Professional Development Meeting - In Person & Virtual

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Time: 5:30 pm (MDT)

Location: In person at Renaissance Boulder, and Virtual

Cost: Online - $0, Students - $0, Members - $35, Non-Members - $40. Register before Sept 12 for $5 early bird discount

*Online registrants will receive a link the day before the Meeting

Topic: How to Keep Open Production & Purchase Order Due Dates Accurate...a Key to Production Planning Success

Speaker: Alan Dunn

Does your company… at this very moment, have past due work orders and/or purchase orders? Does your company utilize priority planning systems (MRP, KanBan, etc.) to manage the flow of materials through the factory? Does your company have a materials management organization that responds more to expedite activities than to routinely planned activities?

If you answered “YES” to ANY of these questions, your company likely has problems with “supply order due date integrity.” This can easily lead to excessive inventories and poor delivery reliability to your customers. In the end, lack of internal supply due date integrity ALWAYS leads to reduced customer service, higher operating expenses, increased inventories, and lower enterprise valuation.

This program presents some new thoughts and techniques for improving the integrity of your work order and purchase order due dates.  Specifically, Alan will focus on:

■     Understanding why 99+% Due Date accuracy is not a nice-to-have… but is a mandate when using integrated ERP systems.

■     How to use a “10th Day Report” to identify high potential late completions before lateness actually occurs.

■     Why there is no such thing as a late work order or a late purchase order… only a late work cell or supplier.

■     Why due date changes MUST be updated in the materials systems as soon as they are known… by the first person to know about the late condition.

■     The role that planning lead-time plays in correcting due date problems.

■     Why safety time is NEVER a good solution to solving the due date integrity issue.

Alan G. Dunn is President of GDI Consulting & Training Company and founder of the Manufacturing Executive Institute (MEI). He is also the creator and lead-instructor of the 18-month Next Generation Global Supply Chain Leadership Development Program at the California Institute of Technology’s (Caltech) Center for Technology & Management Education (CTME), where he has taught since 1984. Mr. Dunn also serves on the University of California at Riverside’s (UCR) Advisory Board for Transformative Leadership in Disruptive Times.

Over his 40-year career in global supply chain consulting, Mr. Dunn has served on the Boards of Directors of numerous public, private and non-profit companies. He is the recipient of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) prestigious “Director of the Year” award in 2007.

Schedule:

5:30 - Registration / Networking

6:15 - Dinner

7:00 - Virtual Meeting begins

Appetizers will be served during happy hour!

Menu:

Salad:  Fresh baby spinach & Friese, poached pear, crispy fennel, toasted almonds, honey raspberry vinaigrette

Entree:

Non-Vegetarian:  Pan seared chicken breast, pinot noir shallot sauce, wild mushroom risotto, oven roasted root vegetables OR 

Vegetarian Entrée:  Polenta with oven roasted mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, fresh basil, vegan cheese, vegetable juice and vegetable Consommé

Dessert:  Cheesecake Bar