Leaders in Automotive, Consumer Goods, and Retail to Address i2 PLANET Audience May 13-16
DALLAS--March 14, 2002--Karenann Terrell of DaimlerChrysler, Mark Leposky of TaylorMade-adidas Golf, and Colin Dyer of the WWRE to Share Industry
Best Practices
Karenann Terrell, director of eConnect Platform at DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Mark Leposky, vice president of global operations at TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company, and Colin Dyer, CEO of the WorldWide Retail Exchange, will address attendees at i2 PLANET(R) Las Vegas, a thought-leadership forum where leading business executives will convene to discuss innovative strategies to help establish and sustain a competitive advantage.
i2 PLANET, scheduled May 13-16 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, will provide senior-level executives and key influencers with essential business productivity tools, strategies and best practices to make substantial and direct contributions to the success of their businesses. The conference is designed to help attendees make informed decisions about how to slash operating costs, improve efficiencies, reduce inventory, increase revenue and enhance customer satisfaction.
Terrell is the Director, eConnect Platform at DaimlerChrysler Corporation. She leads e-business activities at DaimlerChrysler relative to both product and customer initiatives. Terrell oversees a cross-functional team from finance, legal, mergers and acquisitions, procurement and supply, information technology management and engineering and manufacturing. She is one of Automotive News' "100 Influential Women in the Automotive Business" as well as one of Internet Week's "Top 100 Web Innovators" in 2001.
Leposky, vice president of global operations for TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company, is responsible for the global supply-chain management of all TaylorMade-adidas Golf product lines. His team includes engineering, procurement, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and information technology. Over the past two years, Leposky has led TaylorMade-adidas Golf through the consolidation of four different operating units, the most recent being Maxfli Slazenger Golf, into a single global management structure that generated significant increases in both revenue and operating income.
Dyer was appointed CEO of the WorldWide Retail Exchange (WWRE), the premier B2B exchange for retailers and suppliers in their commercial interactions, in September 2000 and has since led the organization on a deliberate path to enabling participating retailers and suppliers to simplify, rationalize and automate supply chain processes, thereby eliminating inefficiencies.
"Our speakers are inventive enterprise thinkers. Karenann Terrell's technological foresight combined with automotive business knowledge has made her a leader in automotive e-business. Mark Leposky has spearheaded TaylorMade-adidas Golf's drive to enhance the customer experience through the use of technology. Colin Dyer is leading the WorldWide Retail Exchange as it blazes a new path in the world of e-business. We are pleased to be able to offer our attendees an opportunity to hear thought-provoking insights from these leaders in change," said i2 Chief Marketing Officer Katrina Roche. "Their experience and business savvy will both energize attendees and offer them the confidence and tactics they need to tackle today's many business challenges."
Speakers in over 120 i2 PLANET breakout sessions will discuss how to increase business process efficiencies to reduce development time, streamline supplier and customer relationships and achieve proven results to increase revenue. For additional information on i2 PLANET or to register to attend, please call 1-877-4PLANET go to http://planet.i2.com
About i2 PLANET
i2 PLANET Las Vegas is a three-day international forum for thought leadership, designed to provide a continuous learning experience through a series of live events and collaborative online resources. i2 PLANET is a series of educational forums and online resources that provide comprehensive strategies and tools to transform an organization's integration and business processes. i2 PLANET provides information for maximizing the efficiency of their operations, while saving time and increasing revenue. i2 PLANET Las Vegas is scheduled for May 13-16, 2002 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. To learn more, visit http://planet.i2.com.
About i2
For more than a decade, i2 has been a leader in supply chain management. i2 has extended its technology and expertise to Dynamic Value Chain Management - solutions to help companies collaborate on decision-making processes not only across functions within a single company, but across multiple companies. i2 solutions span the value chain interactions, including customer relationship management, supply chain management and supplier relationship management. Established in 1988, i2 is the only software solutions provider that measures, audits, and reports total value provided to its customers, with a mission to deliver $75 billion in value by 2005. Learn more at www.i2.com.
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