JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The
Supply Chain Company®, today announced that FOCUS
2011, the company’s 21st annual global conference, will
feature more than 200 content-rich Super Sessions, Breakout
Sessions and Special Interest Group Meetings covering the
manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation and retail
industries. FOCUS 2011 will be held May 1-4 at the Walt Disney
World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla.
The theme for FOCUS 2011 – Anticipate and Deliver Your
Promise – reflects JDA’s commitment to helping its customers
deliver on the promises they make to their customers, suppliers and
manufacturing partners each day. The theme also underscores JDA’s
commitment to innovation, ensuring that its solutions continue to
provide companies with unmatched value and bottom-line results.
Compelling Keynotes and General Session Presentations
FOCUS 2011 General Session keynote presentations feature JDA
leaders as well as highly regarded executives from some of the
world’s leading companies. The presenters include:
- JDA President and CEO Hamish Brewer,
whose “state of the company” address will outline JDA’s vision for
the future as “The Supply Chain Company.” He’ll discuss how the
company’s successful growth strategy has positioned JDA as the only
end-to-end supply chain solutions provider, with offerings that
range from the manufacturer to the retail shelf.
- Meg Whitman, president and CEO of eBay
(1998-2008), who will discuss the difficulties of managing
innovation across large organizations – and what leaders need to
know to foster an environment where good ideas are cultivated,
developed and executed. She will also discuss the importance of
looking outside traditional avenues to put organizations on the
path to sustainable growth.
- Kevin O’Marah, group vice president,
Supply Chain Research, Gartner, will discuss the future of supply
chain and the best practices used by leading companies today. He
will then moderate a panel discussion featuring the following JDA
customers:
- Karl Martin, director, consumer and
retail, Dell
- LeRoy Allen, senior vice president,
logistics, Lowe’s Companies
- Dennis Mullahy, group vice president,
merchandise planning and supply chain, Meijer
- Louise Tang, director, customer supply
chain operations, Sony
- Wilfred Eijpen, director, supply chain,
Stanley Black & Decker
Event to Showcase Customer Excellence and Strategies that
Deliver Bottom-Line Results
FOCUS 2011 will feature more than 80 customer-led presentations,
30 Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings and 20 hands-on workshops.
FOCUS is designed to offer attendees best-practice knowledge,
one-on-one training from JDA solution experts and the opportunity
to network with industry peers, supply chain experts, technology
partners and more. Recipients of the 2011 Real Results Award will
also be honored.
Companies presenting at the conference span the discrete and
process manufacturing, transportation, retail and wholesale
distribution industries from the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific
regions. A sample of companies presenting at this year’s conference
include: Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, Cypress
Semiconductor, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Glazer’s,
Grupo Modelo S.A. de C.V./ Corona Beer, HAVI Global
Solutions, Hastings Entertainment, Hudson Group,
Kraft Foods, L.L. Bean, Lowe’s Companies,
Mars, Incorporated, Marvell Technology Group Ltd.,
Maxim Integrated Products, Mayo Clinic, Nestlé
DSD, ON Semiconductor, Sears Holdings
Corporation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and
xpedx to name a few. Visit www.jda.com/FOCUS to view the
complete FOCUS 2011 program.
The Innovation Zone: The Hub of Supply Chain Excellence at
FOCUS 2011
As the hub of supply chain excellence at FOCUS 2011, the
world-class Innovation Zone expo hall will provide attendees with a
first-hand look at proven solutions and innovative approaches to
many of their supply chain, merchandising and pricing challenges.
Conference attendees can network, schedule one-on-one meetings with
partners and JDA solution experts, and gain additional knowledge of
leading solutions and services. Attendees can spend time with
industry-leading solution providers as they demonstrate the latest
innovations that maximize the value of their JDA investment as well
as sign up for a complimentary 30-minute Ask-the-Expert session to
receive recommendations on how to address their company’s specific
business needs. Key sponsors of FOCUS 2011 include RPE, this
year’s Platinum sponsor, along with the following Gold-level
sponsors: Accenture, Capgemini, Columbus
Consulting International, Google, HCL
Technologies, HP, IBM and Intel. Silver
sponsors include: ACI Worldwide, CopiaMobile,
Gladson, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility,
IntelliChief, Kurt Salmon, MEB Consulting,
NCR Corporation, Oliver Wight, Plan4Demand,
Planalytics, Spinnaker, Tata Consultancy
Services, TDX Tech, Tender Retail,
Toshiba, and Vaco Supply Chain Solutions and
Vertex Inc.
Still Time to Register
To register today and learn more about this “must-attend” event,
please visit www.jda.com/FOCUS.
About JDA Software Group, Inc.
JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain
Company®, is the leading provider of innovative supply chain
management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions
worldwide. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to
make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real
results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale
distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With
an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain
from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage
and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2
Technologies®, Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA’s
multiple service options, delivered via the JDA® Private Cloud,
provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid
time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional
and technical support and expertise. To learn more, visit
www.jda.com or e-mail info@jda.com.
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