EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
The 2010 Spring Conference is lined up to have some amazing educational sessions for our Members and Suppliers. Find out more about what you can look forward to:
Educational Workshop, Wednesday, April 21, 1-3pm
Opening Keynote Speaker, Wednesday, April 21, 5:30-6:30pm
Purchasing Networking Breakfast, Thursday, April 22, 6:45-8:15am
Metals Outlook Breakfast, Friday, April 23, 6:45-8:15am
Educational Workshop: Wednesday, April 21, 1-3pm
“Solving the Modern Materials Conflict: New Rules and Tools for a Demand Driven and Volatile Environment”
Presented by: Chad Smith, Managing Partner, Constraints Management Group
Most Purchasing and Materials Managers feel like they are caught between a rock and a hard spot. Shortages of critical items must be eliminated while at the same time inventory levels must be dramatically reduced and related expenses must be eliminated. In today’s economic climate this conflict is more acute than ever. Unfortunately most of today’s available tool sets are insufficient to effectively resolve this conflict in the face of increasing demand and supply volatility and variability. Learn about the shortcomings of tools like MRP and kanbans as well as the conflict that they have with each other in the face of this volatility and variability. Discover a new and innovative demand driven approach that takes the relevant and meaningful attributes of tools like MRP and kanbans and combines innovative planning and execution techniques to satisfy both traditional planning personnel and Lean advocates.
About Chad Smith
 Chad Smith is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Constraints Management Group (CMG), a services and technology company specializing in demand driven manufacturing, materials and project management systems for mid-range and large manufacturers. Chad has a wide range of experience in successfully applying pull-based systems within a diverse scope of organizations and industries. Clients, past and present, include LeTourneau Technologies, Unilever, Boeing, Intel, Erickson Air-Crane, Siemens, IBM, The Charles Machine Works (Ditch Witch) and Oregon Freeze Dry.
Opening Keynote Speaker: Wednesday, April 21, 5:30-6:30pm
Presented by Robert (Bob) C. Allsbrook, Chief Economist, Regions Financial Corporation
Bob Allsbrook will provide real-time perspective on the overall economy at the Member & Supplier Joint Session.
About Bob Allsbrook
Bob Allsbrook is chief economist for Regions Financial Corporation and is responsible for explaining current economic trends and offering well-reasoned opinions for future trends. His forecasts rely on the data that all economists use and, uniquely, the information that he obtains from Regions' commercial, investment and individual customers throughout the Southeast. He provides a real-time perspective on the economy and appears on national and local television, radio and print media. Allsbrook is a 25-year veteran with Regions, a top U.S. bank-holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with $138 billion in assets, operating over 2,000 branches in 16 states.
Bob Allsbrook holds an MS in Economics from the University of Alabama, a BBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He taught various CFA exam prep classes; taught economics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; and was a guest lecturer in investments at various UNC campuses. He is a member of the American Bankers Association Committee that advises the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; and also served on the staff of US Senator John C. Stennis (MS). Allsbrook makes frequent national and local media appearances; speaks to numerous trade groups; and publishes on the regions.com website.
Purchasing Networking Breakfast: Thursday, April 22, 6:45-8:15am
Focused on the Purchasing professional, the Purchasing Networking breakfast will once again feature panelists that cover topics critical to improving the role of the purchasing department within the company. More information on this session will become available as panelists are chosen and topics are finalized. Check back soon for more of the details.
Metals Outlook 2010: Friday, April 23, 6:45-8:15am
Presented by: Lisa Reisman, Founder and Editor, MetalMiner™
Lisa Reisman will lead the extremely popular Metals Outlook session on Friday morning. The session will cover the metals market as it is today and what changes are expected for the future. The session will not only offer her expertise on the industry and expectations, it will also provide time for the audience to ask questions.
About Lisa Reisman
 Lisa Reisman is founder and editor of the highly acclaimed metals website, MetalMiner™ (www.agmetalminer.com) with over 26,000 monthly readers. MetalMiner provides sourcing and trading intelligence for global metals markets and currently ranks as the second largest metals publication in the United States according to third party ranking sites. In addition, as co-owner of the metals-based sourcing firm Aptium Global Inc, Lisa has worked with dozens of metals buying organizations. She has over 16 years of experience in management consulting and metals based strategic sourcing identifying specific strategies and tactics for metals categories that have allowed companies to save millions of dollars.
In addition to serving as one of the highest ranking female executives in both Andersen’s and Deloitte Consulting’s supply chain practices, Lisa has also owned and operated her own metals trading company, sourcing and selling a full range of metal products from and to emerging markets. Her industry clients span multiple industry sectors. She has worked in the aerospace and defense, trucking and shipbuilding industries as a trader and in the high tech, automotive, mining, cable, earthmoving equipment, industrial and building products sectors as a consultant.
Lisa earned her MPA from New York University, where she received a Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Administration Fellowship. She also holds a BA in political science and journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lisa is INCOTERM certified and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt. She recently appeared on a metals segment for FoxBusiness.com. Her opinions have been quoted in numerous mainstream and industry magazines such as The Christian Science Monitor, Business Credit Magazine, Darwin Magazine, The Industry Standard, GlobalAutoIndustry and Automotive Industry Action Guide among others. She has authored columns on Lean Sourcing in tight commodity markets for Modern Plastics Worldwide. She currently serves as Editor-at-Large of Surplus Record, an industrial publication with a circulation of 75,000.
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