Carol A. Ptak, CFPIM, CIRM, Jonah, PMP

Main presentation:
The Performing Enterprise-It's All about the Bottom Line

As supply chain management becomes a key component of competitive strategy, a critical issue will be the flexibility of the supply chain. A flexible supply chain is one that can quickly and efficiently adapt to changing customer requirements. This presentation will define the dimensions of supply chain flexibility and provide examples of companies that have created flexible supply chains.

This topic was presented at the 2003 APICS Int'l Conference in Las Vegas

Speaker: A leading authority in the use of ERP and Supply Chain tools to drive improved bottom line performance, Ms. Ptak’s expertise is well grounded in over two decades of practical experience as a successful practitioner, consultant and educator in manufacturing operations. Her pragmatic approach to complex issues and dynamic presentation style have her in high demand worldwide on the subject of how to leverage these tools and successfully become an e-business. Ms. Ptak was the President and CEO of APICS, The Educational Society for Resource Management for the year 2000. She is currently employed by PeopleSoft as Vice President of Industry Strategy for the Manufacturing and High Tech Electronics Industries.

She holds an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology and completed the EMPO program at Stanford University. Ms. Ptak is a frequent educator at the university level and presents at many key technical conferences around the world including South Africa, France, Israel, Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands and nine APICS International conferences. She is the author of numerous articles and the books MRP and Beyond and ERP, Tools, Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain. Her latest work, Necessary but not Sufficient was co-authored with Dr. Eli Goldratt and Eli Schragenheim.

Ms. Ptak is certified through APICS at the fellow level (CFPIM) and was certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) with the first group internationally. Prior to her election as APICS President, she served on the Society board of directors as Executive Vice President, Vice President SIGs, the SIG committee for Small Manufacturers (SM SIG), 1995 TEAM committee and the 1996 International conference committee. A highly accomplished author, lecturer and trainer, Ptak has successfully combined a solid academic base with over 20 years of pragmatic experience. She knows how to turn theory into practical realities in today’s changing organizations striving to become e-businesses.

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