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Modex 2012: Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion looking for end users

RPA’s con­fer­ence pro­gram is designed to edu­cate atten­dees who are con­sid­er­ing imple­ment­ing reusable pack­ag­ing solu­tions in their sup­ply chains as well as those who already deploy­ing reusables.


The Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (RPA) is host­ing an edu­ca­tion con­fer­ence pro­gram at the upcom­ing MODEX show in Atlanta, Feb­ru­ary 6, 2012 at the Geor­gia World Con­fer­ence Cen­ter. We are invit­ing end users to share their expe­ri­ences with reusables dur­ing a panel dis­cus­sion at the conference.

RPA’s con­fer­ence pro­gram is designed to edu­cate atten­dees who are con­sid­er­ing imple­ment­ing reusable pack­ag­ing solu­tions in their sup­ply chains as well as those who already deploy­ing reusables. RPA’s ses­sion is on Mon­day, Feb. 6, the first day of the MODEX show from 1 to 4 p.m. and will include the fol­low­ing presentations:

Intro­duc­tion to Reusables
Bob Klimko, Chair­man RPA Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee, ORBIS Cor­po­ra­tion
The Who, What and Why of Reusable Pack­ag­ing and How to Get Started

Finan­cial Con­sid­er­a­tions for Reusable Packaging
Andy DeWitt, TOSCA
Buy or Lease: How to Deter­mine Which Works for You

Man­ag­ing your Reusable Assets
Keith Schall, Con­tainer and Pool­ing Ser­vices (CAPS)
Processes for Man­ag­ing Reusable Resources

Reusables in Mate­r­ial Han­dling — the User Expe­ri­ence
A panel dis­cus­sion mod­er­ated by Bob Klimko

RPA is look­ing for end users to par­tic­i­pate in the panel dis­cus­sion and share their insights and expe­ri­ences with reusable pack­ag­ing in their sup­ply chain envi­ron­ments. RPA will pro­vide finan­cial assis­tance for trans­porta­tion and hous­ing for the event. If you are inter­ested in par­tic­i­pat­ing, please con­tact Jerry Wel­come, RPA Pres­i­dent, at (703) 243?5469 or e-mail [email protected].


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