Events for CEOs

Newport partner Phil Wofford presented "Lean Effects on the Supply Chain" for manufacturing executives attending the MAPI Manufacturing Operations Management Summit in Atlanta Georgia on April 11-12.

Helen Bulwik will be moderating a discussion titled “OMNI-CHANNEL RETAILING: THE CHANGING FACE OF ONLINE RETAIL STRATEGIES” next Thursday, May 23rd at the San Francisco AGC monthly lunch event series. The discussion will focus on how retailers can bridge the gap between the online and offline shopping experience - how to use physical stores in conjunction with the information-rich online shopping experience to influence customer behaviors. Although Omni-channel retailing is relatively new, panelists will share their experiences and explain why gaining a single customer view along with shopping behaviors and preferences will be crucial to retailers’ competiveness in the future.

Mike Kipp, Managing Director for Nashville, will be speaking at the New York Chapter of the Association for Strategic Planning on May 15th on Momentum Strategies for Mid-Market Companies. Mike has taken 8 middle market cases from his experience and pulled them through the 4M filter creating a program which presents a framework for sustaining momentum against the backdrop of a classic strategy development model.