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Tune Up Your Supply Chain In Only One Hour a Month

Second in Tompkins Associates' Webcast series to air on April 23

Raleigh, NC, April 19, 2002Tompkins Associates, the leading Total Operations consulting, information technology implementation and material handling integration firm, continues its Webcast series, "Achieving Supply Chain Excellence" with its second session, "Supply Chain Tune Up: Fine-Tuning Inventory Through Demand Planning" on Tuesday, April 23 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Tompkins Associates President and Founder Dr. James A. Tompkins will host the event joined by leading inventory and supply chain experts. Registration is free and available by visiting http://www.tompkinsinc.com.

As productivity in the manufacturing sector continues to increase, many are attributing this growth to companies' just-in-time and inventory management practices. When companies consider improving their supply chains, examining inventory levels-and customer demand-are key in a true supply chain tune up.

"Supply Chain Tune Up: Fine-Tuning Inventory Through Demand Planning" will provide attendees with straightforward techniques for optimizing inventory levels in manufacturing and distribution, alternative approaches for addressing inventory turnover issues and real strategies and solutions for building visibility, flexibility and collaboration into your demand planning process. The "Achieving Supply Chain Excellence" Webcast is a valuable resource for moving beyond business as usual to working with customers and partners for a truly collaborative supply chain. Register today for the next Webcast, or visit Tompkins Associates' Webcast archive at www.tompkinsinc.com.


The "Achieving Supply Chain Excellence" Series:

March 19, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT - Good, Better, Best: How to Assess Your Supply Chain Performance. Discover the Six Levels of Supply Chain Excellence. Determine your supply chain's performance and how to go from good, to better, to best. (Available via archive.)

April 23, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT - Supply Chain Tune Up: Fine-Tuning Inventory Through Demand Planning. Discover straightforward techniques for optimizing inventory levels and how to tap into the power of forecasting.

May 21, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT - Getting the Best Deal: Procurement and Strategic Sourcing. Gain strategies to focus your procurement area on activities to maximize profits and more.

June 18, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT - Looking Up and Down the Chain: Network Optimization, Warehousing, Logistics and Transportation. Discover the supply chain improvement opportunities possible with technology, how to save 10 to 20 percent of total transportation costs and more.

July 23, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT - it's All About Partners: Customer and Supplier Partnerships and Collaboration. Learn the path to superior end-to-end partnerships, how to implement collaborative execution solutions for supply chain success and more.

Pre-registration is required. You may register for one or all Webcasts in the series by visiting http://www.tompkinsinc.com. Contact Tompkins Associates at 800-789-1257 or sales@tompkinsinc.com for more information.

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