Page 12 - Testtesttest

DISTRIBUTION

OMRON DISTRIBUTION SUMMIT 2019

From June 17 ? 19, OCB- AM hosted
30 attendees from our distributors (24
attendees, mostly Supplier Account
M anagers, Product M anagers, or
similar roles) and M anufacturers
Representatives (6 attendees including NBC Sports? Kelly
roles of VP Sales, Owner, and Crull interviewed our
own Patrick Lahey
Distribution Sales M anager) for our and Joe White on the
biennial Distribution Summit. We rooftop
also welcomed two guests from S& M
BU (Nakaichi- san and Baik- san), one
from EM C Sales HQ (Shimura- san),
and one from OM Z (Wang- san).
The purpose of the event is to allow
our distributor and Rep attendees to
become more familiar with OCB- AM
as a company, receive current product the Chicago Cubs take on the
and technology training, and engage Chicago White Sox in the Crosstown
with the OCB- AM team. This event Classic from one of the world-
was organized by the Distribution famous rooftop decks.
Sales team and Rochelle Pajak.
The last day, Wednesday, was a
The first evening, we hosted a half- day session at HQ, with pre-
welcome reception at the Saddle sentations by Technical Support,
Room. This event allowed our M arcom, COSE, and a HUB
attendees to get acquainted with one overview. The event concluded with
another and with the Omron team. a management Q& A panel featuring
M agician David Rinalli helped break Jeff Rogers, Kris Whitehouse, Judy
the ice and wowed everyone with Connors, and Ucchi Uchida. Caro-
mind- boggling card and prop tricks. line Wells moderated the session
Tuesday was a full day at the Omron which included a host of questions
Americas HQ office, starting with the asked by our Summit attendees.
full group listening to presentations by The Summit was well received by the
Executive, Distribution, and attendees and a worthwhile oppor-
M arketing management. Then, the tunity for the Omron team members
attendees split into small groups and to engage with our valued partners.
engaged in six round- robin sessions A video recap including photos
to cover both product and technology. from the Summit is accessible here.
The sessions were: Relays, Connector
& Switch, Component Sensor, Sensor
Evaluation Board, Automation &
Safety (for industrial distributors), and
Creative Lab. After a break, attendees
and Omron members loaded a bus for
a trip to downtown Chicago to watch