Second Annual University of South Carolina & Syracuse University Supply Chain Conference | Deadline for Registration: October 7, 2013

Conference Program

October 14 & 15, 2013

October 14 – Meet at the Whitman School of Management Flaum Hall – 1^st Floor

^{4:00PM– 8:30PM}

4:00PM – 6:00PM

Tour of Welch Allyn

Don Lynch – Tour Guide

6:30PM – 8:30PM

Welcome Reception – Milton Room – 4^th Floor

October 15^th – Whitman School of Management – 4^th floor – Room 402

9:00AM – 9:15AM	Opening Remarks Amanda Nicholson, Syracuse University
9:15AM – 9:45AM	Why Inventory Optimization is the Easy Part Mark Ferguson,University of South Carolina
9:45AM – 10:15AM	Streamlining SAP Transactions Using GuiXT and Mobile Barcoding Andy Rindfleisch, Welch Allyn
10:15AM – 10:30AM	Break
10:30AM – 11:00AM	Do Relationship Specific Investments Help Battle Supply Chain Uncertainty? Manoj Malhotra, University of South Carolina
11:00AM – 11:30AM	St. Joseph’s Project Management Process Steve Fondario, St. Joseph’s Hospital
11:30AM – 12:00PM	Teaching Process Improvement with Simple Analytical Models Sanjay Ahire & Jack Jensen, University of South Carolina
12:00PM – 12:45PM	Lunch – Milton Room – 4^th Floor
12:45PM – 1:15PM	The Importance of Continuous Improvement in Today’s Economy Randy Wolken – President of MACNY – Key Note Speaker
1:15PM – 1:45PM	Syracuse University’s Six Sigma Results Ron Sicker & Lori Cohen, TCM Group
1:45PM – 2:00PM	Break
2:00PM – 2:30PM	Wine Futures and Advance Selling under Quality Uncertainty Burak Kazaz, Syracuse University
2:30PM – 3:00PM	Inficon’s Continuous Improvement Efforts Stephan Chabot, Inficon
3:00PM – 3:45PM	Staffing, Scheduling and Respiratory Therapy Planning to Improve On-time Treatment Performance Fred Easton & Gary LaPoint, Syracuse University & Russell Acevedo Crouse Hospital
3:45PM – 4:00PM	Closing Remarks Patrick Penfield, Syracuse University

Sponsored by Snap-On Tools, Whitman School of Management – Syracuse University & Moore School of Business – University of South Carolina, MACNY & CNY APICS