Name: [Business Strategies] Building Resilient Business Practices
Start: 2024-09-24T13:00:00-0500
End: 2024-09-24T14:00:00-0500

Tuesday September 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

Brentwood/Franklin

Discover the proactive decisions you and your organization can make to ensure your business is more resilient in times of crisis.

Rather than adapting plans and programs to make their business more likely to weather storms, most professionals wait until a crisis is upon them to react. Don’t be that professional! Beyond the painful lessons learned during the pandemic, leaders are now dealing with fresh business practice concerns prompted by the war in the Middle East and the associated challenges to transportation from offshore suppliers. During this session, you’ll learn how scanning the business landscape for risks and opportunities and taking proactive steps toward either avoiding or embracing them is the only real way to deal with ongoing concerns. Specific issues you’ll explore include:

the benefits of moving from fixed cost to variable cost operations
technology options to increase resilience
the importance of publishers developing their own e-commerce capabilities
the importance of scanning the business landscape for risks and opportunities.

Speakers

David Hetherington

Vice President – Global Business Development, Books International

David Hetherington is the Vice President – Global Business Development for Books International, a leading provider of book manufacturing and fulfillment services to book publishers.David holds a BS in business administration from Edison University and MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson.Mr. Hetherington’s portfolio reflects a broad range of responsibilities including VP of Manufacturing and VP of Financial Planning for Simon & Schuster Higher Education. In addition, Mr. Hetherington held leadership roles in Finance, Operations, and Sales at Reader’s Digest, Wolters Kluwer H... Read More →

Tuesday September 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Brentwood/Franklin

Business