian Vellmure - Digital Strategist, Management Consultant & Award Winning Syndicated Blogger 9:00 AM Keynote: Understanding the Consumer Products Market: SAP’s Strategy Viewpoint E. J. Kenney - Senior VP & Global Head of Consumer Industries, SAP America 9:45 AM Morning Refreshment Break & Exhibition Viewing FINANCE SALES & MARKETING TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY CHAIN 10:45 AM SAP’s Special Session: How to Create Efficient Finance Operations with SAP Simple Finance Thack Brown - General Manager Global Line of Business (Finance), SAP Delivering Profitable Growth with Net Revenue Excellence... in the Cloud Benjamin Stiller - Principal, Consumer Products Strategy, Deloitte Consulting Colby Sheridan - Global Director- Sales & Trade Management Solutions, Consumer Products, SAP Can You Drive Value & Rebuild ERP Foundation at the Same Time? Erwin Logt - CIO, FrieslandCampina Southeastern Mills Pulls Off Peak Delivery Success with SAP Transportation Management Coni Carey - Distribution & Materials Manager, Southeastern Mills Amanda Neal - Transportation Coordinator, Southeastern Mills Stanford Huynh - Practice Lead, Logistics, itelligence 11:30 AM Financial Reporting & Budgeting: Seriously, You Need What, When? Jody Billiard - Vice President, Operations Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Best Practices in Retail Execution: How a Dog Named Rex Helped Conair Sell More Hair Brushes & Accessories Jon Harding - CIO, Conair Chris Wiesen - Global Director, Mobile Solutions, SAP America SAP Enables Globlization at Estee Lauder Companies Sandy Raman - VP Strategic Modernization Initiative, Estee Lauder Companies SAP’s Special Session: The Next S-Frontier: Simple Logistics Amra Huber - Program Manager/ Launch Lead, Global S/4HANA Go-to-Market Program, SAP 12:20 PM Leveraging SAP Business Planning & Consolidation at Delicato Family Vineyards Ron Rivera - Director of Finance, Delicato Family Vineyards The Trade Promotion Journey at Johnsonville Sausage Lori Plate - Director of Enterprise Applications, Johnsonville Sausage SAP’s Special Session: Getting There: Realizing the S/4HANA Destination Michael Lamade - Vice President & Global Head of S/4HANA Industry Program, SAP S&OP Using SAP APO: PepsiCo’s Journey on the Tools & Process Sriram Ramaswamy - Senior Supply Chain Manager, PepsiCo 1:05 PM Lunch & Exhibition Viewing 2:10 PM Supporting Inter-Company Logistics Eric Chinchilla - Director of IT, Global Finance, Johnson & Johnson Building a Next Generation E-Commerce & Web Platform Steve Reichgut - Director of Engineering & Web Platform, Benefit Cosmetics Why Do I Need a Technology Roadmap… This is a CP Conference? Andrew Faid - Technical Stream Manager, ANZ Business Transformation Program, Fonterra Brands Demand Signal Management: Gaining Real-Time Visibility into the Consumer Demand Network Ganesh Wadawadigi - Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions, SAP 3:00 PM ConAgra’s Forecast Journey– Tackling Integrated Business Planning: Margin Management & Analytics Carrie Molczyk - Director of Finance, ConAgra David Tomlinson - IT Director, ConAgra Omni-Channel Marketing & Commerce: The New Competitive Advantage Marco Trezzi - Director Consumer Products Industry, SAP Metin Ergener - Senior Director, Ecosystem Program Management, SAP CEC, OpenText Newell Rubbermaid Stays Current with SAP by Moving to EHP7 Glenn Griffin - Application Development Director, Newell Rubbermaid Improved Warehouse Efficiencies at DPSG Venkat Paruchuri - IT Director - Supply Chain & EDI, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group 3:45 PM Afternoon Refreshment Break & Exhibition Viewing 4:30 PM Keynote: Bridging the Generational Divide: Connecting, Leveraging & INSPIRING a Multi-Generational Workforce Christine Hassler - Author, Speaker, Life Coach & Cross-Generational Management Expert 5:45-7:45PM Evening Reception Tuesday, October 6 — Conference Day One Overview 3:00 PM Registration 4:00 PM Jumpstart Session Mike Robach - Vice President of Corporate Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory, Cargill, Inc. 4:45 PM SAP’s Special Session: Digitize, Simplify & Monetize with S/4HANA for Consumer Products Ulrike Solander - Chief Solution Expert Consumer Products, SAP 5:30 PM Welcome Reception Monday, October 5 — Arrival Day 8 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 9. 