2012
New England Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition

Jack T. Ampuja,  CTL, C.P.M., CCSP
President & CEO, Supply Chain Optimizers

A citizen of USA, Canada and Finland, Jack has over 35 years of supply chain management experience with five Fortune 500 firms. His career has included stints in consulting, manufacturing and third party logistics; jobs have ranged from direct supervision of Teamsters and Longshoremen at 23 years of age to Senior Vice President of Operations at a multi-billion dollar international company heading up a $200 million division with 800 employees. Jack has extensive knowledge of the food industry working 25 consecutive years for member firms of the Grocery Manufacturers Association. He spent most of the 90’s as Vice President of Purchasing & Logistics for Rich Products in Buffalo.

Jack is a regular speaker on supply chain issues and trends averaging 20 presentations at conferences or workshops each year. Recent audiences include Council of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain & Logistics Canada, International Organization of Packaging Professionals, and American Frozen Foods Institute. He writes on supply chain related issues for trade journals with recent articles appearing in Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, Frozen Foods Digest, Private Label Management and Supply Chain Management Review. In 2006 Jack was featured in the Visionary Series of the British Columbia Business Communicator. He has moderated western New York’s annual Logistics Conference numerous times and does an annual presentation on the State of Logistics for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership [Regional Chamber of Commerce].

Jack co-chairs the Logistics Council for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and serves on the Planning Committee for the Western New York Roundtable of Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. He serves on the board of directors for Continental 1 [Toronto to Miami Trade Corridor] and as an advisor to Kong & Allan Consulting of Shanghai and TSE Global Logistics of Atlanta. He is a member of the editorial advisory board for Supply Chain Management Review. Jack serves on the Business School Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of Massachusetts and teaches Supply Chain Management in their globally ranked online MBA program.

Jack has been quoted or featured in the following publications: Buffalo Business First 8/98, 4/02; Food in Canada 6/07; Food Logistics 1/98, 3/98, 6/03, 3/04, 4/04, 8/04, 5/05, 10/05, 4/07, 8/10; Frozen Food Age 7/92, 1/93, 2/98, 6/03; Frozen Food Digest 10/01, 4/02; Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies 6/08; Inbound Logistics 2/01, 7/04; Logistics Management 2/96, 9/98, 4/05, 2/08; Materials Management & Distribution Canada 6/07, 3/10; Modern Materials Handling 3/08; National Provisioner 5/02; Operations & Fulfillment 2/01; Packaging Digest 5/92; Private Label 11/06; Refrigerated & Frozen Foods 10/97, 3/98, 9/01, 5/02, 6/03, 6/04, 7/06, 12/06, 5/08, 8/08; 8/10; Supply Chain Management Review 8/92, 1/9; Traffic World 10/06; Transport Topics 8/25; Warehousing Forum 6/07, 2/10;

Jack has a BS degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts, a year of post graduate study in transportation at Northeastern University (Boston), and an MBA degree from the University of Connecticut.

Jack has been certified in Transportation and Logistics by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics (ASTL), in Customer Service by the International Customer Service Association (ICSA) and in Purchasing Management by the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM). He has held officer positions with ASTL, NAPM, and the Canadian American Border Trade Alliance, where he co-chaired the Transportation Committee for five years; Jack served on the Logistics Committee of the Grocery Manufacturers Association for over ten years. He has testified before U.S. Congress as a transportation expert and has spoken with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at a press conference on border crossing issues. Jack was featured on the cover of Logistics Management magazine in Sept’ 98. Other recognition includes the following:

*While VP of Logistics at Rich Products, the company was recognized as a functional leader in both World Class Logistics: The Challenge of Managing Continuous Change (1995) and Supply Chain Directions for a New North America (1996). Only 4 other companies (Chrysler, Kodak, Kraft and 3M) were able to achieve this distinction.

* Leader of a project which constructed a $20 million state of art refrigerated warehouse (with no capital investment by employer) to take advantage of the Free Trade Agreement. Identified for this effort by Refrigerated & Frozen Foods magazine as a finalist for Executive of the Year.

* Member of the Continuous Replenishment Process committee which developed and published CRP procedures for the grocery industry as part of the Efficient Consumer Response initiative.

* Featured co-presenter in video tape "ECR - The Logistics Revolution" used as a training aid in 50 countries by members of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses.

* Co-leader of a landmark packaging optimization project which delivered cost reduction of $3 million while improving performance. Accomplishment has been covered in seven magazines and presented at five international conferences.

* Session presenter at Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference in 1993, ’94, ’95, ’97, ’99, ’00, ’06, ’07, ’08 & ‘10. Also served as track chair in ’93, ’01 & ’10. Served as presenter or track chair at national conferences of Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Canada in ’95, ’98, ’06, ‘10 & ‘11 as well as annual Canadian Conference of International Organization of Packaging Professionals and Canada’s 20th Conference on Transportation Innovation & Cost Savings in 2006. Logistics track presenter at annual conference of World Food Logistics Organization in ’02, ’03, ’04, ’08, ’09, 10 & ’11. Webinar presenter for CSCMP in ’05 for 100 participants in 13 countries and in ’07 for 50 participants in US & Europe. Has also presented seminars and webinars for the National Confectioner’s Association as well as its Logistics Council. Has addressed 3PLs at Leuven, Belgium and presented at the first logistics conference held in Ghana, Africa. In 2010, was the keynote speaker for both the first US Food Logistics Forum and the annual Argentina Logistics Conference in Buenos Aires. In 2011, Jack was featured presenter at the first Supply Day of Food & Consumer Products Association of Canada in Toronto and conducted workshops in London, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Aarhus – Denmark’s second largest city.

Presentation:
Optimizing Global Supply Chains Through Packaging