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The Con­fer­ence at PACK EXPO

Part of RPA’s mis­sion is to pro­vide end users with the tools and infor­ma­tion they need to effec­tively uti­lize reusable pack­ag­ing solu­tions through­out their sup­ply chains.  The RPA Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee is in the process of devel­op­ing a four-part cur­ricu­lum to pro­vide the infor­ma­tion nec­es­sary to help users in their tran­si­tion to reusable solu­tions.  As part of the Sus­tain­abil­ity Track at the PACK EXPO Las Vegas Con­fer­ence Pro­gram, the RPA will present two con­fer­ence ses­sions on reusable pack­ag­ing for the sup­ply chain.  These ses­sions are the result of ongo­ing work by the RPA Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee and address key issues fac­ing reusable pack­ag­ing users.

Each ses­sion is priced sep­a­rately.  For more infor­ma­tion about RPA con­fer­ence ses­sions at PACK EXPO click here.

Ses­sion One
Reusables 102 — Imple­ment­ing a Sus­tain­able Reusable Trans­port Pack­ag­ing Sys­tem
Room N-259
Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 26, 2011
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

This two-part ses­sion is the sec­ond part of a four-part cur­ricu­lum under devel­op­ment by the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion to help end users make informed deci­sions about mov­ing to reusable pack­ag­ing solu­tions in the sup­ply chain.  Part One of the cur­ricu­lum was pre­sented dur­ing PACK EXPO 2010 in Chicago. To review con­fer­ence mate­ri­als from Part One, click here.

Ses­sion One, Part A (10:15 — 11:15 a.m.) will intro­duce atten­dees to the reusable pack­ag­ing cur­ricu­lum and resources avail­able from the RPA to help end users find reusable solu­tions to meet their spe­cific trans­port pack­ag­ing needs.  This will be fol­lowed by a pre­sen­ta­tion and panel dis­cus­sion of how to imple­ment a reusable solu­tion, includ­ing how to align the resources and key per­son­nel crit­i­cal to build­ing a suc­cess­ful reusable solution.   

Ses­sion One, Part B (11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.) will focus on bet­ter under­stand­ing the finan­cial struc­ture and deci­sions which must be made at this phase of imple­ment­ing a suc­cess­ful reusable pack­ag­ing strat­egy.  Pre­sen­ters for Ses­sion One will include Bob Klimko, ORBIS Cor­po­ra­tion; Drew Mer­rill, Con­tainer and Pool­ing Solu­tions (CAPS); Andy DeWitt, TOSCA; and pan­elists from end user com­pa­nies that have adopted reusable solutions.

Ses­sion Two
Man­ag­ing and Pro­tect­ing your Reusable Pack­ag­ing Assets
Tues­day, Sep­tem­ber 27, 2011
Room N-259
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  (Part A)
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  (Part B)

This two-part pro­gram is designed to help end users of reusable pack­ag­ing bet­ter under­stand the issue of prod­uct loss and how to develop sys­tem­atic approaches to bet­ter man­age their valu­able reusable resources.  From a sim­ple paper and pen­cil account­ing sys­tem to com­plex RFID solu­tions, man­ag­ing a company’s reusable assets is an impor­tant part of the sup­ply chain process.  This two-part ses­sion will fea­ture pre­sen­ta­tions, an end user panel dis­cus­sion, and best prac­tices case stud­ies to help users min­i­mize the theft or loss of their valu­able assets.

Pre­sen­ters include Keith Schall, CAPS