Champlain Valley APICS is pleased to present

An essential part of lean manufacturing involves optimizing customer services with  minimum inventory investment  This presentation  
describes a series of case studies from a  unique pilot implemented at IBM Microelectronics, which aimed to align traditional, multiple-
echelon planning and scheduling with manufacturing execution in a lean environment.  The presenters will share significant lessons learned
from this pilot.

The presentation will focus on:
       - Aligning your enterprise resources planning and material requirements planning with lean practices
       - Discovering the sources and propagating factors of demand variability in an extended value stream
       - Optimizing service levels with minimum inventory investment and cost

The presentation will feature :
       - A proven method for implementing supply and demand planning in an extended supply chain network
       - Examples of successful kanban, pull-and-replenish sequencing and flow loops
       - Effective ways to address supply and demand variability

This presentation will be featured at the 2010 APICS International Conference in Las Vegas on the Lean Educational Track.
If you cannot make it to conference then attend this session to help you apply lean operations best practices in your organization!

About the Presenters:

Manuel Parente, CPIM, CSCP
        Current Role: Advanced Microelectronic Solutions LEAN Transformation Core Team

       Responsibilities include Flow/Pull Community of Practice team lead.  End to End design and implementation of consumption driven
       production flow and control systems supporting multiple manufacturing modes including  Kanban  Pull / Replenish, Production to uniform
       TAKT/DGR, CONWIP and Family Level Product Sequencing.  

        Recent work focused on enablement,  development and deployment of  multiple WW Product Value Streams

Satyadeep Vajjala
        Current Role: Supply Chain Process architect at  IBM Microelectronics division.

        Responsibilities include designing and implementing and end to end  enterprise information flow and providing thought  leadership to the business
       transformation efforts at IBM MD in support of Lean Manufacturing practices.

        Recent work has been focused on bridging the gap between ERP/MRP systems and manufacturing systems  based on Lean Principles and development
       of IBM Dynamic Inventory Optimization Solution (IBM DIOS).  

Place:                Doubletree Hotel
                         1117 Williston Road, South Burlington

Date/Time:       Tuesday, September 21st

                                           Networking and Registration 5:30pm – 6:00pm
                         Dinner: 6:00pm
                         Presentation to begin immediately following dinner

Cost:                 $25 Members/TPC Member             $30 Non-members
                       

RSVP to this email by September 15th.
Please note the new email address for Champlain Valley APICS is APICS@surfglobal.net.