Media Partners:

The ISCEA is the developer of the internationally recognized certification programs of Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM), Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA), Certified Lean Master (CLM), and Certified RFID Master (RFIDSCM). ISCEA is the governing body for the Ptak Prize. ISCEA members hold mid to upper supply chain management positions in Global 2000 companies. For more information about ISCEA, please visit, www.iscea.com or www.iscea.net. 

With international news and case studies, Prime features the trends driving change in manufacturing: PLM/engineering collaboration, supply chain management, plant floor visibility, security, and more. Prime provides the ultimate overview on innovation across the manufacturing spectrum, with commentary from industry and technology leaders. Please visit www.onwindows.com for more information.

Finance on Windows is a quarterly magazine packed with news and features on the use of the Microsoft Windows technology platform in the EMEA financial services sector. Its lively format ensures that readers are kept informed of the latest issues and hottest topics from the sector, written and presented in a manner that provides a compelling read. Please visit www.onwindows.com for more information.

From restaurants to department stores, retailers face pressure to increase productivity, grow profits and justify every technology investment. Retailspeak, Microsoft’s customer publication for the retail industry, provides retail technology and business executives with a digest of the key challenges in the industry, and the technology solutions that can address them. Please visit www.onwindows.com for more information.

Juniper Research is a UK based analyst house specializing in the identification and appraisal of high growth opportunities across the telecoms and media sectors. We offer expertise in the areas of wireless and mobile as well as content, applications and device strategies, in the form of high quality analyst reports and bespoke projects. Recent reports include mobile advertising, mobile search and mobile web 2.0 an upcoming update to junipers flagship mobile entertainment series and a complete mobile payment markets series including reports on NFC and Mobile Money Transfer and Digital and Physical Goods mobile payments. Free whitepapers and further information can be found at www.juniperresearch.com or via John at john.levett@juniperresearch.com        

 

PMR www.pmrcorporate.com is a British-American company providing market information, advice and services to international businesses interested in Central and Eastern European countries as well as other emerging markets. PMR key areas of operation include business publications, consultancy and market research.

PMR Publications (www.pmrpublications.com): tel.: +48 12 618 90 00, info@pmrpublications.com

PMR Research (www.research-pmr.com): tel.: +48 12 618 90 80, info@pmr-r.com

AppliedForecasting.com is a free and independent news portal for the Forecasting community. The focus is to serve practitioners, researchers and students around the world with up to date information and facilitating online interaction

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.

BPTrends (www.bptrends.com) is the primary source of business intelligence for business executives and process change practitioners around the globe.  Industry thought leaders provide analysis and opinion on trends, directions and best practices relating to all aspects of business process management.  BPTrends is the largest community of BP Professionals in the world. BPTrends Associates provides BPM consulting and education services to organizations, assisting them in the planning, architecting, designing, measuring and managing of their business processes.

CIOZone is the first of its kind online meeting place for CIOs. It is built upon the foundation of social networking and combines user generated content and expert editorial. The platform encourages and enables CIOs to participate in creating and directing the development of their very own network.

CFOZone is the first of its kind online meeting place for CFOs. It is built upon the foundation of social networking and combines user generated content and expert editorial. The platform encourages and enables CFOs to participate in creating and directing their very own network.

Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting is a quarterly journal published by the International Institute of Forecasters. Foresight melds practitioner expertise and cutting-edge academic research to provide you with forecasting best practices you can put to use today. You'll benefit from case studies, timely special features and reviews of forecasting tools and books -- each one chosen to deepen your professional forecasting knowledge. Topic areas include design and management of forecasting processes, measurement and tracking of forecast accuracy, forecasting principles, integrating forecasts with business planning, S&OP, and more. Download a free Foresight sampler here: http://forecasters.org/foresight/fs-trial.php

