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ABOUT APICS 2016

The flagship conference from he premier supply chain organizaion.

If you atend jus one conference his year, make i APICS 2016.

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Sunday, September 25

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8:0 0 a.m.– 9:15 a.m. Educaional Se ssions

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Tuesday, September 27


8:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Regisraion

8: 30 a .m.–11:15 a .m. Educa ional Sessions


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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

The learning pahs are creaed specifically o mee your

needs as a supply chain, logisics or a operaionsmanagemen proessional.

Collaboraion and S&OPUnlock heighened perormance, new levels o eamwork ,

and hidden value ha will advance your enire supply chain.

This learning pah will help you achieve alignmen, rus,

accounabiliy, and a clear direcion among all he

key areas o your company and is rading parners.

Disribuion and Logisics InsighsDisribuion and logisics processes are essenial o navigaing

he inricae and complex global supply chain and maching your

perormance o cusomer expecaions. Atend educaionalsessions in his learning pah o advance your operaions wih a

highly efficien flow o resources and inormaion.

Operaions ManagemenOperaions managers are he core o heir companies and

invaluable resources in he effor o opimize business

processes and mee he challenges o globalizaion and shifing

markeplace prioriies. Proessionals who ollow his learning

pah will gain superior operaions experise in order o achieve

hese essenial business objecives.

Risk and Resiliency This learning pah will explore he global economy, is risklandscape, and sraegies or becoming a sronger organizaion.

Atend hese educaional sessions o gain vial risk and

resiliency managemen capabiliies in order o navigae he

highly variable and ofen perilous business environmen.

Supply Chain AnalyicsLearn how o use daa wisely in order o become a ruly analyics-

enabled organizaion. This learning pah ocuses on sraegies

or applying he laes ools and aking a predicive, raher han

reacive, approach o supply chain daa. You will discover greaer

savings, efficiencies, and compeiive advanage.

Supply Chain LeadershipLearn how o examine daa wisely and apply analyical ools

or beter business decisions and real-ime responsiveness.

Educaional sessions in his learning pah will explain how o ake

a predicive, raher han reacive, approach o supply chain daa

or greaer savings, efficiencies, and compeiive advanage.

Supply Chain Sraegy Access he oundaional and advanced knowledge you

need o become a more sraegic and successul supply

chain proessional. In his learning pah, you will deepen

your undersanding o boh your curren role and poenial

new opporuniies, develop sysems ha beter align wih

organizaional sraegy, enhance your communicaion o key

sakeholders, and maximize eam perormance.

LEARNING PATHS

ELEVATE. EDUCATE. INNOVATE. ACCELERATE. MOTIVATE. VALIDATE. COMMUNICATE.Elevae your knowledge, your career and your organizaion a APICS 2016. The conerence eaures 60+ sessions ha are he

hearbea o he APICS 2016 experience. You’ll explore he mos pressing and perinen issues addressing supply chain and logisics

proessionals oday.

Over hree inormaion-packed days, you’ll hear rom a dynamic lineup o business leaders, auhors and innovaors as hey share

heir knowledge and experise. Learn how o push pas radiional limis, uncover new soluions, and increase cusomer value.

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GENERAL SESSIONSA he APICS annual conerence, business proessionals, hough leaders, and innovaors will share heir knowledge, skills, and

experiences. Learn rom oday’s Bill McDermot and Mel Robbins as hey educae and inspire you o advance your produciviy

and elevae your work perormance.

Sunday, Sepember 25, 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Bill McDermot

Chie Execuive Officer | SAPGrowing up in working-class Long Island, a 16-year-old Bill raded hree hourly wage jobs o buy

a small deli, which he ran by insincively applying ideas ha would be he seeds or his uure

success. Afer paying or and graduaing college, he alked his way ino a job selling copiers door-

o-door or Xerox, where he wen on o rank number one in every sales posiion he held, evenually

becoming he company’s younges-ever corporae officer.

Evenually, he lef Xerox and in 2002 became he unlikely presiden o SAP’s flailing American

business uni. There, he injeced enhusiasm and accounabiliy ino he demoralized culure

by scaling his deli, sales, and managemen sraegies. In 2010, he was named co-CEO, and in 2014

became SAP’s sole, and firs non-European, CEO.

As he world’s leading provider o business sofware, SAP’s more han 66,000 employees and vas

ecosysem enable 252,000 cusomers o all sizes in more han 25 indusries and 180 counries

worldwide. SAP AG is headquarered in Germany, and McDermot is based a he Nor h American

headquarers in Newown Square, Pennsylvania.

He has been insrumenal in re- archiecing he company’s go-o-marke sraegy, closely aligning

he field organizaions wih he produc developmen eams. He has earned numerous honors orhis business leadership, is an acive board member or muliple organizaions, and is a communiy

leader and advocae or corporae social responsibiliy.

Bill is he auhor of Winners Dream and will be doing a book signing

immediaely following his session. Sop by Shop APICS o purchase

your copy a he conference!

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

GENERAL SESSIONS

Monday, Sepember 26, 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Mel Robbins

Commenaor and Legal Analys | CNNMel Robbins is a powerul speaker whose messages inspire change, challenge hinking and

accelerae personal and business growh. She has been one o CNN’s mos popular on-air

commenaors, wriers and legal analyss; her aricles on human behavior drive ens o millions o

page views or CNN.com.

Mel has an exensive elevision résumé as an exper on human behavior and moivaion or Good

Morning America, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Oprah, The Today Show and Fox News. She was named America’sOusanding News Talk Show Hos a he 2014 Gracie Awards.

Her TEDx Talk on How o Sop Screwing Yoursel Over has over 5.5 million views, and her book on

he brain and produciviy, Stop Saying You’re Fine, is a business besseller ha has been ranslaed

ino our languages.

She sared her career as a criminal deense atorney and wen on o launch and sell a reail and

inerne echnology company. Mel has led muli-year corporae coaching programs a Johnson

& Johnson, A.G. Edwards, Bear Searns and Parners HealhCare. The media have apped Mel o hos

award-winning shows or FOX, A&E, Cox Media Group and now CNN.

Michigan-born Mel is a Darmouh College and Boson College Law School graduae. She and her

husband have hree children. She lives in he Boson area, bu remains a Midweserner a hear.

Mel’s book, Stop Saying You’re Fine , will be sold a Shop APICS and

she will be doing a book signing immediaely following her session.

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EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS

APICS 2016 will eaure 60+ educaional sessions.

View ull descripions a apicsconerence.org/educaion.

Sunday, Sepember 258:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.

Resolving Conflic and Building Consensus in he S&OP ProcessAlan Milliken, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Senior Manager o Supply Chain Capabiliy Developmen | BASF

Sales and operaions planning (S&OP) is a cross-uncional, collaboraive process. Thereore, spending los o money andhrowing numerous resources a he process will no guaranee a posiive oucome; raher, i is eamwork ha can enableheighened perormance and aciliae overall or ganizaional success. The presener o his educaional session willexplain why conflic among eam members and lack o agreemen on he game plan can lead o disaser. Then, sraegiesor resoluion and consensus building will be shared. These acics will help S&OP leaders build eams ha accomplish

successul planning and execuion, leverage inormaion and communicaion o improve eamwork, and gain commimenrom key sakeholders.

Collaboraion & S&OP

This session will count as 1 elective credit hour towards the APICS S&OP Education Certificate.

