May – July 2013
Presented by Peter Carlsson, Vice President of Supply Chain, Tesla Motors, and hosted by the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society). Details: http://www.apics-west.org/events/2013/tesla.pdf
Peno Pan is a certified lean/ six sigma black belt and PMP project manager with 30 years of engineering and management experience spanning all functional areas of a program’s product life cycle from proposal development to final product delivery. The majority of his experiences are in the space industry including NASA’s manned space flight programs, Space Shuttle and International Space Station, various DoD satellite programs and multiple domestic and foreign commercial satellite programs.
He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Florida and advanced degrees in Metallurgy and Management of Technology as well as an MBA.
This is a presentation with lunch event. The presentation is free. The restaurant has an a variety of choices in burritos and sandwiches for about $6-8.
Details and signup: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaOperationsManagement/events/123565372/
Reporting is key to an efficient, responsive, lean, and profitable supply chain. Yet reporting is often seen as (and is) a real obstacle to improvement.
In this interactive session we will review best practices to ensure that the most common mistakes are avoided:
- Pipeline of report development
- Requirements gathering
- Testing
- Ad-hoc vs. standard reports
- How many reports are needed
- IT or not IT?
Details: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaOperationsManagement/events/124035112/
From silicon to software to systems, SEMICON West showcases the world’s best technology companies from across the micro-electronics supply chain and beyond. This event brings together the people, companies, technologies, and ideas that drive the electronics revolution. SEMICON West is the premier venue for microelectronics innovation. http://www.semiconwest.org/
Tempo Automation discusses its desktop printed-circuit-board assembly robot.