Supply Chain Webinars

US Port Infrastructure: Myths and Realities

February 09, 2022 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Juan J. Flores, Jr. has over 20 years of financing, project management and transportation/resiliency planning (public/private) experience working across the U.S. in supply chain operations and sustainability, ports/waterways and Class I freight railroads. His responsibility includes developing quality assurances and quality controls (QA/QC) implementation plans for state/federal agencies He has also worked with counties in developing Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) forecasting the capital needs and projects for parks, buildings, airports, rail right-of-way acquisition, highways and water & sewer facilities. He has developed regional strategic plans for local/statewide Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPOs) and Economic Development Corporations (EDCs) agencies to ensure a coordinated planning strategy.

Lean Six Sigma for Operational Excellence

January 12, 2022 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Tom Davison is a global operations and supply chain executive with a track record of delivering remarkable results in product development, supply chain, and operations management. He has led the development of numerous innovative products worth hundreds of millions dollars and delivering breakthrough improvement in both time-to-market and quality, winning numerous industry awards and patents along the way. He is a Master Blackbelt in Lean Six Sigma, and ran global Operations Excellence at Celestica and Otterbox, championing key global initiatives such as lean six sigma and flawless product launch. Tom currently teaches supply chain management at FGCU, and provides supply chain and operations management consulting to clients across the US.  He holds a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from Regis University in Denver.  Justin Mills is a believer in using the common sense approach to LeanSigma to transform an organization. In his 20 years of industry experience spanning the Specialty Chemical and Medical Device spaces, Justin has successfully employed Lean and Six Sigma tenets along with a strong focus on customer outcomes to deliver the coveted WIN/WIN; practical improvements coupled with financial results. This approach propelled him to progressively more senior roles in R&D, Operations, Logistics and his current role of driving organizational transformation as Operations Excellence Manager at Arthrex. Underpinning his industry experience is a BA in Chemistry and Certificates in Engineering Management, LeanSigma and a Six Sigma Green Belt. In his free time pre-COVID, Justin enjoyed adventuring abroad with his wife, Ana; but now enjoys time out in Southwest Florida with her and his dog Angelo.

Supply Chain Certifications and Operational Excellence – A Conversation

December 15, 2021 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Join us for a conversation between Dr. Piyush Shah and Mukesh Kolhe... Dr. Piyush Shah is an accomplished supply chain professional and has the distinction of training more than 1,000 senior and mid-level professionals from 20 countries. Piyush is currently an assistant professor at FGCU and conducts certification training for the Center for Supply Chain Excellence. He holds a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from the Arizona State University. He is a certified trainer for ASCM (APICS), CSCP, and CPIM certifications. His unique skills lie in leveraging knowledge from optimization, behavioral science, and sociology in solving supply chain problems. Mukesh Kolhe is the Managing Director of MKay Consulting Pte Ltd. Mukesh is the ex-CEO of Suzion Australia and as VP and Operations Excellence Country Manager at ABB. He led Suzion Australia to double digit margins and established Suzion Australia as a benchmark for Operations and Maintenance Services. He has experiences in various domains like renewables, switchgears, automotive, food manufacturing, etc. and has led teams from multiple cultures in Australia, Germany India and China.

Improving the Healthcare Supply Chain with Blockchain

October 13, 2021 / The Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

John Greaves is a globally recognized leader in technology who has pioneered development in DLT and Blockchain. His work in the Standards, Regulatory and Compliance areas for over 40 years enables him to support the rapid adoption of Blockchain DLT, revolutionizing IT as he states "in the post Turing era.” His drive towards the creation of sophisticated, Value Models based on a strong economic background, his leadership role in the Standards Community in Data Acquisition, and the rapidly emerging need for data that is focused on Value Models - not simply “data for Data's sake” - all combine to make him a thought and best practice leader in Blockchain adoption. This has led John to becoming one of the first in his field to apply Value Models in Supply Chain and Health Care in particular. His OHIO Principle (Zero Human Intervention Operations) is the backbone of the assessments and evaluations that are driving rapid adoption of Blockchain DLT. Greaves has been the founding chair of several US, EU and British standards groups. He works closely with and continues to be a part of the EU Blockchain and DLT Programs. He was the leader of the GTAG program for EAN.UCC and developed, among many significant implementations worldwide, usable inter-operable IT and Data Processing engines. These very engines have rapidly been adopted by Standards and Regulatory IT Architecture. John has served with distinction in multiple standards and equipment regulation bodies including ETSI, CEPT, CEN, ISO. As such, he has also addressed and been a member of many of the leading industry bodies including GS1 Healthcare Solution Partner, GS1 Inter Industry Blockchain Council, ISO, IEC, IEEE, ANSI, BSI, DASH 7 in Protocol Security, and several NGO Organizations and governmental agencies engaged in Citizen Well Being. John is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. Greaves is a frequent contributor to leading industry publications and public media including Corporate Investment Times, CIO Magazine, and Air Transport International where his thought provoking commentary and practical resolution of issues on Blockchain and DLT Implementation form the basis of many of today’s successful rollouts. Specialties: Leading Authority on next Generation IT, Standards Framework and Execution. Provides leadership, inspiration and overcomes the challenges of growing business.

Data Driven Decision Making at Microsoft

September 08, 2021 / The Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Apoorav Trehan is a part of the Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain team and is currently leading the strategy office for the Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain. Over the past 16+ years with Microsoft, he has had the opportunity of being in Software Product Development, Cloud Supply Chain Data and Analytics as well as Cloud Supply Chain Finance. Outside of work, he loves to build robots, cook and read. His wife is a structural engineer leading digital transformation at a large firm and they have a 9-year old son who is totally into Harry Potter!