Join the DFW CSCMP Roundtable as we host Victoria Wilmore, Temperature Control Support Center Director for Johnson & Johnson.
The DFW Roundtable is excited to host a DC tour at Fort Worth-based Saddleback Leather Company.
The Saddleback Leather company has produced leather goods like bags, wallets, and accessories for nearly 20 years.
Join us as we tour their facility to explore how they pick, pack, and ship their products to a variety of different customers.
We'll also hear how they have overcome the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic within their supply chain and how they adapted to the need to evolve their business in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
The DFW Roundtable is excited to host our final event of the year at the Home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Join us as we host a VIP Guided Tour of AT&T Stadium where you'll get the unique opportunity to view both the players and cheerleaders locker rooms, media rooms, luxury suites, and finish off with a photo at midfield. After the conclusion of the tour, you'll get the opportunity to network at the Stadium Club. Dinner and one (1) drink is included with the cost of admission.
Come and join the DFW CSCMP Roundtable as we host our monthly event at Texas Christian University.
We'll hear from Dave Malenfant, Director, Outreach and Partnerships, TCU Center for Supply Chain Innovation about talent in the Supply Chain. He'll speak on understanding the need for change in our the digital supply chain ecosystem, and the skillsets needed to thrive.
Join the DFW Roundtable as we host an exclusive event with Gatik, the market leader in autonomous B2B short-haul logistics.
Come and hear how Gatik has established the first autonomous Middle Mile logistics network in North America with Fortune 500 retailers such as Walmart and Loblaws.
We’re excited to learn more about how Gatik utilizes its fleet of Autonomous Box Trucks to reduce costs, increase efficiency and establish sustainable, reliable capacity for its customers.
Join the Dallas/Fort Worth CSCMP Roundtable as we host our first Networking Night of 2021 at Messina Hof Winery.
It's been a long year, maybe you've been working from home, or you're one of the few people at the office, and you're ready to socialize again. Then we have an event for you. Come out and join us for an exciting evening of networking, a complimentary glass of award winning Texas wine, and some incredible appetizers. This happy hour style event will be held at Messina Hof Winery's urban winery location in Historic Downtown Grapevine.
In-Person Events are Back!
On June 24th we will be meeting again in person for a tour of the Thirty-One Gifts distribution center in Flowermound, TX. Owned by Kanbrick LLC, Thirty-One Gifts is a direct-selling business committed to helping women encourage themselves by running their own business. Thirty-One uses the latest Waveless strategy to pick, pack, and even personalize products to be shipped out nationwide. Over 700 machines are used to customize product through monogramming, laser printing, and wood burning before they are packed and shipped. Please join us afterwards for a happy hour at Blue Goose Cantina.
Join DFW, Chicago, and SoCAL CSCMP Roundtables to celebrate the Holidays! To kick off the event, we’ll hear an encore presentation from Tim Angelillo, Founder and CEO of Sourced Craft Cocktails. Tim will detail the inspiration behind the need for mixology events and his pivotal decision to add virtual events to the portfolio. We are inviting Sourced Craft Cocktails (SCC) to partner with our roundtables to deliver individual drink kits to all 21+ members who register for the drink delivery option! The drink delivery will contain a kit assembled in a commercial kitchen that will make four servings of your chosen beverage. Drinks will be delivered in the afternoon of the event. If interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, select the drink delivery registration option. Drinking is optional and members must be 21 or older to buy drinks from Sourced Craft Cocktails. We will once again be using the Remo Conferencing service that provides a natural networking environment with virtual tables and freedom to move around these tables using audio, video, and chat features. Make sure to bring your festive spirit and bring your ugliest sweater to wear! We will have a contest for the ugliest sweaters with prizes for the winners!
Join us on Thursday, October 22nd to hear from Elena Asher, Assistant Director-Export Logistics. Elena will be covering topics such as industry insights driving the 2020 US dairy export surge, equipment imbalance challenges, the necessity of key supply chain partners, and more. It will be an informative and interesting hour — and may even include a cheesy cow joke or two.
FBI Special Agent Kim Mangus will give a presentation regarding foreign and domestic actors who target US companies to improve their economic situation. Learn about vulnerabilities and indicators to watch for while also providing steps organizations may take to identify and deter potential threats. The FBI offers these presentations for informational purposes only. Each company must assess applicability in terms of its own policies, processes, and legal guidelines.
Join John Janson, Director of Logistics at SanMar, and Dave Munson, Founder and CEO of Saddleback Leather, to learn how both companies responded to the COVID-19 crisis by converting their manufacturing facilities to produce protective masks and medical gowns. SanMar is a Seattle-based apparel and accessories supplier, and Fort Worth-based Saddleback Leather, has produced leather goods like bags, wallets, and accessories for 17 years.
Food for the Soul is a nonprofit faith-based charitable organization committed to feeding the hungry children/students in our community. CSCMP DFW has again partnered with this amazing organization for our annual family volunteer event. Instead of kitting food, today we will get to help wrap 10,000 presents for local children. The great team at FFTS has done the hard work of getting this massive number of presents donated, now they just need a small army of elves to help wrap!
CSCMP DFW is partnering with other supply chain organizations in DFW to cover the 10am to noon shift at their Denton warehouse. This is our annual family volunteer event to not only give back to the community in a fun way, but to get the family involved as well. This is a Bring Your Own Wrapping Supplies event, so bring your paper, ribbon, scissors, tape, etc.
Established in 1967, Southwest Airlines Co. is the world’s largest low-cost carrier, headquartered in our hometown Dallas, Texas. The airline has about 58,000 employees and operates about 4,000 departures a day during peak travel season. They fly to 99 destinations in the United States and ten additional countries with service to four destinations in Hawaii starting in March 2019.
The tour will cover two areas: The facility tour allows attendees to tour the aircraft in Heavy MX- a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul visit where virtually all of the aircraft is opened up for inspection and structural - systems repair. The shop tour provides insight into repairs of components- galleys, Engine QEC, composite components, and other components such as cargo and entry / service doors which Southwest repairs in its in-house repair shops.
CSCMP’s first conference organized by the DFW Roundtable for the North Texas supply chain community. Join us for a half day event starting with a networking breakfast with a keynote panel on the state of logistics. Connect with supply chain professionals and get up to date on trending topics: blockchain in logistics, North American and international trade and tariffs, and other hot supply chain concepts from subject matter experts.
Keep in mind that proceeds from all events and tours hosted by the DFW Roundtable of CSCMP go toward scholarships for local supply chain majors and a minimum of 2 students sponsored to attend the annual EDGE Conference. In the 2017-2018 season, the DFW Roundtable raised nearly $10,000 that was awarded to students here in DFW. Attending the conference is not only beneficial personally and professionally for those two participate, it is a contribution to the future leaders of the industry.
American Airlines provides 100 million pounds of weekly cargo lift to more than 330 cities in 60 countries around the world. 4,800 employees manage 6,700 daily flights to move cargo for some of the largest shippers in the world, such as the United States Postal Service.
Join CSCMP DFW for a tour of the AA Cargo facility at DFW Airport. CSCMP Members will be given priority registration for the 20 spots on the tour until February 8th. Starting on the 9th registration will be open to the entire supply chain community, until the end of day on February 12th.