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Top Logistics Conferences & Trade Shows in 2024 · Speaking of Supply Chain

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You're listening to Speaking of Supply Chain, a meboch podcast. This is a
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dive right in. Hello, and welcome to Speaking of Supply Chain, where
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we explore trends, current events, and innovations impacting the logistics and supply chain
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industries. I'm your host, Ellen Wood. It is that time of year
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again, and by that I mean it's the beginning of the year and we
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are planning out what we're going to be doing throughout the year, and that
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includes trade shows and conferences. So we're going to do a rundown of the
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logistics and supply chain trade shows and conferences that have come across my desk in
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some way, shape or form that you may be interested in, whether to
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attend, maybe to exhibit, maybe you're going to be looking for some solutions
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this year. But we've got a list of almost thirty this year that I'm
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going to go through very quickly. So even though it is just me today,
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sorry no guests, I'm still going to do are getting to know you
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little segment that is exclusive to our video subscribers. Although because it is just
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me, I will say let's go ahead and have this be part of our
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audio version as well. So audio listeners out there, if this is new
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to you, if it's something that you like, keep in mind we do
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a getting to know you section an icebreaker with all of our guests that is
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usually only available on our video content on YouTube. So if this is something
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you like, be sure to go there and check it out. So I
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asked one of our listeners today if they had a question for me to get
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to know me a little bit better, and the question was, what is
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the best professional development book you've ever read? So the best one that I
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have read that was really impactful for me is a book that came out almost
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thirty years ago, now it's been a while. It is called Gung Ho.
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And if you've read this book, you know exactly what I'm talking about
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when I say that this is just a really lighthearted and fun book that gets
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to some very very deep perspectives and feelings about the way we approach our professional
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lives and getting excited and just ready for the work that we have to do.
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The book is by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. I'm looking at it
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on Amazon right now, and I remember one of the things that really stood
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out to me, and I think about it very frequently. So this book
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goes through three different sections. There's the Spirit of the squirrel, the Way
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of the Beaver, and the Gift of the goose, And by using animals
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and their different mannerisms, it kind of explains how we should approach different aspects
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of our work. And I remember one of the excerpts from the book talks
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about this person was talking with someone and trying to coach her professionally and asked
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what kind of work they had done before, and they said, oh,
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I only worked in food service, doing dishes as a dishwasher in college at
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the food hall. And the person interviewing them and trying to coach and guide
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them, said, why do you say only That's a very important job.
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If you didn't show up to work that day, there might not have been
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enough clean dishes for everyone. If you didn't do a good job at your
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job every day, they would not have had clean and sanitized dishes, and
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so you helped make sure that everyone had a chance to eat. You made
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sure they were able to do it safely. And you should not look down
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on your job just because you consider it to be menial or blue collar,
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or whatever connotation that individual had that they were looking at their profession or this
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particular position with some sort of disdain. Every position has a value and it
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has a need. So that really stuck with me through a lot of times
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where I was doing something that I felt have been beneath my capabilities to make
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sure that I was bringing my best to that job every day, even if
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it wasn't my dream job, but also in jobs that I really love when
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you get to the hard parts, just keeping in mind that there is value
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to it, there is something important to it, and it wouldn't exist if
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there wasn't. So it's a great book. I highly recommend it if you
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haven't read it. It's quick read, it's not a huge lift, So
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that is one that I would recommend. That's the best professional development book I've
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ever read, and I read it over twenty five years ago, So that
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was a lot of fun. All right. Now that we are officially in
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twenty twenty four. Happy New year everyone. Let's take a look at some
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of these events. So when it comes to trade shows, there's one coming
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up very quickly and that is the same as the first one we talked about
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last year. That is Manifest the Future of Supply Chain and Logistics Manifest Vegas.
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So this is taking place in Las Vegas and that is February fifth through
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the seventh, and it's a great trade show for the f future focused and
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really it areas so all of the digital capabilities, this is their place to
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shine. This show has grown significantly since last year. I know they've added
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an extra haul just for all the exhibitors. There's over four thousand attendees.
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There are over one thousand startups and investors at this fifteen hundred shippers, two
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hundred and fifty speakers at this event, and over fifty companies represented. So
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it's going to be a fantastic show. They are geared toward industry executives,
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entrepreneurs and those investors who want to come and invest in this new technology and
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these new innovations in supply chain technology and automation. So if that sounds like
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a show for you, by all means book your plane ticket fast. At
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Caesar's Forum, I know they still have some rooms available, but Meebok will
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be there. If you'd like to see us, we will be at Manifest.
