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Business Processes




Ursula McGloughlin, 8/15/2010
Contract and project manager

Ursula McGloughlin is a contract and project manager. She has worked independently for the past 10 years and currently is contracted to the Old Mutual group in a division that runs their African operations. Old Mutual is one of the biggest insurance carriers in South Africa. Her current role is as the project manager and business analyst of a project to implement due diligence on a new vendor who will manage and roll-out a standardized platform for all African countries.  

Lean & Six Sigma as a Long Term Journey



Edward Schmitt, 8/12/2010
Procurement and Supply Chain Leader

Edward Schmitt was a Naval officer for a number of years with the Supply Corps. He then went into industry out of the Navy after seven years of active duty He has worked for five different corporations: Pratt and Whitney, Dresser Industries, BMY, which is a defense contractor that is now been bought out BAE, and Harley-Davidson. He is now going to work for Walter Energy, a mining company.

eRoutingGuide: Easy Transportation Management Software

Ken Kowal, 8/10/2010
Client Solutions Manager at  InVision Logistics 

Ken Kowal has been working in transportation and logistics for roughly fifteen years. He has held a variety of operations and sales roles. For the last 2.5 years he has been providing logistics consulting and has co-founded a company called Fillship.com which provides order-fulfillment services for e-commerce companies. Recently, Ken has been working on a software startup called e-Routing Guide. E-Routing Guide is a simple transportation management system.
  

   GREEN
5 Major Challenges to Green Supply Chain Management

John  Wilkerson, 8/03/2010
Vice President at Bellwether Services

John is a twenty-five year supply chain veteran. He has worked in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, automotive, global logistics, along with consumer products and government. During this time he has formed some expertise in sales and operations planning, retail manufacturing, global transportation network management and design, along with being involved with a number of lean Six Sigma deployments, as well as strategic sourcing. 

   INNOVATION
Paying more attention to business processes in organizations

David Beare, 8/02/2010
Director of CorGuv

CorGuv is owned by David Beare and his business partner. CorGuv is short for corporate governance. The company specializes in internal control projects, joint venture audits, and particularly in contract compliance investigations of contract performance. This work brings the company into frequent contact with business processes and the risks associated with processes not running correctly.

 
   INNOVATION
 Security Clearance




Leona Charles, 7/30/2010
Owner of SPC Business Consulting Ltd.

Leona Charles is the Owner of SPC Business Consulting Ltd. which was set up in 2008 with a focus in Process Improvement. Leona helps companies use the resources they already have to solve their operational issues.

International sourcing diversification

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PROCESS:Supply Chain Processes

Importance of data and information flow

STRATEGY: New book on “Supply Chain as Strategic Asset: The Key to Reaching Business Goals”

CUSTOMER: Developing a Customer Value Perspective

PROCESS: The Predictive Nature of Value Network Modeling 

Managing Sideways: Beyond Traditional Business Process Mapping

PROCESS: The Dynamics of Innovation

SIX SIGMA: Think Like a Black Belt 

THOUGHT LEADERS WITH SOMETHING
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LOGIPI CONNECT

 

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RISK MGT: Flexible Modular Process Reduces Risk, Mitigates Artificial Volumes in Supply Chain 

 

 

MORE RISK MGT Supply Chains and Global Political Risk 

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LOGISTICS: The Declining State of 3PL Industry

 

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Social Media and Knowledge Management in Supply Chain