Focus Day: Reducing Returns Through Effective Data Capture & Analysis - Monday, October 27, 2008

8:00 Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00 Chairperson's Opening Remarks

9:15 Case Study: Achieve Visibility Into Your Product Returns: Capturing And Analyzing Critical Data To Determine Why Your Products Are Being Returned
Jon Heller, Senior Director, Quality Management, LG Electronics

9:50 Panel: "Turning Data Into Profit" - Utilizing Your Returns-Related Data Effectively To Boost Future Profitability Levels
Jon Heller, Senior Director, Quality Management, LG Electronics
Mike Umbach, Group VP, Product Development, CLS
John Slothower, Innovations Manager, Best Buy
Craig Sultan, Senior Manager, everse Logistics, HomeDeport.com

10:35 Coffee & Networking

11:05 Case Study: Capture And Utilize In-Store Returns Data To Create Effective Merchandizing Strategies And Increase Profitability
John Slothower, Innovations Manager, Best Buy

11:40 Case Study: Implement An Automated Customer Survey System To Generate Actionable Insights From Your Online Returns
Craig Sultan, Senior Manager, Reverse Logistics, HomeDepot.com

12:25 Lunch

1:45

Interactive Ideas Xchange

Roundtable 1: Getting Real Results From Automated Surveys
Craig Sultan, Senior Manager, Reverse Logistics, HomeDepot.com

Roundtable 2: Acquiring Accurate Returns Data - A Manufacturer's Perspective
Mike Lesshaft, Service Quality Manager, Lexmark

Roundtable 3: The Importance Of Data Collection In Award- Winning Technical Support
Jon Heller, Senior Director, Quality Management, LG Electronics

Roundtable 4: Making The Most Of In-Store Data
John Slothower, Innovations Manager, Best Buy


4:00 Close Of Focus Day

 



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"In the current economic climate, product returns have reached unsustainable levels. Consumer Returns 2008 is the only event that tackles this problem head-on, offering in-depth strategies on returns prevention that you won't find find anywhere else.

- Tony Sciarotta, Director of Returns Management, Philips Consumer Electronics