Web Seminars
SDCExec.com presents a series of live and on-demand Web seminars featuring presentations from experts in the global supply and demand chain field. Sign up for upcoming webcasts or view the archives by clicking the links below.
Upcoming Seminars
Electronic Component Pricing — Risks and Opportunities
Rick Pierson – Senior Semiconductor Analyst for IHS iSuppli
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring IHS
Thursday, August 11, 2011 * 11:00 a.m. ET
When describing the global electronic component market, the one word that is most commonly used is volatile. The term volatile is certainly an apt adjective to describe the pricing and availability of electronic components.
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The Measuring Stick: Strategies to Manage and Improve Procurement Performance
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring Puridiom
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 * 2:00 p.m. ET
What is the standard of comparison when it comes to procurement performance? Do you know how to translate procurement savings into metrics that resonate with finance? Are you finding and taking advantage of all the opportunities that can come from a collaborative CPO/CFO partnership?
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On-Demand Seminars
Supply Clear Up the Cloud of Confusion
A definite answer to what the cloud is, isn't and what it all means to procurement
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring Coupa
Tuesday, June 29, 2011 * 2:00 p.m. ET
From consumer services to enterprise solutions, it seems everyone is doing something in "the cloud". But if you were to ask each provider what the cloud is, you are likely to get dozens of different answers, and very little clarity.
During this session, we will clear up the confusion so you can see through the "false" clouds to identify real solutions that will allow you to take full advantage of everything the cloud has to offer from innovation and scalability to rapid implementation and cost savings.
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Supply Chain Quality Networks: Creating Superheros Every Day!
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring Camstar
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 * 1:00 p.m. ET
Executives, Supplier Quality and Component Engineers are increasingly challenged by global outsourcing and fragmented supply chains. As the depth and breadth of the supply chain increases, the complexity of maintaining control over quality escalates. Undetected quality issues are revealed through the ballooning cost of component defects, scrap, and inspection costs, which in turn drain margins and pose delivery and warranty costs to the final product. This session discusses a unique approach for managing critical component quality across your global supply chain
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Optimizing Distribution Execution: Best practices for perfect supply chain execution
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring Kiva Systems, RedPrairie Corporation and JDA Software Group
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 * 1:00 p.m. ET
Companies are operating leaner and meaner in the "New Normal." Demand volatility is high, margins are under increased pressure, and resources already are stretched thin. And, of course, Supply Chain is on the spot like never before to deliver "perfect execution" at a lower cost.
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Securing Market Access for Medical Devices
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring IHS
Friday, May 6, 2011 * 11:00 a.m. ET
How might market access, strategic investments, or sales and operations plans for medical device companies be at risk from the Japan crisis, new regulations, counterfeit electronics, or the rising cost, lead time, or shortages of components? Find out.
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Aftershocks in the Supply Chain: How to respond to crisis, assess global scenarios, and mitigate risk
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring IHS
Thursday, April 21, 2011 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Lean, extended, and integrated are terms synonymous with most every global supply chain today. Until today, when have we so vividly asked if these should really be fragile, brittle or prone to failure? From semiconductors to displays, to automotive and consumer electronics, the devastating earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan continue to reverberate throughout the global electronics supply chain.
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Counterfeiting, Obsolescence, and Risk: Solutions to mitigate cost, risk, theft and security disruptions in your supply chain
Hosted by SDCExec, and featuring IHS and ERAI
Thursday, April 7, 2011 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Counterfeit risk and supply-chain security concerns have been rising significantly over the last decade. Many have touted the benefits of their supply chain outsourcing strategies. Now, a reliance on integrated circuits made outside the United States and manufacturing networks based largely outside North America are under the CEO spotlight.
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Avoiding Counterfeit Risk: How to mitigate part and supplier risk
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring IHS and ERAI
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Just one counterfeit incident poses risk ranging from catastrophic brand damage to costly halts in production or unnecessary design and development.
