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Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Time: 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Location: Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham
Cost: $20 per person

The Challenges of Managing the Inbound Supply Chain
Presented by: Dr. Kirstin Huettner-Tong 

In 1998, Kirstin founded QMARK Solutions, Inc., a supply chain solutions company.  She currently serves as the company's President.  QMARK is a tactical supply chain planning company with core competencies in the areas of: network optimization, process improvement, transportation planning, and facilities planning.  The company's engineers provide support to suppliers who are integrated into the operations of Original Equipment Manufacturers in the automotive industry.  QMARK maintains its corporate office in Birmingham, Alabama.  The company's clients are located in North America, Europe, Mexico and Brazil.  Kirstin will talk about the challenges in managing the inbound supply chain for an automotive manufacturer.  She will address the complexity of defining the most efficient and effective material flow from the suppliers to the point of use.

Please visit http://www.qmarksolutions.com to learn more about QMARK.

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Meeting Results

• Excellent: 12
• OK: 2

1. Logistics Challenges in Healthcare management.
2. Industry differences (and similarity) challenges related to IT system constraints.
3. Build-to-Order
4. Inventory Management Basics
5. Supply Chain Measures
6. Forecasting
7. Healthcare Challenges
8. Healthcare
9. Opportunities to improve through put efficiency when labor is the gating factor.

1. Would be happy to present on RFID for supply chain, asset tracking and other applications related to operation.

• Excellent: 11
• Good: 2
• Suggestions for improvement: Introduce people before the presentation.

1. Maybe

1. YES. Caremark

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