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By the way, I do want to pause for a moment in this
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list of shows. All of these shows are going to be available through a
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link that is in the description of the podcast. Wherever you're listening to it,
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there's a link that will get you to where I have links to each
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and every single one of these shows. If you would like to go register
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for them, but also if there are discounts available discount registration, early bird
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things, discounts that are available, or if you need any additional information or
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want to see who those exhibitors are. I'll mention if me Bach is exhibiting
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it these if I know it, and others we may be exhibiting later.
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I haven't made all the decisions for this year, all right. The next
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one is the Retail Industry Leaders Association RelA RelA link and this is their supply
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chain conference. Now this conference is a little bit different in that this is
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for the industry leaders for the Retail Association, so you have to be a
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member of the Retail Leaders Association in order to attend. If you are a
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supply chain person, you can't just attend, sorry, you have to exhibit.
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But for all of our listeners who may just be industry professionals in the
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retail industry, this is a great conference. There is a whole lot that
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takes place. So this conference is at the end of February, the twenty
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fifth through the twenty eighth. That's in Dallas at the I believe it's at
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the Gaylord this year, and there are some great speakers that are going to
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be there. We've got some speakers from Nordstrom, from Ikea, from Meiman
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Marcus, and Walmart. And there's over two thousand supply chain leaders that are
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going to be there in the retail sector. So that's not even just supply
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chain, that's retail supply chain, very very specific. One hundred speakers,
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fifty breakout sessions, and over three hundred and fifty solution providers in the expo
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hall. Some great information there at that conference, and I know that they're
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steering committee works very very hard to make sure that all of the content that
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they have for their various tracks for all of the sessions is super honed into
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what is currently affecting the retail industry. I know we've talked on a couple
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other episodes about what's going on in terms of e commerce, in terms of
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returns, management, sustainability, all of these issues that retailers have to deal
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with in order to supply their own customers. So again a great conference.
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The big one, or I should say the two big ones. The next
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two are big Modex. Modex is taking place in Atlanta. This is the
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counterpart to PROMAT which took place last year, put on by MHI, and
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it is going to be March eleventh through the fourteenth, and that's at the
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Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. This is the largest supply chain conference in
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North America. It is huge. I love going there every year. It
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is just the quintessential huge trade show. But there's also so many educational sessions.
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There's some great keynotes taking place. The one that I am looking forward
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to the most is honestly the keynote from Jeremy Renner. I'm excited to go
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see that one. But there are over one hundred and fifty expert led seminars,
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there's show floor speeches, there's of course all of the vendors that you
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could possibly hope to connect with exhibiting at this particular event. Mieboch is also
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exhibiting at this event. But the great thing about this particular event is there
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is no cost to attend, So this is free to attend and the registration
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link again will be in the description the next one. So this is taking
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us over across the pond to Logimat and this is one of the larger logistics
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exhibitions in Europe. It is taking place March nineteenth through twenty first at the
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Stuttgart Trade Fair Center. Mieboch will also be participating there. Our European contingent
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will be in force at that show. But again this is intralogistics solutions and
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process management. All of the live demonstrations, all of the educational sessions,
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and again meeting with all of these vendors. So these are the two biggest
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events in North America and Europe taking place this year. You can't miss these.
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These are the biggest ones to go to. That's where you're going to
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get the most bang for you travel buck by visiting the place where all the
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people are at the same time. All right, moving in to April,
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all right. I have to translate this page because this is in Spanish.
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This is the Logistics World Summit and Expo and it is taking place April tenth
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and eleventh in Mexico City. Miebach will be at this particular show too.
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We do have an educational session. But this is the largest logistics expo in
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Mexico and Central America. They've got over thirty two thousand square meters of exhibition
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space, so this is an absolutely massive show and over fifteen countries participating,
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over five hundred and fifty exhibitors. This is another one of those big shows.
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So if you are a listener from our Central or South American area,
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this would be a great show for you to consider. I know I had
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to translate it to Spanish in order to read it, but I know that
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the content on the show floor is going to take place both in Spanish as
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well as in English. Moving through April, we have the Quartz Network,
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Supply Chain and Logistics Summit April twenty first through the twenty third at the Aria
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Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, very cool hotel. I've stayed there myself.
