APICS Michiana Presents -
Strengthening The Team
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Bradford U Staats
This session will introduce the participants to the tools necessary to become efficient and effective in a team environment. It will introduce them to team management concepts and basic analytical and problem solving skills.

Session content will include:
    1. What is the Role of the Team
  • Objectives of the team
  • Organizing the team
  • Individual Roles
  • Team operating procedures
    2. Effective Tools and Techniques for the Team
  • Meeting Management
  • Brainstorming
  • Analyzing situations
  • Problem solving and decision making

Bradford U Staats is owner of Peak Enterprise Solutions, a manufacturing management consulting firm in the Michiana area. He is a consultant in the areas of Lean Manufacturing, SCM, MRP, Material Management, Detail Scheduling, BOM and Routing structuring and overall ERP system implementation. Using Lean techniques, his goal is to assist clients in evaluating their businesses for cost-saving or revenue improving opportunities - the improvement of the bottom line for the client. To this end, Brad brings into play his many years of manufacturing and business consulting experience.

Brad received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas and earned a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) at DePaul University. He has taught undergraduate classes at the collegiate level and has earned the CPIM designation through the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).

In addition to 10 years of business consulting, project management and systems implementation experience, Brad has more than 16 years in the steel industry as a material flow manager where he was involved in planning, scheduling, inventory management, order management and customer service.


Agenda:
5:30-6:15 CheckIn/Networking, 6:15-7:00 Dinner, 6:45-7 Business, 7:00-8:00 Presentation
Cost:
35  for non-APICS Members, 25 APICS Members. 10 Student - ID Required
This session is worth 1 Certification Maintenance Point(s)
For Reservations: Call 574.217.0960 or EMail Reservations with the following information:
Your Name, Company Name, if employed, Address, email address (for our newsletter list), Phone Number, Number of people for whom you are making reservations, and their Names and email addresses.

To be held at:
St Marys Student Center Lower Level-Meeting Room E