SherTrack will speak on “NEXT GEN
S&OP: Scenario Planning Supported by Predictive Analytics” in
Munich, Germany at APICS Affiliate, PMI Production
Management Institute, February 8, 2010. (www.PMI-M.de)
SherTrack invited back to
participate in and contribute to NGPHARMA Europe Summit, in
Lisbon, Portugal, Mar 29-31, 2010. (www.ngpsummit.eu.com)
SherTrack & CHAINalytics plan to
present a NEW 3-hour workshop on “NEXT GEN S&OP: Building
Blocks of Success” at IBF’s Demand Planning & Forecasting
Conference in San Francisco, CA, April 2010. (www.ibf.org)
(www.chainalytics.com)
SherTrack & CHAINalytics will
profile the fundamental Building Blocks for NEXT GEN
S&OP success. These will focus on methodologies such
as….1) Product Portfolio Management…..2) Customer
Tiering/Segmentation &…..3) Total-Cost-to-Serve Supply
Chain Model.
SherTrack & DuPont to present 3-hour
workshop at IBF London conference, Feb 1, 2010 covering
“NEXT GEN S&OP: Scenario Planning using Predictive
Analytics & Digital Modeling”
View the Agenda
SherTrack launches its New 3-Tiered
Strategic Solution Platforms leveraging Predictive
Analytics, Discrete-event Simulation and DOE methodologies
to drive Rapid Improvements in Operational Excellence.
See Download Tab for PDF.
SherTrack to Speak, Chair a Flight
and Exhibit at IQPC’s Premier 11th Annual Six
Sigma & Process Improvement Summit, Jan 18-21, 2009,
Orlando, Florida
(http://www.leansixsigmasummit.com)
SherTrack
to Collaborate with IQPC to produce a compelling Webinar on
OE, Operational Excellence, highlighting their
DMAIC/Modeling work at Bayer Materials Science for IQPC’s
December 2009 e-Newsletters & Web Site.
(www.sixsigmaiq.com/index.cfm)
(www.shertrack.com)
SherTrack publishes new Whitepaper
on “RCP; Rail Car Planning & Fleet Sizing”,
leveraging Predictive Analytics & Discrete-event Simulation.
Visit Download Tab for PDF.
First-of-a-Kind Supply Chain Risk
Management MBA course to be introduced at Lehigh University
in 2010 by SherTrack VP, Gregory L. Schlegel, CPIM, CSP,
Jonah.
This new course is an introduction to
balancing enterprise-wide complexity, uncertainty and risk
to achieve supply chain excellence and sustainability. The
course covers the basics and best-in-class elements of the
Sales & Operations Planning process along with new
stochastic/probabilistic methods in support of scenario
planning at the enterprise level. The course will introduce
new sources of supply chain uncertainty, complexity and new
risk models and tactics and will leverage Web-based Digital
Modeling/Discrete-event Simulators that support new
approaches to enterprise-wide S&OP scenario Planning.
SherTrack to Participate in and
Contribute to NGP, Next Gen PHARMA Executive Conference,
Sept 15-17, 2009, Bremen, Germany. (www.ngpsummit.eu.com)
The Summit 15th - 17th September 2009
Exclusive Roundtables
Roundtables and Panel Discussions will run for a minimum
of 40 minutes. At least ten minutes will be dedicated to
questions from the floor, giving all attendees an
opportunity for interaction and a chance to create
dialogue between themselves, their peers and the
industry leader.
Read More...
NGP Summit Europe 2009
The Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical industry has
the challenge of finding more innovative ways to get
products to market more effectively and profitably. In
this new era of global commercialisation the industry
needs to overhaul their business models to improve the
agility and flexibility of their organisations "go to
market" strategy.
SherTrack to Collaborate with IQPC
to produce a compelling Webinar on OE, Operational
Excellence, for their Oct-Nov 2009 e-Newsletters & Web Site.
