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2007 APICS International Conference & Expo
October 21-23, 2007
Denver, Colorado

Access the APICS 2007 Proceedings, which includes manuscripts and PowerPoint presentations for each session in the nine regular educational tracks. If you would like to purchase the Proceedings on a flash drive, select "APICS 2007 Conference Proceedings on USB Drive." In addition, MP3 audio files are available for purchase by selecting "APICS 2007 Audio Files - Complete Set."

APICS 2007 Audio Files - Complete Set
APICS 2007 Conference Proceedings on USB Drive
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Educational Session Tracks & other programs: 

Auto Identification
Demand Planning
 Executive Strategy
 Inventory Optimization
 Lean Operations
 Operations Essentials
 Professional Advancement
 Supply Chain Collaboration
 Warehousing and Distribution
 Idea Exchange
 Executive Edge
 World-Class Supply Chain Forum
 Special Programs
 

APICS 2007 Audio Files - Complete Set 
APICS 2007 Conference Proceedings on USB Drive 
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Auto Identification

Examine the factors that improve your evaluation, implementation, and return on investment of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

Hewlett-Packard's RFID Pilot Tests in Brazil, A Case Study     
Making RFID Information Actionable in the Retail Supply Chain     
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Demand Planning

Learn how to meet the challenge of forecasting demand, including such areas as performance metrics, managing accuracy expectations, and forecasting in lean operations.

Using Hybrid Forecast Inputs to Maximize Accuracy     
Aligning Your Supply and Demand During Product Life Cycles     
MRP II in a Service Company     
Using Forecast Performance to Set Safety Stocks     
Advanced Planning Implementation at USG     
Impact of Operations and Technology on Agricultural Productivity During the Past 100 Years     
Worst Practices in Business Forecasting     
Flexibility-Dependent Techniques for Planning and Control     
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Executive Strategy

Senior managers describe best practices for strategic decision making and planning-sound judgment, reliable data, and knowledge of goals.

Business Process Management Technologies: Reducing the Cost and Risk for Supply Chain Management Initiatives     
One-Touch Supply Chain     
Next Generation Supply Chains     
Solving the Puzzle: Bringing Visibility to Accountability     
Develop Your Supply Chain of People     
Demand Driven Is an Operational Strategy for Discrete Manufacturers     
Implementing an Enterprise Production System in a Fortune 100 Company     
Peak Oil- The Impact on Global Supply Chains     
Supply Risk Management     
Leveraging Network Architecture for Higher Performance     
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Inventory Optimization

Find out how to effectively manage and move inventory and contribute to the growth of your company`s bottom line.

The Bioterrorism Act: Catalyst for World-Class Inventory Management in Food and Beverage Manufacturing     
Driving Performance through Inventory Segmentation     
Lead Time: Getting It Right     
Optimizing Inventories in a Consumer Goods Company     
Can Lead Time and Inventory Both be Reduced?     
Focused Cycle Counting     
Inventory Optimization and Simulation     
How to Optimize Inventory through Process Improvement     
Inventory Gone Wild: How To Get Control     
Improve Inventory Turns with Lean Logic     
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Lean Operations

Explore how getting to a truly lean operation is a significant challenge for many organizations. Learn from real-world implementations.

It's all About Flow: Restructuring Your Organization to Succeed in Lean Manufacturing     
Development of a Winning IT Strategy for a Steel Manufacturer     
Demand Management and Lean: From Business Planning to Shop Floor Execution     
Lean Sigma Blitz-Continuous Improvement in Half the Time Through Collaboration   
Lean in a Nonproduction Environment     
Lean Health Care: A Breath of Fresh Air for an Ailing Industry     
Bulk Pull Systems     
Implementing Lean - the Human Factor     
Field of Dreams: A State-of-the-Art Lean Manufacturing Facility Becomes Reality     
Managing Dynamic Complexity: Foundation of the Toyota Production System (TPS)     
Progressing Beyond Lean Programs to Becoming a Lean Enterprise     
Managing Conflicting Objectives with Lean and Six Sigma and Demand-Driven Predictive Manufacturing     
ERP Optimization for Lean Excellence     
The Lean Enterprise: Murphy's Toys and a Journey in Lean Mapping for Process Improvement   
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Operations Essentials

Learn about globalization, the environment, ever-increasing supply chain complexity, and best practices.

