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.
Joe Clancy will give a dinner presentation on Sales & Operations Planning, covering:
What is S&OP?
Why is S&OP needed in organizations?
Challenges to be anticipated in S&OP implementation.
About the Meetup: At the restaurant, go to the private room in the back. A waiter will take orders for dinner.
About the presenter: Joe Clancy has twelve years of experience in finance and accounting in the telecom industry. He has another twelve years of experience in supply-chain operations, most recently with Logitech, where he was the Worldwide Forecasting Manager. There he led the Global Planning Process-Improvement Team, the Supply-Chain NPI Task Force, and the Pre-S&OP Planning Team. Joe has a Management Accounting degree from Suffolk University in Boston, and an MBA from Santa Clara University. When Joe is not working on supply chains, he enjoys coaching youth and high-school baseball.
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THIS FREE PRESENTATION:
Join the Bay-Area Operations-Management Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaOperationsManagement/