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Manufacturing – A Competitive Advantage for the Company
FOOD MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing – A Competitive Advantage for the Company

Sarvi Bajwa is the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing for Danone, North America. Danone is a multi national food products corporation based in Paris, with well known brands in our markets such as Danon, Oikos, Activia, Danimals, Silk, and International Delight.

Prior to Danone, Sarvi was with Coca Cola North America as a Vice President of Supply Chain, responsible for operations in US and Canada for Juice, Dairy, Hydration, and Food Service. During his time with Coca Cola, Sarvi was also a champion of gender diversity initiatives in supply chain, becoming the founder and sponsor of “WE RISE” (Women Elevated Results in Success for Everyone).

Before Coca Cola, Sarvi held various manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics assignments with consumer products companies such as Procter and Gamble, Avon, and Alberto Culver, in Texas, Maryland, and Delaware. Through out his career, he built a reputation of turning around underperforming operations into high performing organizations by building strong teams, developing future leaders, creating a culture of winning, and chalking out strategies that provided competitive advantage to the organization and the enterprise.

Sarvi has Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Houston, and an MBA in Marketing from Loyola University in Maryland. He has also completed a Supply Chain management and leadership certification from the Georgia Tech.

Sarvi and his wife Sonya reside in Columbia, Maryland. They have two children. Raj, who is a graduate of University of Maryland, and University of Texas, also lives in Maryland and is in the investment field for a large commercial and retail banking services company. Their daughter, Sameena is a graduate of Boston University, and is a software engineer for global event management company.

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Welcome Day Panel: Inflation Impacts on Procurement and Sourcing
SUPPLY CHAIN — NA, VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN

Welcome Day Panel: Inflation Impacts on Procurement and Sourcing

How are organizations of different sizes and footprints dealing with the impacts of inflation on their procurement operations?
Taking lessons learned from past economic downcycles and applying them to today’s business landscape
Sharing the pain points and easing burdens: The power of rebalancing long-standing business relationships have fallen out of equity to strike new mutually beneficial arrangements
Exploring lean methodology and other solutions that can reduce costs and do more with less in difficult times

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Graco’s Supply Chain Journey: Driving Global Inventory Performance
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Graco’s Supply Chain Journey: Driving Global Inventory Performance

Bernie has over 20 years of business experience in Manufacturing, Purchasing, Distribution Operations, ERP implementations (Oracle), and would be described as a team leader. I carry strong oral and written communication skills, along with strong system proficiency. He also has close to two decades of progressive and diverse experience in Procurement, Inventory, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Production Control Management. With a high energy level focused on continuous improvement, he is willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish a mission, and carry a strong commitment for success.

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Using Connected Planning to Meet Complex Supply Chain Challenges with Speed and Resilience
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Using Connected Planning to Meet Complex Supply Chain Challenges with Speed and Resilience

Eric Lange brings 31 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, primarily in Forecasting, Demand Management, Inventory & Production Planning, as well as IBP/S&OP leadership roles. After 22 years of being a supply chain practitioner, he wanted to help as many corporation discover and benefit from true planning solution that is for the modern world and to help transform supply chains to handle today’s speed of business and change. This led Eric to Anaplan.

Today, Eric has been with Anaplan for 7.5 years in a few Supply Chain roles, including Customer Success and Product Marketing. Most of the time at Anaplan, Eric has been a Principal Solutions Consultant. In this role, Eric has helped many customers understand the full potential of connected planning with Anaplan to drive accuracy and confidence in Supply Chain Planning, as well as achieve tremendous results and value.

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Unlocking The Power of Digital Planning Twin to Gain Value by Connecting Strategic and Tactical Decisions
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Unlocking The Power of Digital Planning Twin to Gain Value by Connecting Strategic and Tactical Decisions

Lee has 29 years’ experience in the parcel shipping industry at Pitney Bowes and UPS, with 12 of those dedicated to postal-induction products. Lee has broad experience designing and optimizing networks, including postal-induction, small package, air, and freight.  He was responsible for the design, launch, and integration of new products. Lee is currently responsible for Network Strategy and Design, Service Performance, Postal Operations, and Transportation Analytics.

Lee holds an MBA and dual Bachelors’ from the University of Kentucky.  He mentored in various programs, such as Engineering Development Program and was an active supporter of the Women’s Leadership Development program.  Lee and his wife Rhea have 2 children, Ethan (21) and Lauren (19), and reside in Crestwood, KY.

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The Speaker Roundtable from NASCES23 —A Conversation About Supply Chain Issues and Ideas
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The Speaker Roundtable from NASCES23 —A Conversation About Supply Chain Issues and Ideas

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the top speakers from the 2023 edition of the long-running and successful North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series sit down and speak to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

With topics ranging from Digital Transformation and AI, to Forecasting and S&OP, to Procurement, Inventory, Talent, Labor, and more this wide-ranging conversation will see four senior supply chain executives from four very different companies speaking to the issues, ideas, innovations, and inspirations that matter to all of them as prompted by their peers. It is a fantastic deep dive into what is most relevant to supply chain organizations today. Give it a listen!

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Improving Forecasting and S&OP — A Conversation with Alex Kahsar of ifm Supply Chain
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Improving Forecasting and S&OP — A Conversation with Alex Kahsar of ifm Supply Chain

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Alex Kahsar of ifm Supply Chain to talk about one of the biggest issues supply chain leaders are struggling with right now: Something has happened to forecasting and S&OP accuracy in the post-pandemic business landscape. The tried, tested, and true best practices built up over years are not producing numbers that can be relied upon. How can any company do its best work building upon a fuzzy foundation? At the end of the day, Sales and Operational Planning and Sales and Operational Execution can only work with the numbers they are given, and too often either demand is not being met and money is being left on the table, or too much supply is being carried as inventory. Fortunately, technology and subject matter experts are keeping on top of the changing business realities, and there is a real opportunity for supply chain organizations to upgrade, retool, and rebuild their forecasting capabilities to create numbers that can be acted on with confidence. Give this episode a listen!

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