The 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo is being held this week, October 18-20 at the Wynn in Las Vegas, NV.
The General Session on Monday featured LT. General Russel L. Honoré who spoke about leadership in an uncertain time. On Tuesday, October 19, the General Session speaker is Life is good’s co-founder and chief executive optimist, Bert Jacobs . The $100 million privately held business based in Boston, Massachusetts, stays close to its roots with an emphasis on simplicity, humor and humility.
The educational sessions are broken down into Seven Learning Paths and are being held concurrently:
1. Global Supply Chain Principles – Understand the fundamentals of effective global supply chain management and how to effectively navigate today’s increasingly interconnected global supply chain. Educational sessions will increase your knowledge in the global supply chain by teaching you how to accelerate cash flow, model and benchmark supply chain management, improve and expand supplier partnerships, and more.
2. Global Supply Chain Specifics – Access thought leadership in global supply chain management with specific case studies and applications of best practices. Educational sessions will connect you to real-world education from sustainability improvements and logistics strategy optimization to managing risk across the supply chain and more.
3. Planning and Control of Operations Principles –
Delve into the fundamentals of successful planning and control of operations. Educational sessions will increase your understanding of inventory management in a multicontract environment, key areas of improvement in S&OP processes, managing and scheduling around trapped capacity, and more.
4. Planning and Control of Operations Specifics – Sessions in this Learning Path focus on case studies that identify means to maximize productivity and bottom-line profitability through operations planning and control. Educational sessions will help you optimize supplier collaborations, enhance scenario planning in S&OP, apply hospital operations management best practices to your industry, and more.
5. Lean – Deepen your understanding and learn practical applications for methods and mind-set to build a solid lean operating environment. Educational sessions will help you apply lean operations best practices in your organization, no matter the size and industry; enhance and prioritize continuous improvement; and more. This path is sponsored by IBM.
Don’t miss Lean IS Green presented by Dave Turbide on Wednesday, October 20
6. Professional Advancement – Attend educational sessions in this Learning Path to achieve career advancement through actions both large and small. Educational sessions will help you improve your interviewing skills, prepare yourself for future trends in the profession, illustrate techniques for improving the employee value proposition for new hires at your organization, and more.
This path is sponsored by Pearson VUE
7. Hot Topics in Operations and Supply Chain Management –
Educational sessions in this Learning Path reveal key questions to ask in your enterprise resources planning selection process, how you can make TPS principles work for you, and more. Attend Hot Topics sessions to gain valuable news and information for your career.
