Schneider Electric's Inventory Optimization Journey New Approach and Technology Needed to Take Supply Chain Performance to the Next Level
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Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014
Time: 11:30am EDT, 10:30am CDT, 9:30am MDT, and 8:30am PDT
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Abstract:
Many companies understand that optimizing inventory locally at a facility may not be the most effective way to create the best policies and correct settings.
Moving to end-to-end inventory optimization can yield significant savings and improve understanding of the drivers of inventory.
Schneider Electric decided to start this journey with one product line and we will show what they uncovered.
FeaturingW. James Watt, Partner at OPS Rules and Kyle Hamm, Vice President, Supply Chain Performance & Development North America, Schneider Electric.
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In this videocast, you will learn:
Advantage of end-to-end optimization over local inventory optimization
How to understand inventory drivers
How to derive actionable decisions
Who Should Attend:
General Management and Supply Chain Operations Executives and Senior-level Professionals
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Speakers:
Dan Gilmore Editor
Supply Chain Digest
W. James Watt
Partner
OPS Rules
James Watt has spent the past 10 years helping companies create significant competitive advantages through various aspects of their supply chain strategies. He has worked extensively with modeling, simulation and other cutting-edge technologies to help companies quantify and prioritize initiatives, create defensible value propositions and provided guidance through the realization of the opportunities identified therein. He has worked with over 50 companies including three startups with disruptive technologies. He is currently a Partner at OPS Rules Management Consultants.
James holds a Bachelors of Science in Management Science from the MIT Sloan School. He obtained his MBA in Entrepreneurship through Babson’s evening program while at Kiva Systems.
Kyle Hamm
Vice President, Supply Chain Performance & Development North America
Schneider Electric
Kyle Hamm is the Vice President of Supply Chain Performance and Development in North America at Schneider Electric. In his current role, he is responsible for industrial strategy, internal continuous improvement, supplier development, labor rebalance strategies, capital planning and core technologies across 35+ sites in North America. He has worked for Schneider Electric for over 11 years.
Kyle holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, is a licensed Professional Engineer and obtained his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Many companies understand that optimizing inventory locally at a facility may not be the most effective way to create the best policies and correct settings. 
