LogicTools, a division of ILOG® (NASDAQ: ILOG, Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364), today opened registration for its sixth-annual symposium, Supply Chain Excellence 2007: Managing Risk in the Global Supply Chain. The event will address how trends, including outsourcing, off-shoring and lean manufacturing that focus on reducing supply chain costs, can significantly increase the level of risk in the supply chain. Attendees will take part in an expanded conference program tailored toward identifying key sources of risk in the supply chain as well as strategies and tactics for managing that risk in their respective industries.
The conference will be held on September 27 in conjunction with LogicTools’ annual user conference on September 28 at The Metropolitan Club at Sears Tower in Chicago. Speakers include leading supply chain authority, Mark Hillman, Research Director, AMR Research, Sharan Singanamala, Strategic Logistics Planning Manager, GE Healthcare, David Simchi-Levi, Co-founder of LogicTools and Professor of Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Jean-François Abramatic, Vice President and Chief Product Officer, ILOG.
