Tens of thousands of American manufacturing
workers have been laid off over the past year and every local community has
felt its share of the pain. The oft-quoted reason is a decline in customer
orders, but this is a reactionary approach that doesn't solve the problem
(i.e. layoffs do not create an increase in customer orders). This
presentation will cover the techniques necessary to implement a Zero Layoff
Policy.
After this clinic you will be able to:
- Accurately forecast market trends
- Value the creating of market demand
- Value the carrying excess capacity during down cycles
- increase sales in a declining market
- Transfer idle resources to value-added activities
- Balance market fluctuations with natural attrition rate
Michael D. Ford
Michael D. Ford, CFPIM, CSCP, CQA, CRE, QI, EI is a corporate
trainer/business consultant in upstate NY. He specializes in creative
thinking "outside of the box." His work history includes a wide variety of
supply chain functions: shipping/receiving; materials management; training;
logistics planning; forecasting; and purchasing. He has taught classes for
SUNY Morrisville, Binghamton University, Broome Community College and Elmira
College. His work as a consultant includes APICS CPIM courses, business
planning workshops, inventory auditing and software implementation.
Ford holds engineering degrees from Corning Community College (AS) and SUNY
Buffalo (BS). He has served as President, Education Director and Programs
Director of Southern Tier APICS and five years as the Director of Education
for Region 2 APICS. He may be contacted at michaeldford@earthlink.net.
