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IndustryWeek Operational Excellence Web Conference
Enabling a Responsive, Demand-Driven Supply Chain

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Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry®, is a company experiencing explosive growth of volume output, staffing and manufacturing infrastructure. With a growing number of customers and shorter product lifecycles being supplied from an ever expanding and more highly contracted supply chain, complex decisions need to be made in less time. It became obvious that existing software tools were not up to the challenge, and that implementation of a decision support tool was essential.

This presentation will describe RIM's strategy for overcoming the challenges inherent in a quickly-changing environment, and its plans for future expansion of the capabilities enabled by RapidResponse.

Presenters:

Dany Toniutti, outsourcing program manager, Research in Motion
Randy Littleson, vice president marketing, Kinaxis

(now Flextronics)

Supply & Demand Chain Executive:
Coordinating Response Across a Virtual Enterprise

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Whether you are a brand owner, contract manufacturer, or supplier, you now operate in a "virtual enterprise" of interconnected players within a large, coordinated operation. The shift towards having plants around the globe, or outsourcing to specialists who can provide unique value and drive down costs shows no signs of abating, with good reason. But the idea of distributed manufacturing operations, when you live in a world of constant change, can be unnerving when you lack the real-time, multi-enterprise visibility and coordination you need to be confident about the actions you are taking and the commitments you've made to your customers.

The bad news? This new reality is here to stay.

The good news? There's a lot that can be done to empower the OEM/CM relationship.

In this presentation, hear from both Solectron and their customer, Teradyne on how they were able to increase visibility and coordination across their respective supply networks to improve operations performance.

Presenters:

Steve Hochman, research director, AMR Research Analyst
Kathleen Ward, director demand management, Solectron
Jim Wood, supply chain information systems director, Teradyne
Randy Littleson, vice president marketing, Kinaxis

(now Benchmark Electronics)

Responsiveness as a Competitive Advantage in Today's Outsourced Environment

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In today's highly competitive environment, how well you respond to the myriad of demand, product and supply changes permeating throughout your supply network ultimately determines customer satisfaction and operations performance. Brand owners and contract manufacturers are equally challenged by the complexity of managing global outsourcing relationships to address these needs.

Mike Miller, executive director of corporate business systems at Pemstar (now Benchmark Electronics) will share how Pemstar has made responsiveness to change a core element of their competitive advantage. And, Bruce Rayner, director of research and consulting at Technology Forecasters, Inc, will draw on recent research to detail the most critical factors that brand owners use to rate their contract manufacturing partners given this environment.

Presenters:

Bruce Rayner, Technology Forecasters Inc.
Mike Miller, PEMSTAR Inc. (now Benchmark Electronics)
Randy Littleson, Kinaxis, Inc.

Coordinating Outsourced Manufacturing:
A Win-Win Proposition for OEMs and CMs

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Striking the right balance in the exchange of supply chain information between OEMs and CMs can achieve significant strategic advantages for both organizations.

Learn first-hand from Dianne Sforza of Alcatel-Lucent how direct, multi-tier visibility into their extended supply chain empowers them to work collaboratively with their CM partners to act and respond in real-time. Charlie Barnhart of Technology Forecasters will also add his expert opinion on the creation of a mutually-beneficial information flow between the OEM and CM while avoiding adding unnecessary costs or complexity to the relationship.

Presenters:

Charlie Barnhart, senior consultant, Technology Forecasters Inc.
Dianne Sforza, global Kinaxis program manager, Alcatel-Lucent
Randy Littleson, vice president marketing, Kinaxis

(now Flextronics)

Visibility is key to confidence in the relationships between OEMs and their CMs

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It's no surprise to anyone in this industry that challenges exist in the relationships between OEMs and CMs. The outsourcing of your manufacturing operations, when you live in a world of constant change, can be unnerving when you lack the real-time visibility you need to be confident about the commitments you made to your customers.

While OEMs are taxed with aggressive competition and incredible demand swings from an increasingly fickle market place, they also remain ultimately accountable to the customer and customer commitments. When OEMs outsource their production they lack the visibility and control over their manufacturing operations, yet they still face inventory liability issues resulting from excess and obsolete parts due to engineering changes.

Competition in the marketplace results in price wars and that trickles down to the CMs who are being asked to do more, for less while managing unexpected supplier disruptions; demand fluctuations; inventory liability issues; capacity constraints while also delivering high customer service levels and maintaining their operating margin objectives.

The bad news? This new reality is here to stay.

The good news? There's a lot that can be done to increase the visibility, and confidence to improve these relationships

Join Bill Swanton of AMR Research to learn more about the challenges created by the OEM/CM relationship and then hear directly from Solectron and their customer Teradyne about how they were able to increase the visibility between their two organizations and improve operations performance for both their companies.

Presenters:

Cesar Gonzalez, director program management, Solectron
Bob Kenney, ATE ops supply chain manager, Teradyne
Philip Stoten, editor-in-chief, EMSNow (moderator)
Bill Swanton, vice president, research, AMR Research
John Sicard, executive vice president development and service operations, Kinaxis

(now Flextronics)

Electronic Business Magazine Webcast:
Customer Forecast Acceptance:
Positioning to Meet Customer Demand

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Please join us for a compelling discussion about how Response Management is driving breakthroughs in performance for leading manufacturers by enabling them to respond to changing demand.

Joining Kinaxis will be industry analyst Colin Snow of Ventana Research and Kevin Sachs, vice president global program management & Supply Chain Solutions at Solectron.

Kevin will take participants through a case study highlighting how his organization was able to effectively and rapidly respond to customers' changing requirements by combing a Lean Production System and Response Management helping customers compete more effectively in their respective markets while also driving key performance management metrics for Solectron.

Presenters:

Kevin Sachs, vice president global program management & Supply Chain Solutions, Solectron
Colin Snow, vice president and research director operational performance mgmt., Ventana Research