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This one is so I've talked about the Quartz Network with John Cooin,
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one of our guests a few episodes back, and that was talking about this
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digital platform, this supply Chain Scope. Supply Chain Event is the in person
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version of this, so it's curated meetings, meeting with exactly who it is
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that you're trying to find solutions from. They do a great job of essentially
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being a concierge and setting up all of the time that you're going to be
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there or most of the time that you're going to be there speaking with the
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people that you need to speak with, So it cuts out a lot of
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the noise. If you're like me, you like the noise and you like
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seeing all the hustle and bustle and the variety. But if you are really
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looking to hone in on finding the solution that you were looking for, this
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is one of the best events for it because it is so tailored to your
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precise needs and there is a lengthy i would say registration process or intake process,
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because you have to get specific about what it is that you're looking to
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achieve by attending this meeting. It's taking place in Las Vegas, as I
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said at the end of April, So if this is something that you're interested
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in and really finding some of those solutions very quickly and cutting through the noise.
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You need to reach out to scope fast. It sells out. The
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next one, also in Las Vegas that we are going to talk about is
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Inspire Inspire twenty four and this is put on by Coopa. And normally when
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people think of Coopa, they think of the procurement software, and that is
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absolutely a major part of the Inspire conference. But Coopa also has a large
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supply chain planning and design software following from when they acquired Lamasoft, So there's
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a lot of supply chain planning, a lot of educational sessions. So this
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conference it has an expo floor where exhibitors can come out and exhibit that this
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is really a conference that is designed to help their users, so the platform
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users to understand and get the best out of the Koopa products. So if
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you are a Koopa user, you definitely need to be attending Inspire. It
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is absolutely worthwhile. It is taking place in again at the Aria Resort in
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Las Vegas April twenty second and twenty fourth. So it looks like, oh,
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it's going to overlap with quarts. You might have to make a couple
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hard decisions there or since it's the same hotel, just go back and forth
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between the two floors. I don't know that might work. Next up,
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we have the IWLA Convention in Expo and that is April twenty first through the
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twenty third in Orlando, so separate area. You can't jump into this one
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accidentally from the others. If you've never attended an IWLA convention, now is
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the time, as says, unique opportunities and connections. So this is for
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warehousing, So this is the resource for warehousing and logistics their expo. I
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have not been honestly, I have not been to this particular one, but
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it is a fantastic event from all of the people that I have spoken with
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that have been to these particular events. If you are involved in warehousing distribution
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center operations, this is where you can go to really understand what is driving
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your industry right now and making the largest impacts into the work that you do
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day to day. There's going to be insights on best practices. Labor is
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a huge issue for the warehousing industry right now. Transportation, dealing with all
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of the inbound and outbound and then also within those four walls, the automation
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that is going to make the difference to your operations. Next, we are
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almost halfway through. We've got at the end of April, from April thirtieth
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to May first, the American Supply Chain Summit. This is taking place in
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Dallas. This is put on by the Gennariess Group. They have some really
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exciting looking speakers at this event. I was looking at this earlier. So
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they've got the VP of Planning and Logistics from Kimberly Clark. They've got I
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love this. I love that this is such a specific title. So the
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VP and head and Procurement for ice cream from Unilever. That sounds like such
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a fun job. I want to go to this event just to listen to
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her and see what she has to say ice cream. That sounds like a
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fantastic job. And then of course there's also the VP of Operations for Transportation
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and Innovation at Walmart, another big one, so if you want to be
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there with all of the major players. So we're talking enterprise level supply chains,
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and these are the supply chains that are making the trends. They are
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the trend setters, and these are the ones that everyone else is going to
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have to follow at some point in time in the near future. So if
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you want to get in on what these trend setters are doing, what things
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are moving their needle, then you need to be at this particular show.
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Some of the featured attendees, We've got three m Adidas, Coca Cola,
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Johnson and Johnson, Procter and Gamble, Pepsi, Coo, Nestle, Campbell's
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Laoreal, Starbucks Home Depot, and more, a whole lot of huge brands.
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So this is where you would go to be able to network with those
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particular individuals. All right, moving into May, we've got the Gartner Supply
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Chain Symposium in Orlando, Florida, from May sixth through the eighth. The
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Gartner conferences are second to none. They are absolutely fantastic. Again, this
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is enterprise level supply chain leaders who are coming together for this conference to understand
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what impacts their industry and what trends are coming through and what they need to
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be doing or what trends they are setting for other industries or other industry players.
