Monday, October 18

8:00 am - 9:15 am
Supply Chain Planning Excellence in Biotech Manufacturing

Keith Launchbury, CFPIM, CIRM
President
Keith Launchbury & Associates

Denise Steckel, CPIM
Principal Manager of External Quality
Genentech

Genentech is a biotech manufacturing company that develops cancer-treating drugs that work at the molecular level. Company leaders focus heavily on maximizing production facilities and product output. However, with dynamic business growth, these practices were revealed as not sustainable. This session will illustrate how Genentech changed its business methods to adopt a more formal planning process and detail the benefits realized.

Attend this session to

• Apply formal supply chain planning in biotechnology manufacturing
• Overcome process variability and achieve predictable performance
• Transition your organization from a reactive to a proactive mode

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• Key strategies for managing variability in order to achieve higher levels of performance
• Demonstrated techniques for changing company culture and employee behavior to a more proactive mode of operation
• Real-world benefits gained from requiring all supply chain professionals to achieve APICS certification

 

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Inventory Planning in a Multicontract Environment

Stephen Cimorelli, CFPIM
President
SCC Inventory Consulting LLC

Jon Ambrose
Director
Setech Inc.

A contract manufacturing environment is characterized by clearly defined life cycle stages: startup, ramp-up, rate production, ramp-down, and termination. Each stage has its own emphases and priorities in production and inventory planning. This presentation will include case studies based on the experience of Setech Inc. in cooperation with SCC Inventory Consulting. The focus will be on maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) inventory management.

Attend this session to
• Discover new inventory analysis techniques
• Obtain a roadmap for applying relevant inventory planning tools in each life cycle stage
• Know what materials are necessary to meet MRO requirements and satisfy customers

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature
• Proven methods of life cycle and inventory planning imperatives
• Strategies for demand planning and statistical analysis of historical demand patterns
• Real-life examples of effective use of material requirements planning and kanban

2:30 pm -3:45 pm
Myths, Misunderstandings, and Misinformation about S&OP

Robert Stahl
President
R.A. Stahl Company       

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been around for quite some time, but there remain numerous myths and misconceptions about its implementation and proper use. Unaddressed, these misconceptions can get in the way of successful S&OP practices and become deal breakers. This presentation will detail ten specific, misunderstood elements of S&OP, drawing on real-world experience with companies in many different industries.

Attend this session to

• Engage top managers in S&OP in a truly hands-on way
• Make your S&OP process highly cross-functional
• Enhance teamwork and improve collaboration

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• Real world experience on S&OP deal breakers and how to overcome them
• Key steps for identifying ten specific challenges associated with S&OP and tips for success
• Proven techniques for a successful S&OP implementation or improvement effort

 

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Developing an Effective Operations Strategy in the Life Sciences Industry

Ricci Whitlow
Vice President Operations
LifeCell Corporation, a KCI Company

Chris Moye
Managing Director
Alvarez & Marsal

LifeCell is a fast-growing company with strong demand for its offerings These include innovative products that enable surgeons to restore tissue damaged through injury, surgery, or disease using the body’s innate regenerative power.
Operational sophistication is increasingly required in order to maintain its competitive advantage; as a result, LifeCell leaders needed an effective method for identifying core competencies and keeping them aligned with corporate growth goals. This session will demonstrate how to develop such a strategy and support growth through innovation and the development of new capabilities. 

Attend this session to:

• Learn about operations strategy at a biologics-based company
• Use lean tools as a basis for operations-strategy development
• Consider how fast growth influences priorities at the corporate level

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature:

• Methods for determining where to focus your operations efforts
• Proven lean approaches to maximize productivity
• Specific techniques for increasing process capabilities

 

 
Tuesday, October 19

8:00 am - 9:15 am
Identify and Reduce Your Trapped Capacity

Steve Johanson
Chief Executive Officer
Supply Chain Toolworks

Trapped capacity occurs when demand variability consumes the effective capacity of a tool or work center. Most people are intuitively aware of it but don’t factor it into planning and line loading. When unmeasured, trapped capacity can lead to extra shifts, breaking run strategies, or shorting of product. This session will investigate the causes behind trapped capacity and detail how to manage it within the context of operations planning.

