Roberta McPhail has over 30 years of real industry experience.  Roberta is certified CPIM, CIRM, CSCP,  DDPP, DDLP and CLTD.   She currently is teaching APICS certification classes as a Master Instructor for the APICS Vancouver chapter via British Columbia Institute of Technology and Camosun College as well as corporate engagements thru out Western Canada.   She is the 1^st instructor in Canada to become both DDPP and DDLP instructor endorsed from the Demand Driven Institute and is also a Fresh Connections Simulation trainer.    She is an associate Consultant with CMG Group (a leading DDMRP consulting firm) supporting DDMRP implementations. 

Nick Seiersen is the CEO of Seiersen Enterprises. He has advised numerous canadian businesses on their inventory management and deployment strategies, both as a consultant with organizations such as AT Kearney and KPMG and independently with EDC’s small and medium high growth accounts. He has published numerous articles on Logistics and Procurement, including in SCM Now and is the author of The Right Deal With The Right Supplier (written in French). The February ASCM webcast attracted over 1,000 participants.

Certification of Maintenance: 1.0 points

Agenda:

1. The inventory conundrum: so much inventory, and yet...the seven deadly sins of inventory management
2. Strategic inventory deployment: decoupling points that maximise service for your inventory investment
3. Sizing the buffer, how much inventory do you really require? Average daily usage, red/yellow/green thresholds
4. Putting it all to work, network design considerations
5. Your questions, our answers

Price:

APICS Toronto Members: FREE
Non Members and Guests: $10.00 (+13% HST)