VendorNet Connection 2008 Conference Agenda

Sunday, June 1

8:00am - 8:00pm

VendorNet Connection 2008 Registration Desk Open

3:00pm - 5:00pm

VendorNet Product Demos

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Conference Welcome Reception & Opening of Vendor Showcase

Monday, June 2

7:00am - 8:00am

Breakfast/Registration Desk Open

8:00am - 9:30am

Keynote Address: Global Changes in Sourcing, Supply Chain and Economics

 Don Libey, President, Libey Inc.

9:30am - 12:00pm

VendorNet Business Update - Year in Review/Look Ahead

12:00pm - 1:30pm

General Luncheon & Executive Roundtable Luncheon

Tracks

Dropship Business Users

Stock PO Business Users

Transportation/Logistics Users

Information Technology Users

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Keeping Vendors Compliant

Curt Barry, President, Curtis Barry & Company

Protecting your Castle with VendorNet's Latest Security Options

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Rules of the Game for Configuring Dropship Vendor Set-up Options

Rules of the Game for Configuring Stock PO Vendor Set-up Options

Tracking Global Shipping Moves Using VendorNet Event Manager

Mastering VendorNet's Email and Calendar Functions

3:45pm - 4:30pm

Vendor Showcase Activity

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Did you Know? Little Known but Useful Tips on Using VendorNet

6:30pm - 9:30pm

VendorNet Hosted Dinner - Networking Event

Tuesday, June 3

7:30am - 8:30am

Breakfast

8:30am - 9:00am

Maintaining your Welcome Page, Important Links and Home Page Messaging

9:00am - 10:00am

An Introduction to VICS (Voluntary InterIndustry Commerce Solutions)

Joseph Andraski, President & CEO, VICS

Tracks

Dropship Business Users

Stock PO Business Users

Transportation/Logistics Users

Information Technology Users

10:15am - 11:15am

Training Vendors to Master VendorNet - Including a Retailer's Approach

Maneuvering your Orders through the Order Acknowledgement and Order Approval Buckets in VendorNet

U.P.C and Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) - 101

for Novices

An Introduction to Standard

EDI Maneuvers

11:30am - 12:30pm

Become King of the Customer Service Function in VendorNet

Optimizing your Use of Ship Dates and Required Dates

 in VendorNet

U.P.C. and Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) - 201

for Masters

A Retailer's Approach to Deploying EDI (Onlineshoes.com)

12:30pm - 1:30pm

General Luncheon

12:30pm - 6:00pm

Vendor Showcase Open

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Interactive Hollow Square Sessions

Tracks

Dropship Business Users

Stock PO Business Users

Transportation/Logistics Users

Information Technology Users

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Tracking Moves and Counter Moves Using VendorNet’s Comment Review and Comment Hold Buckets – Including a Retailer’s Approach to Using and Managing Those Buckets

Capturing Visibility of Vendor WIP Using VendorNet

Event Manager

The Facts on GS1-128 (formerly UCC-128) Case Labels in Black and White - Fundamentals of Using the Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)

VendorNet Mapper for Novices

4:00pm - 5:00pm

VendorNet Jeopardy

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Vendor Showcase Roundup

9:00pm - 10:00pm

VendorNet After Dinner Rendezvous - Networking Event

Wednesday, June 4

7:30am - 8:30am

Breakfast

Tracks

Dropship Business Users

Stock PO Business Users

Transportation/Logistics Users

Information Technology Users

8:30am - 9:30pm

Shipping and Invoicing Tactics for your Dropship Vendors

Shipping and Invoicing Tactics for your Stock PO Vendors

Making the Jump from Shipping to Receiving with Case Labels and ASNs in VendorNet

VendorNet Mapper for Masters

9:45am - 10:45pm

How One Retailer Keeps Vendors "In Check" with VendorNet

Identifying Your Pieces Using VendorNet's Product Labels

Determining if Carrier Integration is the Right Move for you and your Vendors

Speeding up the Game with VendorNet's Auto-Processing Options

11:00am -12:00pm

Analyzing Vendor Moves with VendorNet Dropship Reports

Automating 'The Endgame' for Vendors with VendorNet's  Invoice Matching and

Approval Functions

One Player's Approach to Carrier Integration;  A Case Study

from RedEnvelope

Capturing and Resolving Blunders in your Vendor's Shipping and Invoicing Files in your ‘Pending Buckets’

12:00pm - 1:00pm

General Luncheon

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Interactive Hollow Square Sessions

Tracks

Dropship Business Users

Stock PO Business Users

Transportation/Logistics Users

Information Technology Users

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Capturing your Dropship Vendors Inventory Levels Using VendorNet Inventory Manager

Analyzing Vendor Moves with VendorNet Stock PO Reports

A Retailer's Approach to Making the Right Moves with GS1-128 Case Labels in VendorNet

System Maintenance Strategies to Ensure you Stay in the Game

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Keeping all your Vendors in Play Using VendorNet’s Reporting-Only Function

5:00pm - 5:15pm

Conference Wrap-up