"Don't Blame the Forecast: Do you know what your forecast is telling you?" December 10, 2009

Co-sponsored by: ISM-7 Counties, NYCONN Roundtable, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and Tappan Zee APICS
Topic: "Don't Blame the Forecast: Do you know what your forecast is telling you?"
Salvatore Ganino; BSIE, CFPIM, CSCP, CQA, CQE, CQMgr JONAH

Organizations fail to anticipate the future. They often lose sight of the important message in the ‘noise’ and believing what they want to believe. This presentation will offer some ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ of forecasting and an understanding that changes in the sampling data must be anticipated, recognized and quickly reconciled.

Our Speaker:
Salvatore A. Ganino BSIE, CFPIM, CSCP, CQA, CQE, CQMgr . JONAH
A Graduate of Northeastern University, he has over 40 years of manufacturing experience in manufacturing, having held the position of Industrial Engineer, Chief Industrial Engineer, Production Superintendent, Materials Manager, Plant Engineer, Plant Manager, Operations Manager and Director of Manufacturing.
An active member of APICS since 1989, he has held many positions along the way and continues to serve today. As President of the Albany chapter, he also served as Regional Vice President for Region II. He completed JONAH training at the Goldratt Institute and holds CFPIM and CSCP certifications.
A member of ASQ since 1991, he served on two separate occasions as Section Chair for the Hudson-Mohawk Section and continues working as a staff member. He holds CQA, CQE and CQM certifications
As an Adjunct Instructor, he taught Production and Operations Management and Managing for Quality at the College of Saint Rose, Production and Operation Management at the State University of New York (SUNY) Albany. He is an APICS Qualified Instructor Certificate for the CPIM Body of Knowledge and continues teaching the BOK.
His presentations include ‘Value Stream Mapping’ at the 55th NEQC Conference in 2004, Quality Tools at a Joint meeting of APICS and ASQ in Northern New Jersey and several times at local and area APICS and ASQ meetings.
After serving six years as Senior Management Analyst for the Center for Economic Growth; Consulting in ISO 9000 and LEAN Manufacturing, Sal opened his own consulting business; Manufacturing ETC.
Feature Presentation: Date: December 10, 2009
Sign-in and Networking: 5:15 p.m.
Feature Presentation Speaker: 6:00 p.m.
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Road , Tarrytown , NY, (914-631-2200). The Marriott is located on the south side of Route 119 (White Plains Road ) 1 mile east of the Tappan Zee Bridge/west of the I-87/I-287 interchange in Tarrytown.
Cost (cash or check): $30 (for members); $35 (for guests); $15 (students)
Reservations: Contact Larry Holtgrewe, Executive Secretary @ 203-218-4694 or [email protected] or (fax) 203-220-9431 by December 7, 2009. Please RSVP and indicate if you are staying for dinner or want to attend just the presentation (at no charge).
Elaine Griffith
Program Chair - ISM-7 Counties

Official Website: http://www.ism-7counties.org/