The History Of LOGICON

LOGICON is the only event that brings together all the key suppliers and logistics practitioners in North America, so if your business is supply chain management, then this is the one event on your calendar that is an absolute must.


1999: Joe Andraski while still at Nabisco delivers a keynote on a ‘new and exciting development’ called CPFR.

2000:

Rick Blasgen, newly minted Nabisco VP of Supply Chain, takes attendees through the collaborative technologies and optimal pilot partners for CPFR.


2001:

Dan Van Hammond, VP of the Worldwide Retail Exchange, gives the first retail keynote at LOGICON on the practical realities of implementing CPFR. The agenda focuses on ERP implementation and the exchange-based supply chain.


2002:

Rick Blasgen returns to Keynote and begins to break away from CPFR by focusing on an integrated supply chain that maximizes cost savings and operational efficiency.


2003:

Rick Gylling makes his first appearance at LOGICON, as VP, Customer Service and Sales Operations at Kraft, focusing his discussion on the optimal utilization of information and relationships in forecasting and planning.


2004:

Rick Blasgen is back again, discussing turning the supply chain into a revenue generating engine. With an influx of retail speakers, the program focuses on true value chain visibility.


2005:

Rick Gylling brings attendees through a structurally sound supply chain organization that feeds the entire enterprise with information and rewards customers with better service. The agenda focuses on understanding that the supply chain organization is the lynchpin of the relationship with customers and the data received.


2006:

Patrick Arlequeeuw of P&G speaks about creating a demand-driven supply chain designed to link the information gleaned from retailer point-of-sale signals with the integrated operations of the manufacturer.


2007:

Rick Gylling returns in his new role of VP Supply Chain Sustainability at Kraft to give the LOGICON delegation an overview of profit-centric corporate social responsibility.


2008:

2008: Led by Wal-Mart SVP of Sustainability Matt Kistler, LOGICON dives deeper into greening the supply chain while Bob Willett, CEO of Best Buy International, explains the critical aspects to the customer-centric supply chain. For the first time, the agenda explores in detail the relationship between supply chain and product innovation.


 

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