2008
New England Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition

APICS - The Association for Operations Management North Shore Chapter 20 and Boston Chapter 10    --   The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) New England Roundtable    --    The Northeast Supply Management Group, A Special Interest Group of ISM®

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2008 New England Supply Chain Conference and Exhibit - Program & Speakers

PROGRAM & SPEAKERS

5 TRACKS:
o Negotiations (Track A)
o Operations Management (Track B)
o Global Logistics (Track C)
o Supply Chain/Sourcing/Purchasing (Track D)
o Supplier Showcase (Track T)


Schedule Sessions Presenter Topic
7:30 to
8:15 am
Registration EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS OPEN
(7:30 am to 4:30 pm)
Please visit our exhibitors and you will not only be educated on the latest cutting edge technologies, but you will also be eligible to win some great prizes from the conference!
8:15 to
9:45 am
Breakfast Keynote Jeffrey B. Carr
President & Economist, EPR
Economic Outlook - A New England Perspective (special segment on the adverse effects of the high cost of energy)
10:00 to
11:15 am
1A Richard G. Weissman, C.P.M.
Director of The Center for Leadership, Endicott College
Negotiation 101 - Back to Basics
1B Bruce Hamilton
President of GBMP
Lean Accounting – Learning to See the Right Measures
1C David Jacoby, C.P.M., CPIM, CIRM, CTL
President of Boston Strategies International
Global Logistics: Hot Spots and Major Developments
1D Subroto Roy, Ph.D., CPSM
University of New Haven
Transition Issues In Global Outsourcing
1T

Marie-Louise Hannan
Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian Consulate

Innovation, Culture, and Delivery: Three Reasons to Select Canada as Your Partner for Global Sourcing
11:30 am to
1:15 pm
Keynote & Lunch John Bermudez
Sr. Director, SCM Product Strategy, ORACLE
Using Planning Tools to Manage Business Cycle Downturns
12:30 to
4:00 pm
Dessert & Snacks in  Exhibit Hall
1:30 to
2:45 pm
2A Robert A. Stahl, CPIM Intermediate Negotiation Session: Principled Supplier Negotiations -- How to Earn Supplier Partnerships
2B Clark Merrill
Vice President of Training, Dale Carnegie

Effective Communications & Human Relations, Thinking Globally

2C Michael Goolden
President and CEO of L7 Performance Management
The New Keys To Improving Management Performance & Productivity
2D Moshe Cohen, MBA Integrating Supply Chain Management Into Operating Decisions
2T Gregory Cozzens
Oracle Solution Architect - Strategic Sourcing
Advanced Procurement the Oracle Way! Breakthroughs to help your procurement group become more strategic
3:00 to
4:15 pm 
3A Beth Perdue, JD Advanced Negotiations Session: Master Outsourcing – Or Else!
3B Mark Chockalingam, MBA, Ph.D.
Managing Principal, DemandPlanning.Net
Holistic Metrics And Organizational Performance Of A Global Value Chain
3C Greg Sue
Service Logistics Manager, Cisco Systems Inc.
Turning Your RFP Process Upside-Down
3D Robert N. Liptrot
President & Founder of Boston Industrial Consulting

Getting Green, Saving Green - A Case Study of Tweeter's Logistics & Distribution Operation

3T Michael Goolden
President and CEO of L7 Performance Management
The Secrets to Effectively Using Best Practices in Management: Balance Scorecards, Lean 6 Sigma, Baldridge and L7 Technologies
4:30 to
4:45 pm
Raffle & Exhibitor Drawings
Exhibit Hall

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