Optimizing the management of your supply chain with results that promote continual operational & financial improvement has new meaning in today’s economy. We will demonstrate how designing the organizational architecture around your supply chain will help you solidify the necessary connections, create common language and standard work, and choose the right tools to promote focused efforts around a common purpose to meet or exceed your company’s goals.
We will work through an example using actual data and demonstrate the connections to the financial statements with specific balance sheet and income statement effects. You will hear how the cash-to-cash cycle time can be reduced as you gain visibility through simple tools and analysis. Learn how to identify variations in the supply value chain in new ways, to understand total costs at the SKU level, and to identify factors leading to profit erosion. Link your S&OP process and improve your strategic (supplier/customer) partnerships. This session will give you an introduction to Flow Duration Management™ that you can translate to tangible lessons across multiple functional areas in your organizations.
Agenda:
7:30 – Networking Breakfast
8:15 – CEO Panel in Breakfast Room;
John Ness moderating;
Sue Zazon, President, First Merit Bank,
Larry English, President, Centric Consulting
and Neal Veruerth, CEO, Orion Energy will be on the Panel.
9:15 – Introduction of Speakers and Events
9:30 - First Tract
10:45 - Break (water and coffee)
11:00 – Second Tract
Noon – LUNCH
1:00 – Third Tract
2:30 – Break (Cookies/Soft Drinks and Coffee)
2:45 – Fourth Tract – Breakout Workshop
Group A – Lighting Retrofits/Utility Rebates/Federal; AEP
Group B – LEEDS – Green up building (Doug Reardon)
Group C – LP Rebate
Group D – Lean Six Sigma – Flow Duration Management
3:45 – Wrap Up
Neal Verfuerth, CEO 
The driving force behind Orion’s explosive growth, Neal Verfuerth founded Orion Energy Systems Inc. in 1996. Under Verfuerth’s leadership, Orion has grown to a company with annual sales of $72.6 million and more than 250 employees. In 2004, Verfuerth received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Wisconsin, and two years later, Orion was named to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies.
In 2007, Orion was awarded the prestigious Alliance to Save Energy’s Super Nova Award, acknowledging the “company’s production of energy-efficient and clean energy technologies.” Verfuerth’s accomplishments as a business leader and innovator have earned him the Manufacturer of the Year Award three times by the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Association.
Besides leading Orion’s expansion into the industrial, commercial and institutional markets, Verfuerth has also created many patented products, principally the Compact Modular™ lighting platform, InteLite® wireless control system and direct renewable solar Apollo® light pipe technologies. Verfuerth’s energy-saving technology was recognized in 2008 with a Platts Global Energy award — considered the academy awards of the energy industry — for the single most innovative and sustainable technology of the year. Earlier this year, Orion’s technology won the praise of President Barack Obama, who applauded Orion in a White House speech promoting clean energy, the creation of green collar jobs and the importance of energy efficiency.
Orion Chief Executive Officer Neal Verfuerth will address the state of the energy industry and how global competition, rising energy costs and environmental regulations will affect businesses. Verfuerth will offer examples of the strategies and technology that Fortune 500 companies are implementing now to remain on the offense, including energy efficiency, which reduces energy consumption, improves the environment and reduces costs, all with an attractive
Brian K. Cain
The KMW Group, LLC specializes in cultivating peak performance in organizations and individuals by using operational excellence (lean & six sigma) tools and techniques. As a contractor, consultant, educator and coach, Brian brings his years of practical experience to organizations looking to make improvements, begin or continue their operating excellence journey.
By focusing on execution and sustainability, The KMW Group, LLC develops and implements architecture, key connection systems and uses tools that enable organizations to create breakthrough outcomes. By balancing people, processes, and information systems and creating an environment in which people think differently, organizations can constantly navigate and grow.
Before starting The KMW Group, Brian held various senior financial & operational positions, including the Executive for “lean deployment” with Standard Furniture Manufacturing Company, Inc. “Standard”. He also held various roles in Standard’s accounting department. He left Standard as the Vice-President of Operations and Corporate Controller. Prior to working at Standard, Brian worked with Ernst & Young as a senior auditor.
Brian is a discussion leader for the Alabama Society of CPA’s and the University of South Alabama Center for Continuing Education. Brian is the interim CFO for two start-up ventures. Brian is a CPA licensed in the States of Alabama and Georgia. Brian compliments his years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Accounting with a Minor in Physics from the Troy University, Troy, Alabama.
Steven T. Gran
Blueprint 57 specializes in integrating operating excellence (lean & six sigma) into organizational cultures. As a contractor, consultant, educator and coach, Steve brings his years of practical experience to organizations looking to begin or continue their operating excellence journey.
Focused on execution and sustainability, Blueprint 57 has developed and implemented architecture, key connection systems and tools that enable organizations to create breakthrough outcomes. By balancing people, process and information systems and creating an environment in which people think differently, organizations can constantly navigate and grow.
Before starting Blueprint 57, Steve held senior operational positions with Pilkington North America. He also held various roles in Pilkington’s Operating Excellence Department, implementing lean and six sigma, in both transactional and manufacturing cultures, which included the integration of Supply Chain Management. During this time Steve achieved Master Black Belt certification.
Press Release – Fairfield County
Concourse Hotel
4300 International Gateway
Columbus OH 43219
614-237-2515
Date: January 22, 2010
Time: 7:30 am – 4:00 PM (breakfast and lunch included)
