Practical strategies for cost and cash management

Driving Financial Performance in Tough Times

A conference for senior-level executives with a special focus on The Industrial Sector Value Chain:
Manufacturers, Suppliers, Wholesalers

June 8-9, 2008
Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
Chicago, Illinois

This hard-hitting forum is designed to provide you maximum information with minimal time out of your office. Earn 12 CPE credits for attending this program: a half-day Sunday afternoon workshop and a full-day conference on Monday, all for one high-value price. Register by May 27, and bring your whole team, to save even more.

Featuring Presentations from:

	Alan Dunn, President, GDI Consulting & Training Proven Cost-Reduction Strategies to Unlock Capital for Growth
	Jonathan Chadwick, SVP, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Cisco Systems A Global Company's Strategy for Doing Business in Tough Times
	Michael Gabaly, III, Division Assistant Controller, Lockheed Martin How to Pull True Value Out of a Lean Process Initiative
	Dr. Stephen Timme, President of FinListics Solutions and Adjunct Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Finance Supply Chain Connection
	Jack Alexander, Former CFO, Founder and President, Value Advisory Group The Silver Lining in Business Downturns: A Burning Platform for Changing Your Business Model and Practices
	Steve Player, North American Program Director, Beyond Budgeting Round Table Half-Day Pre-Conference Workshop (included in the conference price) Using Lean Planning to Improve Responsiveness and Eliminate Waste

Click here to see the complete program for this event.

Talk of a slowing economy is already prompting CFOs to take cost out of the business. But times like these, in fact, present an opportunity to make changes to the cost structure that will bring handsome returns for years to come. We've packed best practices and cutting-edge ideas from leading practitioners and academics into a highly focused one-day program, plus a scene-setting, interactive half-day pre-conference workshop. If you're a finance executive in the industrial sector — manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, supply-chain services — you don't want to miss this value-intensive event.

Are these on your current worry list?

Profit protection?

Currency concerns?

Supplier vulnerability?

Slow-paying customers?

Access to cash?

Then you'll want to hear how finance leaders are using Industrial Strength performance management strategies to battle economic headwinds. You'll take back valuable information to your own company on issues that come to the forefront in a challenging economic climate:

How to identify your most serious cost drivers

How to make cost reductions stick

How to unlock cash tied up in working capital

How to influence your culture to abhor waste

How to get more out of your financial supply chain to improve revenue growth, profitability, and capital utilization

How to reduce the cost of logistics

How to reduce the cost of employees


Register Now and Save

Early Bird: Take advantage of our Early Bird discount — a savings of $300 —if you register by May 27, 2008.

Alumni Discount: As a past attendee, you are eligible for both our alumni discount and our early bird discount for a total savings of $400, if you register by May 27, 2008.

Team Discount: Since you will get the most value out of this event if you come with your finance team, we have a special early bird group rate of $495 for each registration received by May 27, 2008 — that's a total savings of $500.

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