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Welcome to the supplier forum resources page. Below you will find the agenda for our Supplier Forum which took place in October of 2007. Names highlighted in orange will take you to a bio for that speaker. If you wish to download a speakers' presentation for a particular panel, a download link following that persons name and credentials has been provided. If a bio or presentation is not listed, it is because it is unavailable.

                 

Supplier Forum Agenda - October, 2007

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Welcome
Susan Sloan, Vice President, Performance Excellence, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
   Download Susan Sloan's Welcome Address.

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Industry Purpose
Kellie Johnson, President, ACE Clearwater Enterprises, Chair CSA Space Manufacturing
Group, Joint Civilian Orientation Conference – summary of JCOC trip to the Middle East
   Download Kellie Johnson's Presentation on Industry Purpose.

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Keynote Address —
Enabling Transformation of the Space Supply Chain
Dr. Wanda Austin, President & CEO, effective January 1, 2008, The Aerospace Corporation
      Download the Keynote Presentation: Presentation - Video

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM Industry Requirements for Success (panel discussion)
Panel Chair: Marylee Siddens, Director, Subcontracts, Strategic Supplier Relationship Management,
Northrop Grumman Space Technology - Presentation-Video
Topics:
• Common industry requirements – primes’ perspective
• Supplier Transformation Initiative objectives and Dept. of Labor Supplier Survey results
– implications and resources for suppliers, gaps
• Common supplier rating systems – NASA, DoD and TAC efforts to formulate common
industry requirements
• Innovative approach – primes’ perspective
Panelists:
Peggy Berry
, Supplier Management, C3 Networks Division, The Boeing Company
- Presentation - Video
John O’Donnell, NASA JPL - Presentation
Gary Schipper, Space Quality Improvement, The Aerospace Corporation - Presentation - Video
Christine Purcell, Manager Industry Workforce and Manufacturing Development, CSA
- Presentation - Video
Page Chen, Instructional Design Consultant, Antelope Valley College - Presentation - Video
David Davis, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Chief, Systems Engineering Division - Presentation - Video
Ken Hansen, Director Supply Chain Management, Aerojet - Presentation - Video

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM Industry Realities of Collaboration (panel discussion)
Panel Chair: Kellie Johnson, President, ACE Clearwater Enterprises (discrete high precision
parts and assemblies, http://www.aceclearwater.com) - Presentation
Topics:
• Early supplier/customer interaction and shared costs, risks, benefits
• Balance of innovation and risk avoidance
• Contract structures and flow downs
• Make vs. buy decisions
• Lowest price vs. total costs
• Investment in training and tools – impact on current production
• Supplier teams – horizontal integration for turnkey solutions to the primes
• Workforce development/availability issues
• Transformation to a new supply chain dynamic network innovation model
Panelists:
Brian Shane, President and CEO, Qual–Pro (electronics contract manufacturing,
(http://www.qual-pro.com) - Presentation - Video
Dr. Keith Moo-Young, Dean of Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles (http://www.calstatela.edu/) - Presentation - Video
Ken Dozier, Executive Director, WESRAC , USC Engineering (http://wesrac.usc.edu/staff)
- Presentation - Video

11:45 AM – 2:15 PM Lunch, Networking, Raytheon Product Tour
Lunch combined with a supplier-to-supplier, prime-to-supplier, and resources “matchmaking“
session: 10-second self introductions, including synopsis of core needs (primes)
and core competencies/unique capabilities (suppliers and training providers). Supplier
attendees will switch tables. There will be a prime, agency and resources provider “host”
at each table.

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Industry Success in Transformations —
Prime/Supplier Teams
Panel Chair: Paul Dunn, Director, Performance Excellence, Supply Chain Management,
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems - Video
Panelists:
Bob Thompson
, Lockheed Martin;
Arshad Mian, Intrinsyx
The Boeing Company;
Bill Johns, Senior Systems Technology;
Dave Saunders, Hitco - Video
Daniel Callahan, Raytheon;
Frank Maggiore, Northrop Grumman; - Video
Travis Mack, Saalex Solutions; - Video
Cristi Cristich, Cristek Interconnects, Inc. - Video

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Industry Success via Leveraged Resources —
Innovative Opportunities and Implementations (panel discussion)
Panel Chairs: Charles Lundberg, The Employment Training Panel (ETP), a State of
California agency that provides up to $120 million in job training funds annually to
California employers - Video
Christine Purcell, Manager, Industry Workforce & Manufacturing Development, CSA
Panel topics:
• Beyond single supply node Lean and Six Sigma
• Simplified ETP funding process – creative implementations
• Policy awareness
• Industry-driven CACT solutions
• Economic impact and industrial process efficiency
• Innovative, Integrated Workforce and Economic Development
Panelists:
Mark Tomlinson
, Executive Director, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Presentation - Video
Dr. Marshall Gartenlaub, California Community Colleges, Centers for Applied Competitive Technologies - Presentation
Terry Weiner, Senior Consultant, California Manufacturing Technology Group - Presentation - Video
Vince Brantley, VP Business Development, Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce - Presentation - Video
Tim Shinbara, Leveraged RFID Implementation, Northrop Grumman Corporation - Presentation - Video

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Supplier/Prime/Resources Interaction Session
Capture key forum elements and develop actionable recommendations

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Closing Summary, Adjourn
  Also available for download, the Question and Answer session.

 

 

Any questions, or if you find any of the following information in error, please contact Jeff Martin of the California Space Authority.