Penske Leader to Speak at Regional CSCMP Event
APenske Logistics executive will serve as guest speaker at a regional Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals event in Pennsylvania. Joe Gallick, Penske senior vice president of sales, will be speaking on the topic of “3PL and Value to Customer” at a CSCMP Lehigh Valley Roundtable event on Nov. 15, at the Best Western Hotel in Bethlehem, Pa. For more information, contact Tom Fiorini at 610-866-8001.
Earlier this year, Gallick was a guest program director at the Fall 2011 Supply Chain Leaders Forum held at Penn State University’s main campus. At the 2011 Global CSCMP Conference in Philadelphia, he was a co-presenter, along with Dr. Robert Lieb, of the 18th Annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Providers. Gallick also reprised his role as a panelist for the CSCMP Annual State of Logistics Report®.
By Alen Beljin
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