Many of today's leading companies still support 20th century operations in an era of 21st century processes.
 
As companies become increasing global and more dependent on external partners, the supply chain plays a greater and greater role in their innovation strategy. As a result, companies need to not only consider how an innovation will affect the delivery of goods and services but also look at their supply chain operations with fresh eyes and a China focus.
 

As China's market matures with higher cost and increasing competition, companies will need to innovate in their supply chain models, put their processes together to better coordinate planning and execution and embrace more technology-focused, cross-enterprise business process management.
In China, few companies have an efficient and integrated end-end supply chain and little has changed for the past few years. Isn't success basically a matter of excelling at design, manufacturing, procurement, and logistics and then synchronizing all these supply chain activities together? Not anymore.
 
Produced by Asia's leading professional organization, the Global Supply Chain Council, the Supply Chain Innovation Forum, on April 23 in Shanghai, will take a first look at the companies that are driving innovative supply chain models from, to or within China.

It will feature the most cutting-edge concepts and advanced thinking in the field of supply chain management through a unique and interactive event experience.
 
In contrast to other classic conferences produced by the Council, this gathering will be a small event that uses discussion and group work to focus on real-world cases, methods, examples, and tools, shared in a casual forum that encourages openness and healthy argument and agreement. All participants can engage and contribute through discussion and group work. We expect great things to emerge in this overlap of disciplines, mindsets, and viewpoints.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS

We would like to invite you to deliver a session and share your experience; here are what we are looking for:

- Supply Chain Champions

- Experienced Procurement or Logistics Practitioners

- Supply Chain Gurus

- Industry Trend-Setters

- IT, Logistics Equipment Inventors

- Network Design Experts

- Authors and writers focused on supply chain management.

If you are involved in supply chain management in China and you are interested to participate in this summit as a speaker, call Max Henry to discuss your potential participation at +86 13917363434 or email mhenry@supplychain.cn.

As a speaker or panelist, you will get a complimentary registration for the entire event including a five-star hotel lunch; free event program, training materials and CD-Rom, assistance in booking discounted airfare and hotel accommodations and additional editorial coverage in CHaINA Magazine. Hotel and travel expenses incurred for the event will be your sole responsibility.
Register by Wednesday   23-Apr-08 9:00 AM  AWST