Chief and Senior Executive Networks

Manufacturing Company Supply Chain & Purchasing Managers Group (10SC) Ft. Lauderdale 2010


November 11 - November 12, 2010
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Agenda

Supply Chain/Purchasing Managers Group Meeting Agenda - Ft. Lauderdale - 2010
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

8:00-9:00 a.m.
President’s Report: Bob Grabill, President & CEO, SEN

Five Thoughts on Senior Executive Time Management
Few things are more important to the Senior Executive than their time. This being said, many of us don’t manage it as well as we could. Bob will share his five executive time management best practices developed over his 39 years of management experience.


9:15-10:15 a.m.
Executive Briefing: John Storm, Founder, BrainStorm Network, LLC

Is Strategic Planning Dead? 
John will challenge you to re-think your Strategic Planning Process and move your team Beyond Strategic Planning by sharing ten tangible ways to breathe new life into a stagnant strategic plan.
 

10:30-12:00 p.m.
Featured Topic Discussion:

What are you Doing to Distinguish Your Competitive Advantage Coming out of the Recession?

 

  • What are two or three things you did this year to further differentiate yourself that made your company better? How do you quantify this?
  • How are you currently positioning your company for growth?
  • What should you be considering over the next 12 months?

 

 

12:00-1:15 p.m.
Networking Lunch

1:15-5:00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussions

Customer Managed Inventory Best Practices

  • What are the benefits of Customer Managed Inventory?
  • How does Customer Managed Inventory compare to other comparable systems, such as Vendor Managed Inventory?
  • What are the characteristics of using an effective Customer Managed Inventory system in your business?

 

Reshaping the Business Organization as we Enter Growth Mode

  • Sustaining efficiencies during the recovery
  • Managing growth with limited headcount
  • Homework assignment – Read/ Re-read How the Mighty Fall (Jim Collins) and please come prepared with at least two key ideas that you took away from the book.

 

Supplier Risk Assessment

  • What are the best practices for assessing this financially?
  • How should performance be tied into this?

 

5:00-5:45 p.m.
SEN Ex-Officio Board Session©
In this session each member is allowed to describe one key issue in which they would like input/advice from the group.

6:15-8:00 p.m.
Networking Reception/Dinner

Friday, November 12, 2010

7:15-7:40 a.m.
Working Breakfast

7:40-10:05 a.m.
SEN Ex-Officio Board Session© - Continued

10:20-11:00 a.m.
Senior Executive Time Management Facilitated Discussion
Bob will lead a best practices discussion on time management with the combined Senior Executive group.

11:00 a.m.
Adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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