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Platt’s 5th Annual Strategic Supply Chain Management for Utilities Conference
Supplier Relationship Management and Performance Optimization
The Westin Tampa Harbour Island, Tampa, Florida
January 24 - 26, 2007
ScottMadden is a co-sponsor of the upcoming Strategic Supply Chain Management for Utilities Conference presented by Platt’s. This conference is intended for procurement, purchasing, sourcing, planning, and inventory management professionals from utility supply chain organizations and will include presentations, panel discussions, and case studies from utility executives who deal with these practice areas on a daily basis.
ScottMadden will serve as conference chair on day one of the conference, make a presentation on materials management benchmarking, and participate in a panel discussion on global sourcing. The two topical areas ScottMadden will lead are:
Conducting a Comprehensive Materials Management Assessment
9:15 – 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2007
- Examine over 300 leading practices
- Develop Practice Adoption Scores by process and function
- Identify the potential business impact associated with adopting each practice
- Prioritize practices that will yield the greatest business benefit
Global Sourcing of Large Components
4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2007
- Dealing with long lead time
- How to deal with offshore vendors at large companies to attain the best price
- Globalization – Are you taking advantage of offshore sourcing?
- Management of modules and the integration of offshore and domestic procurement to fabrication and manufacturing shops
A list of topics to be covered during this year’s conference includes:
- Impact of commodity metal pricing
- Building the next generation of supply chain – How are supply chain leaders coping with the aging workforce in their supply chain organizations?
- Becoming a leader in supplier diversity
- Emergency restoration
- Supplier relationship management
- Supply chain best practices
Presenters
Stephen Bucalo, Partner, ScottMadden, Inc.
John H. Sequeira, Ph.D. Partner, ScottMadden, Inc.