| Agenda |
Sunday, November 6, 2005 |
5:00 – 7:00 PM |
Opening Reception & Early Registration |
Monday, November 7, 2005 |
7:30 – 8:30 AM |
Breakfast and Registration |
8:30 – 9:00 AM |
Opening Remarks
Tony Friscia, President & CEO, AMR Research |
9:00 – 10:00 AM |
IBM’s Internal Transformation to On Demand
Linda Sanford, Senior Vice President Enterprise On Demand Transformation, IBM
Ms. Sanford is responsible for transforming IBM by changing the company’s core business processes, creating an IT infrastructure across IBM to support those processes, and helping to create a culture that recognizes the value that on demand leadership can bring to the company. |
10:00 – 10:30AM |
Break |
| Ten years ago, most client discussions started with analyses of specific vendors or cool technologies. Today, clients start with business issues and ask for insights on how to improve specific business processes. Discussions on vendors or technology happen later in the conversation, if at all. Sessions provide the following contrasting views as to the role of technology and include a very lively debate on this issue. |
10:30 – 11:00 AM |
Erik Brynjolfsson: Expert linking IT to productivity improvement
Erik Brynjolfsson is the George and Sandi Schussel Professor of Management at MIT Sloan School of Management, the Director of the Center for eBusiness at MIT, and the Co-Editor of the Ecommerce Research Forum. His research and teaching focuses on how businesses can effectively use IT in general and the Internet in particular. |
11:00 – 11:30 AM |
Nicholas Carr: Author of Does IT Matter?
Nicholas Carr is an acclaimed business writer and speaker whose work centers on strategy, innovation, and technology. His 2004 book Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 PM |
The Great Debate:
The Role of IT vs. Best Practices in Driving Productivity
Linda Sanford, Eric Brynjolfsson, Nicholas Carr, and Tony Friscia
Moderator: Ira Sager, Associate Editor, BusinessWeek
Linda Sanford, Eric Brynjolfsson, Nicholas Carr, and Tony Friscia debate what is driving productivity in today’s leading enterprises. AMR Research CEO Tony Friscia moderates. |
12:00– 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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| 3:00 – 3:30PM |
Break |
| 3:30 – 4:15 PM |
Best Practices Case Study: Department of the Navy
Nick Kunesh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Logistics)
Logistics for the Navy and Marine Corps is all about “the art of the possible.” Mr. Kunesh will share his experiences in rolling out Lean and Six Sigma for the Department of the Navy. From In-Transit Visibility systems in Iraq to F-18 engine repair initiatives and Lean implementations in Yokosuka, Japan, Mr. Kunesh presents how things get done in an organization of complexity and scale that could be equated to GE times twenty. |
4:15 – 5:00 PM |
Industry Leaders Panel—The Intersection of IT and Business Process
Peter Horvath, COO, DSW
John Withee, CFO, New Balance
Bill Ramsey, VP Operations & Six Sigma, Honeywell
Karl Wachs, CIO, Celanese Chemical
Executives with different areas of responsibility from different industries provide their perspectives on whether IT matters and how they will drive growth for their companies. AMR Research CEO Tony Friscia moderates. |
| 5:00 – 5:30 PM |
When Worlds Collide
Bruce Richardson, Senior Vice President, AMR Research |
5:30 – 7:30 PM |
Reception |
| Tuesday, November 8, 2005 |
7:00 – 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
8:00 – 8:30 AM |
It’s All About Supply Chain—The Top 25 for 2005
Kevin O’Marah, VP Research, AMR Research
The best companies exploit information technology in the supply chain by building demand-driven supply networks. These leaders deliver better results to shareholders and customers by speeding up the cycle of innovation, automation, and domination. AMR Research’s newly released Top 25 for 2005 will be released along with analysis of how this group gets more bang for buck in their IT investments. |
| 8:30 - 9:15 AM |
Best Practices Case Study: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Gary Maxwell, Senior Vice President, Merchandise Replenishment, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The supply chain is becoming increasingly complex for both retailers and manufacturers. These complexities require firms to build new, innovative supply chain capabilities to drive growth and manage costs. Often, these capabilities are developed from a technology perspective that focuses on building planning and execution systems. However, the real rewards—and challenges—lie in developing practices and processes that improve supply chain execution between supply chain partners. Gary Maxwell will discuss his view of the challenges the industry faces managing inventory flow across the global supply chain, and some of the innovative approaches that Wal-Mart and other industry leaders are working on to overcome these barriers. These approaches include programs focused on developing higher skilled resources to manage supply chain activities in this rapid, global environment, creating new standards of excellence for manufacturers and retailers. |
9:15 – 10:00 AM |
Best Practices Case Study: UPS
John Sutthoff, VP Global Marketing & Strategy, UPS
John Sutthoff is vice president for the Supply Chain Group and directs the non-package companies of UPS, including UPS Supply Chain Solutions, the logistics and global freight subsidiary; UPS Capital Corporation, the company’s financial arm; UPS Consulting, and UPS Mail Innovations - all of which were created to help customers synchronize the three flows of global commerce. |
10:00 – 10:30 AM |
Break |
10:30 – 11:15 AM |
Best Practices Case Study: DaimlerChrysler
William L. Hall, Director of Production Programming & Scheduling, DaimlerChrysler Corporation
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11:15 – 12:00 PM |
Decisions 2006
This interactive panel will feature AMR Research’s experts providing actionable advice. What should you be prepared to do in the next week, next year, and in the years to come? |
12:00 PM |
Lunch to go |
