The CAPS Research team recently conducted the 11th annual Asian Roundtable in Shanghai and the 10th annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan. In early July, we're off to Amsterdam for a Critical Issues conference that focuses on the accelerated innovations in the supply chain. Then we travel to Dearborn, Michigan in early August for a Critical Issues conference that looks at 'green' corporate strategies and implementations. In October, we will host the ninth annual Best Practices Workshop for senior supply management executives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Earlier this year we hosted the 19th annual International Executive Roundtable for our sponsors' most senior purchasing and supply executives, and we travelled to New York, Chicago, and Houston in support of four different benchmarking initiatives.

These conferences, workshops and roundtables are valuable resources that contribute to our core mission, which is to support our sponsor organizations and their global network of executives and supply management practitioners. Since many of our sponsors are headquartered all over the world it becomes more cost-effective and time-efficient for some of these executives and managers to participate in conferences and workshops that are structured to minimize their investments in travel costs and time commitments.

Regardless of the topic or location, all of our events and activities are built around small group discussions on selected topics, case studies, best practices, and research observations and outcomes. Our events are designed to allow each participant opportunities to network with their peers and other leading supply management practitioners representing different industry groups.

For more information regarding any of CAPS Research programs or events just send an email to research@capsresearch.org.