Audience:
Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
Is your company prepared against the next disaster? Supply chain disruptions, big or small, will always be a reality that can take you by surprise—and the best defense is to be as ready as possible to handle the unpredictable. E2open invites you to join our interactive panel on how to prepare to master uncertainty and incorporate more agility into your supply chain. A dynamic team of seasoned experts is here to help you learn how to proactively handle disruptions that affect sourcing and production, leverage technology to unify demand and supply forecasts and build an agile, resilient supply chain for managing today's ever-changing global trade environment. Topics include proactive analytics and reporting, changes in outsourcing locations in the midst of crises, global trade management concerns such as tax and duty variations, logistics decision-making, visibility into in-process production and more. Shift happens, ready or not—so don’t miss this webinar!
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
- How to collaborate with suppliers to achieve transparency and ultimate visibility
- Tips to plan ahead so you know what to do when the worst happens
- Ways to take control of supply chain disruptions that affect sourcing and production
Speakers:
Gary Barraco
Senior Director, Product Marketing
E2open
As a senior director on the product marketing team, Gary provides customer insights on the value of E2open’s Transportation and Logistics intelligent applications and helps promote E2open’s next generation digital supply chain platform. Gary joined E2open with the 2019 acquisition of Amber Road, where he led all product marketing activities. Previously, he was VP, Industry Development for ecVision. He has 20 years of military service in the U.S. Army. Gary received a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York and is pursuing a Master’s in Divinity at Moravian College. He serves on committees and planning groups with many professional trade associations.
Nari Viswanathan
Sr. Director Product Marketing
E2open
Nari is a Senior Industry Expert at E2open with extensive experience across management consulting, product management/marketing, industry analysis, market research, consulting, solution design/development and pre-sales. He was selected as a Pro to Know by Supply Demand Chain Executive Magazine for 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2019. Nari graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Lori Harner
Sr. Director Product Marketing
E2open
Lori is a Sr. Director of Product Marketing at E2open. Before joining E2open, Lori spent over five years at Blue Yonder (formally JDA Software). While at Blue Yonder, she led a high-performing team of product marketing and digital content professionals in positioning and messaging all Blue Yonder’s cloud solutions and services to the global market.
Before joining Blue Yonder, Lori spent two years as a Sr. Global Product and Industry Marketing Director at Iptor (formally International Business Systems). Prior to that, Lori worked for Microsoft Corporation for over nine years. She held various roles, including Technical Support Team Manager, Sr. Global Product Manager, and Sr. Business Solutions Advisor for the MS Dynamics ERP CRM solutions.
Lori holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from North Dakota State University.
Jenny Roman
Sr. Solutions Consultant
E2open
Jenny has been in the retail software industry for over 20 years and has been involved in all aspects of the software lifecycle including product management, implementation, and sales. As a Solutions Manager, she currently supports the E2open Global Sales team on Supply Chain Management and Collaboration opportunities.
Jenny works to build the E2open customer base through new development as well as working with existing customers to expand their platform footprint to enhance the user's visibility to all aspects of product management and delivery. Gathering information from this customer base, Jenny works with the product teams to enhance the solutions based on requests and marketing demand. Jenny started in this industry over 15 years ago with ecVision, then Amber Road and now E2open.
Moderator:
Kristen Kern
Manager of Supply Chain and Sustainability Initiatives
AAFA
As Manager of Supply Chain and Sustainability Initiatives, Kristen leads the AAFA Sustainability portfolio, working with government and industry professionals to further environmental sustainability in the apparel and footwear industry. She also leads the AAFA Product Safety portfolio, collaborating with stakeholders to create best practices and regulations for safe, quality products for consumers. Kristen holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Fashion Merchandising and Design, and French, with a minor in Chemistry from Virginia Tech.