Professional Development Meeting
Joint Meeting Central Jersey APICS & ISM NJ
Location : Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
200 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873
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Date : Thursday, February 9, 2012 PLEASE NOTE DAY CHANGE
5:00 – 5:45 Registration
5:45 - 6:30 Pre-Dinner Forum
6:30 - 7:15 Networking
7:15 - 8:30 Dinner - Business Meeting - Speaker
Cost:
- $35 Members
- $40 Non-Members
- $20 Students
Pre-registration online. Walk-ins are always accepted.
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A Job Search Discussion
- Marketing Techniques
- Resume Formats
- 30 Second Elevator Speech
- Another 80 / 20 Rule
- Asking Questions
- Answering Interview Questions
- The 70+, 5 and <30 Equation
- How To Handle The $$$ Thing
- After The Interview
'Lean' is not a Dirty Word.
Robert will review his approach to continuous improvement using the Lean Methodology in a manufacturing and an office environment. You will learn the reasons why change is a requirement not an option for staying in business in today’s business climate and what you can do to have a successful implementation. Robert will also present a hypothetical example that we can use to test what we have learned during the session.
Three Things You Will Learn.
- What is change?
- Why most people do not like change.
- How to make change less painful.
Three Things You Will Take Away
- How to build a process improvement team.
- Who should be on your team
- Where to start
Who Should Attend
- Production / Materials / Office / Shipping / Inventory Managers
- Everyone that manages people and/or processes.
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Robert Russo, SPIM
Robert Russo, Rutgers University graduate with his degree in Psychology, has been in manufacturing for most of his career, encompassing extensive experience with inventory control, production, planning, shipping, receiving, warehousing and distribution. Since 1993, Robert has concentrated his time in tissue banking and medical device industries. Robert is currently the Associate Director Logistics for MTF, having joined the firm in 2006. Over the past 5 years most of his focus has been in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement.
Robert has been involved in many internal and external projects, including use of Lean and Kaisan principles for MTF operations, and Continuous Improvement time management with Carpedia College, a MTF consulting firm. He is Certified in Production & Inventory Management from APICS and is the Vice President of Education for the Central Jersey chapter.
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Gary Pezzuti
Gary Pezzuti - For 38+ years, serving the manufacturing sector, Gary has weathered 7 economic recessions, observed major changes in hiring and developed an effective method of ‘real life’ presentation techniques... satisfying the desires of candidates; fulfilling the requirements of the position and expectations of hiring authorities.
Gary is a member of North Jersey APICS since 1981 and also serves Central and West Jersey chapters, The Eric Butterworth Foundation and Military Order of the Purple Heart - Chapter 202.
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