Credit & Accounts Receivable Open Forum
Date: October 18 (1/2 day) 19 & 20 (1/2 day) 2010
Click here to view & print the Brochure and Agenda
Click here to register on-line
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Location: 
The beautiful Harbor Beach Marriott,
Ft Lauderdale, FL
3030 Holiday Dr
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Visit the Hotel and make reservation online
Call: Marriott Reservations: 1-800-503-1436
Tell them you are registering for the Credit Research Foundation meeting and use Group Code "crfcrfa" to get the Group Rate of $189.00 single or double (+ Tax).
The CRF room block ends September 13, 2010 - so book NOW!
The Harbor Beach Marriott: The private beach is accessible by wood stairways leading over a low dune. Because it's private, the beach offers exceptional space for the beach bar, lounge chairs, and volleyball games. Bordered by rock-waterfall gardens, the lagoon-style pool provides an alternative to the beach. Above the sand on a sprawling deck are 50 private beachfront cabanas (surcharge) shaded by palms and equipped with showers, TVs, ceiling fans, and lounge chairs.
The hotel offers five lighted tennis courts, a basketball court, and a dive shop. A water-sports center rents out snorkeling and scuba diving gear, catamarans, personal watercraft, speedboats, kayaks, boogie boards, surf boards, metal detectors, and shelling nets and arranges parasailing flights and outrigger-canoe tours. Bicycles are also available for rent.
On the beach in Ft Lauderdale
Don't miss this great opportunity to spend a few days with your friends oceanside and Experience CRF!
SAP or Oracle users
Monday morning 8am to noon prior to the Forum join the most dynamic User Groups for either SAP or Oracle that focus on credit and AR processes. These meetings are free to all Forum attendees but
you MUST register for them. See below for registration and details.
These sessions are for credit professionals and their IT staff only. No vendors please.
Various Credit Information Provider Users' Groups
Wednesday afternoon. Free to all Forum attendees who are subscribers to the services; but
you MUST register for them. See below for registration and details.
The October CRF Forum Program
For details see brochure link at top of page
- Working with the Export-Import Bank of the United States - Sharyn Koenig, Regional Director of the Ex-Im Bank, details the services available to you from the Ex-Im Bank in mitigating risk in export credit.
- International Credit Management Export Credit Panel Discussion - An interactive question & answer discussion with experts representing all facets of international credit management.
- Inflation/Deflation Dynamics: What are the possible effects on risk management?
- Shared Services "Profiles in Success" - Hear from other receivable managers on how they have successfully implemented a shared service organization within their respective business.
- Legal Issues to Consider in Electronic Payments - Erin Fonte, an attorney specializing in the legal aspects of electronic payment systems, explains the legal do's and don'ts in setting up an electronic payment facility within your organization.
- The State of Receivable Management in Today's Economy - This informative presentation, based on recent studies conducted by Experian & CRF, looks at how the current economic situation is impacting receivable managers nationwide.
- Outsourcing "Profiles in Success" - Hear from other credit managers who have successfully implemented an outsourcing program as a tool in creating efficiencies in managing their receivable portfolio.
- Wednesday morning: Be part of the ORIGINAL (often copied/never duplicated) CRF Open Forum You set the agenda and ask everyone for assistance with any operational, logistical or best practice questions or concerns you have. Take advantage of this opportunity to get help from a cross section of America's leading credit professionals representing a variety of industries. We'll all help to find a solution.
Oracle and SAP Users - Don't miss these sessions on Monday morning. These sessions are for credit professionals and their IT staff only. No vendors please.
Oracle Users Group
- As always, in conjunction with our Forum, CRF will host an Oracle User Group session facilitated by Robin Walker, principal of Caliber Application Services, LLC and Carol King, Principal Product Strategy Manager of Oracle on Monday morning from 8:00am to 12pm immediately prior to the start of the CRF Forum. The agenda and meeting location will be forthcoming. This session is not on the agenda brochure.
Oracle agenda coming soon.
To find out more or to sign-up for this session: email session host
Robin Walker at: rwalker@caliber-services.com
SAP Users Group
- SAP User are invited to attend the CRF SAP Users Group meeting ...SAP Users, don't miss this opportunity to get in on the ground floor of this valuable resource. The SAP meeting will take place on Monday morning from 8am to 12pm immediately prior to the start of the CRF Forum. This session is not on the agenda brochure.
