Professional Development Meeting Presenters
Tuesday April 13, 2010
Merle W. Roberts, CPSM, C.P.M. is an internationally recognized speaker and seminar leader. He has presented over 900 full-day seminars on a variety of supply management topics ranging from “Fundamentals of Purchasing” to “CPSM Exam Preparation”. He has delivered programs in 30 states in the U.S., three provinces in Canada, Mexico City, Mexico and Beijing, China.
Mr. Roberts is the Founder and President of Perpetual Frontiers - a management consulting firm specializing in business process improvement and professional development training for the supply management profession. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Management at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and has over twenty-five years of experience in Purchasing and Supply Management.
He taught as an Associate Professor in the Purchasing and Supply Management program at Coastline Community for twenty-three years and developed programs and taught for CSU-Dominguez Hills, UC-Riverside, and Fullerton College. He is a contributing author to ISM’s CPSM Instructor Courseware, the author of ISM’s C.P.M. Review Course Module 4: Management - A Self-Study Workbook, and a contributing author of ISM’s C.P.M. Study Guide. He is also a former member of the C.P.M. item writing and review committee.
He is a past President of the National Association of Purchasing Management - Orange County and has served as their Certification Chairman since 1981. He has been providing guidance and training for C.P.M. candidates for more than twenty-seven years. He has received recognition and awards over the years for his outstanding work in the area of professional development - including being named the “Professional Development Person-of-the-Year” for 1985, “Member of the Year” for 1993 and the “Leadership Award” recipient for 1994 by the National Association of Purchasing Management - Orange County. In September of 1993, he was recognized as one of the “Top Nine Purchasing Professionals in America” by Electronic Buyers’ News.
Tuesday March 09, 2010
David J. Frayer is Director of Executive Development Programs in The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University, where he leads a group responsible for design, development and delivery of executive and professional education programs and two executive education and corporate learning facilities (The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development in Lansing, Michigan and the Management Education Center in Troy, Michigan). In addition to these responsibilities, he also co-directs the annual Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Executive Seminar (June 6-11, 2010). Prior to assuming these responsibilities, Dr. Frayer was involved in The Global Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Initiative, a third-party procurement and supply chain benchmarking effort involving over 200 companies worldwide. He received his Ph.D. in marketing, logistics and international business at Michigan State University and previously received his B.A. and M.B.A. in marketing from Michigan State University. Prior to returning to Michigan State University for his Ph.D., Dr. Frayer was part of a product development staff group at Ameritech Publishing, Inc. (Troy, Michigan).
Dr. Frayer is co-author of Best Practice Model for ECR Alliances: Guidelines for the Development, Implementation and Maintenance of Alliances, a research report prepared for the Best Practices Operating Committee of the Joint-Industry Project on Efficient Consumer Response. He is also a co-author of World Class Logistics: The Challenge of Managing Continuous Change, a research-based book prepared for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and New Product Development: Strategies for Supplier Integration, a research-based book prepared for the American Society for Quality. He has published articles in the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Marketing Education Review, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Focus, The Logistics Handbook, The Distribution Management Handbook, The Handbook on Industrial Sourcing and Logistics Technology International as well as conference proceedings at the National Science Foundation, Decision Sciences Institute, Association of Marketing Theory and Practice, Institute for Supply Management and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Dr. Frayer is a frequent speaker at professional meetings, academic conferences and executive development programs. His research interests include strategic alliances, benchmarking, supply chain integration and global procurement and logistics strategy.
Dr. Frayer is a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the Supply Chain Management Council of West Michigan and recently received the 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award for the advancement of the supply chain management profession in West Michigan.
Tuesday February 16, 2010
Douglas Wilterink is the founder and Managing Director of DW Associates, a restructuring and turnaround consulting practice located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Doug launched and led a consulting practice through Conn Geneva & Robinson, CPA’s in Muskegon, MI. In 2006 he formed DW Associates LLC. Focus is on distressed business consulting, managing company liquidations and turnarounds, strategic and tactical planning, and succession planning. Services include Financial Modeling (cash flow forecasting, ROI analysis, estimating and costing), Leadership Development Services (vision, communications, and execution), Bankruptcy and Receivership (trustee assistance and court appointed receivership services), Supply Chain and Dealership consulting to large OEM’s, and other business advisory services.
Wednesday November 11, 2009
Randy Gilbert CPIM, CSCP, PMP is Director of North American Logistics for Wolverine World Wide in Rockford. He has over twenty years of experience is manufacturing, information systems, distribution / warehousing, and project management experience. Randy has supported manufacturing and warehousing operations in the US, Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe as well as held project leadership roles in manufacturing and warehouse management systems implementation. He holds a BS in Engineering and Management and an MS in Management Systems. Randy will be speaking on ‘Warehouse and Inventory Management: Leveraging Assets in the Supply Chain’
Warehouses and inventory are often a major portion of a company’s assets. Managing inventory effectiveness, accuracy, aging as well as keeping an eye open for continuous improvement in operations can have a significant impact on cost and customer satisfaction. This presentation will outline some techniques for improving accuracy and operations, reducing costs, and applying appropriate technology to enhance warehouse performance.
Tuesday October 13, 2009
Joseph Sandor is the Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor of Practice in Supply Management at the Broad School of Business at Michigan State University. The endowment was initiated by Broad School alumnus Richard J. Metzler, managing director of Trove Partners LLC, to honor his former teacher, Professor Emeritus John H. Hoagland.
Sandor also is the former President and CEO of Creative Procurement Strategies. Prior to forming CPS, where he advised clients such as Harley-Davidson, Rolls-Royce, Whirlpool, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Motorola, ConAgra and Sara Lee, Sandor was CPO and director of Corporate Purchasing and Logistics for the Sara Lee Corporation for 15 years, responsible for nearly $12 billion in annual purchases. This followed positions at Beatrice, NL Industries and General Motors.
Sandor has expertise in the areas of cost prevention/reduction, team building, strategic supplier alliance formation, systems development, logistics optimization, shared services and consolidated procurement. He earned a BA from the University of Miami and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) and Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) credentials, and he was an adjunct professor at The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Tuesday September 8, 2009
Bruce Schedlbauer, APR, currently holds the position of Marketing and Communications Manager for the Department of Aeronautics of Kent County, Michigan. He is responsible for air service marketing, advertising, marketing research, development of public information programs and materials, community affairs, special events management and news media relations activities of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Prior to assuming his present duties in November 1993, Mr. Schedlbauer held the position of Marketing Product Manager for five years with First Bank System, Inc., a major regional financial institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Schedlbauer held the position of Marketing Analyst for Fingerhut Companies, Inc., a leading direct marketing company located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mr. Schedlbauer holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has earned Professional Accreditation status from the Public Relations Society of America. His current professional affiliations include member and former Chairman of the Marketing and Communications Steering Group of the Airports Council International – North America, member and former Board officer of the West Michigan Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the West Michigan Tourist Association. Mr. Schedlbauer is also a licensed private pilot.