IRI and Symphony Technology Group Unveil 'Reinventing CPG 2004 Summit,' The Industry's First Annual Global CPG and Retail Summit
2003年12月12日 - 1:17AM
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IRI and Symphony Technology Group Unveil 'Reinventing CPG 2004
Summit,' The Industry's First Annual Global CPG and Retail Summit
Distinguished Industry Leaders from PepsiCo, 7-Eleven, Wal-Mart,
And Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Among Executives to Keynote Summit CHICAGO,
Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Information Resources, Inc. , a
leading provider of content and analytic services to the consumer
packaged goods (CPG), retail, and healthcare industries, and
Symphony Technology Group, a leading investor in enterprise
software and services companies, today unveiled plans for the
"Reinventing CPG 2004 Summit," the industry's first global
conference for leaders with vision and passion for reinventing the
CPG and retail industries. The Summit will be held at the
Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California, February 22-24,
2004. "Today's CPG and retail industries are facing many
challenges, most importantly, linking real-time consumer and
marketplace insight to collaborative execution to achieve faster
growth and better profitability," said Romesh Wadhwani, CEO and
Managing Partner of Symphony Technology Group. "This is a very
unique time for these industries to reinvent their approaches to
achieving maximum business performance and impact the bottom line.
IRI is focused on helping facilitate this exciting transformation
which is why we created Reinventing CPG 2004 -- the first
broad-based global industry event that cuts across all key
functions in CPG and retail to bring industry leaders together to
focus on the future." The Summit features keynote addresses from
some of the industry's most prominent leaders including: -- Indra
Nooyi, President and CFO, PepsiCo -- Jim Keyes, CEO, 7-Eleven --
Kerry Pauling, Director of Information Systems, Wal-Mart -- Ralph
Scozzafava, VP and General Manager U.S., Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. This
Summit addresses the critical business transformation issues facing
CPG and retail sectors including the need for complete real-time
visibility into market and consumer buying patterns and responses,
the emergence of the consumer-driven supply chain in the real-time
CPG enterprise, and new processes and enabling technologies that
create maximum business performance. Summit attendees will include
CPG and retail corporate-level and business-unit level executives
and senior managers of marketing, merchandising, research, sales,
supply chain, and IT. Over thirty breakout sessions and a
Technology Showcase highlighting the latest developments in
enterprise solutions, marketplace content, and deeper consumer
insights will be featured. Key session topics include: -- 20/20
Consumer Insight: Total Retail Visibility -- Turning Real-Time
Consumer Insights into Real-Time Action -- RFID Action Steps Beyond
the Wal-Mart Initiative -- Synchronized Supply Chain Execution --
Creating New Products That Change How We Live -- Insights into
High-Value, Hard-to-Reach Segments -- Using Consumer Insights to
Optimize Your Product Portfolio -- Real-Time Market Response:
Automating Everyday Analyses to Respond Faster Designed to promote
increased collaboration between buyers and sellers in CPG,
attendees will be able to connect with key customers, colleagues
and industry thought-leaders throughout the event. Registration
Information The cost of the Summit is $1,500 per registrant. The
registration fee covers admission to all Reinventing CPG 2004
Summit general sessions and the Technology Showcase, meals, and
social events. For more information and to register online, visit
http://www.cpgsummit.com/ or call Sue McConnell at (312) 474- 2638.
About Symphony Technology Group, LLC Symphony is a leading investor
in enterprise software and services companies. Led by entrepreneurs
and executives with strong track records and deep experience in
strategy and operations, Symphony invests in companies that are or
can become market leaders. Symphony applies its strategic and
operational expertise and capital to enable the business
transformation of its portfolio companies. Through its portfolio
company, SymphonyRPM, Symphony also provides proprietary
performance management solutions and software for the real-time
enterprise -- solutions that can help CPG manufacturers and
retailers deliver the business outcomes they most care about such
as revenue, margins and customer satisfaction by enabling and
automating the analysis and integration of enormous quantities of
data from retailers and from internal ERP and legacy systems, by
making it easier to expand the use of marketing data throughout the
company, and by linking marketing decisions to sales, operations
and overall financial performance. More information is available at
http://www.symphonytg.com/ . About Information Resources, Inc.
Information Resources, Inc. is a leading provider of UPC scanner-
and panel-based business solutions to the consumer packaged goods,
retail, and healthcare industries, offering services in the U.S.,
Europe and other international markets. The Company supplies CPG
and pharmaceutical manufacturers, retailers, and brokers with
information and analysis critical to their sales, marketing, and
supply chain operations. IRI provides services designed to deliver
value through an enhanced understanding of the consumer to a
majority of the Fortune 500 companies in the CPG industry. More
information is available at http://www.infores.com/ . CONTACT: John
McIndoe Information Resources, Inc. (312) 474-3862 DATASOURCE:
Information Resources, Inc. CONTACT: John McIndoe of Information
Resources, Inc., +1-312-474-3862, Web site:
http://www.cpgsummit.com/ http://www.symphonytg.com/
http://www.infores.com/
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