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So it's fantastic for chief supply chain officers, heads of supply chain planning,
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sourcing, and procurement, manufacturing. This is all of the network that
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you need to have. Some of the tracks at the Gartner conference include leadership,
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strategy and execution planning, Manufacturing, technology, sustainability, which is a
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huge topic going forward, industrial manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences. There's a
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lot going on there, and of course retail and consumer packaged goods. The
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agenda is live now for that particular event, and I know that there is
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a discount code available for you in the link that is in the description for
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today's episode, So be sure to go there and get that if you would
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like to attend Gartner in May. All right, here is another one that
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I am not personally familiar with. I would love to go sometime, but
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it's a bucket list definitely. So this is Logisim. It is in May
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May fifteenth through the sixteenth. It's in Singapore, and this particular event is
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dealing with supply chain agility, sustainability, digitalization, and artificial intelligence. This
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sounds like a fantastically interesting conference. Again, I have not been there,
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but it looks like from the networking opportunities some of the agenda things that there
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are going to be a ton of insights that can be gleaned from this particular
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event I'm looking through. I apologize I don't know any of these speakers,
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but I'm sure, Oh, here we go. The vice president at SMP
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Global Market Intelligence. So this is really some high level executives that are going
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to be at this particular event. I'd love to go to Singapore and walk
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that show. That looks fun. Next up, May is busy. From
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the twenty second through the twenty third. We've got Supply Chain USA back on
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American soil. This is put on by Reuter's Events. Again, this is
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one of these executive conferences. That's I guess the month of May is made
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for executive conferences. Unfortunately, you can't possibly attend all of them, so
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pick one that speaks to you and that you think might work for you.
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Maybe it's the location that decides which one you'll attend. But the Supply Chain
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USA is a fantastic event. Again, it's not one that I have been
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able to add to my agenda, but I've looked at it every year and
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thought, gosh, I need to be there. So as we're talking about
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risk and planning and integrated logistics, that's what their focus is going to be
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at this year's event. They've got some great speakers that are lined up for
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this year's event, from Mars, from Danen, Unilever, let's see who
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else, Pepsi co all to Beauty, L'Oreal, Bear, General Mills,
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and more. There's so many speakers that are going to be at this particular
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event. There are going to be tons of C level and director level attendees
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there for networking. So if that is your goal in terms of attending some
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of these conferences, this is a great networking event. You're going to come
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into contact with all types of supply chain leaders across so many industries and so
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many brands that you're going to recognize immediately if you come to this website.
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But as we look at some of the breakdowns of this community, thirty percent
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of these attendees are involved with planning, thirty percent involved with sourcing and manufacturing,
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thirty percent with distribution and logistics, and twenty five percent twenty percent director.
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Okay, so we're looking at sixty five percent of the attendees our director,
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vice president or C suite. That is a great network working opportunity if
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you are in that particular demographic. Moving on, the Warehousing, Educational and
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Resource Council Annual Conference, This is also part of MHI. They are having
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their annual conference June second through the fifth in Dallas, Texas, and this
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is one that I believe Miebak is going to be participating in. The decision
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hasn't been made yet, but the work that work is doing is really impactful
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for this particular segment of the industry. So when it comes to again the
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facilities, the warehousing, the distribution centers, this is where the MHI group
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comes in and really supports that sector of their membership. Some of the extras
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that they have with this particular one, they do have facility tours, so
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the Steers Facility Tour. If you attend the conference, you have the option
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of registering for the again optional facility tour. And this one they don't have
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who it's going to be at. They just have the date, so the
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date's going to be in the middle of the conference. I wish they had
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who they were going to be last year they did forget who it was.
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But I love the idea of taking time away from the conference from the whether
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it's in a hotel room or an expo center and that big windowless hall that
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we end up spending our day and actually going out to a local warehouse.
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Those tours are huge. They are such learning experiences. So anytime there's a
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conference that offers that type of add on as part of the registration, I
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always try to sign up for that because that's where you're really going to see.
