Next week (June 3–5, 2014) in Orlando, do not miss the biggest gathering of supply chain experts so far this year at SAPPHIRENOW 2014. Supply Chain will be “front and center” at this year’s event, with:

• 20 Supply Chain Customers being live on stage in theater or ASUG sessions
• 50+ microforum discussions and demo theater sessions about hot topics in Supply Chain
• 6 expert tables and pods
• 1 panel discussion

The panel discussion drives the supply chain theme, to “Transform Your Supply Chain into a Demand Network” and will be hosted by Hans Thalbauer, the Senior VP of Solution Management for LOB Supply Chain. Hans will be joined by executives from Colgate Palmolive, McKesson and Beiersdorf, which will be a very interactive and interesting discussion.

At Sapphire, you will also have the opportunity to hear from such companies as:

• Bose Corp. – Reduce Cycle Time and Improve the Quality of Plans with a Cloud Solution
• Colgate-Palmolive Co. – Maintain Market Leadership with an Integrated Demand-Driven Solution
• Beiersdorf AG – Uncover Innovative Ways to Measure Marketing Performance
• Tyson Foods Inc. – Simplify Complex Supply Chains with High-Performing Transportation Networks
• CommScope – Maximize your Return on Transportation Costs
• T-Mobile – Track and Trace Smart Phones and Tablets with SAP Object Event Repository and SAP HANA
• HP – Transform Your Supply Chain with Real-Time Available-to-Promise Checks
• US Army – The U.S. Army Builds on SAP SCM with an Adoption Path for SAP HANA
• Intel – Intel’s Demand Driven Supply Chain Drives Optimal Inventory Levels
• Hallmark – Planning Board Experiences – Scheduling and More
• DuPont – Modernizing Procurement Processes at DuPont via B2B and the Cloud
• PepsiCo – SNC Supplier Collaboration at PepsiCo
• Pfizer – The Road to Implementing Supplier Managed Inventory using SAP Supplier Network Collaboration
• Greenheck Fan Corporation – How to Tap Opportunity and Improve Processes in Supplier Collaboration and VMI using SAP SNC
• NIBCO Inc. – How NIBCO leveraged a template-based approach to deploy SAP TM 9.0 as a ramp-up customer in 19 weeks
• Woodgrain Millwork, Inc. – Implementation of SAP Transportation Management 9.0 at Woodgrain Millwork
• Kimberly-Clark – How, why, and in what way Kimberly-Clark deployed SAP EWM
• Harry & David – Best Practices in Extended Warehouse Management at Harry & David
• McCormick & Company – Drive Efficiencies in the Warehouse by Converting from SAP ERP WM to SCM EWM

As well as these sessions, there will be lots of opportunity to speak to supply chain experts at the event on topics such as:

• Integrated Business Planning
• Demand-Driven Supply Networks
• Next-Generation Supply Chain Planning
• Transportation Management
• Warehouse Management
• Supply Chain Execution
• Experience a More Powerful Supply Chain by Test-Driving Cloud Planning Solutions

I look forward to seeing you next week in Orlando. We plan to be blogging about the event and the sessions during the week, so watch this space for more information.