Advances in Business Applications Enhancing Operations Management Performance

Keys to their Organization’s Success:   Advances in Business Applications Enhancing Operations Management Performance

 

When:

 

Thursday, November 6th, 8:00 am - 4:45 pm

   *Networking & PDM        5:45pm -  9:00 pm  

Where:

 

Sheraton Chicago Northwest

Cost:

 

APICS, CSCMP & ISM Members  - $125.00
Non-Members - $200.00

* Luncheon, Dinner, Networking & PDM included

Online Registration:

 

APICS-Chicago Members & Non Members CLICK HERE! --THEN click on lower SIGNUP on row with Keys to their Organization's Success event description. If you are an APICS member, but NOT a member of the Chicago Chapter, please call 630 338-7158 in order to receive your discount

 

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Call (630) 338-7158 for Group, Corporate, Between Positions and Student Rates

Note: If you are not a member of APICS-Chicago, to sign-up online - and receive the appropriate discount, please make certain that you sign-up at the event sign-up that pertains to your organization. Should you experience difficulties, please call (630) 338-7158.

1 Day, 2 Tracks, 10 Presentations, 12 Nationally Recognized Speakers +
     -- Lunch & Dinner!

Keys to their Organization’s Success: Advances in Business Applications Enhancing Operations Management Performance

More and more companies are improving their bottom lines through Supply Chain and Operations Enablers.  Learn from National Speakers about the “Keys to their Organization’s Success:   Advances in Business Applications Enhancing Operations Management Performance,” at the Sheraton Northwest with the CoCo Key Water Park Resort, Arlington Heights, IL.   This event is an all-day APICS Chicago event 8:00 AM – 4:45 PM on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest, Arlington Heights, IL.  There will also be a networking session and an evening Professional Development Meeting (dinner included), which features a Panel Discussion by 5 of the seminar speakers.

You’ll hear from such leading professionals as our KEYNOTE SPEAKER David Simchi-Levi, MIT Professor of Engineering Systems, Chief Science Officer, ILOG and the Award Winning Author of Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. 

David Simchi-Levi
Chief Science Officer

David Simchi-Levi is a professor of engineering systems at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Chief Science Officer for ILOG.  He has been published widely in professional journals on both practical and theoretical aspects of supply chain management, and he has been the principal investigator for more than five million dollars in funded academic research. Simchi-Levi is the co-founder and chairman of LogicTools, which provides software solutions and professional services for supply chain planning. These solutions have been widely used to reduce cost and improve service levels in large-scale supply chains in various industries for over 250 customers. The company is now part of ILOG.

All-day Event Price:
$125 for APICS and CSCMP Members; $200 for Non-Members;

(*Includes $45 Value for Evening Dinner/ Professional Development Meeting Beginning at 6:30 PM)

Program Schedule

8:00 – 8:30 AM – Registration and Networking

8:30 – 8:50 AM – Introductions from Richard Gendon, Nick Nicholson, Conference Scholars speakers

8:50 – 9:50 AM --- Keynote Speech --- Advances in Business Applications have led to

Profitable Results and Improved Business Performance, David Simchi-Levi, MIT Professor of

Engineering Systems, Chief Science Officer, ILOG, Award Winning Author of Designing and

Managing the Supply Chain

9:50 – 10:00 AM –- Break

 

Track 1 Enabling Make, Deliver, Return

o 10 – 11 AM – Advances in Warehouse

Management Systems: How the Warehouse

Requirements have changed with more online

storefront business and how to implement the

best technology to handle them -- Matt

Stokfisz, Zethcon; Chipper Farley, Zethcon

o 11-11:15 AM – Break

o 11:15-12:15 – Advances in Transportation

Management Systems – Mona Maurelli,

Principal, CSC, Guinevere Duffy, CSC

o 12:15-1 PM LUNCH

o 1-2 PM 2008 ERP Manufacturing

Benchmarking Report -- Cindy Jutras,

Vice President And Group Director of ERP

Research, Aberdeen Group

o 2-2:15 PM – Break

o 2:15-3:15 – Best in class firms with multitiered

inventory structure have found

ways to improve their working capital

performance with multi-tiered inventory

optimization tools -- Dr. Bill

Killingsworth, Executive Director, MIT

Forum for Supply Chain Innovation,

Ronan O’Donovan, ILOG

o 3:15-3:30 Break

o 3:30-4:30 Creating a Sustainable and

Green Supply Chain, Frank Quinn,

Executive Director of Supply Chain

Management Review, Mona Maurelli,

Principal, CSC

 

o 4:30-4:45 Wrap-up & Raffle Drawing

Track 2 Enabling Plan, Supply, Reporting

o 10-11 AM – Demand Planning Solution

Integrates with ERP to Improve Forecasts and

Enable One-Number Planning – Mike

Vincitorio, BearingPoint

 

o 11-11:15 AM – Break

o 11:15-12:15 – Advances in Supply Chain

Planning Tools – Mike Watson, ILOG

 

o 12:15-1 PM LUNCH

o 1-2 PM 2008 ERP Manufacturing

Benchmarking Report -- Cindy Jutras,

Vice President And Group Director of ERP

Research, Aberdeen Group

o 2-2:15 PM – Break

o 2:15-3:15 – Next Generation of

Executive Role-Based Dashboards:

From Information to Action - Advancing

Your Value Chain Through the Next

Generation in Executive Role-Based

Dashboards, John Bermudez, Senior

Director, SCM Product Strategy – Oracle

 

o 3:15-3:30 Break

o 3:30-4:30 Value of Supplier

Relationship Management (SRM) / e-

Procurement/ e-Sourcing Systems,

Robert Shecterle, VP/Group Director -

Supply Chain, Global Supply Management,

Retail, Aberdeen Group

o 4:30-4:45 Wrap-up & Raffle Drawing

5:45 – 6:30 --- Networking, Sheraton Northwest Chicago Lobby

6:30 – 7:30 Buffet Dinner, Reception Room

7:30 – 9 PM -- Panel Discussion, “Advances in Business Application Enhancing Operations Performance”

                       Questions & Answers from Day’s Seminar and from the Professional Development Meeting Attendees

Click Here for a printable schedule with full bios

Networking Session, Dinner Buffet and Professional Development Meeting/Panel Discussion are included in the price and are open for you to attend if you are available.  For the evening Professional Development Meeting ONLY click here

Hotel Accommodations For November 5th and November 6th 2008:

Sheraton Chicago Northwest
3400 West Euclid, Arlington Heights IL 60005
Room Reservations Available: (847) 394-2000

Interested in Event Sponsorship: 

If your company is interested participating as a sponsor for this event, please contact Nick Nicholson

This is an evening not to miss!!
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