Professional Development Meeting

Dinner Presentation Topic: SAP R3 Basics - An overview of implementing & using SAP's ERP system

Speakers: Dean Uva - Bayer ConsumerCare

Location : Radisson Hotel, 21 Kingsbridge Rd, Piscataway, NJ
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Date : Wednesday, September 8, 2010

5:30 – 6:15 Registration & Networking
6:00 - 6:30 Pre-Dinner Forum
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6:30 - 7:15 Business Meeting & Dinner
7:15 - 8:00 Presentation
8:00 - 8:30 Discussion & Closing Remarks

Cost:

  • $35 APICS Member with reservation
  • $40 Non-Member or with no reservation

Pre-registration required online prior to event
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SAP R3 Basics - An overview of implementing & using SAP's ERP system
 

• Ever wonder what's required to implement an ERP or planning system?
• Wish you had a better understanding SAP to advance your career options?
• Looking to take advantage of the latest technology in planning but not quite sure where to start?

Some of the topics to be addressed include:
• This presentation will give you the building blocks to implement SAP.
• The content and approach is also applicable to any Advanced Planning System.
• Dean will take us through the basics of SAP from a functional perspective.
• He will address some very minor technical points.
• He will provide guidelines and commentary on implementing such a system.
• Finally he will navigate us through some basic screenshots to get an appreciation for the look & feel of the SAP R3 tool.

If you are a Project Manager, Planner, Functional Manager or Director supporting a Supply Chain and want to know more about the basics of SAP and what it takes to implement, this session is you !!

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Dean Uva
 

Dean Uva has 20 years of Logistics / Planning experience in the Consumer Products Industry. He currently works as a Sr. Supply Chain Manager at Bayer Consumer Care where he is responsible for Demand, Supply and PLM Systems & Processes. In addition, he is responsible for S&OP activities and processes. Prior to Bayer, he worked at Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser within their supply chains in various planning and supporting roles.

During his career, Dean has personally managed or assisted in several systems implementations including ERP, Demand, Supply, Deployment and Transportation systems. Dean holds a MS from NJIT in Operations Management. He holds certifications with APICS (CPIM) and IBF (CPF).

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Pre-Dinner Forum with Vitor Silva – Blinds To Go
Introduction to Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel
 

A PivotTable report is an interactive way to quickly summarize large amounts of data. Use a PivotTable report to analyze numerical data in detail and to answer unanticipated questions about your data. Come to this pre-dinner presentation and learn the basics about Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel: when to use pivot tables, how to format a table to work with pivot tables, subtotaling and aggregating numeric data, summarizing data by categories and subcategories and creating custom calculations and formulas.

Bring your laptop to increase your learning experience.