Pracical Applicaion o Supply Chain Resilience Sraegies a PepsiCoTim Rowell, CPIM

Senior Manager o Supply Chain Planning | PepsiCo Norh American Nuriion

As PepsiCo adaps o emerging marke rends o healhy and nuriious beverages, resilience has become imperaive, andis supply chain has grown more global and complex. Two case sudies o PepsiCo’s recen endeavors will be shared duringhis educaional session: The firs is a look a coconu waer sourced rom Souheas Asia—a produc wih exremely longlead ime; he second is a shor-shel-lie probioic smoo hie sourced in he Unied Saes. Paricipan s will learn abouhe bes pracices PepsiCo’s hough developed in order o sr ike he righ balance beween conflicing objecives . Theiniiaives were inspired by he APICS body o knowledge and are significanly advancing he company’s risk managemenand supply chain perormance.

Operaion Managemen

Risk and Resiliency

This session will count as 1 elective credit hour towards the APICS Risk Management Education Certificate.

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The Inerne o Things and he New Way o Managemen

Albrech Ricken, PhDSenior Direcor | SAP SE

Peer Vanderminden

Senior Indusry Analys | Flairon Sraegies

The inerne has inspired a new se o values—such as communiy, ransparency, and openness—wi h deeprepercussions o radiional sysems. In a cusomary hierarchical world view, here can be only a single bos s a he heado every organizaion. Bu he age o he inerne has precipiaed a new perspecive ha conemplaes he possibiliyo people working ogeher in shared, disribued inelligence. The preseners o his educaional session will explore heinerne o hings and how i is enabling, dri ving, and shifing he way companies work. In addiion, hey will demonsraean ouline o echnological and organizaional drivers ha may ransorm he way whole supply chains are managed inhe uure.

Supply Chain Analyics

Lean vs. Green: The Impac o Lean Logisics on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and

Consumer Good Supply ChainsMarco Ugare, PhD, CPIM, CSCP, CQIA

Susainabiliy Manager | MillerCoors

Over he years, more and more consumer goods supply chains have incorporaed lean manuacuring principles in order oideniy and reduce non-value-added aciviies. Those companies ha have implemened lean mehodologies are enjoyingimprovemens in cos, qualiy, and demand responsiveness. However, cerain ransporaion and disribuion pracicesmay have a derimenal impac on he environmen. Atend his educaional session o invesigae he influence on ourenvironmen o various echniques—including jus-in-ime invenory managemen, posponemen, he economic-order-quaniy approach, and vendor-managed invenory. The presener will share findings rom an in-dep h, year-long supplychain and operaions managemen simulaion ha explored sysem flexibiliy, managing uncerainy, and much more.

Disribuion and Logisics

World Caé

A World Caé is a unique and highly ineracive process hrough which a specific issue is explored over he course omuliple diverse conversaions. Throughou he APICS 2016 World Caé, paricipans will move rom able o able,adding heir perspecives o each separae dialogue. One individual remains a he same able hroughou he even oengage heir peers and record discoveries made. The resuling noes, skeches, and ideas offer a meaningul opporuniyor coninued discourse and learning. Join he conversaion! The World Caé is your oppor uniy o inerac and shareknowledge wih supply chain colleagues across he globe.

Supply Chain Leadership


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Sunday, Sepember 251:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m.

Discover Demand-Driven Sales and Operaions PlanningRichard Ling, CFPIM

Principal | Ling Coldrick

Carol Pak, CFPIM, CIRM

Parner | Demand Driven Insiue

The nex big breakhrough in sales and operaions planning (S&OP) may be demand-driven S&OP, a bi-direcional,inegraion poin in a demand-driven, adapive sysem beween he sraegic (annual, quarerly, and monhly) and acical(hourly, daily, and weekly) ranges o decision making. Demand-driven S&OP ses key parameers or an operaing modelbased on business sraegy, marke inelligence, and objecives and hen projecs perormance based on he inormaion,requiremens, and model setings. Atend his educaional session o undersand he hisory o demand-driven S&OP,

learn abou success acors, and ge a checklis or implemenaion. The preseners will demonsrae how o sensechanging cusomer demand and adap planning and producion or susainable financial success.

Collaboraion & S&OPThis session will count as 1 elective credit hour towards the APICS S&OP Education Certificate.

Furhering Supply Chain Risk Miigaion wih S&OPGregory Schlegel, CPIM

Adjunc Proessor | Lehigh Universiy

Supply chain risk managemen is a criical capabiliy or every indusry leader. The presener o his educaional sessionwill explore essenial knowledge or miigaing and managing uncerainy, complexiy, and risk across he enire globalvalue chain. In paricular, atendees will gain proven sraegies or alleviaing supply chain uncerainy via he sales andoperaions planning (S&OP) process. The our key areas o be highlighed include profiling he new supply chain normal,supply chain risk managemen basics, he sages o S&OP mauriy, and working wih all sakeholders o anicipae, reac,

and orchesrae a successul risk-managemen plan.Collaboraion and S&OP

Risk and Resiliency

This session will count as 1 elective credit hour towards the APICS Risk Management Education Certificate and 1 electivecredit hour towards the APICS S&OP Education Certificate.

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Proven Mehods or Advancing Warehousing and Logisics

Gary Landis, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCPPresiden | G.A. Landis Associaes

Perhaps he mos criical aspec o warehousing and logisics is he disribuion phase. Thereore, his educaional sessionwill discuss mehods or developing a logisics sraegy ha involves making smar decisions abou he levels o desiredcusomer service, he amoun o invenory o carr y, and echniques or moving produc efficienly. The presener willdiscuss he velociy o change brough abou by he cusomer, echnology enhancemens, cos issues, and he impac oglobalizaion. Mehods or advancing warehouse managemen sysems, sysems inegraion, inermodal ransporaionmehods, nework opimizaion, and more will be explored. Paricipans will leave wih a greaer undersanding o numerouskey conceps, such as warehouse sorage principles, roles and ypes o packaging, geting he mos ou o auomaion, andproper sock receiving.

Disribuion and Logisics Insighs

Leading-Edge, Susainable Supply Chains

Clifford Lee, CPIMSupply Chain Consulan | E.I. DuPon de Nemours

Tish Pael

Senior Inormaion Technology Supply Chain Managemen Consulan |

Houson Mehodis Hospial

Companies ha build widely-admired supply chain processes don’ succeed overnigh or by luck; raher, hey achievesuccess hrough he deploymen o key pracices ha, on he road o improvemen, serve as prerequisies o each oherlike seps on a sairway. How did execuives ideniy hese pracices? In mos cases, a houghul design ramework and asubsequen improvemen roadmap were used o build capabiliy. In his educaional session, he preseners will use real-world case sudies o demonsrae how o mee he arge perormance levels necessary o suppor marke leadershipwih he end cusomer in mind. In addiion, par icipans will discover he essenial gaeways hrough which hey muspass along his journey o superior perormance.

Supply Chain Sraegy


Delivering on a 24-Hour Service PromiseSacey Myers, CPIM, CSCP

Manager o Maerials Managemen | FedEx TechConnec

FedEx TechConnec is a one-sop echnology repair service cener or everyhing rom lapops o handhelds. The company,par o logisics gian FedEx, processes housands o repairs every day—many wih less han a 24-hour urnaround ime.Atend his educaional session o see how FedExTechConnec leaders make sure service pars are available he momenhey are needed. You will learn abou he organizaion’s advanced planning mehodology and how i helps employeesideniy undersocked and oversocked iems, make smarer invenory decisions, and evaluae and boos service levels.


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Divide and Conquer—he Power o Segmenaion

Cynhia Kalina-Kaminsky PhD, CPIM, CSCP, SCOR-PPresiden | Process and Sraegy Soluions

David Morrow

Supplier Relaions | USAF

Cusomers demand ulfillmen rom anywhere in he supply chain, and business sraegy canno be esablished wihouinsigh ino boh cusomer value demands and supply chain segmenaion. Bu how can proessionals es ablish supplychains or he greaes success and bes compei ive value? Atend his ineracive session and discover wha iakes o succeed using he sraegic value o careul supply chain segmenaion. Succes s sories rom acual SupplyChain Operaions Reerence implemenaions and insighs ino oday’s indusry rends will help atendees ideniysegmens, undersand he rue cos o serving each supply chain, and align supply chain segmenaion o a firm’s uniquecorporae sraegy. A model also will be demonsraed o help atendees effecively apply supply chain segmenaion aheir businesses.