7:15 AM Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing Special Interest Breakfast Sessions 8:45 AM Keynote: Energizer’s SAP-Enabled Corporate Restructuring Journey Tony Bender - CIO, Energizer Holdings, Inc. 9:30 AM Keynote: International Big Data Law Cartography—the New Mare Incognitum Dr. Brian Bandey - International Expert on Consumer Data Privacy Law, Oxford Scholar & Recognized Author 10:15 AM Morning Refreshment Break & Exhibition Viewing PROCUREMENT DATA/ANALYTICS PEOPLE & PRODUCTIVITY OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE 11:15 AM Supply Chain Value Creation through Next Generation Procurement Practices: Weaving Procurement Hay into Productivity Gold Walter Charles - Chief Procurement Officer, Kraft Foods Group The Role of Strong Data Governance in the Pursuit of Supply Chain Excellence Frank Dravis - CIO, Organic Valley/CROPP Kyle Bartelt - Data Services, Organic Valley/CROPP SAP All in One in 13 Weeks: Mrs. T’s Pierogies’ Rapid Business Transformation Story Tim Coyle - Director of Information Systems, Ateeco/Mrs. T’s Pierogies Connected Manufacturing: Tackling Big Data in Manufacturing Salvatore Castro - Solution Management, SAP 12:05 PM Procurement-Led Growth Carl Hernas - Divisional Vice President, Procurement, Coach, Inc. Creating a Centralized & Automated Security Process at Stanley Black & Decker Rebecca Hodge - Global Controls & Compliance Leader, Stanley Black & Decker McCormick’s SuccessFactors Journey Stephan Waechter - Director Project Management Organization, McCormick & Company Integrated Business Planning: The Next Frontier Mark Vollrath - Worldwide Director of Supply Chain Strategy & Systems, Colgate-Palmolive Company 12:50 PM Lunch & Exhibition Viewing 1:50 PM Automating Your Material Master Maintenance Process Using SAP Workflow Dan Harmon - Global Enterprise Technology - Enabling Functions Application Support Manager, eBay Inc. Laying the Groundwork for Data Driven Decision Making Lori Plate - Director of Enterprise Applications, Johnsonville Sausage Lessons Learned for Large Scale Fiori Deployment Using RDS Pete Rauchenstein - Manager, Human Capital Management, Scotts Miracle-Gro Capacity Constrained Planning With SAP’s CTM Planning Engine Mindy Pollock - Production Planning Manager, Hallmark Cards, Inc. Phil Hammond - Production Planner, Hallmark Cards, Inc. 2:40 PM SAP Commodity Management Overview Bill Hamilton - Director Commodity Management, SAP ConAgra’s Analytics Journey: BW, HANA & IBP Mike Nelson - Principal Analytics Architect, ConAgra Panel Discussion: Workforce Trends in CPG Karen Isaacson - Strategic Advisor, Global HR, SAP (Panel Moderator) Quality Management as a Strategic Differentiator Andy Macaleer - Solution Manager, SAP 3:35 PM Keynote Panel Discussion: The Changing Role of IT in the Digital Era Brian Vellmure - Digital Strategist, Management Consultant & Award Winning Syndicated Blogger (Panel Moderator) 4:05 PM Post-Conference Refreshments 5:00 PM Conference Closes Wednesday, October 7 — Conference Day Two 7:45 AM SAP Fashion Management Solution, Tomorrow, the World: Building a Digital Global Business Peter Akbar - Solution Manager, SAP America How to Build Consumer Trust During Phases of Digital Transformation Ruediger Hagedorn - End-to-End Value Chain & Standards, The Consumer Goods Forum Brian Girouard - Global Leader Consumer Products & Retail Sector, Capgemini SAP PlanoCheck: Image-Based On-Shelf Insights & Actions Harris Fogel - Vice President, Mobile Solutions - North America, SAP 9www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 10. Say hello to your Best Practices for Consumer Products Advisory Committee! Thanks to their powerful insights, expertise and feedback, we’ve crafted a highly relevant and comprehensive agenda that provides solutions and best practices to combat the industry’s most critical business challenges. Advisory Committee Carol Mackenzie VP Business Development, Consumer Products Industry Business Unit, SAP Lori Plate Director of Enterprise Applications, Johnsonville Sausage Tim Coyle Director of Information Systems, Ateeco/ Mrs. T’s Pierogies Tony Costa CIO, Bumble Bee Seafoods Jon McCanless Principal, Consumer Products & Agribusiness, Capgemini Stephan Waechter Director of Project Management Organization, McCormick & Company Benjamin Stiller Principal, Consumer Products Strategy, Deloitte Consulting Sriram Ramaswamy Senior Supply Chain Manager, PepsiCo Program Chair, ASUG Consumer Products SIG 10 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 11. Speakers “Deliver an efficient and cost-effective global brand presence and ecommerce solution to over 40 markets worldwide” Steve Reichgut – Director of Engineering & Web Platform, Benefit Cosmetics “The role of data governance in SCO” Frank Dravis – CIO, Organic Valley/CROPP “Maximize organizational savings and optimize group efficiency” Walter Charles – Chief Procurement Officer, Kraft Foods Group The 2015 speaker lineup represents the best and brightest practitioners from across all functions, roles and sub-segments of the consumer products industry. This diverse mix of experts