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It's great to be on a sales floor. I'm in marketing, I
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get it, we want to show our best foot but when you are going
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into a facility and see it in action, that makes all the difference in
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the world, and it is absolutely huge. So if you were in the
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warehousing industry and are looking for an event sometime in the middle of the year,
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this is the one I would recommend. Immediately after that, if you
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can book the flight the ASCM so the Association for Supply Chain Management Connect twenty
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four in Europe, hop over to Brussels and you'll be able to attend the
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ASCM Connect. So again, this is an educational resource. Just like the
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work conference. This is educational based a lot of ongoing education. Some of
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the tracks this year are stability, resilience, and agility. We're going to
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hear those words a lot today. I think talent leadership and transformation. That's
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one of the great things about these events that are put on by the educational
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research councils type things is that they focus a lot on developing your internal resources,
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so your people, and making sure that your people are getting the ongoing
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education that is going to make the biggest impact in this professional development. Digital
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capabilities, technologies and enablers. We're not going to get away from digital sorry,
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and sustainability, circularity and climate again big topics on the agendas for this
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year, and that is in Brussels in Belgium June fourth through the fifth.
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All right back to North America, the Canada Logistics Conference. This one is
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taking place this year in Halifax June fifth through the seventh. So get your
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frequent flyer miles, so you're going back and forth and back and forth.
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And this is a thought leadership and networking event and early bird registration is already
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open. I know they are still soliciting exhibitors if this is something that you
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might be interested in participating as an exhibitor rather than just an attendee. But
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when it comes to thought leadership, I'm scrolling through the website right now and
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there are dozens of speakers. I see a lot of C suite individuals,
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not that many that I am familiar with, because I have a feeling that
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they tried to keep it mainly Canadians and Canadian organizations which I'm less familiar with
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being in the US. But tons of sponsors and exhibitors. This looks like
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a fantastic event. Again, I have not participated in this one before,
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but I know that they are still accepting exhibitors if you would like to participate
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in that event as an exhibitor or a sponsor. All right, again,
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we're just zigzagging between Europe and North America. Here in June, June tenth
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through the twelfth, in Barcelona, Spain, we have the Gartner Supply Chain
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Symposium for EMEA. So again we spoke about the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium in
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North America. It is exactly the same content, perhaps a little bit skewed
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towards the issues that are facing Europe that are not present in the Americas.
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And this is an event that Mibachi usually participates in. I believe we are
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this year, but again talking to those heads of manufacturing, those supply chain
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executives about the biggest things happening in those enterprise level supply chains. One of
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My favorite things about at least the US event, and I know that it
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is also a highlight of their other events, is their top ten list or
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their top twenty five list. Obviously, if you are a Gartner client,
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then you're familiar with their magic quadrants, with some of their reports that they
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have about the industry and about the technologies and the services and a lot of
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the things that are available out there. The top twenty five list for supply
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chain is the highlight for the attendees and the exhibitors alike. There's a big
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dinner and they go through the top twenty five list, and it's such an
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exciting thing to see these supply chains and hear about what they've done to rank
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in the top twenty five of all the supply chains in the world or all
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the supply fly chains in that particular area, and really just come together and
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celebrate the achievements of these particular companies and see how it is that they are
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moving the supply chain industry forward. We talked about the ASCM in Brussels,
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their US event, so their North American event takes place in September. We
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skipped over July and August. Nothing is happening in July and August. I
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guess that's when we're supposed to take our vacations. Noted in September the ninth
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through the eleventh in Austin, Texas is the ASCM Connect for North America.
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Again, this is educational based, so the Association for Supply Chain Management.
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There's going to be a lot on stability, resilience and agility, talent leadership
27:45
and transformation, digital capabilities, technologies and enablers, and then the sustainability,
27:51
circularity and climate. So some great areas for your team to learn more about
27:56
the industry and the trends and shoes that are impacting it. From September eighth
28:03
through the eleventh, we have from Richmond Events, the Logistics and Supply Chain
28:08
Forum, and this is taking place in Scottsdale, Arizona. Again that was
28:12
September eighth and the tenth. So at the same time as ASCM, I
28:15
think you have to choose one or the other. This one is more geared
28:18
towards those C suite, those higher level executives. And this is a platform.
28:26
It really is not a trade show. This is a conference, so
28:30
this is learning, This is educational sessions, this is keynotes, and this
28:33
is networking. This is a lot of networking. It's a blend of conference
28:40
sessions and pre scheduled meetings. So again similar to the SCOPE event that we
28:44
talked about earlier, where they curate meetings with some of the exhibitors or suppliers.
28:48
It's designed to help you find solutions, whether through an educational session,
28:53
through a conference session, through a roundtable discussion, or through these curated meetings.