SAP agenda coming soon.
To find out more or to sign-up for this session: email session host
Dan Chapman at: dan.chapman@highradius.com
This group is targeted towards CRF members and others who are SAP users and are involved in Order-to-Cash and/or Account Receivables business processes such as Credit Management, Cash Application, Collections and Deductions. The group will meet for half-a-day, Monday morning prior to the start of CRF Open Forum events.
The primary objectives for the CRF SAP User Group are to discuss:
- SAP Product Functionality
CRF SAP users will be updated on the latest functionality from SAP for existing and new products. This will primarily cover the current SAP modules such as SAP Accounts Receivables, Sales & Distribution, BW Reporting as well as the new modules within SAP Financial Supply Chain management (FSCM) suite namely Dispute Management, Collections Management, Credit management & Biller Direct.
- Best practice sharing, discussion & brainstorming
In these sessions, CRF SAP users will have the opportunity to share their experiences, issues and recommendations with each other at a very detail level. There could be an opportunity to discuss Industry vertical specific business processes such as Deductions & Collections challenges in dealing with retailers.
- User feedback to SAP
User requirements can be matched-up to SAP functionality to identify gaps. Those functionality gaps that most users unanimously agree that they would desire to have can be channeled back to SAP via the “ASUG Influence Sessions”. “ASUG Influence Sessions” is a formal charter that is recognized by SAP for users in North America to give feedback to their Product Managers on the desired functionality of SAP. A small committee of CRF members who are also members of ASUG can take up the responsibility to attend the ASUG Influence Session to facilitate this.
CreditRiskMonitor User Group
- CreditRiskMonitor Users - Don't miss this session
Wednesday October 20, 2010: 12 Noon-2:00 PM.
THERE IS NO FEE FOR THIS USER GROUP MEETING but registration is limited and admission is for password/contract holders only.
To find out more or to sign-up for this session: email session host
Al Carmenini by Sept 1st to reserve your seat alcarmenini@crmz.com
Click here for more information: CreditRiskMonitor website.
Global Credit Services User Group
- Global Credit Services User - Don't miss this session
Wednesday October 20, 2010: 12 Noon-2:00 PM or 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
THERE IS NO FEE FOR THIS USER GROUP MEETING but registration is limited.
To find out more or to sign-up for this session: email session host
Mark Ricci by July 1st to reserve your seat. Please indicate the session you wish to attend in your email. CRFGroup@globalcreditservices.com
Click here for more information: Global Credit Services.
Cortera User Group & Open House
- Cortera User Group & Open House
Wednesday October 20, 2010: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
THERE IS NO FEE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING but registration is limited. Cortera User Groups are the perfect opportunity to join your fellow customers and share best practices, sharpen your skills, and hear directly from the Cortera team. The user group is open to all CRF attending credit professionals and their IT staff only (even if you are not a customer, you are a welcome to attend). No vendors please. To find out more and to sign-up please visit:
http://cortera-crf-chi.eventbrite.com/. Questions? Email user group host Alex Coté at acote@cortera.com
D&B DNBi User Group
- D&B DNBi Users - Don't miss this session
Wednesday October 20, 2010: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
THERE IS NO FEE FOR THIS USER GROUP MEETING but registration is limited.
Registraton available soon, check back.
Experian User Group
- Experian Users - Don't miss this session
Wednesday October 20, 2010: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
THERE IS NO FEE FOR THIS USER GROUP MEETING but registration is limited.
Registraton available soon, check back.
CRF Forum Registration Attendance Policy
Please help us control our meeting costs. Food and beverage commitments are confirmed and guaranteed well in advance of
the Forum. Therefore, if you register we are guaranteeing your attendance and food commitment to the hotel.
Anyone who registers and does not give us advanced cancellation notice, will be charged a fee of $200 for the charges we
will incur.
Any registration fees paid to CRF for the Forum will not be refunded if you can not attend; however you can use the registration fee for a future CRF Forum.
If you need to cancel try to send someone else from your organization.
CRF members entitled to free registrations must still register so that we can make an accurate guarantee.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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