Proceedings: 2007 APICS International Conference & Expo
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Reducing Total Delivered Costs Through Continuous Improvement
Program Code:
I-5
Date:
Monday, October 22, 2007
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:15 AM
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SPEAKER
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Scott Barrella, CPIM, is supply chain manager, nutrition division at Nestle, responsible for demand, supply, and deployment activities. He teaches internal employee courses on leadership development skills and supply chain improvement at Nestle University. He is also an adjunct faculty member at CSU Northridge (CSUN). Barrella has more than 17 of years experience, including positions at Disney, Amgen, and 3M in a variety of operations management and supply chain roles.
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Description
Reducing total delivered costs (TDCs) while meeting overall business objectives is paramount at Nestlè. Scott Barrella, CPIM, supply chain manager at Nestlè,examines the keys to measuring true replenishment lead time (RLT) and how to implement operational improvement programs to reduce RLT. Learn how to improve TDCs using sales and operations planning, define key performance indicators using supply chain maps, and identify metrics to gauge planning effectiveness. See how Nestle achieved reductions in TDC through teamwork, lean strategies, and collaboration across functional groups.