Reusable Packaging Association Hosting Education Conference at MODEX — Online Registration Now Open

Arling­ton, Va, Jan­u­ary 10, 2012 — As part of its ongo­ing effort to build stronger work­ing rela­tion­ships with other key indus­try asso­ci­a­tions, the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion will host a Reusables Con­fer­ence at the new MODEX show in Atlanta, GA, Feb­ru­ary 6 – 8, 2012.

MODEX 2012, hosted by the Mate­r­ial Han­dling Indus­try of Amer­ica (MHIA), will be one of the largest expo­si­tions for man­u­fac­tur­ing, dis­tri­b­u­tion and sup­ply chain solu­tions in the Amer­i­cas in 2012. Over 500 exhibitors from indus­try, com­merce and gov­ern­ment will dis­play their sup­ply chain effi­ciency solu­tions on the 150,000 square foot show floor. The show is designed to offer sup­ply chain effi­ciency solu­tions, learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties and infor­ma­tion by show­cas­ing the prod­ucts and ser­vices of these lead­ing providers.

RPA will be one of the edu­ca­tion part­ners par­tic­i­pat­ing in MODEX 2012. It will host a con­fer­ence titled, “Reusable Pack­ag­ing – Effi­cient, Cost Effec­tive and Sus­tain­able Solu­tions for Today’s Sup­ply Chains”. The three-hour pro­gram will be Mon­day, Feb­ru­ary 6, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. It is designed to help those who are new to reusable pack­ag­ing as well as those who have already incor­po­rated reusable strate­gies to make more informed deci­sions about the broad range of trans­port pack­ag­ing solu­tions avail­able to help them improve their sup­ply chain oper­a­tions. Top­ics include:

• Reusable pack­ag­ing and its ben­e­fi­cial impact on oper­a­tions
• Assess­ing the oppor­tu­ni­ties for reusable solu­tions
• Finan­cial impli­ca­tions of devel­op­ing and man­ag­ing a reusable pack­ag­ing sys­tems
• Suc­cess­fully prepar­ing for and man­ag­ing the change in busi­ness oper­a­tions
• Best prac­tices for man­ag­ing reusable pack­ag­ing assets

The sem­i­nar is based on a larger cur­ricu­lum being devel­oped by the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion to help sup­ply chain pro­fes­sion­als:

• Increase their under­stand­ing of the process nec­es­sary for suc­cess­ful inte­gra­tion of reusable solu­tions
• Detail the crit­i­cal steps needed to man­age valu­able reusable assets in dif­fer­ing sup­ply chain sce­nar­ios
• Assess the impact of their strate­gies on the envi­ron­ment

The cur­ricu­lum is sup­ported with funds made avail­able to StopWaste.Org through a grant from the U.S. Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency (EPA) Cli­mate Show­case Com­mu­ni­ties pro­gram.

The MODEX Edu­ca­tional Con­fer­ence will include keynote speak­ers and more than 70 supplier-led sem­i­nars pro­vid­ing a one-of-a-kind con­fer­ence set­ting that offers prac­ti­cal solu­tions and insights geared to improv­ing today’s sup­ply chains.
To reg­is­ter for MODEX go to https://reusables.org/register/modex

About the RPA
The Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion is a col­lab­o­ra­tive effort between man­u­fac­tur­ers, pool­ers, dis­trib­u­tors, retail­ers and edu­ca­tors to pro­mote the envi­ron­men­tal, safety, and eco­nomic ben­e­fits of reusable pack­ag­ing. The RPA serves as the col­lec­tive voice of the indus­try and uses its knowl­edge of the mem­bers’ prod­ucts and ser­vices to advance the adop­tion of reusable pack­ag­ing and sys­tems through­out the sup­ply chain. The RPA is focused on pro­mot­ing the expan­sion of reusables as the pre­ferred pack­ag­ing solu­tion across sup­ply chains in all indus­tries. For more infor­ma­tion, visit http://www.reusables.org or call (703) 224‑8284.

Media con­tact: Jerry Wel­come
1100 N. Glebe Rd, Suite 1010
Arling­ton, VA 22201
Phone: 703−224−8284 Fax: 703−243−5612
Email: info@reusables.org
Web­site: www.reusables.org