FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Joint Retailer-Manufacturer Supply Chain Conference Marks New Milestone for CPG Trading Partner Collaboration
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Scott Openshaw, Director, Communications, 202-295-3957
Brian Kennedy, Director, Communications, 202-639-5994
February 1, 2010
PHOENIX, AZ – The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today kicked-off the first-ever joint Supply Chain Conference under the auspices of the GMA-FMI Trading Partner Alliance. With nearly 500 industry executives in attendance, the event combines the best aspects of FMI's annual Supply Chain Conference and the GMA Information Systems and Logistics/Distribution Conference (IS/LD) into one forum with a focus on enhanced collaboration between retailers and manufacturers along their shared supply chain.
“Retailers and manufacturers are united around the same key priority: serving consumers safely and efficiently,” said Stephen Sibert, senior vice president of industry affairs at GMA. “This joint conference platform brings trading partners together to find new ways to take time and costs out of the supply chain so they can meet consumer needs more effectively than ever.”
Among the highlights of the conference program are retailer-manufacturer small group discussions and collaboration case studies featuring Kraft Foods Inc., Publix Super Markets, Inc., Campbell Soup Company, Safeway Inc. and Hannaford Bros. Co. Attendees will also be the first to learn the results of the 2010 Survey of Collaborative Supply Chain Effectiveness. Commissioned by the TPA under the framework of the “New Ways of Working Together” program, the survey report illuminates new initiatives and operating models that can help trading partners improve supply chain efficiencies to their mutual benefit. The study is available online at www.gmaonline.org/publications and www.fmi.org.
“High attendance at this event is testimony to the fact that retailers and manufacturers are committed to enhanced collaboration that will benefit the consumer,” said Pat Walsh, vice president of industry and trade development at FMI. “GMA and FMI will look for more opportunities to bring our memberships together in forums such as the Supply Chain Conference.”
The conference will conclude on February 2. Presentations from the conference will be posted at www.tpasupplychain.com as they become available.
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Based in Washington, D.C., the Grocery Manufacturers Association is the voice of more than 300 leading food, beverage and consumer product companies that sustain and enhance the quality of life for hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe. Founded in 1908, GMA is an active, vocal advocate for its member companies and a trusted source of information about the industry and the products consumers rely on and enjoy every day. The association and its member companies are committed to meeting the needs of consumers through product innovation, responsible business practices and effective public policy solutions developed through a genuine partnership with policymakers and other stakeholders. In keeping with its founding principles, GMA helps its members produce safe products through a strong and ongoing commitment to scientific research, testing and evaluation and to providing consumers with the products, tools and information they need to achieve a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. The food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry in the United States generates sales of $2.1 trillion annually, employs 14 million workers and contributes $1 trillion in added value to the economy every year.
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