In today's competitive and cost-cutting business environment, it is critical for a firm to constantly evaluate its supply chain to ensure it is creating as much value as possible. Attend Improving Supply Chain Performance with Tactical Planning and see how you can plan for seasonal build-up; ensure availability of stock for promotions and other decisions that affect working capital and costs using decision support software. This free, fast-paced 45-minute presentation covers the use of tactical planning to minimize the amount of space needed for inventory storage; to minimize working capital; and analyze the costs and benefits of flexible manufacturing.

• The advantages/disadvantages of push vs. pull supply chains
• How both companies and distributors can take advantage of demand forecasting
• How to realize improved profits with decreased space requirements and less working capital through tactical planning

• People new to supply chain management will discover how to leverage tactical planning
• People familiar with supply chain management will learn how to evaluate existing processes

Dr. David Simchi-Levi and Dr. Michael Watson will give the seminar. Dr. Simchi-Levi is Chairman of LogicTools and Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. Professor Simchi-Levi received his Ph.D. in operations research from Tel-Aviv University and has won awards for his work in supply chain, logistics, and transportation. Professor Simchi-Levi has consulted and collaborated extensively with private and public organizations. Dr. Watson is Vice President of Business Development at LogicTools. He has his Ph.D. from and is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University.

LogicTools Inc. is a leading developer of optimization based decision support software for logistics and supply chain management. The Chicago-based company's mission is to provide supply chain professionals with high quality, easy-to-use, and affordable optimization software such as LogicNet and LogicChain as well as professional services for implementing the software.