Operaions Managemen

Risk and Resilience 2.0—he Nex Generaion o SraegySeven A. Melnyk, PhD

Proessor | Michigan Sae Universiy

Supply chain managers recognize he imporance o managing supply chain risk and developing resilien supply chains.Ye boh conceps coninue o evolve, so we mus evolve wih hem. In his educaional session, he presener willexplore hese shifs and explain why risk is no longer limied o disrupion o he flow o goods on he supply side. Raher,i now includes sraegic risk, adjacency risk, end-o-lie risk, and risk arising rom problems wih demand. Atendeesalso will discover why resilience mus be abou prevenion, no jus recovery. Finally, paricipans will leave wih a clearundersanding o eigh key invesmens companies can make o achieve superior approaches o risk and resilience.

Risk and Resiliency


Enhanced Daa Qualiy or Beter Supply Chain DecisionsJack Cook, PhD

Proessor | SUNY Brockpor

Rebecca Cook, CSCP

Supply Chain Planning Archiec | Inel

As supply chains grow, so does he amoun o daa required o manage hem and he amoun o daa colleced as aresul o hem. Supply chains execuion sysems mus excel a using daa or producion planning and logisics in ordero minimize wase, reduce coss, and decrease obsolescence. Bu hese sysems are being pushed o heir limis, andindusry proes sionals are looking or soluions. This educaional session will provide atendees wi h unique ideasor improving heir operaions hrough he use o beter raw daa or inormed decision making. In addiion, he moscommon pialls associaed wih supply chain planning problems will be discussed, as well as counermeasures orovercoming hese challenges and effecively defining and improving daa qualiy.


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Real-World S&OP in he Service SecorBrian Curran

Senior Vice Presiden | Maser Conrol

Rober Sahl

Presiden | R.A. Sahl Company

Over he las wo decades, sales and operaions planning (S&OP) has been developed and applied wih much success aradiional manuacuring companies. Today, however, we are beter undersanding ha he applicaion o S&OP’s basicconceps and principles apply jus as well o organizaions in he serv ice secor, such as healh care companies, schoolsysems, financial firms, and many ohers. This educaional session will eaure a case sudy ha involved implemeningS&OP a a sofware provider and he lessons, obsacles, and benefis ha were experienced. See how his business is now

more effecively balancing suppor and services resources wih uure demand in order o coninue growing a a rapidrae.

Collaboraion and S&OP


Supply Chain Opimizaion wih Nex-Generaion PackagingMichael Wasson, CSCP

Vice Presiden o Supply Chain and Operaions | Tosca

Wha i a company could shrink is labor coss and packag ing wase by making one simple bu crucial change in issupply chain? In his educaional session, examples rom he perishable reail grocery marke will illusrae how reusablepackaging can become a criical componen o an effecive and efficien nework. The presener will share his provensupply chain opimizaion model, which enables users o compue he financial impacs o a packaging change acrossall aces o he supply chain. Learn abou he real-wor ld savings and improved produci viy achieved, as well as how

employees benefi rom a simpler resocking process and cusomers appreciae more atracive sore shelves.Disribuion and Logisics Insighs

How and Why o Measure Supply Chain ResilienceGary Lynch

Founder & CEO | The Rick Projec, LLC

Marke volailiy; corrupion; unair rade pracices; environmenal issues; and a relenless sream o geopoliical,naural, and man-made evens challenge oday’s supply chain managemen leaders consanly. As such, hese indusryproessionals are increasingly recognizing and valuing he rewards o resilience in heir neworks. However, a lack oeffecive guidance and inadequae inormaion on how o quaniy resilience make i difficul or supply chain managers oake a logical, daa-driven approach o making resilience invesmen decisions. This educaional session will explore hebenefis o measuring supply chain resilience, proven echniques and processes used or measuring, and he decision-suppor ools and plaorms ha can provide valuable assisance.

Risk and Resiliency



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Dich Digial and Embrace Inormaion-Sharing Alernaives

Carla Howard, SCOR-PDirecor o Operaion Excellence | Avne

Creaing an effecive communicaion plan is criical o change-managemen and projec success. A a major disribuioncener, eam members recenly experienced his firs hand while implemening a new work-managemen sysem. Theyalso noed ha he workers mos affeced by communicaion issues are on he shop floor picking orders, packingmaerial, loading and unloading rucks, puting away new produc, handling reurns, and managing mounains opaperwork. Furhermore, hese employees have litle or no access o email, and English is a second language ormany. Atend his educaional session o learn how change-managemen proessionals brough abou significancommunicaion improvemens a his business by replacing he ypical digi al exchanges wih creaive and uninormaion-sharing alernaives.


Unlocking he Value o S&OP

Parick BowerSenior Direcor o Supply Chain Planning & Cusomer Service | Combe Incorporaed

Is your organizaion sruggling o ideniy he poenial value o is sales and operaions planning (S&OP) process, ailingo achieve expeced value, or finding ha conveying he value o company execuives is more challenging han i shouldbe? This educaional session is specifically designed or S&OP leaders, aciliaors, and hose in a newly implemenedprocesses. Atendees will learn where o find ypical S&OP value sreams , sraegies or seting arges or value, andmehods or racking and reinorcing value ino he process. The presener also will explain in deail proven ways oideniy inangible value as well as proven acics or effecively presening S&OP’s value o business leaders.



Monday, Sepember 268:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.

Criical S&OP Seps and Implemenaion ChallengesDaniel Marino, CPIM

Senior Parner | Marino Associaes

Anhony Zampello, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Senior Parner | Zampello and Associaes

Sales and operaions planning (S&OP) has been in place or decades, and coninuous improvemen has long been akey ene o he process. Atend his educaional session o gain a beter undersanding o he basic, criical seps osuccessul S&OP and ways o consisenly advance he process. The presener will guide paricipans hrough he majorchallenges associaed wih implemening and successully mainaining ormal S&OP. In addiion, paricipans will learnsraegies or collecing daa , resolving gaps, issuing a single company game plan, creaing a sense o urgency a he

execuive level, creaing a supporive company culure, and much more. Acual case sudies on real-lie S&OP iniiaiveswill be used o demonsrae he essenial lessons.




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Apply Lean Across Supply Chains or Enhanced Produc Flow

Keih Launchbury, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCPPresiden | Keih Launchbury & Associaes

Many companies oday do an impressive job o appl ying lean conceps o heir own inernal processes, ye hey ailo do he same across heir enire supply chains. There is no quesion ha he conceps o lean are applicable here,paricularly when considering he wased energy, maerial, and ime ha are prevalen in many global supply chains.This educaional session will demonsrae how o apply lean across muliple enerprises running differen sysems. Thepresener will discuss he challenges o sharing accurae demand inormaion in a imely ashion, he impor ance oagiliy and responsiveness, and sraegies or esablishing inegraed and flexible produc flow managemen.

Operaions Managemen

Exper Communicaion or Career SuccessTom Schule

Presiden and Principal | TS Consuling

I here is one skill you can maser ha will posiively influence every aspec o your lie, i is undoubedly expercommunicaion. While educaion and experience are imporan o your career, success depends on your abiliy o ge your poins across in a clear, concis e, and respecul way—and o accura ely undersand oher poins o view. Thi seducaional session will show you how o become he ype o communicaor who can impro ve producivi y, increaseemployee engagemen, enhance saey, and achieve beter business resuls. The presener will ideniy communicaion-process challenges and illusrae ips and echniques or overcoming hem in order o become an adep communicaorin every siuaion.