(http://www.sixsigmaiq.com/index.cfm)
SherTrack & DuPont to Facilitate
3-hour Workshop at IBF’s October 2009 conference, titled..”NEXT
GEN S&OP: Scenario Planning Supported by Predictive
Analytics & Digital Modeling”
(http://www.ibf.org/conferences.cfm?fuseaction=conferenceDetail&conID=252)
SherTrack to participate in
SixSigmaZone’s CEO Interview Program. SherTrack will discuss
the tremendous benefits of new Predictive Analytics, in
complex manufacturing, for publication and broadcast during
4th Quarter 2009.
SherTrack to publish articles on
NGPHARMA North America’s web site & in their magazine:
(www.ngpharma.com)
SherTrack will be authoring several articles on
Innovation and Supply Chain Excellence in the PHARMA
arena. Situations discussed will be—Managing Complexity,
Mitigating Risk, The New Efficient Frontier and driving
Working Capital Excellence through the use of new
solution methods such as Stochastic/Probabilistic
Predictive Analytics.
SherTrack now Contributing to
iQualityPocess Blog on Theory of Constraints:
(www.iqualityprocess.com)
SherTrack is contributing on a regular basis to this new
and exciting dialogue on TOC, Theory of Constraints.
iQualityProcess has many blogs covering areas such as
Lean/Six Sigma, Change Management and more.
SherTrack to speak at Atlanta
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SherTrack plans to speak at this very
large gathering of Operations Management Professionals in
January 2010. The discussion will revolve around a Case
Study at Bayer where SherTrack leveraged Digital
Modeling/Discrete-event Simulation and Lean/Six Sigma to
drive overwhelming agility & manufacturing responsiveness.
(http://www.apicsatlanta.org/)
SherTrack to publish article in upcoming July-09 issue of
Supply Chain Management Review.
(www.scmr.com)
(www.valeocon.com)
SherTrack, along with
Lean/Six Sigma guru and former PWc/IBM Lean Six Sigma
Practice Partner, Richard Smith, now with Valeocon
Consulting, will be profiling a Case Study leveraging
the concepts from their 2005 SCMR article on DODSC,
Dynamic On-Demand Supply Chains.
SherTrack
& Valeocon begin collaboration to drive overwhelming supply
chain value for Pharmaceuticals.
Direct
the Power (www.valeocon.com)
“What is our mission? To help clients achieve and
sustain improvements in business performance. What makes
us different? We listen, understand and formulate
solutions that the clients own, based on their unique
business needs, situation and culture.”
The Partners of VALEOCON
SherTrack to contribute to IQPC’s Process Excellence Week
conference, Sept 21-24, Chicago, IL.
SherTrack will present a very new continuous improvement
concept coined….”TLS”, Theory of Constraints-Lean & Six
Sigma and discuss how these established improvement
methodologies are being leveraged together to drive
overwhelming value to the bottom line.
http://www.processexcellenceweek.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=141814&langtype=1033
SherTrack to speak at the APICS International
Conference, in Toronto, Oct 3-7, 2009.
(www.apics.org)
SherTrack will present a Case Study profiling how Bayer
Material Sciences coupled Lean/Six Sigma methodologies
with Digital Modeling/Simulation to drive improved
manufacturing responsiveness.
SherTrack will be speaking Sunday, October 4, 2009
at 4pm.
SherTrack to speak at APICS' Congress-for-Progress-34
Conference, April 15-17, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA (www.cp-apics.org)
SherTrack will speak on new
Demand Management methodologies and techniques and
facilitate a forum covering SRM, Supplier Relationship
Management.
SherTrack Plans to Contribute to
Aberdeen SCM Summit Dialogue, April 2-3, 2009, San Francisco (www.aberdeen.com)
Creating Strategic Alignment for Global Competitive Advantage
April 2-3, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco
In
partnership with Enterprise Technology Management (ETM) and
Material Handling Management (MHM), Aberdeen Group's Summit
will address the pressures that supply chain executives face
in this dynamic global trade environment.
