Event Details |
2017 Utility Purchasing & Materials Management Conference |
04/19 - 04/21/2017 |
Sheraton Music City Hotel |
Nashville, Tennessee |
04/19/2017 | |||
UTILITY PURCHASING & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE | |||
8:30 am - 4:00 pm | PRE-CONFERENCE OPTION: Workorder, Inventory & Plant | ||
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Welcome Reception | ||
04/20/2017 | |||
7:15 am | Registration Open | ||
7:15 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast with the Sponsors | ||
8:15 am | FIRST GENERAL SESSION | ||
8:15 am | Welcome and Sponsor Acknowledgement | ||
8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Presentation: Human Negotiation through Body Language and Non Verbals | ||
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Unmanned Aircraft in the Utility Industry | ||
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Meet the Sponsors Break | ||
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Valley Supply Chain Update | ||
10:50 am - 11:00 am | TVPPA as a Resource | ||
11:00 am - 11:30 am | BO1: Purchasing - Contract Best Practices | ||
11:00 am - 11:30 am | BO2: Materials Mgmt - Workorder Generation to Picking Lists | ||
11:40 am - 1:15 pm | Lunch with Friends and Colleagues (on your own) | ||
1:15 pm | SECOND GENERAL SESSION | ||
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm | BO1: Purchasing - Vendor Evaluations | ||
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm | BO2: Materials Mgmt - Warehouse Storage Optimization | ||
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Meet the Sponsors Break | ||
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm | BO1: Purchasing - Open Forum | ||
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm | BO2: Materials Mgmt - Open Forum | ||
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Sponsor Acknowledgement | ||
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Reception | ||
04/21/2017 | |||
7:00 am - 8:00 am | Breakfast with the Sponsors | ||
8:00 am | THIRD GENERAL SESSION | ||
8:00 am - 8:30 am | Benefits of a Standards Committee | ||
8:30 am - 9:00 am | The Value of Managing Surplus | ||
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Scrap Metal Disposal | ||
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Meet the Sponsors Break | ||
10:00 am - 11:00 am | FEMA Procurement Regulations During a Crisis | ||
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Purchasing and Materials Management - Which Comes First? The Chicken or the Egg? Answers to Your Questions | ||
12:00 pm | Adjourn |