Meetings
The Falls Cities Chapter holds Professional Development Meetings
every month from September through May. Please look below to get more
information about upcoming meetings and past meetings.
Professional Development Meeting Schedule 2009-2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Speaker: Ranida Harris, Assistant Professor of Management
Information Systems in the School of Business, Indiana University
Southeast.
Topics: Using Excel for Data Management.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Speaker: Robert W. Turner is a long time member of PMAL. He has over 40 years of practical
business experience in a variety of capacities and industries.
Topics: How to Identify, Manage, and Mitigate Risks (Pre-dinner
session) and Strategies For a Down Economy (Dinner meeting)
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Topic: UPS Worldport tour
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Speaker: Ai-Su Chen, a Ph.D. candidate in Operations and
Management Science Department, Carlson School of Management, University
of Minnesota
Topic: QRM – Quick Response Manufacturing
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Speaker: Bill Ritchie, Principal of Customer Chain Consulting
Topic: Strategic Buyer-Supplier Relationship Dissolution: What
Can We Learn from the Ford-Firestone Breakup?
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Speaker: Paula Wyler George
Topic: “Clouds” a conflict resolution tool (Theory of
Constraints)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Speaker: Mary A. Redmond, a seasoned negotiator, speaker, author
and entrepreneur.
Topics: How to Get More of What You Want Every
Time (2-hour seminar) and The Lease Speak System: Your Guide to Saving
Money on Leases (Dinner meeting)
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Speaker: Casey Miller, Regional Vice President, KY and TN Region
for Fastenal Industrial and Construction Supply.
Topic: Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
Past Meeting 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
- Paula Weyler George, VP of Business Development for Specialty
Tool and Machine Company. Topic: “An Introduction to Theory of
Constraints”
Thursday, March 19, 2009
-Terry Lunn CFPIM, CIRM is a certified APICS instructor and
internationally known speaker. Topic:
“Four Ways to Triple Your Inventory Turns”
Thursday, February 19, 2009
-Frank Miller, President and founder of Dynamic Outcomes Topic: “The
nature of trust, its impact and value in business relationships"
Thursday, January 15, 2009
-Jeff Korfhage from Safetran Systems in Louisville
Topic: “Sustaining Continuous Improvement in Today's World"
Past Meetings 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008 -Rence Oliphant - Senior
Director of North American sales for Hendrickson International. Topic:
"Turbulent Times in the Marketplace – Dealing with our Current Economic Environment"
Thursday, September 25, 2008
-Keith Stewart - Operations Manager for Raytheon Topic: Raytheon’s path
to the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
Thursday, May 15, 2008
- It’s our 50th Anniversary. Our humorist for the evening is Dr. Clifford
Kuhn, The Laugh Doctor. He will have us
laughing and he will help us inject more humor into our lives.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
- Thomas D. LaBaugh, MBA, Ph.D. -
President, LaBaugh and Associates Topic: “Manger versus Leader” An
entertaining look at the contrast and effectiveness of old style versus
new style, conflict resolution and motivation.
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