Your supply chain is under assault and may already be infiltrated. Counterfeit or sub-standard parts – electronic or otherwise - are a serious and growing threat.
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Launching a Successful Supply Chain in an Emerging Market – spotlight: Brazil in the NOW.
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring Flash Global Logistics, Juniper Networks, Steve Blaz & Associates
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 * 2:00 p.m. ET
Achieve Speed to Market in Brazil. Secure your Post Sales Service Strategy. Hear what the Experts are doing to support Brazil.
Emerging market supply chain success can be challenging to companies going global. Unique requirements surface due to geography & transportation, local customs and regulations, distance from HQ. Take for instance, Brazil.
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Unfolding the Smart Grid Roadmap
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring IHS CERA and NEMA
Thursday, December 16, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Smart Grid is potentially one of the most disruptive technologies to impact the global power industry. This vast network of power lines, advanced meters, sensing, communication, and control technologies, linked through universal standards and protocols, poses both anticipated and unforeseen opportunities and challenges. In this complimentary web seminar, experts from IHS CERA and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) will provide a critical and realistic view of Smart Grid and how it will likely unfold.
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Pfizer Finds the Formula to Cut both MRO Inventory and Downtime Risk
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring Pfizer and IHS Inc.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Pharmaceutical companies cannot risk downtime – even minutes of lost production for a pharmaceutical plant negatively impacts the bottom-line. So it's no surprise that availability of spares is extremely important – to the point that for Maintenance, Repair and Operating (MRO) inventory, the focus is usually on minimizing risk, NOT costs.
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Conflict Minerals in the Supply Chain
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring IHS Inc.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Almost overnight, deeply entrenched high tech industry experts and the general public alike, were startled by the inclusion of “conflict minerals” being signed into law within the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten are among materials subject to regulatory requirements that seek to limit or eliminating materials that support parties linked with human rights abuses and funding armed groups in or near the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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The Perfect Storeroom
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring PCA and IHS Inc.
Thursday, October 28, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Discuss practical steps you can take to drive significant improvements to your bottom-line by implementing storeroom and inventory best practices.
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Addressing the Engineering Knowledge Vacuum
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring SAE International and IHS Inc.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
The need for technical skills and information to maintain a competitive advantage has never been higher. Engineers today are under an enormous amount of pressure to keep up with the latest developments in their industry as well as document, report, audit, and share information in ways they’ve never had to before.
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Optimizing the Medical Supply Chain
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring Kaiser Permanente and IHS Inc.
Thursday, October 5, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
RoHS2 and EU REACH, Conflict Minerals, Healthcare & GPO Scorecards… non-existent even a few years ago, but now having a profound impact on medical manufacturing and healthcare purchasing.
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Standards and Regulations in the Medical Device Industry
Hosted by SDCExec, featuring IHS
Thursday, September 30, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
The medical device and equipment industry is highly advanced, highly competitive, and highly regulated. There are thousands of engineering standards for all aspects of design, development, manufacturing, use, and disposal – not to mention the myriad of regulations. This web seminar will discuss how to gain a competitive advantage by better managing the standards and regulations that affect medical device manufacturing.
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Build a Foundation for Growth while Minimizing Business Risk
Hosted by SDCExec and JDA Software
Thursday, September 23, 2010 * 2:00 p.m. ET
In today's volatile market environment, successful midsize companies must implement new strategies to achieve their growth objectives while minimizing risk to their businesses.
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Adapting your Supply Chain to Rapidly Evolving Environmental Regulations
Hosted by SDCExec and featuring IPC and IHS
Thursday, August 26, 2010 * 11:00 a.m. ET
Environmental regulations are complex and as they evolve, they are certain to affect electrical and electronic equipment. While the EU's REACH may be attracting the most attention today, other regions including Canada, the US, Japan, Taiwan, China, and India are adopting or strengthening their own chemical regulations.
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