Demand Solutions' 2008 Customer Conference

Conference Dates: September 28 – October 1, 2008 

                              Conference Location: The Desert Ridge, Phoenix, Arizona

Sunday, September 28

7:30 pm

Opening Reception and Registration

Monday, September 29

8:00 am - 9:00 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Keynote: Bill Harrison
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Keynote: Andre Martin
11:00 am - 11:15 am	Break
11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Forecast Performance Review: A No-Excuses Approach to Measuring and Improving Forecast Accuracy	Reduce Fuel Costs with DS RP • Container Loading • Vendor Minimums • Warehouse Capacity Featuring Steinhafels Furniture	TBD

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	The Software Can Do It For You: RP • Performance Summary • Action Messages • User-definable order plans (in version 10) Featuring Ventura Foods	Turn That Mountain of POS Data Into Information You Can Use Featuring Meyer Corporation	S&OP Case Study: SKF

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Only 95 Days until January 1: Using DS for Budgeting Featuring Ames True Temper	Reconcile Sales Forecasts with the Demand Plan • DS Collaborate (Including enhancement voting) Featuring Smith International	TBD

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Product Update

Tuesday, September 30

8:00 am - 9:00 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Interactive Workshop 1: How to Maximize Customer Service Dependent Upon Demand Visibility	Interactive Workshop 2: How to Ensure Forecast Adjustments are Adding Value to the Business
11:00 am - 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Lunch Break & Keynote
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Cut Your Forecasting Task in Half with DS FM: ABC Analysis and Planning Bills Featuring American Air Filter International	11 Things a DS Power User Should Know

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm	SECOND CHANCE: Interactive Workshop 1: How to Maximize Customer Service Dependent Upon Demand Visibility	SECOND CHANCE: Interactive Workshop 2: How to Ensure Forecast Adjustments are Adding Value to the Business
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm	Furniture Retailing Special Interest Group
Tuesday Evening	GALA EVENT

Wednesday, October 1

8:00 am - 9:00 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am	DS RP: What's New & Enhancement Voting	Product Lifecycle Management • New Item forecasts / promotions (with supersession) • Phasing out obsolete products • Birthdates Featuring Day-Timer

10:00 am - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am - 11:30 am	DS FM: What's New & Enhancement Voting	DS S&OP: What's New & Enhancement Voting