Mobile Technology or More Ehical Supply ChainsKenon Harmer

Direcor o Cerificaion | Equiable Food Iniiaive

Kohl GillCEO and Founder | LaborVoices, Inc

Ted Leung

Chie Compliance Officer | Reliable Source Indusrial

Even he very bes supply chain managers sruggle o mainain ehical labor sandards, bu mobile echnology now isoffering a unique soluion o his problem. Through a user-riendly plaorm, employees can share working- condiioninormaion ha is accessible o all key sakeholders. Fur hermore, he workers hemselves can see clear, relevanmerics. Atend his educaional session o learn how innovaive brand leaders rom he Equiable Food Iniiaive; a Taipei,Taiwan-based apparel manuacurer; and a Silicon Valley supply chain daa company are leveraging mobile echnology asa susainable soluion o advancing heir ehical supply chains.

Risk and Resiliency

Supply Chain Sraegy


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Monday, Sepember 261:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m.

An In-Deph Sudy o S&OP a Compco IndusriesRober Bachinger

Execuive Presiden o Inormaion Technology | Compco Indusries

John Boyer

Presiden | J.E. Boyer Company

Rick Fryda

Presiden and CEO | Compco Indusries

Midwes seel ank head manuacurer Compco Indusries has used sales and operaions planning (S&OP) or he pas13 years as a undamenal and necessary business process. This educaional session will expand on he case sudy ha

has been shared a previous APICS conerences, offering a much more horough accoun. The preseners will describehe S&OP process seps, agenda, daa ormas, specific perormance merics, and paricipan roles, as well as howS&OP oupus are used o drive maerial and capaciy planning, financial projecions, and new business opporuniies. Inaddiion, paricipans will see pre-meeing aciviies, how acual daa is ed o salespeople each monh, and how hey useha daa o updae he sales orecas on a cusomer-par-number basis.



Major Supply Chain Opporuniies in Transporaion and LogisicsNicholas Litle

Assisan Direcor o Execuive Developmen Programs | Michigan Sae Universiy

Ofen seen as nohing more han a necessary evil, ransporaion and logisics (T&L) capabiliies in ac offer significanprospecs or enhanced supply chain compeiiveness. As neworks become more global and complex, new approaches

o T&L planning, acquisiion, and managemen can help companies improve cusomer service and provide greaeroperaional efficiencies. This educaional session will invesigae ways o exploi T&L advancemens based on he real-world experiences o boh academics and praciioners. The presener will ocus on inegraive echniques or heighenedcompeiiveness via T&L enhancemens, such as applying he inerne o hings o reigh racking, changing regulaions,he poenial impac o auonomous vehicles, consumer mega-daa analyics, predicive purchasing, and more.



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Tapping Ino Big Daa o Manage Supply Chain Risk

Andrew KaoSenior Manager o Business Developmen | AIR Worldwide

Wade McDaniel

Vice Presiden o Soluions Archiecure | Avne Velociy

Supply chain disrupions can happen a any ime and as a resul o any combinaion o acors. However, a risk-adjusedapproach o supply chain managemen can help ensure ha organizaions o all ypes and sizes are equipped o miigaegeopoliical issues, naural disasers, economic pressures, and oher hazards in order o coninue effecively meeingcusomer demand. This educaional session will explain in deail how big daa can be employed o provide valuableinelligence ha supply chain proessionals can apply o heir own neworks when managing and adjusing or poenialrisk. Atendees will gain proven sraegies or leveraging essenial inelligence or he design and implemenaion o globalsupply chain soluions.

Risk and Resiliency



Visual Process Innovaion or Compeiive AdvanageCynhia Owens

Senior Consulan | XPLANE

Operaional excellence is criical o business success, ye he vas majoriy o process-improvemen plans ail o meeexpecaions. Analyics, daa, and consulans can develop a perec process on paper, bu real improvemen requires hepeople a each sep o he process o change wha hey have done hundreds or even housands o imes. Furhermore,hey need o orm new habis and collaborae effec ively a every key handoff. This requires a new echnique—visualprocess innovaion. Atend his educaional session o discover visual proces s innovaion and how i ocuses on hosecrucial human ineracions ha are vial o success. Atendees will learn how o accelerae he way eams unders andwha is no working, envision he righ kind o proces s innovaion, and make i sick.

Supply Chain Sraegy


Coca-Cola’s S&OP JourneySara Park

Group Direcor o Sales and Operaions Planning | Coca-Cola

For any organizaion, iniiaing change o a criical par o is operaions is never easy. The leap o aih oward ransormaionbecomes even more complex when aken in he mids o a ough economic oulook. Bu Coca-Cola Rereshmens (CCR)recenly ook he challenge head-on. Atend his educaional session o undersand how CCR srenghened is sales andoperaions planning (S&OP) process in order o implemen significan advances across regions. The presener will explaininernal assessmens, ac ics or gaining execuive buy-in, messaging and sruc ure, and how high-uncioning eam

members align wih company culure. Paricipans also will hear abou quaniaive and qualiaive resuls, nex seps, andkey akeaways rom he S&OP projec.



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Achieving 100 Percen Paricipaion in Real-World Kaizen

Daniel Swarwood, CPIM, SCOR-PVice Presiden o Process and Technology | Saellie Logisics Group

No long ago, Saellie Logisics Group leaders aimed o creae a culure o coninuous improvemen and acceleraerelaed iniiaives a heir company. To accomplish hese objecives, hey knew need he engagemen and inpu o allemployees. The kaizen even ha was ulimaely pu ino acion helped hem define problems and opporuniies, quaniyhe impac o he issues hey were acing, and ideniy soluions. Atend his educaional session o hear his real-worldaccoun and discover how Saellie Logisics Group has implemened more han 500 improvemens o dae—all wih acompany headcoun o jus 57. Mos impor anly, learn how o ge all employees involved in highly successul, company-wide, kaizen improvemen programs.


Humaniarian Logisics and he Miliary—Evolving Roles in a Volaile WorldJeffrey Brown

Commander, Reired | US NavyIrvin Varkonyi, CSCP

Presiden | Supply Chain Operaions and Preparedness Educaion

The US miliary provides essenial logisics suppor during domesic and inernaional humaniarian disasers. Buwha are he specific challenges are associaed wih his ineracion beween miliar y and civil auhoriies duringdisaser response? And wha are some examples o proven bes pracices ha have been employed by he US miliaryin humaniarian logisics effors? This educaional session will use case sudies o domesic and inernaional disaserso examine how miliary logisics is evolving alongside humaniarian logisics. Paricipans will see he ineracion and jurisdicional challenges o using miliary in he homeland. Engaged par nerships, iered response, scalable adopablecapabiliies, naional uniy o effor and readiness o ac will be invesigaed and evaluaed.


Risk and Resiliency


Grea Projec Resuls by Caalyzing AdopionDerinda Ehrlich, CPIM, CSCP, SCOR-P

Maser Insrucor | Prosci

How can supply chain managemen proessionals close he gap be ween idea and susainable business improvemen?An essenial par o his objec ive relies on increased leadership effeciveness. Afer all, he benefis delivered by allypes o change iniiaives require he abiliy o drive employee adopion and applicaion o he inended soluions andoucomes. Atend his ineracive educaional session o benefi rom a research-based approach o advancing businessresuls by maximizing change caalyss. The presener will demonsrae how o miigae he mos common people-siderisks and increase he likelihood o projec success. In addiion, paricipans will learn rom a change blueprin, w hichhey will creae in real ime during he educaional session.