Attend this session to

• Learn about trapped capacity—what it is, where it comes from, and how it affects the planning environment
• Calculate, quantify, mitigate, and reduce trapped capacity at your business
• Balance variability between safety stock and spare capacity

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• Demonstrated statistical models that can be used to manage trapped capacity
• Strategies for building flex capacity into staffing and capital planning
• Solutions and formulas based on original research

1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Crack the WIP – Best Practices for Work Cell Reconciliation  

Louise Beauchamp, CFPIM  
Senior Management Consultant        
DBM Systems Inc.

Work-in-process (WIP) areas are the heart of every manufacturer’s production process. Unfortunately, they also are inherently difficult—if not impossible—to segregate and count. This session will explain why inaccurate WIP inventory can cripple the entire supply chain, how to maintain accuracy, and how WIP inventory realistically can be controlled. In addition, this hands-on session provides participants the opportunity to create an actual model of a production process to highlight inventory movement and consumption.

Attend this session to

• Identify your current scenario
• Isolate and manage your WIP inventory
• Make realistic goals for your organization’s inventory accuracy processes

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• Real-world examples of inventory movement, transformation, variances, and errors
• Proven methods of WIP work cell reconciliation
• Sound techniques for optimizing cycle counting and maintaining inventory accuracy

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Project Portfolio Excellence          

Bill Monroe, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP
President
Project Portfolio Excellence, Inc.

Project portfolio excellence includes tools, strategies, and methodologies to help you evaluate, select, prioritize, and manage enterprise software and related projects. This session will detail the system and demonstrate how to avoid costly errors when making strategic decisions regarding software and projects. The result is smart allocation of your limited time and resources to projects representing the greatest overall probability of success.

Attend this session to

• Respond to business changes quickly and effectively
• Make the best possible choices about which projects to execute
• Stop wasting time, money, and energy on projects that have no chance for success

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• A demonstrated system for analyzing opportunities and outcomes
• A logic-based tool that can improve project results and avoid failures
• Methodologies for successful application of project portfolio excellence

 

Wednesday, October 20

10:30 am - 11:45 am
The Eight-Four-Three-One Approach to S&OP

John Boyer, CFPIM
President
J.E. Boyer Company Inc.

Successful sales and operations planning (S&OP) requires a clear understanding of fundamentals, process design, and implementation. In this session, you will learn about an experienced-based approach to S&OP derived from 38 design and implementation projects from a wide variety of industries. The presenter will provide comprehensive explanation of the eight proven process steps, the four keys to success, the three implementation paths, and the role of the one, single process champion.

Attend this session to

• Understand the eight sequential S&OP process steps
• Identify the four keys to successful S&OP
• Begin preparing an implementation plan in terms of the three paths of implementation and the champion’s role

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• Proven practices for starting or revising your S&OP process
• Pragmatic S&OP process techniques learned from actual implementations
• Simple straight-forward methodologies that will help engage doubtful participants

 

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Manage Risk and Seize Opportunities with ERM

Robert Cartwright Jr.
Regional Loss Prevention Manager
Bridgestone Retail Operations LLC

Enterprise risk management (ERM) involves the methods and processes used to manage risk while achieving business objectives. Professionals use ERM to identify and proactively address particular events or circumstances in order to promote success. In this session, the presenter will discuss both theory and practical, hand-on approaches to ERM implementation in order to help attendees protect and create value for key stakeholders.

Attend this session to

• Appreciate how ERM strengthens the entire organization
• Discover the five steps to effective risk management
• Understand the role of a risk champion in bringing about positive results

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• Examples of how ERM enables professionals to simplify and fine-tune processes
• A review of an enterprise risk effectiveness scorecard
• Concepts and tools representing various disciplines that can enable alignment of risk management efforts with overall strategic business goals
  
  

3:00 - 4:15 pm
Reset, Reboot, and Recover Your Operational Excellence

Anna VerSteeg
Principal
Competitive Solutions Inc.

Today’s business leaders are overwhelmed, anxious, and focused on survival and cost containment—often at the expense of all else. In this interactive session, the presenter will provide an overview of the four key elements necessary to create and sustain a high-performance mentality. The presentation will draw from real-world business challenges facing organizations today and feature specific methodologies that can be implemented immediately upon your return to the workplace.

Attend this session to

• Link individual, team, departmental, and facility goals to the overall corporate strategy
• Sustain a team process through recognition and non-negotiable standards
• Use processes to drive accountability

APICS 2010 is about applying best practices. This session will feature

• Effective techniques for driving down business objectives throughout the company hierarchy
• Real-world improvement initiatives that will engage hourly employees
• Established goals and auditing procedures