AIT & SherTrack Collaborate on New,
Monthly e-Newsletter: (
www.theaitgroup.com
)
The AIT Group and SherTrack have begun
a collaboration that involves providing their existing
clients and interested Lean/Six Sigma professionals with a
continuous stream of intellectual capital and process
improvement synergies to drive supply chain excellence. (www.theaitgroup.com)
SherTrack to Contribute to POMS,
Production Operations Management Society Annual Conference, May
1-4, 09, Orlando, Florida
SherTrack will participate in a panel
discussion revolving around mitigating risk in the supply
chain by leveraging Stochastic/Probabilistic techniques at
this very prestigious academic gathering. (www.poms.org/conferences)
SherTrack to Contribute to Business
Management Quarterly Magazine:
SherTrack will be developing an article
coined…. “Complex Manufacturing: Business Process Innovation
for Competitive Advantage”, for publication in 2nd
QTR 09 issue and Web Site. (www.busmanagement.com)
SherTrack & The AIT Group team
up to co-exhibit at iSixSigma Live Summit 09 conference, Jan
13-16, 2009, Miami, FL
This
event is shaping up to be the premier event of 2009. No
other conference organization has the level of
speakers that we have secured, and with our iSixSigma-unique
editorial focus and networking opportunities, this will
prove to be the one
event that Lean Six Sigma and operational excellence
professionals should attend in 2009.
Homepage:
http://live.isixsigma.com/miami
SherTrack will exhibit, chair a flight
and co-present a Case Study at IQPC’s 10th Annual
Lean Six Sigma Summit, Jan 19-22, 2009, Orlando, FL
Click here for SherTrack’s sponsor
discount/code
Organized by:
International Quality &
Productivity Center (IQPC)
2009 celebrates the 10th
Annual Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit. As the
original and biggest Lean Six Sigma industry event, 2083
senior attendees and over 312 thought leading speakers have
taken part over the last decade. The 10th Annual Lean Six
Sigma & Process Improvement Summit 2009 is history in the
making. Each year the freshest and most innovative content
led by the Lean Six Sigma community for the community, has
been laid bare. Lean Six Sigma secrets are divulged and
solutions are brainstormed by the most aspiring minds in the
industry, to help you, take that next step on the Lean Six
Sigma journey. Each year the agenda is tailor-made to
support the current challenges in deployment programs, to
recognize the best of the best community achievements
through the prestigious Process Excellence Awards, and
deliver you fresh inspiration through the wide choice of
presentations.
Book now and remember that
Business Process Trends members and readers receive a 15%
discount if they email to
enquiry@iqpc.co.uk , call +44 (0)20 7368 9300 or
register via web at
www.leansixsigmasummit.com
and quote this code IGB-BPT-LSSPIS.
SherTrack will participate in and be a
sponsor for the prestigious NGP, Next Generation Pharmaceutical
Summit, at the Royal Evian Resort, Lake Geneva, France, Feb
24-26, 2009 (www.ngpsummit.eu.com)
The NGP Summit is led by a Standing
Committee of senior executives in the industry who are
determining the themes and topics of the Summit. Over 40 leading
CEOs, Managing Directors, COOs, EVPs and VPs responsible their
specific business units will gather to re-assess their business
models to improve the agility and flexibility of their
organisations “go to market” strategy. The summit is an ideal
way to meet with like-minded professionals to discuss and
resolve these challenges.
A series of senior level focus groups
involving dozens of executives from leading pharmaceutical and
biopharmaceutical manufacturing companies, has lead to a unique
and comprehensive schedule. Over the two day program, C-Level
business leaders will engage in solution briefings, break-out
sessions, roundtable discussions, networking and workshops at
the stunning Royal Evian Resort, Lake Geneva, France. This is a
unique opportunity for busy, like-minded executives at the
highest level to speak with peers at other pharmaceutical
service companies about their concerns and challenges
Future
Pharmaceutical USA’s Lean/Six Sigma Podcast with Deloitte and Sanofi-Aventis, November ’08. ( www.futurepharmaus.com
)
SherTrack will participate as
a panel member in a very novel Podcast, in November, 2008,
discussing Lean/Six Sigma DMAIC projects and Digital
Modeling which are emerging in the Pharma manufacturing
arena as Critical Success Factors for supply chain
excellence.
