THE 2012 Chief Supply Chain Officer forum will be held at the Radisson Blu Aqua, Chicago and feature three sessions on risk management, globalisation and customer supply chain and workshops on 3PL selection and contract negotiation and supply chain visibility.
    Speakers, discussing experience with supply chain initiatives, will include Starbucks vice president Greg Javor; Fujitsu vice president Kevin Wrenn and other executives from Estee Lauder and Walgreens.
    Sessions focus on building relationships with external partners for retailers of multi-channel delivery networks as well as approaching global sourcing of new markets.

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