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Innovators from HEINEKEN, Google and Woolworths to Discuss Strategies to Exceed Customer Expectations at JDA FocusConnect 2017 London
JDA
Software Group, Inc. today announced its keynote speakers
and customer presenters for JDA
FocusConnect 2017, scheduled for November 13-15 at the London
Intercontinental Hotel at The O2 (News - Alert) Arena in London, England. More than 500
supply chain professionals across retail, manufacturing, wholesale
distribution, and logistics industries will gather at JDA's annual
customer conference for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
JDA FocusConnect 2017 highlights how some of the world's most admired
companies are reimagining their current business processes to create
real competitive advantage by shortening their supply chains and
delivering more efficiently to their end-customers. JDA FocusConnect
will also highlight how JDA clients can elevate their customer
experience by embracing digital transformation. Now more than ever,
JDA's solutions portfolio is harnessing the power of advanced data,
analytics, and machine learning capabilities to enable companies to
streamline their supply chains, increase speed to market, and create
superior customer experiences and competitive advantage.
"We are on the precipice of unprecedented disruption in the supply
chain. Never have supply chain leaders been confronted with such a
massive technological transformation simultaneously - from the Internet
of Things to big data, to predictive analytics and cognitive learning -
companies have an array of innovation at hand to increase their
competitive advantage while shortening their supply chains and
increasing the speed to execution," said Franck Lheureux, regional vice
president, sales, EMEA, JDA. "Today's shoppers and customers have
expectations of immediacy and JDA is uniquely capable of helping our
clients meet and exceed those real-time expectations. JDA FocusConnect
will highlight customer and industry thought leaders discussing their
digital strategies as a differentiator and value-add to the
end-consumer. We look forward to hosting a lively dialogue with our
global customers and partners."
Over the course of three days, representatives from more than 30 JDA
customers will discuss their supply chain strategies and how it creates
competitive advantages for their businesses. JDA FocusConnect is
sponsored by more than two dozen companies, including Athena Retail and
Cognizant (News - Alert) (Platinum), Accenture, Ágora Europe, Centiro Solutions, REPL,
SATO and TCS (Gold) - and more (see
entire list of sponsors here).
Attendees will benefit from the success stories of supply chain leaders,
including Avon Cosmetics, CEVA, Co-op, Delphi (News - Alert), DHL, dunnhumby, Google,
Kingfisher, Michelin, Safilo, Waitrose and more. In addition, JDA
FocusConnect 2017 will feature the following keynote speakers:
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Johan Smits, Director Global Planning, HEINEKEN: Johan Smits
started his career working with a Strategy and Change Management
consultancy, focused on Supply Chain transformations in FMGC. In 2000,
he started to support the HEINEKEN Global Executive Team to run their
Global Programme Portfolio Management organization and Financial
Management - putting Strategy into Action. After that he held various
Senior Operational Supply Chain roles in the Dutch and International
Export organization, also managing the E2E Supply chain and
Planning/S&OP. Since 2011 he has been responsible for HEINEKEN's
Global S&OP expansion and became the Senior Manager for Global
Planning, part of the Global Customer Service & Logistics leadership
team. Under his leadership HEINEKEN has moved up to global expansion
of Integrated Business Planning, and high maturity across the globe.
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Scott Penberthy, Director, Applied AI, Google: In his role at
Google, Scott Penberthy leads a team of AI engineers and Ph.D.s who
help VIPs reimagine the production of goods and services, and how
value is exchanged in free markets. His team applies current and
upcoming AI technologies to materialize proofs of concept and drive
long-term transformations. Prior to this role, Penberthy was a
Technical Director in the Office of the CTO, a group at Google
dedicated to helping customers thrive in the world of cloud computing.
Penberthy kept one foot in the AI labs of Silicon Valley, the other i
Wall Street and board rooms.
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Cameron Webb, General Manager Information Technology - Product and
Value Chain, Woolworths Limited: Cameron Webb is responsible for
all technology activities associated within the Group, which includes
iconic Australian brands such as Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown
Supermarkets (NZ), Big W, BWS and Dan Murphy's (News - Alert). Based on revenue,
Woolworths is one of the world's largest retailers with over 3,000
stores and almost 190,000+ employees across Australia and New Zealand.
Webb is an experienced retail technology executive with a proven
background in Business transformation, delivering sustainable business
improvement through structured change programs both inside and outside
of Woolworths. Webb has a strong retail operations background, and
this coupled with his technical experience, positions him well to
deliver value through technology at Woolworths.
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Girish Rishi, Chief Executive Officer, JDA: Girish Rishi joined
JDA in January 2017 from Tyco International, where he was responsible
for the firm's global retail solutions business and North America
building automation business, which had more than $4 billion in annual
revenue. Prior to his role at Tyco, Rishi was senior vice president
for the Enterprise division of Motorola Solutions, where he
transitioned the portfolio to new application frameworks that
delivered a compelling user experience.
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Desikan Madhavanur, Executive Vice President, Chief Development
Officer, JDA: Desikan Madhavanur is responsible for the company's
product solution strategy, with a charter to invest in and develop
JDA's current market-leading solutions in the areas of planning,
execution and retail, while harnessing the collective power of cloud,
IoT, analytics and big data to bring new solutions to market that
deliver real-time, actionable insights and customer value. Madhavanur
joined JDA from CA Technologies, where he served as Senior Vice
President and Business Center head for Data Center Orchestration.
In addition to leading-edge presentations, JDA will host a bevy of
interactive workshops, educational sessions and Special Interest Group
(SIG) meetings. With more than 40 sessions in eight content tracks, JDA
FocusConnect offers topics that are relevant to every supply chain
professional. In addition, networking events and SIG sessions will
provide ample opportunities for knowledge sharing and peer networking.
Additional Resources:
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Learn more about JDA FocusConnect 2017, including:
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Check out the SIG meetings being held at JDA FocusConnect on November
14 at 3:00 p.m., including:
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Advanced Replenishment
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Category Management
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Demand and Fulfillment
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Dispatcher WMS and Warehouse Management
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Enterprise Supply Planning and Sales & Operations Planning
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Pricing and Revenue Management
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Transportation Management
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Workforce Management for Retail
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About JDA Software Group, Inc.
JDA Software is the leading supply chain provider powering today's
digital transformation. We enable companies to improve their ability to
plan, execute and deliver by better predicting and shaping demand,
fulfilling more intelligently and quickly, and improving customer
experiences and loyalty. More than 4,000 global customers use our
unmatched end-to-end solutions portfolio to shorten their supply chains,
increase speed of execution and profitably deliver to their customers.
Our world-class client roster includes 72 of the top 100 retailers, 71
of the top 100 consumer goods companies, and 13 of the top 16 3PLs.
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