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Blume Global Hosts 'Executive Boardroom' Session on Real-Time Supply Chain and Innovation

Chief Business Officer of Blume Global to moderate panel discussion at the 2018 San Francisco CIO Executive Summit Q4.

Blume Global Hosts 'Executive Boardroom' Session on Real-Time Supply Chain and Innovation
Supply Chain Xchange Staff
By Supply Chain Xchange StaffNov 27, 2018
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PLEASANTON, Calif. — Nov. 28, 2018 — Blume Global, a leader in global logistics and digital supply chain solutions, today announced that Chief Business Officer Ritika Suri will moderate a panel discussion at next week's 2018 San Francisco CIO Executive Summit Q4. The invitation-only event from Evanta, a Gartner company, is focused on peer-to-peer collaboration to help CIOs drive innovative ideas, establish best practices and solve critical leadership challenges. Blume Global is a summit sponsor.

On Tuesday, December 4, Suri will moderate an Executive Boardroom session about the ways CIOs are using advanced technologies — including machine learning, AI, IoT, blockchain and more — in their supply chains to orchestrate a real-time, connected network of trading partners and bring automation to drive better efficiencies and new opportunities in their organizations.

WHO:
Moderator: Ritika Suri, chief business officer, Blume Global
Panelists: Vipin Arora, CIO, Hilmar Cheese Company, and Pranab Sinha, CIO, MACOM

WHAT:
CIOs - The Lynchpin to Supply Chain Innovation
Panel discussion presented by Blume Global

WHEN:
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 from 10:40 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. PST

WHERE:
Intercontinental San Francisco
888 Howard Street
San Francisco, California 94103

To learn more about the summit and the session presented by Blume Global, please visit here.

About Blume Global
From the world's largest global retailers, manufacturers and consumer products companies to the smallest local drayage trucking companies, success depends on end-to-end visibility and orchestration of global supply chain networks across every move, every mode and every mile. With its AI-enabled, data-driven digital platform and solutions for real-time visibility, logistics execution, asset management, fulfillment and financial settlement, Blume solutions leverage more than 20 years of data insights and its global network to help enterprises be more agile and responsive, improve service delivery and reduce costs. Learn more at blumeglobal.com.

Media Contact
Katie Bromley
Blume Global
404-245-8873
Katie.Bromley@blumeglobal.com

Laura Often
InkHouse (for Blume Global)
781-296-6485
blume@inkhouse.com

More Info: https://www.blumeglobal.com/

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