28:59
I have not participated in one of these Richmond events, but I have
29:02
heard from others who have that it is absolutely fantastic material and very topical and
29:08
very well presented material. So if you are looking for a networking and educational
29:15
event in September, because I know the first half of the year is very
29:21
busy and we can't get to all of these events, so if you need
29:23
to push one off towards the second half of the year, this would be
29:26
a great one. Another one that we have September sixteenth through eighteenth, and
29:33
this is the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit, and this is taking place
29:37
in Phoenix. Apparently September is a great month to be in Arizona. Who
29:41
knew, I'll bet the people in Arizona NOU. So this again is one
29:45
of these supply chain executive conferences and summits. So some of the things that
29:52
are going to be on their agenda this year, We're talking about supply chain
29:55
optimization, We're talking about globalizing distribution channels, risk management in a world of
30:02
disruption. We've talked about that on this podcast before, Forecasting supplier relationships,
30:07
managing a dynamic workforce, talent acquisition, development and retention, new and emerging
30:14
tools and technologies, and of course sustainability. That's going to be a huge
30:18
topic this year, I'm certain. So this is they call it bringing together
30:22
the who's who of industry experts. So again this is another one of those
30:26
executive conferences that if you fall into that demographic, this is one of those
30:32
networking opportunities for you to get together with other peers in your industry and really
30:37
talk back and forth and meet with those individuals whom maybe have some similar experiences
30:45
or some great insights to share. All Right, we're coming back to Gartner
30:48
one more time. They are having their Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit October fourteenth
30:56
and fifteenth in London. This is one that I don't know if Mebuck is
31:00
participating in We have not had the opportunity before, but we do have a
31:04
location in London, so it's possible. But the supply chain Planning is a
31:08
little bit different than the symposium. Just because it's a smaller scale, that
31:12
doesn't mean it is less impactful at all. This conference is still talking about
31:18
all of the important things in the supply chain industry and for those executive leaders,
31:23
so we're talking about demand, supply and product portfolio planning, say that
31:30
three times, fast planning, strategies, sales and operation planning and sales and
31:34
operation execution, leveraging advanced technology and AI, and supply chain planning, talent
31:41
and culture. I'm seeing a lot more of the talent and personnel and labor
31:48
focus in some of these shows where they're really trying to develop our teams that
31:53
we already have existing because the labor constraints and the issues affecting the labor industry
31:59
are so so labor in our industry are such a topic, such a big
32:04
topic and such a disruptive topic that we have to work on developing the teams
32:10
that we have so we don't lose them and we don't have to replace them.
32:13
Because replacing them is so difficult these days, so planning and developing the
32:17
talent. But also it's interesting that they bring culture into this because that is
32:22
becoming even more of an issue in this post COVID world when work situations are
32:30
often hybrid and culture is starting to I wouldn't say fall to the wayside,
32:36
but it's getting harder and harder to maintain and existing culture. It has to
32:40
shift a little bit with the workforce that we have. But being able to
32:45
develop and nurture a culture within your organization, that's getting to be a larger
32:50
topic. It's not a top level topic yet, but it's eking up there.
32:53
It's moving all right. Three more, we're down to the last three
33:00
Pack Expo. If you have not heard of Pack Expo, they have multiple
33:02
shows. I'm only going to talk about the international one right now, but
33:06
I'm going to mention the others. So the International Pack Expo takes place November
33:09
third through the sixth in Chicago at McCormick Place. When looking at some of
33:15
the information about this, this is a huge, huge, huge show,
33:23
I believe when I looked at this earlier, it takes four different show floors
33:31
at McCormick Place. If you're familiar with McCormick place. It is a huge,
33:36
huge exhibition space, and this particular expo takes four of their show floors,
33:40
so you have to go out and go on to another show floor just
33:44
to get to them. It would take you all, is it? Three
33:46
days? Four days? All three days to see all of the things.
33:51
And even then, I don't think you could have any meaningful conversations if you
33:53
were just trying to go up and down every aisle and meet every exhibitor.
33:59
But when it comes to to this particular we've got the processing zone, the
34:02
logistics pavilion, the Containers and Materials Pavilion, the package printing pavilion, the
34:08
healthcare packaging pavilion, the reusable packaging pavilion, and the ooh, the confectionery
34:15
pavilion. That sounds yummy. So in terms of this particular event, obviously
34:22
it's all about packaging, and packaging is required for consumer package goods, but
34:27
even any other industry that is trying to package their products for distribution. And
34:31
they have other shows. This is the international event. It's the largest of
34:36
them. They have one in Las Vegas for the West Coast. They have
34:39
one in Philadelphia for the east coast. They have one in Mexico. They
34:44
have one in the southeast in Atlanta, and one in Guadalajara, Mexico.
