OpEx Info Series: Critical Supply Chain Factors

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted supply chains across the world in countless ways. The immediacy and global scope of its impact has uncovered weak links and gaps in supply chains that, in many cases, resulted in significant disruption and impact. Some organizations were better prepared, responded more effectively and are better positioned to recover.

Join us for this free webinar in which we will walk through examples of supply chain impacts and successful response actions. Learn about critical supply chain success factors in these uncertain times, and what you can do to maximize your organization’s ability to recover and be better prepared to respond to future disruptions.

Intended Audience

Business and operations leaders, supply chain professionals (i.e., managers and planners), continuous improvement professionals, and anyone from any organization interested in making the supply chain more robust to guard against potential disruptions

Credential opportunities

  • Continuing Education Units (CEUs): UB TCIE grants 0.1 CEUs upon full attendance and participation of this info session for a fee of $25.
  • Professional Development Hours (PDHs): UB TCIE grants 1 PDH upon full attendance and participation of this info session for a fee of $25.

Info Series Schedule

10 a.m. 

July 22, 2020

Online webinar

Facilitator Bio: Marit P. Ogin, CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, CSSBB

Marit has close to 30 years of experience with a global manufacturing company in a wide variety of roles, including engineering, environmental regulatory compliance, quality management system implementation, contract manufacturing, training, HR, continuous improvement, and supply chain. Her 10+ years of experience in supply chain includes development and implementation of agile and responsive supply chain risk strategies and tactics to maximize upstream supply chain stability. Her expertise includes inventory strategies to enable decoupling of critical upstream assets, global warehouse inventory stocking strategies and monitoring processes to minimize non-productive inventories worldwide, and integration of visual management techniques in monthly supply reviews to highlight risk trigger points and response actions for key supply chain risks. Additionally, she has experience with supplier/raw material risk assessments and mitigation planning, supply chain disruption scenario planning, and crisis management.

COURSE CLOSED!

Another session may be scheduled if there is enough demand. Contact Gary Simon at ggsimon@buffalo.edu if interested.