Our Mission

NextGen Supply Chain is the premier educational conference that answers the question “What’s next in supply chain management” for senior-level SCM professionals. Only NGSC is exclusively dedicated to preparing executives for the coming technologies and processes that will have the most transformative effects on their supply chains.

Our 2020 event is focused on the top three technologies that execs need to better understand – Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Digital Transformation.

Keynote

Smart Distribution to Serve Today’s Empowered Omni-Channel Consumer

GE’s Mark Shirkness talks about how their distribution journey has evolved over the last 100+ years – moving from Accessible Distribution to Predictable Distribution to Fast Distribution to Frictionless Distribution. Now, GE Appliances is pioneering the next evolution for a new era: Smart Distribution.

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2020 Presenting Companies
  • April 27
    Day 1
  • April 28
    Day 2
  • April 29
    Day 3
  • Exhibit Set-up, Registration and Reception
Advisory Council
4:30pm - 5:30pm Advisory Board Meeting

Reception
5:30pm - 7:00pm Ice Breaker Reception in Exhibit Hall

Chicago Athletic Association Hall
5:30pm - 7:00pm Exhibit Hall Opens

  • Conference Day 1
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

9:00am - 9:15am Welcome, Overview and Thank You
Welcome, Overview and Thank You

Brian Ceraolo, President, Peerless Media and Bob Trebilcock, Editorial Director, Supply Chain Management Review

9:15am - 10:15am Keynote
Smart Distribution to Serve Today’s Empowered Omni-Channel Consumer
Presented by Mark Shirkness, Vice President Distribution, GE Appliances

Keynote: Smart Distribution to Serve Today's Empowered Omni-Channel Consumer

Our distribution journey has evolved over the last 100+ years – moving from Accessible Distribution to Predictable Distribution to Fast Distribution to Frictionless Distribution. Now, GE Appliances is pioneering the next evolution for a new era: Smart Distribution. By going Smart, with everything from smart warehouses to smart basiloids, we can deliver on omni-channel distribution to meet the needs of today’s empowered omni-channel customer. They want to shop and purchase goods and services in whatever way makes the most sense for their personal situation. With the multitude of choices available to them, Smart Distribution is a strategy that allows GE Appliances to exceed the growing expectations of customers and build loyalty through superior execution.

Presented by
Mark Shirkness
Vice President, Distribution
GE Appliances

10:15am - 10:45am Presentation
Presentation

10:45am - 11:30am AM Break in Exhibit Hall

11:30am - 12:15pm Presentation
RaaS – The Way to Create a Supply Chain Advantage
Michael Manzione, CEO, Rakuten Super Logistics

Michael Manzione, CEO, Rakuten Super Logistics

12:15pm - 1:00pm Presentation
Presentation

To be announced.

1:00pm - 2:15pm Lunch in Exhibit Hall

2:15pm - 3:45pm Software Presentations and Panel
(4) 15 min. presentations and panel discussion
Moderated by IBM executive Tom Ward and Cisco executive Daren Mallard. Drew Ehlers, Global Futurist and Global General Manager of SmartPack™, Zebra Technologies.

3:45pm - 4:30pm PM Break in Exhibit Hall

4:30pm - 5:15pm Presentation
What Tomorrow's Supply Chain Leaders Need to Know About Technology and People
Peter Bolstorff, Executive Vice President, ASCM

5:15pm - 6:30pm 2020 NGSC Awards
NGSC End User and Solution Provider Awards

6:30pm - 8:00pm Cocktail Reception
Evening Cocktail Reception in Exhibit Hall sponsored by ASCM

Registration, Technical Sessions, and Exhibit/Catering are located on the 8th floor 
Madison Ballroom: Technical Sessions
White City Ballroom: Exhibit Hall & Catering 
White City Ballroom Foyer: Registration 
 
Times subject to change.
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