Proceedings: 2007 APICS International Conference & Expo
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Development of a Winning IT Strategy for a Steel Manufacturer
Program Code:
C-10
Date:
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Time:
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
EST
SPEAKER
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Pradipta Kar,
CPIM, CSCP, Business System Specialist,
Dofasco, Inc.
Pradipta Kar is a Materials Engineer with 28 years of experience in the areas of Research, Process and Quality Control, Manufacturing, Production Planning, Scheduling & Control, Training and Business Process and Systems re-engineering for the Steel Industry
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Description
Today's steel manufacturers are faced with challenges ranging from over supply to global competition from cheaper imports, from rising labor and energy costs to depletion of prime raw materials. Pradipta Kar, CPIM, CSCP business system specialist at Dofasco, Inc., will explore how applying APICS methodologies to these challenges can help in the development of an informaion technology strategy that can enable steel manufacturers to compete successfully.