Future Pharmaceuticals has
forged powerful relationships with key industry leaders to
provide a platform for successful brand recognition, and for
senior decision-makers to have the means to procure and plan
implementation strategies based on the topics covered.
Positioned to be an authoritative resource within top Pharma
companies as well as small, specialty, and biotech, Future
Pharmaceuticals magazine is geared to create a deep
penetration into a highly targeted and responsive audience,
bridging the gap between the industries' top issues and the
solutions top-tier vendors can provide.
Pavilion Technologies, a Division of Rockwell Automation,
Value Forum ’08 Event, October 7-10, in Prague, Czech
Republic.
http://www.pavtech.com/Forum
Value Forum ’08 is an
exclusive event bringing together plant managers, operations
managers, environmental managers and engineering personnel
from around the world seeking insight into how they can
achieve new performance levels.
SherTrack Chairs the Supply Chain Flight and more....at the
Upcoming IQPC Six Sigma Summit, September 16-18, 2008, in
Chicago, IL (www.iqpc.com)
SherTrack will be chairing the
Supply Chain Flight at this large Six Sigma Summit along
with exhibiting and co-presenting a Lean/Six Sigma DMAIC
project with Bayer MaterialScience.(www.bayerus.com)
SherTrack 2-day seminar on Demand Management,
August 14-15, 2008 in Singapore
(www.unistrategic.com)
SherTrack will drive a 2-day seminar
covering new Demand Management methods and techniques and
their impacts on Supply Chain Excellence.
Bayer MaterialScience and
SherTrack team up to publish Lean/Six Sigma DMAIC article with
Auto Focus Asia magazine and web site.
(www.autofocusasia.com)
SherTrack Lean/Six Sigma Case Study in Amsterdam,
June 26th, 2008
SherTrack will be profiling
one of their Case Studies describing how their Digital
Modeling & Discrete-event Simulation solution supports Six
Sigma DMAIC projects within the supply chain arena.
SherTrack will be hosted by IBM Europe and Verwoerd
Consulting & Logistics, an Authorized APICS Education
Provider.
(www.verwoerd.nl)
(www.ibm.com/nl)
SherTrack to manage a
3-Hour Interactive Workshop profiling their new DDPM,
Demand-driven Predictive Manufacturing approach versus the
classical PUSH supply chain @ SAPICS' South African Supply Chain
Summit, Sun City, SA, June, 2008 (www.sapics.org.za)
SherTrack will facilitate
a 3-Hour Interactive Workshop that will profile their
new DDPM approach versus the classical PUSH supply chain
at this very prestigious supply chain forum in South
Africa. This workshop will develop new business
solutions for different scenarios, using Simulators, and
will describe the major differences between traditional
supply chains and DDPM. New concepts introduced will
be--- demand sensing, demand shaping, use of
probabilities for demand pattern recognition,
Event-driven S&OP along with stochastic inventory
optimization and more.
SherTrack will also present a Case Study describing how
coupling DDPM with Six Sigma DMAIC methods demonstrated
overwhelming benefits in terms of managing conflicting
objectives such as-- simultaneously increasing service
levels, reducing inventory, improving capacity
throughout and reducing production costs.
SherTrack & Bayer co-present at ISSSP's Premier Six
Sigma Leadership Conference, May 19-22, 2008(www.isssp.com)
Bayer MaterialSciences' VP of Continuous Improvement,
Connie Conboy, will be presenting an Executive Overview
of Shertrack's recent collaboration with Bayer's Six
Sigma Team at this prestigious conference. Conboy's
presentation will discuss the genesis of the project,
the leadership aspects, corporate buy-in and execution
aspects of the Six Sigma DMAIC project which was
supported by Shertrack's Digital Modeling,
Discrete-event Simulator and rigorous
Design-of-Experiments methodology.
SherTrack will also be facilitating a 2-hour detailed
workshop covering the major elements of the project,
including its compelling bottom-line improvement
findings.
