Responsiveness as a Competitive Advantage in Today's Outsourced Environment Sponsored by:    Date: September 21, 2006, 1:00pm EST, 60 minutes Speakers: Bruce Rayner, Technology Forecasters, Inc. Mike Miller, PEMSTAR Inc.   Randy Littleson, Kinaxis, Inc. View Archived Event              Overview In today's highly competitive environment, how well you respond to the myriad of demand, product and supply changes permeating throughout your supply network ultimately determines customer satisfaction and operations performance. Brand owners and contract manufacturers are equally challenged by the complexity of managing global outsourcing relationships to address these needs. Mike Miller, Executive Director of Corporate Business Systems at Pemstar will share how Pemstar has made responsiveness to change a core element of their competitive advantage. And, Bruce Rayner, Director of Research and Consulting at Technology Forecasters, Inc, will draw on recent research to detail the most critical factors that brand owners use to rate their contract manufacturing partners given this environment. Bruce Rayner: Director of Research and Consulting, Technology Forecasters, Inc. Bruce leads Technology Forecasters Inc.'s industry-specialist team of consultants and market analysts in the content for TFI's Quarterly Forum for Electronics Manufacturing Outsourcing and Supply Chain as well as for customized TFI research and consulting projects. Before joining TFI, Bruce was Editorial Director of Electronics Supply & Manufacturing, a CMP Media LLC magazine and website. At CMP he championed the launch of GreenSupplyLine.com, a Web site dedicated to the coverage of global environmental regulations, and was co-chairman and organizer of the annual Global Supply Chain Summit. Bruce is an award-winning writer and editor, and a popular speaker and moderator at industry events.  Prior to Electronics Supply & Manufacturing he was editorial director of EBN, the newsweekly and website for procurement and supply-chain managers. Before EBN, Bruce was editorial director of Electronic Business and Electronic News. He also held editorial positions at the Harvard Business Review and ComputerWorld.  Mike Miller: Executive Director, Corporate Business Systems, PEMSTAR Inc. Mike Miller is Executive Director, Corporate Business Systems for PEMSTAR Inc. With 25 years' tenure in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry, Mike has in-depth experience in a variety of roles spanning operations, finance and IT.  Prior to joining PEMSTAR, Mike spent 19 years with Turtle Mountain Corporation as it grew from a startup, to having $50M in annual revenues when it was acquired by PEMSTAR in July 2000. Then, appointed General Manager of PEMSTAR's newly acquired Minneapolis facility, Mike managed a successful transition and integration and went on to become the company's Executive Director, Materials Operations and now Executive Director, Corporate Business Systems, where he is responsible for the corporations' core business systems. Randy Littleson: Executive Director, VP Marketing, Kinaxis Randy Littleson assumed the role of Vice President, Marketing for Kinaxis in July 2003. Randy's strengths in building winning marketing strategies that translate end user requirements and market demand into the final product, have enabled him to create successful marketing teams throughout his more than 15 years in the industry. Prior to joining Kinaxis, Randy served as Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at Interface Software, where he led the company's product marketing strategies, as well as all marketing communications and business development initiatives. Previously, Randy was Executive Vice President and General Manager for Spyglass, Inc., a provider of strategic Internet consulting, software, and services for the information appliance market. He played a critical role in repositioning Spyglass from the PC technology space to the embedded software market. During his tenure at Spyglass, Randy helped build growth revenues from $0M to $50M/yr. run rate in embedded software and services in less than four years. At Spyglass Randy led product development, professional services, business development and strategic marketing, as well as the integration efforts with OpenTV Corp., who subsequently acquired the company. He has also held various management positions at Palindrome Corporation, a Seagate Software company, Novell, Inc., and Unisys Corporation. Randy earned an M.B.A. from the Keller Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Computer Sciences and Communications from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Learn more about Response Management at the Kinaxis blog authored by Randy.