Global Supply Chain Leaders Meet in Tianjin, China to Address Challenges of a Booming Economy and Global Trade

Global Supply Chain Leaders Meet in Tianjin, China to Address Challenges of a Booming Economy and Global Trade

June 11, 2007

    TIANJIN, China, June 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds
of international logistics and supply chain management
leaders will converge on Tianjin June 13 for the CSCMP
China 2007 Conference sponsored by the Council of Supply
Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). Executives from
leading companies in China, the US, and other countries
around the world will exchange the latest logistics
techniques and share best-world supply chain practices.

    "China is the second largest trading partner with
the US, and China's logistics and supply chain industries
are playing a huge role in global commerce," said Rick
Blasgen, president and chief executive officer of CSCMP.
"This is our third major conference in China and we
are delighted to provide a forum for so many important
organizations to network and collaborate."

    The two-day event entitled Achieving Competitiveness
through Supply Chain Innovation will be held June 13-14 at
the Renaissance Tianjin TEDA Hotel & Convention Centre,
Tianjin, China. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:00 am with
Jinhua Chen, Chairman of CEC; Xianglong Dai, Mayor of
Tianjin; Xinqian Ou, Vice Commissioner, National
Development and Reform Commission; and Rick Blasgen,
President and CEO of CSCMP. On-site registration begins at
8:00 am.

    Speakers feature prominent Chinese and US business
leaders and academics including:

    --  Gang Fan, Director, National Economic Research
Institute China Reform
        Foundation, PRC

    --  Victor Fung, Group Chair, Li & Fung Group, Hong
Kong, PRC

    --  John T. Mentzer, Distinguished Professor of
Logistics & Supply Chain
        Management, The University of Tennessee, United
States

    --  Roger Lo, Vice President of Manufacturing and
Supply Chain Operations,
        Otis Elevator, Tianjin, PRC

    For more information about the Tianjin conference,
visit http://www.cscmpchina.org or http://www.cscmp.org.

    About CSCMP

    Founded in 1963 as the preeminent association for
individuals involved in supply chain management and
logistics, CSCMP provides educational, career development,
and networking opportunities to its over 9,000 members and
the entire industry worldwide.  CSCMP's Asian office is in
Beijing; its world headquarters is in Lombard, Illinois,
USA.  More information about CSCMP is available at
http://www.cscmp.org.


    For more information, please contact:

    Madeleine Miller-Holodnicki, U.S.
    Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
    Tel:   [phone]
    Email: [e-mail]

    Herb Ritchell, U.S.
    Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
    Tel:   [phone]
    Email: [e-mail] 

    Web:   http://www.cscmpchina.org
           http://www.cscmp.org