SherTrack also plans to co-exhibit with their
new partner, The AITGroup. (
www.theaitgroup.com
) The ISSSP's Leadership Conference will be held in
Scottsdale, AZ
Bayer MaterialScience &
SherTrack co-present at WCBF’s Six Sigma Summit, in Chicago,
April 29 – May 2, 2008
(www.wcbf.com/quality)
SherTrack
becomes corporate affiliate member of ISSSP Six Sigma Community
(www.isssp.com)
SherTrack
Teams with AIT Group…..Premier Lean/Six Sigma Business
Improvement Organization
(www.theaitgroup.com)
SherTrack Co-presents with Bayer
MaterialScience at SPE’s AUTOEPCON Show, April 22, 2008
Visit
the Downloads Area for Presentation
Bayer MaterialScience will be speaking
at this very high-profile automotive and plastics event
profiling how they’ve leveraged SherTrack’s Six Sigma
Simulation Services to drive profitable manufacturing
response changes. SherTrack will also be exhibiting at this
one-day event, in Sterling Heights, MI, at the Best Western
Sterling Inn, April 22, 2008.
View the Agenda
(www.4spe.org)
(www.speautomotive.com)
(www.spedetroit.com)
SherTrack Engages with Two New Process
Manufacturers Leveraging its New SNAPPS AP, Asset Planning
Solution & Services
SherTrack has begun an extended
engagement with a major advanced Polyolefins manufacturer
and with the one of the world’s largest PET container
manufacturers.
SherTrack will be leveraging its newly
released SNAPPS AP, Asset Planning Solution and Services
Package to drive bottom-line results through its assets &
production planning and simulation techniques. SherTrack
will be providing supply chain services and solutions to
enhance planning processes by simplifying and speeding up
the planning process, reducing time required to match supply
with demand, dramatically expanding visibility of their
supply chains and ensuring optimal-feasible production plans
resulting in rapid manufacturing responsiveness.
SherTrack Releases New SNAPPS AP, Asset
Planning Solution & Services
SherTrack has released its newest
Probabilistic Asset Planning Solution & Services Package for
the process manufacturing arena. SNAPPS AP augments
SherTrack’s existing suite of probabilistic manufacturing
execution solutions-- SNAPPS XL and SNAPPS PM. With this
innovative asset planning solution, SherTrack will be
providing supply chain planning services and solutions that
will enhance planning processes by providing greater
planning precision and accelerating the planning
process—reducing the time required to match supply with
demand and support event-driven S&OP.
This latest package of manufacturing
execution solutions and services will dramatically expand
visibility into the supply chain, drive down operating costs
and ensure manufacturers have the ability to produce and
evaluate optimal-feasible production plans resulting in
rapid and profitable manufacturing responsiveness.
SherTrack Partners with MetaOps—A Lean
Six Sigma Services Organization…..
Sustainable Profits Driven by
Innovation, Lean Six Sigma and Market Awareness…is the
mantra of SherTrack’s new partner.
MetaOps™ helps companies who desire
to improve their market share and/or profitability. Their
philosophy of business transformation blends together an
extensive tool kit of "operational excellence" methodologies
such as Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen Team Activities, Theory of
Constraints, Quality Function Deployment, MetaOps
Marketing™, and other best practices. This powerful approach
drives rapid improvements in every aspect of their client’s
business performance by transferring knowledge to their
client’s staff for sustainable improvement. (www.metaops.com)
SherTrack to Facilitate 5-Hour
Workshop on DDIM, Demand-driven Inventory Management at APICS'
Congress for Progress, April, 2008: (www.cp-apics.org)
Visit
the Downloads Area for Presentation
SherTrack will facilitate a 5-hour
workshop on Demand-driven Inventory Management at the
prestigious APICS Congress for Progress, or CP-33, April 23-25,
ill cover new approaches to managing demand
variability and uncertainty through new techniques such as
Stochastic/Probabilistic demand and supply methodologies.
SherTrack will also touch on elements of AMR's new DDSN,
Demand-driven Supply Networks, Demand-Sensing, Demand Shaping
and Profitable Manufacturing Response along with CPFR,
Event-driven S&OP and Dynamic Inventory Optimization.