Risk and Resiliency



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Beyond he Horizon: Supply Chain Managemen

David Closs, PhDProessor | Michigan Sae Universiy

Seven A. Melnyk, PhD


Developed by Michigan Sae Universiy wi h suppor rom APICS and he Eli Broad College o Business, Beyond heHorizon is an indusry- ocused projec wih research and educaional componens ha invesigaes how companyleaders can make heir supply chains sraegic oday and in he uure. Over he pas year, in-deph company inerviewshave ocused on end-o-end supply chain managemen, complexiy, susainabiliy, alen managemen, and more. Thepreseners o his educaional session will share insighs on creaing ailored supply chains and how o ideni y heresources and building blocks needed o prepare or uure challenges. Atendees will learn rom he research how leadingfirms are overcoming complicaions and benefiing rom more sraegic supply chains.

Supply Chain Sraegy


Real-World Tacics or Making he Mos o S&OPDonald Sheldon, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Principal | DH Sheldon & Associaes

How can supply chain managemen proessionals improve heir sales and operaions planning (S&OP) effors such hahey deliver he bes possible reurn on invesmen? The presener o his educaional session will use real-world casesrom organizaions o all sizes and ypes o demonsrae how highly effecive S&OP processes are creaed. Atendees willlearn how o advance process design, undersand he roles o he players, apply key-perormance indicaors o measureperormance, and achieve expeced benefis . Learn rom S&OP implemenaions a companies in he home appliance,orklif manuacuring, archery equipmen, healh care, ier-one auomoive, and bridge crane manuacuring indusries.

The lessons learned offer valuable sraegies ha can be applied o any S&OP iniiaive or greaer resuls.



Driving Coninuous Improvemen a Ingersoll RandPaul Johnson

Global Invenory and Maerials Leader | Ingersoll Rand

Chen Lin, CPIM

Sraegic Operaions Manager | Ingersoll Rand

As a crucial componen o Ingersoll Rand’s recen sales and operaions planning and maerials ransormaion, companyproessionals creaed he Maerials Managing or Daily Improvemen (MDI) process and deployed i o all manuacuringand disribuion sies. Since hen, Maerials MDI has become a op prioriy because i drives mauriy around sandardwork, coninuous improvemen, and srucured problem solving. Opera ional improvemens have been realized indemand, maerial, and logisics planning; producion scheduling; warehouse conrol; and shipping and receiving.The preseners o his educaional session will explain Maerials MDI and share how i drives perormance measures,aciliaes argeed discussions and problem solving, and idenifies gaps in sandard work.

Operaions Managemen

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Supply Chain Managemen Myhs, Misconcepions and Absurdiies

Colin Sefel, CFPIM, CSCP, PLSConsulan | PSQ

Seven A. Melnyk, PhD


Supply chain managemen has become increasingly imporan o overall business sraegy, bu i s ill is plagued byallacies ha are commonly reaed as ruhs. As a resul, cerain supply chain managemen ools and pracices areincorrecly or inappropr iaely applied, which oo ofen resuls in poor operaional efficiency, hidden coss, excessiveinvenory, low morale, and a variey o oher undesirable oucomes. This educaional session will expose supply chainmanagemen myhs, misconcepions, and absurdiies relaed o economic order quaniy, saey sock, cos-reducionprograms, perormance-measuremen sysems, and change managemen pracices. The presener also will offer moresuiable pracices o be used in heir place or beter resuls.

Operaions Managemen

Risk and Resiliency


Enabling he Digiized Supply Chain wih he Inerne o ThingsRadha Krishna, CFPIM

Supply Chain Sraegic Program Manager | Inel

The inerne o hings is creaing a new kind o Indusrial Revoluion—one based on he convergence o physical hingswih he world o he inerne. Significan ransormaion is being experienced in business models, uncions, and enirelandscapes as digiizaion and echnological developmens cause even marke leaders and long-sanding companies oail. Atend his educaional session o undersand more abou he process o urning exising producs ino smar andconneced ones and providing new relaed services. Learn how embedding produc s ino he digial world can affecproduc lie cycle managemen, operaions , producion, and more. Finally, he presener will offer ips on developingsoluions ha enhance qualiy o lie insead o jus providing pure echnolog y.


Overcoming Cogniive Bias in he WorkplaceBob Collins, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Senior Direcor o Proessional Developmen | APICS

Psychologiss have uncovered abou 150 cogniive biases ha mos people share. Some examples include: anchoringbias (being overly relian on he firs piece o inormaion heard); he bandwagon effec (a powerul orm o grouphink—and he reason why so many meeings are unproducive); and zero-risk bias (being earul o moving orward wihoueliminaing all poenial risk). Cogniive biases influence how we hink, can lead o poor decisions and judgmens, andare very difficul o recognize in ourselves . This presenaion will examine how cogniive biases influence our acions.Then, he presener will offer some proven suggesions or how o miigae our naural cogniive biases and become morebalanced, objecive, and open-minded.


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Tuesday, Sepember 278:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m.

Alered Saes: Conneced Devices Transorm he Supply ChainHannah Kain

Presiden & CEO | ALOM

Conneced devices in producs and pars; on palles and lif equipmen; and in railers, shipping conainers, warehouses,and sockrooms means ha richer daa and deeper inelligence are available o all supply chain sakeholders. Furhermore,a 30-old increase in inerne-conneced physical devices by 2020 has he poenial o significanly augmen inormaionaccess. As hese capabiliies become mainsream—and as more physical asses communicae o a neworked inelligenecosysem—modern supply chains likely will be able o deliver differeniaed service o cusomers more efficienly. Bu canhis rend benefi he enire supply nework? This educaional session will explore curren embedded produc echnologyand concepualize how i could posiively influence he creaion o end-user communiies ha influence all aspecs o hesupply chain.

Risk and Resiliency



The Fuure o Lain America’s Omnichannel Reail MarkeNiin Sharma

Manager | Kur Salmon Consuling

While he reail marke in Lain America is esablished and growing , businesses here lack oundaional enablers—including e-commerce mauriy, online produc assormen availabiliy, and invenory visibiliy —ha are necessary osuccessul omnichannel implemenaion. Based on he presener’s experiences working in Lain America combinedwih marke research, his educaional session will provid e a unique invesigaion ino curren and uure omnichannelcapabiliies and game-changing rends. Atendees will learn how hey can enhance and build upon exising oundaionso enable he more sophisicaed and complex omnichannel offerings ha cusomers expec. Paricipans also will

explore he culural, organizaional, srucural, and geographical challenges o providing superior cusomer experience,service, and suppor.

Operaions Managemen

Risk and Resiliency


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Supply Chain Oureach: Crushing he Talen Crisis

Cheryl DalsinTechnical Program | Inel

John W. Fowler

Proessor and Chair | Arizona Sae Universiy

James P. Kellso

Senior Supply Chain Maser, Reired | Inel

James B. Rice

Depuy Direcor | Massachusets Insiue o Technology Cener or Transporaion and Logisics

In 2012, a small group o passionae individuals rom Arizona Sae Universiy, he Massachusets Insiue o Technology,Michigan Sae Universiy, and Inel recognized an opporuniy. They saw ha hey could help ackle hree serious supplychain issues: he field’s brand ideniy problem and lack o visibili y; he worldwide suppl y chain alen crisis; and heshorage o undergraduaes choosing careers in suppl y chain, science, echnology, engineering, and mah. The groupcreaed a hands-on-un, voluneer-oureach program o spark awareness wih sudens o all ages. Atend his educaional

session o learn abou he unique iniiaive, which promoes excellence in business and beyond, and see how all supplychain processionals can make a difference in heir own communiies.


Supply Chain Sraegy

Touing Supply Chain InfluenceGary Smih, CFPIM, CSCP

Vice Presiden o Supply Logisics | MTA New York Ciy Transi

Influence is he abiliy o creae change in wha ohers do and how hey hink and ac. As supply chain leaders, a primaryobjecive is o coninuously drive our indusr y orward. To achieve his goal, i’s necessary o influence people bo hwihin and ouside o our spans o conrol. This educaional session will explain how o urher supply chain by becomingan exper influencer hroughou our neworks. The presener will explain how o advocae or he value o supply chainaciviies and show how hese pracices posiively affec he corporae botom line. Paricipans will benefi rom unique

approaches o becoming exper supply chain lobbyiss who can influence and advance he enire proession.Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Sraegy

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Tuesday, Sepember 2710:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

Digial Transormaion in Supply Chain ManagemenChrisophe Leelier

Senior Manager Business Developmen | DHL Inernaional Supply Chain, Asia Pacific

Digializaion ouches all aspecs o businesses oday, and digial echnology coninues o improve conneciviy,visibiliy, and analyics, which can make supply ne works more agile, adapive, and aligned. To compee, here is no doubha companies mus successully complee heir digial ransormaions in a imely manner. In his educaional session,atendees will discover he key atribues o supply chains ha are maximizing digi al capabiliies, and he presenerwill share key success acors involved wih aking on an acual ransormaion. In addiion, he concep o he inerneo hings will be invesigaed hrough wo real-world case sudies peraining o how i is likely o affec ransporaion,logisics, and warehousing operaions.


APICS Special-Focus Forums

APICS Special-Focus Forums (SFFs) recenly have been launched wih he objecive o learning rom and sharingknowledge wih he enire APICS communiy. Paricipans in hese ineres groups represen a diverse assembly ocompanies, indusries, and culures. Togeher, hey will explore and conribue hough leadership on global issues andrends involving supply chain and operaions managemen. The chance o hear rom APICS 2016 atendees is a uniqueopporuniy o add your voice o he discussion and help advance he indusry, global economies, and people’s lives allaround he world.


The wo APICS 2016 special-ocus opics are:

Srenghening Global Healh and Humaniarian Supply Chains Clinon de Souza

Direcor o Public Healh | Imperial Healh Sciences

Leveraging Advanced Analyics o Improve Supply Chain

Process PerormanceJay Jayaraman

Supply Chain & Analyics Leader | OPS Rules

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Personal Susainabiliy or Emoional Balance, Healh, and Prosperiy

Maryanne Ross, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCPFounder | Menal Apparel

APICS defines susainabiliy as acivi ies ha provide presen benefi wihou c ompromising he needs o uuregeneraions. This means ha managing a susainable organizaion involves achieving high perormance levels over helong erm wihou engaging in derimenal behaviors in he shor erm. Now, more han ever, he riple-botom-line o social,financial, and environmenal susainabiliy is needed in our personal lives as well. This lively and ineracive presenaionwill enable paricipans o develop indiv idual susainabiliy plans ha ensure career and financial success wihoucompromising healh and personal relaionships in he process. Paricipans will leave his educaional session wih oolsand acion plans o be employed immediaely in every aspec o heir lives.


Pracical Seps o Atrac, Manage, and Reain Millennial TalenBridge Lazio, CPIM, CSCP

Presiden | Guardian Business SoluionsCounless supply chain organizaions are based many miles away rom ci y hubs where millennials live and play. Bu asworkorces coninue o age ou, supply chain managemen leaders a hese companies mus find ways o engage resh,energized alen. How can supply chain managemen organizaions compee wih rendier, “downown” firms or A-level young proessionals? Atend his educaional session o discuss wha expecaions company owners and leaders shouldhave o his new generaion o workers. The presener also will explain he imporan adjusmens ha need o be made ocurren work environmens and business policies in order o maximize he poenial o millennial alen.


Supply Chain Sraegy

Tuesday, Sepember 271:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m.

Furhering Business Perormance wih S&OP a Beech-Nu NuriionThomas Arnold, CPIM, CIRM

Direcor o Supply Chain Planning | Beech-Nu Nuriion

Kevin Morosko

Demand Planning Manager | Beech-Nu Nuriion

By 2013, Beech-Nu Nuriion had become a sagnan player in he inan nuriion markeplace. Company leadersdecided o address his problem by launching several new produc lines ha embrace he concep o real baby ood hauses he reshes ingrediens. This dramaic ransormaion o he Beech-Nu produc porolio resuled in significansupply chain challenges—in paricular, he lack o an effecive S&OP process mean i was nearly impossible o achievea comprehensive, consensus view o demand and supply. The preseners o his educaional session will describe howBeech-Nu ulimaely implemened an S&OP processes ha delivers accurae orward-looking projecions on boh hedemand and supply sides and achieved superior collaboraion among sakeholders.


Operaions ManagemenThis session will count as 1 elective credit hour towards the APICS S&OP Education Certificate.

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Be Lean Everywhere You Can

Sibyl Melin, CPIM, CIRM, CSCPFounder and Presiden | Sundial Consuling

Jane Seiner, CPIM, CSCP

Presiden | Lean Supply Chain Soluions

In he curren economic environmen, all business processes mus be sreamlined, inegraed, and wase ree. Thiseducaional session will ocus on achieving hese goals by embracing leaner processes boh inside and ouside heacory. The preseners will explain why wase in he cusomer service, purchasing, planning, engineering, and shippingareas ofen creae jus as many delays as in manuacuring processes. Using a hands-on simulaion, atendees willsee how lean kaizen evens can improve mehods hroughou an enire organizaion. Then, kaizen eams will analyzeprocesses rom all areas o he business and see how o develop opimum soluions. Finally, paricipans will receive anoverview o specific poins and an in-deph analysis o key issues.

Operaions Managemen

Making i Coun: Sraegic Supply Chain TransormaionsScot Ehrsam, CSCP

Supply Chain Manager | Caerpillar

Wha is he role o oday’s supply chain managemen leader when aciliaing or paricipaing in a change iniiaive? Howcan hese proessionals help heir companies evolve ino organizaions ha will win in oday’s complex global economy?Atend his session o learn how o design, execue, and susain supply chain ransormaions. The presener will describein deail a supply chain ransormaion ramework ha illusraes how o conron and overcome common problems whenplanning and execuing large-scale supply chain improvemens. In addiion, acual business siuaions will be shared oencourage learning and help prepare paricipans or heir mos challenging supply chain ransormaion goals.


Tuesday, Sepember 272:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m.

Leading Alignmen in End-o-End Supply ChainsRonald Crabree CIRM, SCOR-P

CEO | MeaOps

The relaionships o people who inerac around a shared agenda is one o he mos impor an aspecs o success inend-o-end supply chain perormance. Ye, how o build grea relaionships is rarely a par o supply chain skills raining.This educaional session will demonsrae how o achieve superior resuls in any kind o leadership role. A he core o heineracive presenaion will be audience paricipaion in he orm o small-group discussions, during which atendeeswill pu ino immediae pracice he skills learned. Atendees will discover power ul mehods or moiva ing, inspiring,educaing, and empowering people in order o become superior aciliaors, coaches, rainers, and supply chain leaders.


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APICS Research: Hisorical Insighs and Fuure Endeavors

Jonahan Thacher, CSCP, CAEDirecor o Research | APICS

Join APICS Direcor o Research Jona han Thacher, CSCP, CAE, or a a scinaing journey hrough he indusr yinvesigaions o he recen pas, he presen day, and he uure. Atendees will evaluae how previous leading-edgeresearch opics—such as chronic disrupion, supply chain complexiy, and leadership—are progressing. He also willevaluae wih paricipans how curren key learnings are serving alen and skill developmen, risk-managemen acics,and spinoff poenial or new merics and insighs. Then, Thacher will urn o he uure and reveal wha researchprojecs are in he APICS pipeline. These include collaboraion and conflic resoluion; supply chain and financial,sockholder, and shareholder perormance measuremens; and much more.

