2014 Fall Conference Schedule

7:00am-8:00am Registration and Breakfast

8:00am-8:15am Welcome! Opening Remark
Dr. Ananth Iyer
DCMME & GSCMI Center Director

8:15am-8:30am Greetings from the Dean
Dr. David Hummels
Dean of Krannert School of Management

2014 DCMME Fall Conference Session 1

8:30am-8:45am
Sean Anderson
Senior Procurement Manager, IBM
“Smarter Supply Chain – Innovative Use of Analytics in IBM Supply Chain to Drive Business Value”

8:45am-9:00am
Gary Smith
LEC Supply Chain Manager, Caterpillar

9:00am-9:15am
Mike Crossk
Senior Value Stream Engineer, American Axle & Manufacturing
“Material Flow & Packaging Within the Internal Value Stream”

9:15am-9:30am
Matthew Van Hoosier
Director Supply Chain, Evonik
“Balancing Probabilities and Uncertainties for Long Term Forecasting”

9:30am-9:45am Q&A Session 1

9:45am-10:15am Break

10:15am-11:45am 2014 DCMME Fall Conference Session 2

10:15am-10:30am
Dr. George Shanthikumar
DCMME & GSCMI Center Director
Dr. Karthik Kanan
Purdue Faculty, Krannert Business School of Management
“Shaping Consumer Demand within the Supply Chain”

10:30am-10:45am
Larry Hanson
Director - Manufacturing Functional Excellence, Cummins 
“Journey of Data Analytics at Cummins”

10:45am-11:05am
Sean McCreave
Manager Solutions Analysis and Modeling
Lia Douglas
Sr. Strategic Solutions Manager, Fedex
“Analysis and Modeling – Quantifying the Value of a Supply Chain Solution”

11:05am-11:20am
Cara Curtland
Strategist, Strategic Planning and Modelling, Hewlett-Packard
“Managing Complexity with Analytics and Governance”

11:20am-11:35am Q&A Session 2

11:35am-11:45am Conference Closing Remark by Dr. George Shanthikumar, DCMME & GSCMI Center Director

11:45am-1:00pm Lunch