August 26, 2010
Meeting
Thursday, August 26, 2010
6:00 pm - Program
“Performance Metrics – You’ve Gone Too Far – Gearing Up for a Fresh Start” - with Eddie Davila, Sr. Lecturer, W. P. Carey School of Business
Metrics are an important component of how companies drive to results and influence behavior. Companies are often obsessed with numbers but history has proven that decisions made strictly on the numbers often lead us to disastrous results. Mr. Davila will help supply management professionals to identify the important performance indicators among the mountain of corporate data, and suggest ways in which professionals can help formulate meaningful metrics to meet their objectives. This presentation is not intended to survey performance measurement but to help supply management professionals to better meet their objectives, motivate their subordinates, and promote the goals of the supply chain and their corporation.
What Will Be Covered
Why do we measure? Motivation, Productivity Improvement, Cost Consistency, Cost Control
What are the end results of poor metrics?
Benefits to Attendees
Identify performance metrics that enable you to achieve your goals and objectives, make good decisions, and enhance your promotability
Through performance metrics, how can you help streamline and make your supply chain more effective?
How can you help transform toxic work place cultures and improve morale?
How can you better impact your company's growth and bottom line.
About the Speaker:
Eddie Davila is a senior lecturer in supply chain management at the W. P. Carey School of Business. Over the last 12 years, Eddie has introduced the concept of supply chain management to over 10,000 students. He has been a finalist for the J. W. Teets Teaching Award 3 times. He has taught courses in Global Supply Chain Management, Changing Business Processes, and the award-winning interdisciplinary Building Sustainable Homes, taught through the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University. All of these courses allowed student teams to work on real-life consulting projects for national and international corporations. His twelve-part video series on the basics of supply chain management is being used to teach and preach the importance of the supply chain management field to young people at multiple
universities.
Eddie Davila received his undergraduate degree in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (UIUC) in 1993. He then acquired his MBA from Arizona State University in 1996.
Price:
$25.00 - members who call prior to deadline
$30.00 - members calling after the deadline
$45.00 - non-members who call prior to deadline
$50.00 - non-members calling after the deadlineTime: 5:00 pm - Professional Development/Workshop (if scheduled)
5:00 pm - No Host Bar
5:30 pm – Monthly Meeting Registration and Networking
6:00 pm – Dinner and Program SpeakerREGISTRATION PROCESS
When you attend the meeting, you may use the credit card given, a different credit card or pay by cash or check.
DEADLINE: Sunday, August 22, 2010
If someone registers and does not attend the meeting or does not cancel 48 hours in advance of the meeting, the credit card will be charged. No Exceptions.
Where: Phoenix Airport Hilton
2435 S. 47th Street
Phoenix, AZ
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