34:49
So so many to choose from. If you can't make the one in November,
34:52
I understand, plus it's a lot to deal with. But if you
34:55
can make it to the west, East, or southeast, those might be
35:00
great events that are a little bit closer to you. They also are spread
35:02
out in other areas of the calendar for this year, So pack Expo a
35:08
great event. I don't believe that Miebok is exhibiting, but I know we
35:13
are attending because it is such a fantastic event. From November twelfth through the
35:17
fourteenth in Rotterdam, we have Intermodal Europe and so this particular one is new
35:24
to my understanding this year. I've heard of it before, but I've never
35:30
looked into it. So this particular event is for container shipping and intermodal transport.
35:35
If transport is something that is on your agenda for dealing with or researching
35:39
this year, this is a fantastic event. I know. I say that
35:43
about all of these. I wouldn't talk about them if they weren't fantastic events.
35:46
So this is Europe's leading event for the intermodal and container transport industry.
35:52
It gets together all of that community and industry leading event. They come together
35:58
to learn, network, collabor rate, and set the course for the future.
36:01
So if transportation is part of your job title, especially international transportation or
36:07
again the intermodal transportation, this would be a great event for you to attend.
36:13
It looks like they are going to have some fantastic exhibitors. The sessions
36:19
look interesting. They're going to talk about cold chain, They're going to talk
36:22
about technology, the containers themselves, and transportation as well as tracking. So
36:28
I highly recommend that if that is something that falls into your wheelhouse. All
36:34
right, that is pretty much the end of supply chain conferences and trade shows.
36:40
But I did want to mention one other and this is going to be
36:44
specifically for me. I'm talking about this because this applies to myself, and
36:50
that is the Global Supply Chain Marketing Summit. So this is an event that
36:55
kicked off it's inaugural event last year and it is takeing place June fifth through
37:00
the seventh. But it is specifically this is not for just supply chain professionals.
37:06
This is for a very specific sector of supply chain professionals. This is
37:09
for supply chain marketing professionals. And this was part of my professional development last
37:15
year. It's going to be part of my professional development this year. It
37:19
is an amazing event. This is put on by Supply Chain Brain and in
37:24
partnership with Manifest and CSCMP. And the reason this is such an amazing event
37:32
is marketing within the supply chain industry is its own animal. And for any
37:37
of our listeners out there that happen to wear a marketing hat the same as
37:42
I do, this is the event that you want to go to. This
37:45
is obviously we're planning all these other events where we're doing the exhibiting, we're
37:50
doing all of the the online planning and all of the other marketing strategies that
37:54
we have for our companies. But when it comes to those strategies, what
37:59
do we need to do to reach our audience? And this is geared specifically
38:01
toward us and the needs that we have. So I wanted to make sure
38:06
that I gave that a call out. I will be at this particular event
38:09
this coming year. So if that's something that you are a marketing professional listening
38:14
to this podcast, in the supply chain industry, I hope to see you
38:17
there. If you have any questions about it, please feel free to reach
38:21
out to me and I will give you even more detail about this particular event.
38:25
But if you're in the supply chain industry and you know who Ralph Henderson
38:30
is, I'll give him a quick shout out. Hey, Ralph. He
38:32
is the one who had the concept for this particular event, and he's done
38:37
an amazing job of curating all of the speakers and all of the guests and
38:44
the panels that are helping to drive better marketing in our industry. All right,
38:52
this is only a fraction of the supply chain and logistics conferences or expos
38:57
I know that there are so many more out there because I saw them as
39:00
I was researching and trying to figure out which ones to talk about, and
39:02
I couldn't possibly list all of them here. We would be here all day.
39:07
If you have information about another one that you think I should have mentioned
39:12
or should be mentioned next here, or you just want to tell our listener
39:15
community about this event, reach out to me at podcast at mebok dot com
39:20
and I'll make a post on LinkedIn about it. If you have a suggestion
39:22
for another topic that I should cover again, reach out to me at podcast
39:28
at mebok dot com. We'd love to have any of you on the show
39:31
if you are interested in being a guest, or if you just have something
39:36
that you want me to talk about, I will research it and I will
39:38
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