Professional Development Meetings

Reservations are due by Friday, March 5th
$10.00 APICS Members
$20.00 Non-members
Payable at check in (No-shows are billed.)

For Reservations, e-mail cedarvalleyapics@gmail.com

Supply chain management strives to synchronize a firm’s processes and those of its suppliers in an effort to match the flow of materials, services and information with customer demand. In order for synchronization to occur, many processes of the firm such as order placement, order fulfillment, purchasing and logistics must be coordinated in order to match customer requirements. Supply – demand mismatches can lead to either expensive oversupply in the distribution channel, or to product shortages. This latter situation can lead to significant customer dissatisfaction and severely damaged brand image. In this session, several key supply chain issues will be identified and suggestions for actions that can improve supply chain performance will be discussed.

Timothy J. Lowe is the Chester Phillips Professor of Operations Management at the Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa. He formerly served as Director of the College's Manufacturing Productivity Center. He has teaching and research interests in the areas of supply chain management and operations management. He received his BS and MS degrees in engineering from Iowa State University and his Ph.D. in operations research from Northwestern University. He has served on editorial boards for several academic journals and has held numerous grants from the National Science Foundation to support his research on logistics and location theory. He has published more than 80 papers in leading journals in his field. Professor Lowe has worked as a project/process engineer for the Exxon Corporation, and has served on the faculties of the University of Florida, Purdue University and Pennsylvania State University. At Purdue, he served as the Director of Doctoral Programs and Research for the Krannert Graduate School of Management. He has considerable experience in short-course design and delivery, and executive education both in the U.S., as well as overseas. In addition, he has served as a consultant in the areas of supply chain management and operations management for several companies.