Proceedings: 2007 APICS International Conference & Expo
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Improve Inventory Turns with Lean Logic
Program Code:
B-9
Date:
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
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SPEAKER
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Eric Matson, Principal Engineer,
United Technologies/ Carrier Corporation's Global Lean Operations Group
Eric Matson is the Principal Engineer at United Technologies / Carrier Corporation's Global Lean Operations Group, and has been closely involved with all facets of Carrier business, world-wide, for nearly 40 years. Implementing inventory management initiatives and supporting Carrier users is a key piece in Matson's process improvement strategies, and has accounted for some very significant materials wins over the last seven years. Matson graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and has done graduate studies at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, and the Lean Enterprise Institute at the University of Tennessee.
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Gary Gossard has over 30 years experience as a materials management practitioner and consultant, the last 14 years as President of IQR International. He was previously the COO of a high-tech manufacturing company and a Partner in an international CPA firm. He is a graduate of the USC School of Engineering, the Stanford Executive Management Program and is a frequent speaker at APICS and ISM.
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Description
Would you like to increase your company's inventory turns, improve cash flow, avoid shortages, and reduce write-offs? Learn how to achieve these results through lean inventory logic, combining a dollar focus with dynamic, demand-driven, activity-based costing classifications. Gary Gossard and Eric Matson show you how to identify your inventory reduction potential by supplier, product line, and location.