Presenter Lineup Announced for April 9 – 10 Aberdeen Group 2013 Supply Chain Management Summit

März 13 15:05 2013

BOSTON, MA — (Marketwire) — 03/13/13 — , a Company (NYSE: HHS), today announced the presenter lineup for its 2013 being held April 9 – 10 at the Swissotel in Chicago. The theme of the event is „.“

Now in its seventh year, the Aberdeen Supply Chain Management Summit continues to be recognized as the premier forum for leading supply chain executives to share insights on best practices, strategic process development and business improvements, as well as serving as a vehicle for attendees to learn about the most innovative products, solutions and services within the supply chain industry category. The event features a unique combination of keynote addresses examining strategic topics impacting global supply chain, and breakout sessions presenting tactics to address these issues at all stages of the supply chain.

„As the global economy continues to recover from the worldwide recession, most manufacturing and supply chain organizations are seeing a gradual rebound in shipping volumes,“ according to , Vice President and Principal Analyst for the Aberdeen . „Along with being prepared to address growing demand, supply chain professionals must manage the extended geographic reach of their supply or value chains, and the ensuing need to address complexity through collaborative solutions, enabling greater visibility and improved efficiencies across the various parties that encompass a modern supply chain.“

Content and topics for the 2013 Summit will reflect the innovation occurring across industries as companies prepare for growth in terms of organization, partners, visibility and solutions, while managing increasingly complex and constantly changing supply chains.

Featured presenters at the 2013 Aberdeen Supply Chain Management Summit include:

Mark Baxa, Director and Head of Global Trade and Compliance, Monsanto Company

John Evarts, Chief Financial Officer, Mediafly

Tony Gabrielli, Director, Logistics Supply Chain Systems & Services, Bayer HealthCare, LLC

Rod Gallaway, Vice President, Logistics Strategy, Design, Engineering & Facility Support, Staples

Robert Gifford, Executive Vice President, Global Logistics, Ingram Micro

Stacy Gleneck, Director, Customer Supply Chain and Demand Planning, Merck Consumer Care

Kevin Hall, Vice President, Supply Chain and Continuous Improvement, American Italian Pasta Company

Howard Hauser, Vice President, Operations, Hiawatha Rubber

Gary Hirschel, Vice President, Global Operations, Life Fitness

Gregory A. Knott, Vice President and Division Chief Information Officer, Ryder

Jon Kuerschner, Senior Director, Supply Chain Systems, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Marcos Meirelles, Vice President, Supply Base Management, Seagate

Kristi MontgomeryVice President, Information Technology, Kenco Management Services, LLC

Shawn ReckrodtDirector, Supply Chain Planning, Huhtamaki

Ben StewartEnterprise Applications Director, Inteva Products, LLC

Jon WashingtonSenior Director, Product Sourcing, Diebold

Kevin Wrenn, Senior Vice President, Platform Production, Fujitsu America

Jasper Zeelenberg, Co-Founder and Director, StreamPlanning

For additional information on featured SCM Summit presenters and speaker announcements, please visit the .

To learn more about the upcoming SCM Summit, please visit the .

Complimentary VIP passes are available for qualified supply chain management executives. To apply for a pass, please visit our .

SCM Summit 2013 Summit Sponsors and Partners include: NeoGrid, UPS, e2open, JDA Software Group, Inc., LeanLogistics, Logility, Amber Road, APICS: The Association for Operations Management and SupplyChainBrain.

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Mark Collura, Vice President of Sales, at or 617.854.5359.

Enabled by its team of 40 research analysts covering 16 industry-sector categories, access to 35,000benchmarked enterprise decision makers, and 2.5 million research readers, Aberdeen Group — a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS) — is the trusted advisor to global technology markets, providing corporations with insights that drive IT decisions. Aberdeen-s vendor-independent, fact-based research and market intelligence is used by more than 90% of the Fortune 1000, 75% of the Global 500, and 93% of the Software 500 that are its clients.

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