Outsourcing Design and Manufacturing

Agenda

Wednesday - November 6
7:00–8:00	Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:15–9:30	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Outsourcing From Strength Jason Richardson, Cutting Edge Information
9:30–10:30	Case Study Protecting Your IP - Trust Everyone, But Document Everything Jim Markwith, Adobe Systems, Inc.
10:30–11:00	Break
11:00–12:00	Case Study Benefits of Long-Term Outsourced Design Relationships Dean Lodwig, Zebra Technologies & Ravi K. Sawhney, RKS Design
12:00–1:00	Lunch
1:00–2:00	Creating a Networked Virtual Organization Mellanie Hills, Cisco Systems
2:00–3:00	Strategic Outsourcing: Moving Transactional Outsourcing Relationships Up the Value Chain Phyllis Charlton, Hughes Network Systems & Ajay Kumar Gupta, Hughes Software Systems
3:00–3:15	Break
3:15–4:15	Ethicon Endo-Surgery/Plexus Case Study Ken Kramer, Ethicon Endo-Surgery & Dave Hahn, Plexus Corporation
4:15–5:15	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Strategies for Making the OEM / EMS Relationship Work Jim Sacherman, Flextronics
5:30-7:00	Networking Reception
Thursday - November 7
7:30–8:30	Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30–12:00	WORKING SESSION A Strategic Outsourcing: Strategies for Getting Started - Practical Steps to Selecting the Right Providers, Negotiating Terms and Managing Provider Relationships Facilitators: Maurice F. Greaver, author, Strategic Outsourcing Allen J. Klein, ShawPittman LLP
12:00–1:00	Lunch
1:00–5:00	WORKING SESSION B Setting the Stage to Work Effectively with Contract Design Firms Facilitators: Tom Merle, Design Continuum Dan Buchner, Design Continuum Mike Pickett, Moen, Inc.
	WORKING SESSION C Successful Strategies for Working with Contract Manufacturers Facilitators: Dr. Vince DePalma, Solectron Keith McDonald, Solectron
5:00	Program Adjourns

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