and thought-leaders were carefully chosen by the Advisory Committee, based upon their best-in-class strategies for solving today’s most pressing business challenges. “Design for improved business processes and shortened forecast cycle times” Carrie Molczyk – Director of Finance, ConAgra “The next frontier for business planning is Integrated Business Planning (IBP)” Mark Vollrath – Worldwide Director of Supply Chain Strategy & Systems, Colgate-Palmolive Company “Unlock new levels of efficiency, transparency and cost savings” Carl Hernas – Divisional Vice President, Procurement, Coach, Inc. 11www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 12. “Faster order entry, capturing in store data and sharing market analysis with field sales” Jon Harding – CIO, Conair “Collaborative finance operations and the shift to real-time insights and data analytics” Thack Brown – General Manager Global Line of Business (Finance), SAP “Enable effective execution in retail stores” Chris Wiesen – Global Director, Mobile Solutions, SAP America “Implement the SAP ERP all in one solution… in 13 weeks!” Tim Coyle – Director of Information Systems, Ateeco/Mrs. T’s Pierogies “Improve and simplify key-user testing through the use of cloud automation” Glenn Griffin – Application Development Director, Newell Rubbermaid “Budgeting and reporting transformation” Jody Billiard – Vice President, Operations Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated “Improve carrier availability and on-time deliveries” Coni Carey – Distribution & Materials Manager, Southeastern Mills “Measuring and improving the return on trade spend” Lori Plate – Director of Enterprise Applications, Johnsonville Sausage 12 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 13. “Gain deep insights into customer needs, predict demand and optimally position supply” Ganesh Wadawadigi – Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions, SAP “Standardize inter- company transactions” Eric Chinchilla – Director of IT, Global Finance, Johnson & Johnson “Simplify, standardize and automate your ERP processes” Erwin Logt – CIO, FrieslandCampina “Delivering an effective S&OP plan” Sriram Ramaswamy – Senior Supply Chain Manager, PepsiCo “Enabling customer and product profitability to support ongoing business planning” Mike Nelson – Principal Analytics Architect, ConAgra “Reducing cost of goods sold and OPEX” Sandy Raman – VP Strategic Modernization Initiative, Estee Lauder Companies “Improved on-time performance” Phil Hammond – Production Planner, Hallmark Cards, Inc. “Key workforce trends impacting consumer products companies” Karen Isaacson – Strategic Advisor, Global HR, SAP 13www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 14. “Make quality a competitive advantage” Andy Macaleer – Solution Manager, SAP “Improve productivity, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction” Venkat Paruchuri – IT Director - Supply Chain & EDI, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group “Leverage technology for direct source data feeds, product and customer profitability” David Tomlinson – IT Director, ConAgra “Improve consumer intimacy and decrease marketing costs” Marco Trezzi – Director Consumer Products Industry, SAP “Improved visibility and end-to-end collaboration across the supply chain” Mindy Pollock – Production Planning Manager, Hallmark Cards, Inc. “A strong data governance program including a Data Steward network, vetting data definitions through a well- oiled process and quality profiling” Kyle Bartelt – Data Services, Organic Valley/CROPP “Holistic, integrated pricing, promotion and customer profitability management capabilities” Colby Sheridan – Global Director – Sales & Trade Management Solutions, Consumer Products, SAP “Driving global HR process standardization” Stephan Waechter – Director Project Management Organization, McCormick & Company 14 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 15. “Instituting a new global security governance model” Rebecca Hodge – Global Controls & Compliance Leader, Stanley Black & Decker “Building consumer trust in the digital space” Brian Girouard – Global Leader Consumer Products & Retail Sector, Capgemini “Automated and repeatable material master creation and maintenance process” Dan Harmon – Global Enterprise Technology - Enabling Functions Application Support Manager, eBay Inc. “Reducing man hours through large-scale FIORI deployment” Pete Rauchenstein – Manager, Human Capital Management, Scotts Miracle-Gro “Building a digital global business” Peter Akbar – Solution Manager, SAP America “SAP’s connected manufacturing strategy” Salvatore Castro – Solution Management, SAP “Re-imaging the pricing and trade promotion management experience” Benjamin Stiller – Principal, Consumer Products Strategy, Deloitte Consulting “Unleash the power of omni-commerce and omni-content” Metin Ergener – Senior Director, Ecosystem Program Management, SAP CEC, OpenText 15www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 16. “Image-based planogram compliance” Harris Fogel – Vice President, Mobile Solutions – North America, SAP “Drive peak delivery success” Amanda Neal – Transportation Coordinator, Southeastern Mills “A real-time and fully integrated view of commodity management from contract to final settlement” Bill Hamilton - Director Commodity Management, SAP “Leverage accelerated deployment methodologies to reduce implementation time” Stanford Huynh – Practice Lead, Logistics, itelligence “BPC helped overcome real-world issues in the finance function” Ron Rivera – Director of Finance, Delicato Family Vineyards “How to plan your S/4HANA journey” Amra Huber - Program Manager/Launch Lead, Global S/4HANA Go-to- Market Program, SAP Visit www.best-practices-for-cp.com to keep up-to-date with speakers and sessions 16 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 18. Sponsors As a market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps consumer products companies become more consumer driven. They can accelerate time to market with products consumers want and respond to dynamic demand quickly and profitably. In addition, companies can reach, engage and serve consumers with timely, tailored and relevant information and offers along the entire path to purchase. SAP solutions connect processes for consumer products value chains by integrating horizontal lines of business with industry-specific solutions on premise, in the cloud and through mobile devices. For more information, visit http://go.sap.com/solution/industry/consumer-products.html Learn. Connect. Influence. Innovate. What it means to be a member of the world’s largest SAP user group. No matter what your niche is in the SAP ecosystem, a membership with the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) is designed to advance your career and company by providing you with access to customer-driven education, a channel to influence SAP product and service direction, and a forum for innovation. At ASUG, more than 100,000 members connect year round to share information, insights and ideas through national events and regional Chapter meetings, participation in Special Interest Group (SIG) webcasts and online discussion forums, and the timely reporting by ASUG News and Research Services on all matters relevant to them as SAP professionals. Visit www.asug.com/membership to find out how you too can become part of ASUG and share experiences, successes and expertise with your peers in ASUG’s Consumer Products SIG. With almost 145,000 people in 40 countries, Capgemini is one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. Capgemini helps our clients achieve their business goals with innovative, integrated, digitally-driven solutions. We provide industry-specific services to hundreds of consumer products and retail clients worldwide. Learn more: www.capgemini.com/consumer-products-retail Gold 18 October 5-7, 2015 | Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia
- 19. Silver Exhibitors SEALSYSTEMS THE DIGITAL PAPER FACTORY 19www.best-practices-for-cp.com@BP4CP #BP4CP
- 20. Packages & Prices SUPER SAVER (Register by July 31) EARLY BIRD (Register by August 28) STANDARD $1,995 $2,295 $2,495 Register Online: www.best-practices-for-cp.com +1 914 509 5354 OR +1 877 411 4675 (US Only) Register by Phone: For team pricing, please call +1 914 509 5354 HOW TO REGISTER Terms & Conditions: Cancellations cannot be made less than 21 days prior to the conference, after which time The Eventful Group will only accept alternate delegates. All requests need to be communicated to Sarah Carr at sarah.carr theeventfulgroup.com or on 1 914 509 5 54. Cancellations directed elsewhere or received after this cut-off time will not be eligible for refund. If circumstances or events beyond the control of The Eventful Group cause cancellation to all or any part of the conference, The Eventful Group will refund the appropriate portion of the registration fee. The Eventful Group are not responsible for travel arrangements, travel fees, or any expenses incurred by you as a result of such cancellation. Accommodations Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia The Sheraton Atlanta is located in the heart of the city just minutes from famous attractions like the Georgia Dome, Phillips Arena and Georgia Aquarium. The special conference rate at Sheraton is 189 tax per night. This rate is valid until September 16, 2015, pending availability. Visit www.best-practices-for-cp.com/cp/venue for details.