IMI Forums Portfolio

Business issues facing successful retail and manufacturing are daunting. Traditional growth models no longer have the desired Return on Investment and market forces are compelling retailers to revisit their growth strategies.

The IMI R&M Forum will serve as a dynamic platform where senior executives and architects will find access to new and nontraditional products, solutions and strategies for increasing IT service quality and reducing costs through selective IT and business process operations and management of smart sourcing and services.

Forum delegates will have the opportunity to network with peers, industry experts and practitioners through keynote presentations, comprehensive and interactive roundtables, and dedicated one-on-one meetings between practitioners and leading service providers.

The forum will focus on core Retail, CPG, Manufacturing and Distribution in the following industries:

• Grocery
• Consumer Electronics
• Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
• Automotive & Industrial Manufacturing
• Specialty Multi-Channel Retailing
• Apparel & Footwear
• Food & Beverage
• Home & Personal Care
• Wholesale Distribution

IMI ITSM equips senior IT executives and architects with access to strategies for increasing IT service quality and reducing costs through selective IT infrastructure operations and management of smart sourcing and services.

Forum delegates will have the opportunity to network with peers, industry experts and practitioners through keynote presentations, comprehensive and interactive roundtables, expert panels, and dedicated one-on-one meetings between practitioners and leading service providers.

The forum will include key issues such as:

• The Business Perspective (BCM, Surviving Change, Transformation of Business Practice, Partnerships and Outsourcing)
• Security Considerations when Outsourcing Infrastructure and Operations
• IT Service Delivery and Risk Management
• ITIL Application Management
• ICT Management
• Virtualization Lifecycle and Implementation
• IT Governance and Portfolio Management
• Rational Unified Process (RUP)
• Agile Modeling
• SOA