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Professional Development Events
January PDM: How can Change Management improve my ERP utilization?
Date: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Location: Holiday Inn Torrance (map)
Topic Summary:
Implementing an ERP system is more than the technical aspects of the project, which is basically being on time and on budget within all the quality standards. Effective ERP implementation should also be about the people side of the project. If the performing organization implements the ERP system in such a way that the rest of the organization can’t or won’t use it quickly and efficiently, then the project is not a success! If you or your organization are implementing an ERP system or are having trouble getting effective utilization from your ERP system this presentation is for you. This PDM presentation will introduce you to a structured approach to change management. It will show you how to deal with the people side of your ERP implementation and/or utilization and will give you a set of tools for identifying and dealing with resistance.
About the Speaker:
Steve Buchwald
Project Manager
| Industrial Familiarity: |
Food products, Furniture, Cosmetics, Sports equipment, Steel fabrication, Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Audio & video replication, and Mining |
| Experience: |
Production and inventory control, Supply chain management, Project management, Process re-engineering, Lean manufacturing, Activity based management, Executive coaching |
| Work History: |
2007-Present |
Project Manager – California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
One project managed was a year long records management project at JPL |
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1991 - 2007 |
Owner – The Buchwald Group
Provided training, consulting, and coaching in the following areas: Executive Coaching, Business Process Reengineering, IT, Production and Inventory Management, and Project Management
The following is a list of the companies engaged with:
Toyota, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Smiths Aerospace, SSP Manufacturing, SCE, Neutrogena, Stila Cosmetics, Mattel, CCL Packaging, Vertex RSI, Allied Signal, R. R. Donnelly, Avery Dennison, Under Sea Industries div. of S.C. Johnson |
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1988 - 1991 |
Operations Manager – Georgio Beverly Hills
Hired, developed and managed a staff of two professionals and one clerk who analyzed cost of sales for problem areas. Interfaced daily with senior and middle management for their better understanding of financial reporting and how it can support the "TQM" approach. Chaired a task force, which included the managers of planning, warehouse, and data processing which accomplished a $2.4 million inventory reduction and a decrease in inventory shrinkage of $600,000. |
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1985-1988 |
Cost Accounting Manager - Scubapro
Initiated production activity center analyses which lead to the creation of a material burden rate as well as multiple labor overhead rates. Restructured reporting and incorporated other improvements which lead to a reduction in inventory shrinkage by 50% and to more profitable pricing. Flowcharted manufacturing process to determine key process steps and then developed performance measurements to use them in conjunction with variance reporting. |
| Education: |
Bachelor of Science - University of Cincinnati,
Master of Arts - Xavier University |
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FEES:
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$30 |
Non-Member |
$35 |
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$15 |
LOCATION/DIRECTIONS:
Holiday Inn Torrance
19800 S Vermont Ave
Torrance, CA 90502
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TIME: 6:00 PM
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