The changing world of Procurement by Supply Demand Chain - ERP Spain.com - España y América Latina

 Over the next decade, the way procurement is executed has to change. Organizations must identify all of their business entities, buying habits, cost information, benchmarking and more to obtain more real-time data in a predictive form. Without it, there will be knowledge loss as experienced supply management professionals leave the business; customer loss; being viewed as a less favorable supplier; less financial investment from shareholders; reduced market share; and a non-sustainable business model. Speakers:

Al Jacobs - Vice President and Chief Operations Officer 

Al Jacobs, a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, possesses more than 27 years of experience in software product design, development, implementations, consulting and project management. Within the supply chain arena, he has 25 years of domain expertise where he continues to educate organizations on strategic ways to overcome evolving challenges and achieve "best-in-class" results.

Al Jacobs has been recognized multiple times as a "Pro to Know" by Supply & Demand Chain Executive for helping to raise the profile of Supply Chain and increase the awareness of the importance of Supply Chain as a strategic function within the enterprise. He has been an integral component in helping more than 250 organizations with their supply chain and procurement operations.

Ben CubittBen Cubitt, Senior Vice President, Consulting & Engineering, Transplace 

With more than 20 years of industry and consulting experience in freight optimization, Mr. Cubitt has a deep familiarity with the freight procurement field working for consulting firms and multiple Fortune 500 companies in the consumer products, paper and automotive industries. Mr. Cubitt has led and assisted with bid projects for companies such as MeadWestvaco, Kellogg's, RockTenn, The Home Depot, Colgate-Palmolive, RockTenn and McCormick Foods. Mr. Cubitt joined Transplace in July 2010 after four years as Vice President, Supply Chain for RockTenn Corporation. At Transplace he leads the engineering and consulting teams. He has been a CSCMP member for more than 20 years and has served as a track chairman at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference. Additionally, he has served two years as President of the Atlanta Roundtable and is currently a Roundtable Regional Advisor. Mr. Cubitt is frequently quoted and published in leading industry and business publications: Industry Week, APICs magazine, DC Velocity, and Transport Topics. He also authored the chapter "Transportation Operations and Optimization" in the Supply Chain Handbook.

Hung LeeHung Lee, Senior Product Manager 

Hung Lee is a Senior Product Manager at Amber Road with over 14 years of experience in defining GTM software solutions for enterprise clients. Serving as a functional architect, he is responsible for designing a scalable and integrated solution to meet complex global trade requirements for export and import compliance, trade agreements and logistics.