BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7080e01d-7df7-41f2-a568-4053163b9de6.185428@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20180216T153157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180216T153157Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Theater SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Sustainability in the extended global supply chain DESCRIPTION:Plenary Speaker: Ron Ireland\n\n\nIn today's world of global\, extended supply chains\, interactions between multiple trading partners is common and\, many times\, necessary. However\, this has resulted in in efficiencies that have caused enormous amounts of waste: wastes\, such as additional costs in logistics\, manufacturing production and excess inve ntory. All of these costs associated with supply chain failures have resu lted in excessive pollution in the air and water\, and poor manufacturing practices is resulting in increased global warming. What is now known as the supply chain bullwhip will be a focus on this presentation and how m any leading businesses in all industries are now resolving these issues u sing techniques\, such as integrated business planning (IBP) and collabor ative supply chain planning. The goal is to smooth the supply chain bullw hip\, aligning the extended supply chain with consumer demand and optimiz ing the extended supply chain to significantly improve profitability resu lting in many sustainability benefits.\n\n\nThis plenary address will als o be shown live at: publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/ireland \n\n\nPublic Affairs Conference held April 10-12\, 2018 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s trong>Plenary Speaker:&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missouristate .edu/conference/presenters/1663/ron-ireland">Ron Ireland</a></strong></p> \n<p><span>In today's world of global\, extended supply chains\, interact ions between multiple trading partners is common and\, many times\, neces sary.&nbsp\;However\, this has resulted in inefficiencies that have cause d enormous amounts of waste: wastes\, such as additional costs in logisti cs\, manufacturing production and excess inventory. All of these costs as sociated with supply chain failures have resulted in excessive pollution in the air and water\, and poor manufacturing practices is resulting in i ncreased global warming. What is now known as the supply chain bullwhip w ill be a focus on this presentation and how many leading businesses in al l industries are now resolving these issues using techniques\, such as in tegrated business planning (IBP) and collaborative supply chain planning. The goal is to smooth the supply chain bullwhip\, aligning the extended supply chain with consumer demand and optimizing the extended supply chai n to significantly improve profitability resulting in many sustainability benefits.</span></p>\n<p><em><span color="#303031">This plenary address will also be shown live at: publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/ireland<em><s pan color="#303031">&nbsp\;</span></em></span></em></p>\n<p><a href="http s://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/">Public Affairs Conferenc e</a> held April 10-12\, 2018</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180411T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180411T130000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR