Final Program - Omtec

Final ProgramAddresses, Educational Sessions/Workshops• y Hard copy printout of a Vested Outsourcingimplemention project plan to help them implementVested Outsourcing. They will also receive a weblinkto download the softcopy project plan, as well as aweblink for additional tools they can use.BIO: Author, educator and business consultant, Kate Vitasekis a nationally recognized innovator in the practice of supplychain management and outsourcing. Vitasek’s approaches andinsights have been widely published in respected academic andtrade journals. She is the co-author of the Council of SupplyChain Management Professionals’ best selling book, SupplyChain Process Standards, and has contributed to over 75 articlesand five books, including her latest book, Vested Outsourcing:Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing.Vitasek is a faculty member at the University of Tennessee’sCenter for Executive Education and is the Founder of SupplyChain Visions, a boutique consulting firm recognized byARC Advisory Group as a Top 10 Boutique Consulting firmspecializing in Supply Chain Management.She’s been recognized as a “Woman on the Move in Trade andTransportation” for her leadership in the profession, and wasrecently honored as a “Woman of International Influence”by Global Executive Women. She has served on the Boardof Directors for the Council of Supply Chain ManagementProfessionals and has been called a “Rainmaker” for hertireless effort in educating the supply chain profession. In 2009,she was honored as finalist for a Stevie Award for womanentrepreneurs of the year.Workshop: Sales & Operations PlanningThomas WallaceT.F. Wallace & CompanyWednesday, June 169:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.This session focuses on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP),primarily its top management component: Executive S&OP.This process helps companies balance demand and supply;integrate financial planning with operational planning; developalternative scenarios — what-if analyses — that are financiallyand operationally valid; meet monthly, quarterly and annualfinancial targets more effectively; launch new products morequickly and more “sure-footedly;” build teamwork andimprove internal communications. All of these functions willbe discussed with examples given from actual companies.We will address these specific points:• y Part 1 will be an overview of the process, describingwhat it is and how it works.• y In Part 2, we’ll cover benefits that companies haverealized from using the process successfully.• y Part 3 will focus on implementation: how to make theprocess work.Ample time will be provided for Q&A and group discussion.Attendees will receive these tools to put to immediate use:• y An understanding of how the process works: itsinternal logic and structure• y A framework to evaluate their own S&OP-typeprocesses in terms of effectiveness• y An understanding of the right way to implement theprocess — or to re-implement if necessary• y Knowledge of their likely role in Executive S&OPBIO: Tom Wallace is an author and teacher specializing in Sales& Operations Planning. He is a Distinguished Fellow of theOhio State University’s Center for Operational Excellence, andteaches in conjunction with the Institute of Business Forecastingand Planning. He has taught well over 10,000 business peoplein Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Great Britain,Mexico, New Zealand and the U.S.Tom has written twelve books, including Sales & OperationsPlanning: the How-To Handbook, 3rd Edition (2007), Sales &Operations Planning: the Executive’s Guide (2006) and Sales &Operations Planning: the Self-Audit Workbook (2005). His bookshave been translated into Chinese, Italian, Korean, Portuguese,Russian, Thai and, in process, French. Tom has also produceda number of videos, most recently, The Education Kit for Sales& Operations Planning (2009), a multi-media teaching resourcefor delivering S&OP education.Download Presentationsand Handoutsonline atwww.orthoworld.com2010Page 27