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Issue: 2015-5

MAY 2015

A Message from our Founder…

8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks

Joseph F Paris Jr

I wrote the first version of this article three years ago and have been updating it every year since. I have had a great many people remark to me that it has helped them a great deal (which is the point, I guess.) I have also had several people give me some new ideas and, of course, I have had time to rethink and revise what I had written. And with May thru June being the season for the year’s new graduates to be set free upon the marketplace, I believe revisits and republication of this article will become tradition.

I was watching the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness”, starring Will Smith over the weekend. The movie is the story of Christopher “Chris” Gardner who struggled to win a job as a broker at Dean Witter Reynolds while being homeless and taking care of his son. It is the story of determination, struggle, being the under-dog – looking into the abyss and being absolved.

So I believe that is the point I want to stress this year – don’t let your fears hold you back.

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Event Highlights

3rd Annual Operational Excellence in Insurance

May 21-22, 2015: Munich

We are proud to introduce the 3rd Annual Operational Excellence in Insurance conference – the place to be if you want to see where you stand right now and where you can go from here to achieve true operational excellence in all your departments.

OpEx Society’s Founder, Joseph Paris will be speaking.

IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2015

May 30-June 2, 2015:
Nashville, Tennessee

We look forward to seeing you in Nashville in 2015 for the largest industrial and systems engineering event of the year! You will leave this conference rejuvenated and filled with fresh ideas you can put to use immediately. Take the best and re-energize your career with new ways to address your most challenging issues.

OpEx Society’s Founder, Joseph Paris will be delivering presenting.

CEE Manufacturing Excellence Awards & Strategy Summit

June 17-18, 2015: Warsaw

We are proud to announce the 3rd Annual CEE Summit which supports and recognizes manufacturing success in all sectors of the industry. We are expecting over 300 industry professionals and over 100 manufacturing executives to attend.

OpEx Society’s Founder, Joseph Paris will be in serving as a Jury Member.

Forget Supply Chain Management!

By Rick Feltenberger

When people discuss Supply Chain Management, there doesn’t seem to be any common understanding of what it is all about. I get it!

To some, it is software and technology. To others, it is just purchasing and logistics. And still others believe that it is ‘big data’ and analytics. No wonder that eyes glaze-over when the subject is mentioned. I’m not here to define SCM; you can find the definition on the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals website. I want you to understand some of the concepts behind supply chain management.

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Thought Food

INSIGHT-Jumbo’s make or break year

The Galactic Internet

Win the case, money goes to lawyers and insurers

Big stakes in Defense

Asking good follow-up questions

4 Principals That Make Sales Funnels Flow Faster

By Michael Webb

Why Sales and Marketing Needs Operational Excellence

Every year CSO Insights (a research company for chief sales officers) conducts a study on sales management. In 2014, the average win rate of forecasted deals across all companies was 45.9 percent, virtually the same as the 45.7 percent achieved in 2013.

In other words, the average CEO would be better off placing “pass” bets at the craps tables in Vegas, where the odds are 49.3%.

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Trust me…I’m an Engineer

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3rd Annual Supply Chain
Leadership Forum

May 14, 2015: Barcelona

Join us at the SC Leadership Forum where “C-level” Supply Chain executives and professionals from FMCG, Retail, Manufacturing, 3PL, Pharma and e-Commerce share knowledge & insights on how to drive excellence in the markets they compete in.

OpEx Society’s Founder, Joseph Paris will be delivering the Keynote.

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“Operational Excellence is a state of readiness that is attained as the efforts throughout the organization reach a state of alignment for achieving its strategies; and where the corporate culture is committed to the continuous and deliberate improvement of company performance AND the circumstances of those who work there – to pursue ‘

Operational Excellence by Design‘, and not by coincidence.”

-Joseph F Paris Jr; Founder, Operational Excellence Society LLC®

Read: “The Operational Excellence Manifesto”

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