APICS' Congress for Progress will be held in Baltimore's Inner
Harbor, April 23-25, 2008.
See you there!
SherTrack to facilitate
3-Hour Interactive Workshop Profiling How they've Coupled
Digital Modeling/Simulation with Six
Sigma Statistical Methods for Profitable Manufacturing Response
at WCBF's Six Sigma Summit, Chicago, April 29, 2008
(www.wcbf.com/quality/5082)
SherTrack and a major chemical clients' Six Sigma Lead will
facilitate this workshop to provide insight into how a Six
Sigma DMAIC process was supported by Digital Modeling,
Discrete-event Simulation and DOE, Design-of-Experiments to
quantify and qualify manufacturing process improvements.
This workshop will walk the attendees through the elements
o the DMAIC process that were established and executed to
evaluate manufacturing stretch opportunities to support
major, new business goals of agility, responsiveness and
market penetration. The WCBF Six Sigma Summit will be held
in Lombard, IL from April 29 through May 2nd, 2008.
SherTrack presents
Lean/Six
Sigma DMAIC, Supply Chain Modeling Case Study at APICS 2007
International Conference: (www.apics.org)
SherTrack presented a Case Study
profiling how a Major Polypropylene manufacturer leveraged
Lean/Six Sigma DMAIC methods and combined those rigorous
data-driven techniques with SherTrack's Demand-Driven Predictive
Manufacturing modeling solution to drive compelling benefits
within three months.
SherTrack presented on Monday, October 22nd @ 4:15pm
APICS International Conference, with over 4,000
attendees, was held in Denver, October 21-23, 2007.
SherTrack & Salesforce.com Team Up to Offer "30-Day Free
Trial" CRM:
SherTrack & Salesforce.com have
teamed up to provide SherTrack clients and interested parties an
opportunity to "TEST DRIVE" Salesforce.com's latest On-Demand
CRM solution for FREE!
As part of Salesforce.com's partner ecosystem, SherTrack is
providing Salesforce.com customers
leading-edge Demand-driven Predictive Manufacturing solutions
that are producing rapid
manufacturing ROI with a host of synergies benefiting the demand
side of the business as well.
If you are a SherTrack client, prospect or just passing through,
please take advantage of this very special, FREE offer, to "TEST DRIVE" Salesforce.com's On-Demand
CRM solution for 30 days.
PRESS RELEASE in APICS June, 2007
Worldwide Publication: (www.apics.org)
SherTrack LLC announces WebTop
SNAPPS XL for the process industry. The solution integrates
data from existing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets into a
graphical planning board with integrated key performance
indicators monitoring, dynamic alerts and predictive
analytics. The browser-based solution quickly evaluates
"what-if" scenarios or production schedule changes before
committing resources.
SherTrack LLC participates in Pavilion
Technologies' Value Forum Conference 07 (
www.pavtech.com )
Austin, TX-- May 14, 2007... SherTrack LLC, a
leader in Demand-driven Predictive Manufacturing
solutions for process manufacturers, collaborates
with and exhibits at Pavilion Technologies' annual
Value Forum 07 conference.
Society of Plastics Engineers
Newsletter May 2007 - SherTrack Reference
May, 2007
SherTrack Presents at Society of Plastics
Engineers Automotive Engineering Plastics Conference
March 22, 2007
SherTrack
Partners with EPICOR Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions
Provider
March 20, 2007
SherTrack Achieves Microsoft Certified
Partner Status
October 10, 2005
SherTrack Introduces Powerful New Scheduling Engine
April 15, 2005
SherTrack Releases SNAPPS V3.0
April 12, 2005
SherTrack's SNAPPS Improves Manufacturers Response to Demand
Volatility
August 13, 2004
SherTrack Recognized as Part of a New Breed of Supply Chain Solutions
June 18, 2004
SherTrack Launches to Provide Inventory Planning and Scheduling Software for Chemical and Process Industries
May 19, 2004
