Automotive Supply Chain Forum

Thursday, Sep 16 2010 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM AWST

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Mi Thai Restaurant

2/F 195 Anfu Lu
Shanghai China
Phone: 021-54039209

Speaker Manoj Mehta, Stefano Piccoli, Huchu Xu

Position: General Manager, Supply Chian Director, Director
Company: Goodyear, IVECO, Booz & Company

Event Description

Automotive Supply Chain Forum to be held in Shanghai on September 16, 2010.

In today's globally competitive business environment, automotive manufacturers and their suppliers are under relentless pressure to provide innovative products in shorter time cycles, at reduced cost and with improved quality. The industry players need to create and manage streamlined processes with collaboration and total visibility. They also have to synchronize plans and activities with business partners along the supply chain.

The Automotive Supply Chain Forum will be an exclusive gathering that brings together senior-level executives with a select and diversified group of manufacturers, parts/components suppliers and leading-edge solution providers to converge over these vital industry issues. Topics on the agenda include the Chinese car industry, global procurement practices, parts and finished vehicle logistics, collaboration and supply chain best practices.

Why Attend?
> Learn how you can achieve a demand driven automotive supply chain
> Debate the key issues within supply chain and logistics in China
> Identify the cutting edge practices being taken by some leading automotive companies
> Find new opportunities for cost reduction in your supply chain and logistics
> Benchmark your company’s supply chain performance against your competition & customers
> Assess how new automotive solutions can increase your productivity.

Industry Expertise
All of the presentations at the forum come from supply chain executives in the automotive industry - offering you insider tips and proven strateges - not sales pitches. This is an excellent opportunity to share supply chain innovations in the automotive sector and very effective for networking with key counterparts.

What Will I Learn?
At the Automotive Supply Chain Forum, you’ll hear only from your peers at the top of your industry. Their insight and case studies will give you proven strategies that have propelled their supply chains to world-class status. With a focus on quality industry-led presentations, the Forum is specifically designed to give you useful insight and key knowledge that you can take back to your company and actually put to use. The in-depth panel sessions give you further opportunity to really question the experts and benefit from their years of experience.

Key summit topics will include:

> Chinese car industry

> Global procurement practices

> Parts and finished vehicle logistics

> Collaboration and supply chain best practices

> IVECO Supply Chain Management and Saic-Iveco Hongyan experience

Who will attend?

As the leading supply chain professional organization in China with a community of over 25,000 professionals, this event will attract the most dynamic and senior executives interested or involved in supply chain operations in the automotive sector. It will be a must-attend event for all working in the supply chain community and the audience will include VPs and senior executives responsible for supply chain, sourcing, procurement, logistics, transportation and manufacturing best practices.

What: Automotive Supply Chain Forum
When: Thursday, September 16, 8:30am-10:30am
Fee: Council Members pay for RMB200, Non-Members pay for RMB 400
Where: Mi Thai Restaurant, 2/F 195 Anfu Lu, Xu Hui District, near Wulumuqi Lu. 徐汇区安福路195号2楼(近乌鲁木齐北路).

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Automotive Supply Chain Forum

Thursday, Sep 16 2010 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM AWST

Speaker Manoj Mehta, Stefano Piccoli, Huchu Xu

Position: General Manager, Supply Chian Director, Director
Company: Goodyear, IVECO, Booz & Company

Biography

Goodyear Global Sourcing and AP Procurement Operations Experience
Manoj Mehta is General Manager, Global Sourcing & AP Procurement for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He leads Global Sourcing and AP Procurement operations with a team of 90 and 8 direct reports, responsible for defining & implementing Goodyear's sourcing strategy with $1.25 billion direct and indirect spend across 10 plants through out Asia Pacific. Mr. Mehta is dedicated to build organization and capabilities in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam to support LCC sourcing strategies across raw materials, capital equipment, finished goods, MRO & indirect materials to achieve LCC spend - 30% of global by 2012. He has solid experience in managing end to end Global Sourcing operations from supplier development to sourcing, quality assurance, supply chain, logistics, finance, planning, and controls as a P& L center. Mr. Mehta received a Master degree for Business Administration from University of Chicago in 2002 ands Doctor of Philosophy-Chemical Engineering from The State University of New York in 1996.
Manoj Mehta, General Manager, Global Sourcing, Goodyear

IVECO Supply Chain Management and Saic-Iveco Hongyan experience.
Recently the SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd and IVECO signed a framework agreement to further expand their cooperation. According to this agreement, based on the platform of the current SAIC IVECO C.V. Investment Co. Ltd., both sides intend to merge in China their resources and build an integrated commercial vehicle business system, creating a domestically leading and internationally competitive large-scale commercial vehicle company. SIH face a great challenge in Heavy Trucks China Market. Supply Chain Management is one of the pillars of business integration, as well as ICT and People Management.

Stefano Piccoli, Supply Chain Director, IVECO

Booz & Company Management Consulting and Extensive Experience in Serving Automotive Companies
Mr. Huchu Xu is a Director with Booz & Company in Shanghai. Mr. Xu has over 10 years of experience in management consulting. He has extensive experience in serving the Chinese government across multiple levels, as well as serving leading corporations, especially large state-owned enterprises, media and automotive companies. Mr. Xu has unique perspectives on urban and regional planning, governmental project planning, branding and marketing, service outsourcing, state-owned enterprise transformation, and media strategy. Mr. Xu is recognized as one of the most sophisticated management consulting experts who combines global best practices with deep insight in the Chinese consumer and market dynamics. Mr. Xu has successfully led large projects during his engagement with governments, state-owned enterprises, and companies from the media and automotive sectors. Prior to working in the consulting industry, Mr. Xu spent three years working in media-related industries and 5 years working with economic and trade function in the Chinese government.

Huchu Xu, Director, Booz & Company