Objectives for Supply Chain Integration in a Recession (B-8)
Track
:
Global Supply Chain
Program Code:
P-188
Date:
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Time:
9:45 AM to 11:00 AM
EST
Location:
718A
CO-PRESENTER
:
Christina Turczyn, CPIM, PMP, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Global Business Services - Supply Chain Strategy
Tina Turczyn is a senior managing consultant in the Supply Chain Strategy Practice of IBM Global Business Services. Tina has more than 10 years of global supply chain management and manufacturing experience. Her primary focus has been to provide supply chain strategy development and business process re-engineering solutions within the areas of demand planning and forecasting, procurement, manufacturing execution, and inventory management. She also focuses on project management, lean sigma implementations, and determining benefits realization from operational improvements. Her experience has spanned multiple industries, including electronics, pharmaceutical, automotive, and heavy equipment manufacturing.
SPEAKER
(S):
Mondher Ben -Hamida, CPIM, CSCP, Associate Partner, IBM Global Business Services - Supply Chain Strategy
Mondher Ben-Hamida is a global supply chain strategist with IBM GBS. He has more than 14 years of global management and manufacturing consulting experience. His primary focus has been to assist leading companies spanning several industries design and implement innovative SCM and PLM strategies for various corporate goals ranging from operational improvement and cost reduction to advanced supply chain collaboration strategies. Ben-Hamida is a frequent speaker at various supply chain events and has published a number of articles on various topics ranging from supply chain strategy to reducing the environmental affect of logistics operations.
Christina Turczyn, CPIM, PMP, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Global Business Services - Supply Chain Strategy
Tina Turczyn is a senior managing consultant in the Supply Chain Strategy Practice of IBM Global Business Services. Tina has more than 10 years of global supply chain management and manufacturing experience. Her primary focus has been to provide supply chain strategy development and business process re-engineering solutions within the areas of demand planning and forecasting, procurement, manufacturing execution, and inventory management. She also focuses on project management, lean sigma implementations, and determining benefits realization from operational improvements. Her experience has spanned multiple industries, including electronics, pharmaceutical, automotive, and heavy equipment manufacturing.
SUBMITTER
:
Mondher Ben -Hamida, CPIM, CSCP, Associate Partner, IBM Global Business Services - Supply Chain Strategy
Mondher Ben-Hamida is a global supply chain strategist with IBM GBS. He has more than 14 years of global management and manufacturing consulting experience. His primary focus has been to assist leading companies spanning several industries design and implement innovative SCM and PLM strategies for various corporate goals ranging from operational improvement and cost reduction to advanced supply chain collaboration strategies. Ben-Hamida is a frequent speaker at various supply chain events and has published a number of articles on various topics ranging from supply chain strategy to reducing the environmental affect of logistics operations.
Description
In an economic downturn, it’s vital to make the most of your supply chain tools so that your business can remain more cost competitive. This session will investigate the myriad challenges and opportunities that accompany global supply chain integration. The presenter will show you how to improve your business with supply chain analytics and optimized cost structures. In addition, you will recognize the basis of many supply chain integration successes and failures.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
- Understand the reasons for success and failure of global supply chain integration initiatives
- leverage supply chain tools to navigate a slow economy by becoming more cost competitive