Tim Phillips, Coca Cola and Colgate Palmolive among distinguished industry leaders to present at Summit
Bracknell - February 9, 2004 - Information Resources (IRI) and Symphony Technology Group today announced new speakers at Reinventing CPG 2004 Summit, the industry's first global conference for leaders with vision and passion for reinventing the FMCG/CPG and retail industries. The Summit will be held on 22-24 February 2004, in San Diego, California.
Tim Phillips, journalist and author of the recently published 'Scoring points: How Tesco is winning customer loyalty', will be presenting a breakout session dedicated to this critical topic. Other breakout sessions include speakers from Coca-Cola, Colgate Palmolive, and PepsiCo.
The Summit also features keynote addresses from some of the industry's most prominent leaders:
- Kerry Pauling, Director of Information Systems, Wal-Mart, 'Global RFID strategy'
- Jim Keyes, CEO, 7-Eleven, 'Consumer-driven supply chain'
- Indra Nooyi, President and CFO, PepsiCo, 'Reinventing CPG'
- Romesh Wadhwani, Managing Partner, Symphony Technology Group, 'Reinventing IRI'
- Judith Passingham, Managing Director, TNS, 'Global consumer trends'
- Doug Elix, SVP and Group Executive Global Services, IBM, 'Business analytics on-demand'
- Dave Lukiewski, SVP Sales and Marketing, Welch's, 'Reinventing heritage brands'
- Ralph Scozzafava, VP and Managing Director North America/Pacific, Wrigley, 'Transforming organisations'
- Mike Bloom, SVP Merchandising, CVS, 'Reinventing the drug channel'
- J Walker Smith, President, Yankelovich Partners, 'Transforming your business through consumer understanding'
- Carl Johnson, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Campbell's, 'Renewing the legend: The transformation of the Campbell Soup Company'
“Our goal in sponsoring the Summit is to create a forum where the CPG and retail industry leaders can share their thinking on what they're doing to reinvent the industry and their companies,” said Romesh Wadhwani, CEO and Managing Partner of Symphony Technology Group. “With this group of dynamic speakers, I am confident we will achieve that goal.”
Further information including registration details can be found at www.cpgsummit.com .
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 www.symphonytg.com .
About Information Resources
Information Resources provides market information to the fast-moving consumer goods industry using scanning EPoS data and store audit information. Offering a unique combination of hard facts, analytical insights and enabling technologies, Information Resources helps manufacturers and retailers to market, sell and distribute their products more effectively. Consumer Insights: Provides marketers with a clear understanding of how different marketing activities affect purchasing behaviour. Retail Insights: Allows manufacturers and retailers to understand and influence shopper loyalty and maximise efficiencies in supply chain, merchandising and retail execution. Performance Measurement: Enables clients to gauge their product’s performance and benchmark it against competitor products. Information Resources is the trading name for IRI InfoScan and IRI Software Ltd, affiliates of Information Resources, Inc.