Supply Chain Sraegy

The educaional sessions are curren as of May 2016. For he mos up-o-dae program, visi apicsconference.org /educaion.

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PRINCIPLES OF S&OPPrinciples o S&OP seminar provides managers and planners acomprehensive review o he principles and uncions o S&OP.Atendees will paricipae in exercises and discussions on heelemens o daa collecion, demand and supply planning,and conducing he pre- and execuive S&OP meeings. Thepresener will lead atendees hrough sales and markeing

planning, resource requiremens planning, disribuion planningand more.

Presener:Anhony Zampello, CPIM, CIRM, CSCPAdjunc Faculy | Benley Universiy

Saurday, Sepember 24

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Member Pricing: $399

Nonmember Pricing: $499

S&OP seminar atendees earn seven conac hours owards heAPICS S&OP Educaion Cerificae. Learn more a apics.org/sop.

PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS

SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENTThe world o supply chain is complex and ever-changing.

Organizaions mus be careul or hey may leave heir supply

chains vulnerable o a series o risks. Unorunaely, proacive

risk managemen is no always a op agenda iem.

The APICS Supply Chain Risk Managemen seminar provides

paricipans wih a glimpse o he global supply chain risklandscape. Definiions o risk managemen and new echniques

and acics o miigae risk will be discussed, along wih profiles

o early adopers o risk managemen.

Presener:Gregory L. Schlegel, CPIMAdjunc Proessor | Lehigh Universiy


9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.



Supply Chain Risk Managemen seminar atendees earn seven

conac hours owards he APICS Risk Managemen Educaion

Cerificae. Learn more a apics.org/risk .

APICS is hosing hree pre- conerence seminars on Saurday, Sepember 24. Atend one o hese inensive programs o advance

proessionally and ackle specific business challenges. Compleing hese seminars can qualiy or conac hours owards earningAPICS S&OP or Risk Educaion Cerificae.

Seaing is limied and an addiional ee is required. To regiser or a seminar, visi apics.org/evens.

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PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF MRP

Maerial requiremens planning (MRP) is a vial componen inhe supply chain. I acs as he sysem’s bridge beween maser

planning and producion and helps deermine requiremens

and mainain prioriies. Principles and Pracices o MRP

seminar assiss beginning and experienced planners o use

an MRP sysem. Through classroom discussion and pracical,

hands-on exercises, his seminar will help atendees gain a firm

undersanding o he principles and uncions o MRP in he

manuacuring process.

Presener:Dr. David Ross, CFPIM, CSCPSr. Manager, Proessional Developmen | APICS


9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.



EARN AN APICS EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

By atending he S&OP or he Risk Managemen seminar, you

will have compleed he seven conac hours needed o obain

heir respecive educaion cerificaes. Selec educaional

sessions a APICS 2016, which are noed in he conerence

program maerials, will cover addiional conac hours oward

he cerificae. Learn more a apics.org/sop and apics.org/risk.

Seaing is limied and advanced regisraion is required.

Regiser or a pre-conerence seminar a apics.org/evens

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MicronMonday, Sepember 26, 2016, 1:00 p.m.

Experience Micron’s Manassas, Va. aciliy: is flagship manuacuring plan ha represens

he uure o Micron semiconducors. On his our, you’ll learn how he global leader in

semiconducors produces is op-o-he-line echnology including memory chips, DRAM/

flash memories, and more. Micron designs and builds some o he world’s mos advanced

memory and semiconducor echnologies, enabling innovaive compuing, consumer,enerprise sorage, neworking, mobile, embedded and auomoive applicaions. As one

o he mos prolific paen holders in he world, Micron coninually rehinks, recass and

advances new ideas o bring innovaion o broader markes. The Micron plan is locaed 35

miles wes o he Washingon Marriot Wardman Park.

Prerequisie: Atendees mus provide heir ull name and company.

XomeryMonday, Sepember 26, 2016, 1:00 p.m.

Here’s your chance o ge an inside look a a leading innovaor in he ascinaing and

as-growing 3D prining indusry. Founded in 2013, Xomery inegraes proessional

3D prining, CNC machining, casing, and proprieary echnology o build pars

and prooypes on demand. On his our o is advanced manuacuring aciliies inGaihersburg, Md., you’ll see how Xomery aims o be he “Amazon o Manuacuring,”

wih an incredibly popular, easy-o-use online inerace ha effecively acs as a cusom

manuacuring hub. Through he Xomery websie, cusomers can price, manage and

order pars online using only a CAD file, plus ge he live engineering assisance hey

need o make he righ manuacuring decisions. Xomery boass some o he mos

advanced echnologies or building meal and plasic pars, and is led by a leadership

eam wih decades o cusom manuacuring experise.

FACILITY TOURS

Consisenly an exciing elemen o he APICS conerence, aciliy ours give you an inside look a supply chain, warehousing

and logisics excellence in acion. This year, he our lineup includes Micron, Naionals Park sadium, Dulles Airpor , Reagan NaionalAirpor, DC Waer, he Marriot Wardman Park, Bluejacke Brewery and more!

All aciliy ours are $75 or APICS 2016 conerence atendees and include ransporaion. Advance regisraion required.

Paricipaion is limied, so sign up early!

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Naionals ParkTuesday, Sepember 27, 2016, 8:00 a.m.

Enjoy a game-day visi o Naionals Park, home o he Washingon Naionals major

league baseball eam, and experience an up-close and personal our o he ballpark.

Knowledgeable guides will share he hisory o pas and presen baseball in he DC

area. You’ll see he exerior açade wih is innovaive design o seel, glass and pre-cas

concree, creaing a aciliy ha uniquely reflecs he archiecure o Washingon DC. The

concourses and seaing decks are configured o creae a variey o disinc neighborhoods,

each wih is own ideniy and viewing experience. As you raverse he various levels o

he sadium, you’ll see panoramic views o he riverron, Navy Yard, he surrounding ciy

and landmarks including he Capiol and he Washingon Monumen. You’ll learn abou he

park’s sae-o-he-ar video and audio echnology, including a 4,500 square oo high-

definiion scoreboard. When i opened in 2008, Naionals Park was he firs major sadium

in he Unied Saed accredied as a Leadership in Energy and Environmenal Design

(LEED) srucure.

Washingon Marriot Wardman ParkTuesday, Sepember 27, 2016, 8:00 a.m.

Here’s he opporuniy or a behind-he-scenes experience a he APICS 2016 hos hoel,

he Washingon Marriot Wardman Park. Buil in 1917 and 1918 and expanded in 1928, he

elegan red brick srucure has earned a ranking on he Naional Regiser o Hisoric

Places. Tour paricipans will ge an inside look a he laundry aciliies operaions and

learn abou he logisical coordinaion beween housekeeping—ser vicing 1,152 gues

rooms— and laundry. You’ll see he process rom he laundry chue o he redisribuion o

linens and owels. You’ll also be aken hrough he operaions and logisical coordinaion

beween vendors, ood soreroom, invenory conrol, and operaing deparmens.

Washingon Dulles Inernaional AirporTuesday, Sepember 27, 2016, 9:00 a.m.

Take par in a privae our ha shows you he inside operaions o Washingon Dulles

Inernaional Airpor. During his ascinaing visi, you will learn abou aviaion echnology as

you see he Dulles Operaions Cener, and learn abou operaions a he cargo warehouse

aciliy. You’ll our he mainenance aciliy or AeroTrain, he airpor’s $1.4 billion people-

mover sysem ha ranspors ravelers beween he main erminal and A-B-C gaes. You’ll

also learn abou in-line baggage screening processes. You will depar wih insighs ino

he enire operaions o Dulles, which accommodaed more han 21 million passengers and

565,000 lbs. o reigh in 2015.

