Supply Summit Offers Outstanding Speaker Line-Up, Registration Savings

Ninety Days in Office – 

Keynote speaker Gene Marks is a columnist, author, and small business owner. He writes every day on business, politics and public policy for the Washington Post and weekly for Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur, and the Huffington Post. Marks will discuss how the new policies of the Trump administration may affect your companies and how you can prepare to make the most of the changes.

Lean Manufacturing – 

Dan Ariens, Chairman and CEO of Ariens Company, is a strong proponent of Lean manufacturing principles and has created a culture of continuous improvement that has resulted in the creation of world-class manufacturing facilities by Lean standards.

Automation Movement – 

Attorney Todd Janzen will help you make sense of the many legal issues related to automation in our factories and on our customers’ farms. From autonomous farm equipment to the storage and use of on-farm-data, Janzen has written extensively on the topics that are changing the face of agriculture.

Livestock As An Economic Driver. 

You have reminded us that livestock is an important part of your customer bases and deserving of our attention in a conversation on the economy. In Little Rock, we will explore the subject with Derrell Peel, professor of agribusiness at Oklahoma State University.

His main program areas at the university include livestock market outlook and marketing/risk management education for livestock producers. He also works in the area of international livestock and meat trade with particular focus on Mexico and Canada and the North American livestock and meat industry.  He lived in Mexico on sabbatical in 2001 and has developed an extensive knowledge of the Mexican cattle and beef industry and the economics of cattle and beef trade between the U.S. and Mexico.