Professional Development Meeting

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Time: 5:30 pm (MDT)

Location: The Renaissance Denver Hotel

Cost: Virtual - Free, Students - $10, Members - $35, Non-Members - $45.

Register by Sept 12 for $10 early bird discount

Registration closes Sept 14 at 5:00 pm

*Online registrants will receive a link the day before the Meeting

Topic: Lean Demand Planning

Speaker: Geoff Fry

After years of driving high inventory turns for highly configurable products by using postponement, I have recently been confronted with big inventory challenges in a consumer product marketplace, with comparatively little product variation. Instead, I am now looking to put the inventory “where the money meets the road”, or the last mile of the inventory’s journey before getting into the end customer’s hands. In this presentation, I will compare and contrast the inventory management techniques of postponement for ATO businesses with the inventory positioning across multi-level supply chains that are best suited to consumer product businesses using BTF/BTS. And, I will share stories to help folks understand the "why" and "how", even when they are not well versed in esoteric supply chain principles.

Goeff Fry has a 25+ year career managing both operations and supply chains for diverse industries including electronics manufacturing, industrial distribution, and telecom services. He has extensive experience managing complex, global supply chains. Geoff Fry has held broad leadership roles across every function in the value chain, encompassing Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Contracts, Purchasing, Planning, Warehousing, Global Logistics, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality. He has lived and worked in North America, Asia, and Europe, specifically in the US, China, the UK, and Germany, and has managed international teams across various countries.

He is a recognized expert in change management and has led numerous Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams through major step-function transformations, including centralizing decentralized functions and building world-class procurement capabilities from the ground up. His impact is demonstrated through significant cost savings, dramatic inventory reductions, and successful digital transformations leveraging automation, AI, and data analytics. He also excels in talent development and fostering high-performing global teams.

Meal:

Appetizer: Cheese  Board 

Salad: Mixed Garden  Salad, Candied Walnuts,  Goat Cheese, Roasted Pears 

Entrée: Free-Range Bone-In Chicken Breast, Roasted Tomato Wild Rice  OR  Butternut Squash Ravioli, Parmesan Cream, Roasted Root Vegetables 

Dessert: Chocolate  Caramel Torte

Schedule:

5:30 - Networking and Refreshments

6:15 - Dinner

7:00 - Speaker