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The Dauch Center Conference

Strategies for Resilient and Efficient Manufacturing and Supply Chain Symposium

A Purdue eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations event

Febuary 21, 2025

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Agenda

8:30 am: Steve Dunlop, Welcome to the Conference

8:45 am: David Umulis, Senior Vice Provost and Chief Academic Officer for Purdue Indianapolis 9:00 am: Mary Slater – Business Manager and Director of Operations, Shell TechWorks

9:20 am: Bryce Carpenter – Chief Operation and Strategy Officer, Conexus Indiana

9:40 am: Stephan Biller - Harold T. Amrine Distinguished Professor School of Industrial Engineering and Mitchell E Daniels Jr. School of Business, Director Dauch Center

10:00 am: Coffee Break

10:15 am: Ukari Figgs – Powertrain Manager - Toyota North America

10:35 am: Panel Discussion – hosted by Gerry Dick, President Inside Indiana Business

  • AMANDA FEMANO, Lt Col, USAF, PhD Air Force Institute of Technology
  • JANETTE HOSTETTLER, Vice President of Manufacturing Toyota Kentucky
  • BRYCE CARPENTER, Chief Operation and Strategy Officer, Conexus Indiana
  • JEREMY GOOD, Director, Global Operational Excellence, Allison Transmission 11:30 am Lunch

12:00 pm: Student Case Competition Presentations

12:30 pm: United States AFIT Professors Sean McConville and Jacob Maywald

1:20pm: Evan Broderick Bureau of Industry and Security US Dept Commerce: Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Diligence, Regulations, and Compliance.

1:40pm Steve Dunlop – Managing Director, The Dauch Center

2:00 pm:

  • Tom Brush – Purdue University, Daniels School of Business, Professor of Strategic Management
  • Hua Cai – Purdue University, Associate Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering and Industrial Engineering

2:30 pm: Winner of Student Competition

3:00 pm: Stephan Biller Closes Conference