Transformational Foodservice Trends: Trusting Your Data Partners
Transformational Foodservice Trends: Trusting Your Data Partners
As the foodservice industry continues to engage in a digital transformation, it is more important than ever to trust your data partners. From operators to distributors to manufacturers, every link along the foodservice supply chain needs to ensure accountability as companies develop new technologies and digital systems.
Join The Food Institute for a panel discussion on emerging technologies in the foodservice landscape, and how different companies are undergoing a digital transformation. Additionally, the panel will share thoughts on how to best protect your data, and how to build trust with your data partners.
A panel of industry experts, including Melissa Lee (General Mills Foodservice), Chelsea Kuyper (Gordon Food Service), Ken Davis (Foodbuy), and Nathan Romney (iTradeNetwork), will convene to discuss their thoughts on:
• Successful digital transformation efforts;
• The importance of data security in your organization;
• How to best develop trust among your data partners;
• How to best engage with customers in a digital world.
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Sponsored by:
iTradeNetwork
For over 25 years, iTradeNetwork has been at the forefront of the supply chain industry. Our journey began with a simple, yet powerful purpose: to feed the world. Today, we stand tall with a legacy of providing advanced supply chain solutions backed by best-in-class expertise and support.
In an industry riddled with challenges and pressures, iTradeNetwork has proved to be a reliable partner to foodservice business of all kinds and sizes that include retail grocery, grower shipper, foodservice distributors, manufacturers, and operators. Our advanced solutions help businesses simplify complex procurement and fulfillment challenges, reduce food waste, optimize inventory levels, mitigate compliance risk, and expand profitably at scale.
To learn more, please visit: https://www.itradenetwork.com/
Ms. Lee has over 25 years of experience leading global strategic digital, marketing, and customer experience transformations across multiple industries in B2B and B2C. Her prior experience includes Accenture, Best Buy, UnitedHealth Group/Optum, and Cargill. Ms. Lee is a passionate culture leader for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is the executive sponsor of the General Mills Foodservice Asian Leadership Network.
Ms. Lee holds a BBA with honors in Marketing from the University of Iowa and is a certified Scrum Product Owner. She is a member of multiple organizations including CHIEF and The Conference Board. She resides in Minnesota with her two teenage boys and mother.
Ken’s primary role is as product owner for a multi-vendor procurement platform servicing approximately 16,000 operating locations for Compass Group and Foodbuy Member Customers, and onboarding of distributor invoice data, validation and reporting for the Foodbuy GPO. He has a passion for ensuring data accuracy in the systems he manages and ensuring his operators have quality product information available to help assist in their purchasing decisions. In his 22+ years with the organization, Ken has seen significant shifts with in-unit technology, particularly as it relates to operator ordering, inventory, reporting, and manufacturer data.
A rare Charlotte native, Ken and his husband Brian are avid readers, and spend much of their free time out on the water at Badin Lake; they also enjoy travel and spending time with family and friends.