Sales and Operations Planning Best Practices     
How to Plan, Schedule, and Sequence for Demand-Based Manufacturing     
Demand Driven Process: S&OP and DRP in PepsiCo Supply Chain     
Executive S&OP: Top Management's Handle on the Business     
Sales and Operations Planning: Who Does What by When?     
The Importance of Workforce Scheduling in a Demand Driven World     
Why Enterprise Resources Planning Implementation Is Like Marriage     
World-Class Sales and Operations Planning     
Your Supply Chain: Are You the (Weakest and Smallest) Link?     
End-of-the-Month Syndrome: How to Get Rid of It     
Ten Principles of Operations Management     
What We Have Learned-and Should Have Learned-in the Last 50 Years     
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Professional Advancement

Improve your skills in talent management, cross cultural communication, managing change, and maintaining a work-life balance.

Sustainability and the APICS Professional     
Leaving Your Leadership Legacy: A Focus on Authenticity, Adaptability, and Sustainability     
If You Build It, They Will Come: Achieving Success by Building Rapport     
Digging Out of the Management Dumpster: The Keys to Sustaining High Performance     
Cataloging Your Career Experience     
Dynamic Supply Chain Management Leadership: Building High-Performing Work Teams     
Self-Mentoring: A Guided Path to Professional and Personal Development     
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Supply Chain Collaboration

Explore topics such as supplier selection and certification, outsourcing risks, and transportation optimization.

One Touch Supply Chain 
Large and Small Businesses: The Missing Links     
Critical Supply Chain Impacts of Demand Management and Manufacturing, Planning, and Control     
A Returns Management Process Maturity Model     
Design for Sourcing- Moving Sourcing Decisions Upstream     
Tomorrow's Supply Chain Managers: Space and Time Architects     
Driving Value through Best Practices     
Implementing CPFR in Less than 30 Days     
Sourcing Globally with Minimum Risk     
Supply Chain Management 2010 and Beyond   
Turning Supply Chain Silos into a Collaborative Network     
Lessons in Customer Collaboration in Asia     
Reducing Total Delivered Costs Through Continuous Improvement     
Measuring Supplier Performance     
Using Supply Chain Event Management in Health Care Processes     
BASF Success Case: Achieving Supply Chain Collaboration     
Global Sourcing and Procurement: The Challenges of Cultural Differences   
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Warehousing and Distribution

Compete successfully in domestic and global markets by improving inventory handling and distribution techniques.

Leaning the Warehouse     
WMS, Scanners, and Voice Response     
Dynamic Freight Pricing as a Risk Management Tool     
Cycle Counting Is Not Just About Counting     
Optimal Operational Results with Effective Picking and Putaway     
Deploying Packaging Improvement Initiatives to Optimize the Supply Chain     
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Idea Exchange

Where is Ops Management Headed?   
Regulatory Compliance   
Global Sourcing   
Forecasting in the Real World   
Lean Transformation   
Implementing an Enterprise Production System in a Fortune 100 Company 
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Executive Edge

Outsourcing Internally: Case Study of a Global Tire Manufacturer   
Demand Planning and S&OP Drive Improved Operational Results   
Performance Magagement Drives S&OP and Yields Effective Supply Chain Performance   
Is a Lean, Intelligent Order Fulfillment Process Possible?   
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World-Class Supply Chain Forum

Enabling Planning Excellence   
Competing Strategically for Procurement Dollars   
Extending the Global Supply Chain   
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Special Programs

Women Leaders in Operations Management   
Career Paths for Scholars   
Scholar's Case Competition   
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