Prerequisie: U.S. ciizens mus provide heir ull name and dae o birh; non-U.S. ciizensmus provide heir ull name, passpor number and passpor counry o issuance.

FACILITY TOURS

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Ronald Reagan Washingon Naional AirporTuesday, Sepember 27, 2016, 9:30 a.m.

Join APICS or a our o he Ronald Reagan Washingon Naional Airpor and ge an

insider’s look a he operaions ha keep he airpor humming. Naional Airpor is locaed

close o he Naion’s Capial and i sis on he banks o he Poomac River. Paricipans will

our he airpor’s Operaions Office and Cener, experience he Airside our wih a loop

around he airpor, and visi he Cargo aciliy. The airpor served a record 23 million

passengers in 2015.

Prerequisie: U.S. ciizens mus provide heir ull name and dae o birh; non-U.S. ciizens

mus provide heir ull name, passpor number and passpor counry o issuance.

DC WaerTuesday, Sepember 27, 2016, 9:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.On his behind-he-scenes our o DC Waer’s Blue Plains Advanced Wasewaer Treamen

Plan, you’ll ge an insider’s look a he larges advanced wasewaer reamen aciliy

in he world. DC Waer provides more han 672,000 residens, 17.8 million annual visiors,

and 700,000 people who work in he Disric wih waer and sewer/wasewaer reamen.

You’ll learn abou operaions he Blue Plains plan, siuaed on 153 acres on he bank o he

Poomac River a he souhernmos ip o he Disric. The plan has a reamen capaciy

o 384 million gallons per day and a peak capaciy o more han 1 billion gallons per day. The

DC waer disribuion sysem consiss o 1,350 miles o pipes, our pumping saions, five

reservoirs, hree waer owers, 43,860 valves, and more han 9,510 fire hydrans.

Prerequisie: U.S. ciizens mus provide heir ull name and dae o birh; non-U.S. ciizens

mus provide heir ull name, passpor number and passpor counry o issuance.

Bluejacke BreweryTuesday, Sepember 27, 2016, 1:00 p.m.

Join us or a un our o he Bluejacke Brewery and learn abou he radiions and

echniques o classic beer brewing. This visi will ake you hrough 5,600 square ee o

brewing space wih a producion capaciy o 5,000 barrels. You’ll learn abou he brewing

process and see he aciliy ’s 19 unique ermenaion vessels and wo barrel rooms.

This our will include five asing pours, including one sample poured sraigh rom he

ank. The space ha Bluejacke occupies is as disincive as he brewery isel. Buil

in 1919, he building, known as he Boilermaker Shops, was par o he Navy Yards ship

and muniions manuacuring complex and is one o he ew rue indusrial buildings

remaining in Washingon DC.

Prerequisie: Mus be a leas 21 years old.

FACILITY TOURS

Visi apicsconference.org for a complee lis of ours and descripions.

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EXPO HOURS

Sunday, September 25, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Monday, September 26, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Feaured exhibiors a APICS 2016 include:

American Logisics Aid Nework

APICS 2017

APICS Affiliaion Cener

APICS or Business

Barkawi Managemen Consulans

BDP Inernaional

CaseWare Analyics

Chainalyics

Demand Soluions

Demand Works Co.

Diverse Manuacuring Supply Chain Alliance (DMSCA)

Forecas Pro

Fox Valley Technical College

Fujisu Glovia, Inc.

Fusionops

Fuurion Associaes Inc. Forecasing

iDashboards

IFS Norh America

Insiue o Business Forecasing & Planning

Logiliy

EXPO

For more informaion on exhibiing a APICS 2016, visi apicsconference.org.

Michigan Sae Universiy - Broad College o Business

OM Parners USA

Porland Sae Universiy School o Business

Quiniq

Radley Corporaion

Sain Leo Universiy

Srongarm Designs

Supply & Demand Chain Execuive

Texas A&M Universiy -- Maser o Indusrial Disribuion

The Fresh Connecion

ThomasNe

Universiy o Arkansas - Maser o Science in OperaionsManagemen & Maser o Science in Engineering Programs

Universiy o Wisconsin-Plateville Online

VIA Inormaion Tools, Inc.

APICS 2016 EXPOAPICS 2016 brings ogeher he hotes producs and he cooles supply chain proessionals in he business. Don’ miss hisopporuniy o mee , nework and learn in a un and ineracive environmen.

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APICS 2016 offers wo hoel opions for atendees!Save $50 on your conerence regisraion when you say in he

APICS 2016 room block. Availabiliy is limied, so make your

reservaions oday!

APICS 2016 Washingon Marriot

Wardman Park HoelExperience he charm o he Marriot Wardman Park, se in

a hisoric neighborhood in he hear o Washingon DC and

walking disance o he many unique sores and pleny o

ehnic cuisine dining, Embassy Row, and he exciing nigh lie

o Dupon Circle. Head norh o hear he sounds o animals

coming rom he Naional Zoo, or venure ino he hoel ’snaural surroundings o enjoy a quie hike or invigoraing run

hrough Rock Creek Park. Free Inerne is included.

Washingon Marriot Wardman Park

2660 Woodley Road NW

Washingon DC 20008

Nighly room rae or APICS 2016 atendees: rom $199

APICS 2016 Omni Shoreham HoelThe Omni Shoreham hoel is a five minue walk (3/10 o a mile)

o he Marriot Wardman Park, sie o APICS 2016. Since 1930,

he luxurious Omni Shoreham has played hos o presidens,

world leaders and inaugural balls, making i a rue Washingon

landmark. Locaed in one o he Disric’s premier residenial

neighborhoods, his elegan urban rerea boass a resor

amosphere and a personal ase o poliics, culure, ar and

music. This our-diamond hoel is siuaed on 11 lush acres jus

seps rom he Naional Zoo and close o unique Washingon

DC neighborhoods.

Omni Shoreham

2500 Calver Sree NW

Washingon DC 20008

Nighly room rae or APICS 2016 atendees: rom $239

WHERE TO STAY

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APICSAPICS is he premier proessional associaion or supply chain managemen and he leading providero research, educaion and cer ificaion programs ha elevae supply chain excellence, innovaion andresilience. The APICS Cerified in Producion and Invenory Managemen (CPIM), APICS Cerified Supply ChainProessional (CSCP), APICS Cerified in Logisics, Transporaion and Disribuion (CLTD) and APICS SupplyChain Operaions Reerence Proessional (SCOR-P) designaions se he indusry sandard. Wih over 45,000members and approximaely 300 channel parners, APICS is ransorming he way people do business, drive

growh and reach global cusomers. For more inormaion, visi apics.org.

APICS SUPPLY CHAIN COUNCIL APICS Supply Chain Council (APICS SCC) is a nonprofi organizaion ha advances supply chains hroughunbiased research, benchmarking and publicaions. APICS SCC mainains he Supply Chain OperaionsReerence (SCOR) model, he supply chain managemen communiy’s mos widely acceped rameworkor evaluaing and comparing supply chain aciviies and perormance. APICS SCC enables corporaions,academic insiuions and public secor organizaions o address he ever-changing challenges o managinga global supply chain o elevae supply chain perormance. APICS SCC is par o APICS, he premier

proessional associaion or supply chain managemen. Visi apicsscc.org o learn more.

The program is curren as of May 2016. For updaed informaion, visi apicsconference.org.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERSAPICS 2016 is presened by APICS and he APICS Supply Chain Council.

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