SupplyChainBrain is the world’s most comprehensive information resource for supply chain news, intelligence, strategy and innovation. In addition to addressing the fundamental principles of supply-chain management, SupplyChainBrain identifies emerging trends, technologies and best practices, forward thinking ideas and cutting-edge solutions-and continues to write and report about these as they evolve and mature. SupplyChainBrain targets the high-level executive, who is concerned with such strategic issues as managing risk, aligning the supply chain with corporate planning, achieving competitive advantage, balancing customer demands with the need to control cost, and improving the bottom line. Collectively, the highly experienced SupplyChainBrain editorial staff has spent more than a century resea rching, analyzing, writing and reporting about issues and applications related to logistics and the supply chain. It is this level of expertise combined with that of our many respected content partners that drives the information we present through our web site, blogs, newsletters, video casts, webinars, business networks and magazine.

The ABPMP is a non-profit, vendor independent organization dedicated to the advancement of BPM concepts and practices. ABPMP is practitioner-oriented and practitioner-led.  ABPMP International is continually working on a series of professional educational programs to support the recognition of BPM as a professional discipline. This includes our recently released Guide to the Business Process Management Common Body of Knowledge (BPM CBOK®), the BPM Model Curriculum, and the only international Certification program for BPM practitioners (CBPP®) released in January 2010.

Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) helps private and public-sector organizations choose the best enterprise software solutions for their unique business needs quickly, impartially, and cost-effectively. TEC is online Evaluation Centers, containing IT research and extensive knowledge bases that catalog vendors' support for thousands of enterprise software features and functions, are the leading resource for IT decision makers around the world. By combining that information with a proven methodology, unique Web-based software selection platforms, and years of software selection expertise, TEC delivers an unmatched range of online software evaluation and selection services that bridge the gap between enterprise decision makers and the vendor/value-added reseller (VAR) community.

To learn more, visit us at www.technologyevaluation.com

SCM Focus provides unbiased explanations and analysis of supply chain software. Their site contains a large amount of content which ranges from SAP implementation articles to emerging supply chain software. All the articles are written by implementors and come from actual project experiences. SCM Focus also provides consulting and research through its SCM Focus Consulting arm. 

To learn more: visit www.scmfocus.com

PR Opportunities

The Sales & Operations Planning Summit PR staff have created several PR opportunities to help maximize exposure for sponsors and can also provide sponsors with PR recommendations, as well as a list of pre-registered media and analysts who will be attending the event.

Consider the various ways that Summit sponsors can leverage the event to drive your company's PR goals:

PR Strategy and Counsel

The team is available to assist you with any questions or issues you may have regarding your PR outreach strategy before or during the event, including tips on contacting press and analysts, as well as PR advice based on industry events and topics at the Sales & Operations Planning Summit that will be of interest to your company.

Access to Influential Industry Media

Contact information for all press, analysts, and bloggers who will be attending will be available only for sponsors. This information will be sent exclusively each two weeks beginning the week January 2nd, 2009 to give sponsors the opportunity to set up on-site interviews and meetings prior to the event. Please note: the press list is only available to sponsor contacts, *not* to third party PR firms.

Press, analyst, and blogger attendance will be limited to the industry’s top influencers from publications, websites and research analyst firms. The press list will grow in the weeks before the Sales & Operations Planning Summit, as many press prefer to register at the last minute. Each press and analyst application is carefully screened to ensure that only the most qualified media with the most relevance to your company and the Sales & Operations Planning industry attend.

Publicity for Your Announcement of a New Product or Service

Sales & Operations Planning Summit offers an amazing audience to target for your company's announcement. Making an announcement at Sales & Operations Planning Summit is a great way to connect with the industry audience. Attendees will include a blend of supply chain innovators in the high-tech economy space along with technologists, demand planners, analysts and senior-level executives within strategy.

With the high caliber of press, analysts, and bloggers in attendance at Sales & Operations Planning Summit, we encourage you to make the most of this opportunity by making an announcement or launching a product at the Sales & Operations Planning Summit.

For more information on how PR can help you at the Sales & Operations Planning Summit,

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